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Climate Models

Climate Models

In this video by ThinkTV, explore the many uses of climate models and see a visualization of a global climate model. Models are tools scientists use to see patterns and trends. OER Level

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6-12

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Climate Wisconsin: Birkebeiner

Climate Wisconsin: Birkebeiner

Experience the largest cross-country ski race in North America and learn how it is being impacted by climate change in this multimedia video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. OER Level

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6-12

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Climate Wisconsin: Farming

Climate Wisconsin: Farming

Learn how a family farm in Wisconsin functions and how it is impacted by climate change in this multimedia video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. OER Level

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6-12

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Climate Wisconsin: Forestry

Climate Wisconsin: Forestry

Learn how a family farm in Wisconsin functions and how it is impacted by climate change in this multimedia video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. OER Level

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6-12

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Climate Wisconsin: Ice Fishing

Climate Wisconsin: Ice Fishing

Discover how climate change is impacting ice fishing in Wisconsin in this multimedia video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. OER Level

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6-12

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Climate Wisconsin: Phenology

Climate Wisconsin: Phenology

Explore phenology and its relation to climate change research in this multimedia video resource produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. OER Level

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6-12

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Climate Wisconsin: Great Lakes Shipping

Climate Wisconsin: Great Lakes Shipping

Learn how shipping on the Great Lakes is being impacted by climate change in this multimedia video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. OER Level

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6-12

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Climate Wisconsin: Sugaring

Climate Wisconsin: Sugaring

In this multimedia video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board, learn how maple syrup is produced and how its production may be impacted by climate change. OER Level

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6-12

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Collecting Data Below the Earth's Surface

Collecting Data Below the Earth's Surface

This video segment adapted from Discovering Women demonstrates how scientists use sound waves to collect data about the structure of Earth's crust. OER Level

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6-12

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Comets Bombard the Early Earth

Comets Bombard the Early Earth

Visualize how comets carrying chemicals necessary for life could have made their way to Earth billions of years ago in this video segment adapted from NOVA. OER Level

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6-12

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Comets Deliver Amino Acids to Earth

Comets Deliver Amino Acids to Earth

Amino acids, essential ingredients for life, may have been delivered to Earth by comets billions of years ago, as visualized in this video segment adapted from NOVA. OER Level

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6-12

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Composite Materials for Space

Composite Materials for Space

Discover why engineers use composite materials to build spacecraft prototypes in this video segment adapted from NASA 360. OER Level

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9-12

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Conserving a Unique Ecosystem in Micronesia

Conserving a Unique Ecosystem in Micronesia

Learn about the steps that the people of Kosrae, Micronesia, are taking to protect their natural resources, in this video adapted from the Micronesia Conservation Trust. OER Level

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9-12

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Contaminating the Rockies

Contaminating the Rockies

Learn how abandoned mines have been contaminating water supplies in the Rocky Mountains for decades in this video segment adapted from NOVA: "Poison in the Rockies." OER Level

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6-12

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Convective Cloud Systems

Convective Cloud Systems

This video segment adapted from the Atmospheric Radiation Program explains the differences in the formation of tropical convective cloud systems over islands and over the ocean. OER Level

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3-8

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Converting to Biodiesel

Converting to Biodiesel

Meet a college student whose class project to turn cooking grease into diesel fuel resulted in converting bus fleets to biodiesel, in this video from Earth Island Institute's New Leaders Initiative. OER Level

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5-12

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Coral Kid

Coral Kid

In this video segment, ZOOM guest Cassie takes us on a tour of the coral reef near her home in Key Largo, Florida, and points out some of its unique features. OER Level

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K-8

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Counting Neutrons on the Moon

Counting Neutrons on the Moon

Find out how scientists are using a neutron detector onboard a satellite to try to find water on the Moon in this video adapted from NASA. OER Level

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9-12

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Dark Energy

Dark Energy

In this video adapted from QUEST, learn about the discovery of a form of energy, called dark energy, which has the potential to alter our theories of how the universe is structured. OER Level

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10-12

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Dendroclimatology in the Navajo Nation

Dendroclimatology in the Navajo Nation

In this video segment adapted from Navajo Technical College, meet a dendroclimatologist who studies the relationship between precipitation and tree growth in the Navajo Nation. OER Level

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6-12

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Diatoms Measure Climate Change

Diatoms Measure Climate Change

In this video segment adapted from NOVA: "Becoming Human," learn what the analysis of fossilized microscopic algae in sediment tells us about rapid changes in climate in Africa's past. OER Level

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6-12

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Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs

This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K shows us what paleontologists think dinosaurs looked like, what they ate, and why they might have disappeared. We see paleontologists at work studying dinosaurs fossils. OER Level

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4-6

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Down to the Core Challenge

Down to the Core Challenge

In this video from Design Squad Nation, kids design and build devices that can extract a core sample from a potato “asteroid.” They also learn how samples give NASA scientists insight into solar system objects. OER Level

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4-8

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Drilling to Antarctica’s Rock Core

Drilling to Antarctica’s Rock Core

In this video adapted from ANDRILL, find out how geoscientists get through more than a dozen football fields of ice and water in order to study the rock and sediment beneath Antarctica. OER Level

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3-8

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Dustin Madden: Science Teacher

Dustin Madden: Science Teacher

In this video profile produced for Teachers' Domain, meet teacher Dustin Madden, an Iñupiaq who hopes to inspire students to take an active role in protecting the natural environment by giving them a foundation in math and science. OER Level

