Browse results: National K -12 Subject
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PeacockThis Nature video segment features the beautiful bird known for its iridescent tail, the peacock. Accessibility features: Transcript |
1-5 |
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The People, YesIn this video from American Masters: The Day Carl Sandburg Died, learn about one of Sandburg’s most famous poems, The People, Yes. Accessibility features: Transcript |
7-12 |
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Percentages in BasketballWNBA athletes discuss attendance at basketball games in terms of percentages in this video segment from TV 411. Accessibility features: Transcript |
4-8 |
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Percent as a Means to Compare FractionsIn this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad uses fractions and percents to compare the contest results of the Squitters, little creatures who love to jump. Accessibility features: Transcript |
4-8 |
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Performance by Music of the SpheresIn this video segment from Cyberchase, Music of the Spheres plays a song using the correct beats and patterns, which helps to restore balance and harmony at Mount Olympus. Accessibility features: Transcript |
3-6 |
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Pesky CrittersIn this video segment from WILD TV, learn about how urban development has affected the habitats of alligators. Accessibility features: Transcript |
3-8 |
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Pet AdviceLearn what pet owners can do to better care for their pets in this video segment from WILD TV . Accessibility features: Transcript |
3-6 |
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PhotosynthesisThis video segment from Interactive NOVA: "Earth" looks at photosynthesis, the chemical process plants use to make their own food. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption, Transcript |
3-12 |
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Pickle BusinessWidows from the village of Tamra in the Galilee manage all of the aspects of their small business in this video segment from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Picturing America - Jacob Lawrence and Martin PuryearIn this video from Picturing America on Screen, learn about the Great Migration and the aspirations of African Americans through the artists Jacob Lawrence and Martin Puryear. Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
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Picturing America - Paul RevereLearn about legendary American hero Paul Revere through the eyes of American artists John Singleton Copley and Grant Wood in this video from Picturing America on Screen. Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
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Picturing America - QuiltsLearn about the cultural, technical, and regional influences reflected in the craftsmanship of 19th and 20th century American quilts in this film from Picturing America on Screen. Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
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Picturing America - Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Winslow HomerLearn about the Civil War through the art of Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Winslow Homer in this video from Picturing America on Screen. Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
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Picturing America - The Chrysler BuildingLearn about 1920s New York in this Picturing America on Screen film about one of the most majestic and beautiful structures in the world. Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
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Picturing America - The Brooklyn BridgeIn this video from Picturing America on Screen, learn how three 20th century artists created works of art in tribute to the Brooklyn Bridge. Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
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A Piece of the PieThis video from the series Faces of America covers what DNA can tell us about our ethnic identities that regular genealogy might not. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Pifer InterviewFormer Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Steven Pifer discusses the United States' stance toward the Russian/Chechen conflict in this video from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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The Pigeon ExpressThis video segment from Nature profiles a small business in which homing pigeons play a central role.
Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
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Pigs as PetsIn this video segment from Nature, animal lovers talk about their experiences having pigs as pets. Accessibility features: Transcript |
3-12 |
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Pioneer Packard Toy Pedal CarIn this video from Antiques Roadshow, appraiser of toys and games, Noel Barret, discusses the value of a toy Packard pedal car