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3-12

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Earth as a System

Earth as a System

This visualization adapted from NASA maps progressive global changes onto a rotating globe. Earth's atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and biosphere are shown to be dynamic and interconnected. OER Level

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6-12

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Earthquakes

Earthquakes

This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K describes what causes earthquakes, how scientists measure them, where they occur and how to be prepared for one. OER Level

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4-6

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Earthquakes: The Prehistoric Record

Earthquakes: The Prehistoric Record

In this video segment adapted from NOVA, a geologist digs a trench along the San Andreas Fault to reveal three thousand years of earthquake history. Information from the layers of sediment may help geologists to predict earthquakes. OER Level

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3-12

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Earth's Cryosphere: Antarctica

Earth's Cryosphere: Antarctica

Learn about the different features of snow and ice in Antarctica using satellite imagery in this video segment adapted from NASA. OER Level

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6-12

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Earth's Cryosphere: The Arctic

Earth's Cryosphere: The Arctic

In this video segment adapted from NASA, take a tour of the cryosphere in North America and the Arctic using satellite imagery. OER Level

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6-12

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Earth System: Drought and Air Quality

Earth System: Drought and Air Quality

This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center discusses how a drought can have negative effects locally, for example by increasing the number of forest fires, and also globally, for example by impacting air quality thousands of miles away. OER Level

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3-12

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Earth System: El Niño

Earth System: El Niño

This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center describes El Niño, how it forms, and the chain reaction of consequences it triggers around the globe. OER Level

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6-12

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Earth System: El Niño's Influence on Hurricane Formation

Earth System: El Niño's Influence on Hurricane Formation

This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center explains how hurricanes develop and why there are fewer hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean in strong El Niño years. OER Level

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6-12

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Earth System: Ice and Global Warming

Earth System: Ice and Global Warming

This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center explains ice's role in the Earth system, highlighting the delicate balance that could be upset with a continued rise in temperature due to climate change. OER Level

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6-12

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Earth System: Satellites

Earth System: Satellites

This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center shows how integral satellites are to everyday life and describes the different types, including orbital and geostationary. OER Level

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6-12

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Eclipse of the Century

Eclipse of the Century

This video segment adapted from NOVA features spectacular footage from the 1991 solar eclipse that fortuitously occurred directly over several major astronomical observatories in Hawaiʻi. OER Level

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3-12

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Eco Electronics

Eco Electronics

In this video adapted from DESIGN SQUAD, meet engineers who help protect the environment by recycling and using biodegradable materials. OER Level

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5-12

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The Effect of Jet Streams on Climate

The Effect of Jet Streams on Climate

This video produced by ThinkTV visualizes jet stream patterns around the world and explores their effect on weather systems and regional climates. OER Level

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6-12

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The Effect of Land Masses on Climate

The Effect of Land Masses on Climate

In this video produced by ThinkTV, explore the effects of land masses on local climate conditions, and learn about regional impacts of land-atmosphere interactions. OER Level

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6-12

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The Effect of Sea Surface Temperature on Hurricanes

The Effect of Sea Surface Temperature on Hurricanes

In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, scientists examine the link between rising sea surface temperature and more intense hurricanes. OER Level

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9-12

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The Effects of Atmospheric Particles on Climate

The Effects of Atmospheric Particles on Climate

This video segment produced by ThinkTV explains that particles suspended in the atmosphere, or aerosols, can have a surprising effect on regional warming and cooling, adding to the complexity of global climate change. OER Level

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6-12

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The Elements: Forged in Stars

The Elements: Forged in Stars

The story of how elements from lithium to uranium are created by stars is illustrated through animation and a hands-on periodic table in this video segment adapted from NOVA. OER Level

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6-12

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Engineering Biofuels

Engineering Biofuels

In this video segment adapted from KQED's QUEST, find out how synthetic biologists use the techniques of metabolic engineering and directed evolution to make more effective biofuels. OER Level

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9-12

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Engineering for the Red Planet

Engineering for the Red Planet

In this video segment from NASA, robotics researcher Ayanna Howard uses engineering to improve the intelligence of robots in space exploration. OER Level

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6-12

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Environmentalist Bill McKibben, 1990

Environmentalist Bill McKibben, 1990

In this 1990 archival news footage from Cambridge Community Television, environmentalist Bill McKibben speaks about the possible effects of climate change at an Earth Day celebration in Cambridge, MA. OER Level

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6-12

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Environmental Justice: Opposing Industrial Hog Farming

Environmental Justice: Opposing Industrial Hog Farming

Learn about the impact that large-scale hog farming has had on one minority community in North Carolina and how residents fought back to protect their water supply and property, in this video segment adapted from Earthkeeping: "Toxic Racism." OER Level

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6-12

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Erick Ordoñez: Materials Engineer

Erick Ordoñez: Materials Engineer

In this video from Design Squad Nation, NASA materials engineer Erick Ordoñez explains how he makes sure that the materials NASA sends into space are problem-free. OER Level

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4-8

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Kerri-Ann Richard

Kerri-Ann Richard

In this video from Science City, Kerri-Ann Richard, an environmental engineer, describes how she became interested in the field and why it is important to clean up the environment by removing contaminants from soil and ground water. OER Level

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6-12

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Ethanol Biofuel

Ethanol Biofuel

In this video segment adapted from NOVA, learn about one scientist's idea for using biotechnology to make ethanol a more efficient alternative to gasoline. OER Level

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9-12

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Europa Jupiter System Mission

Europa Jupiter System Mission

This video from NASA introduces a proposed mission to study potential habitable worlds around gas giants such as Jupiter. OER Level

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6-12

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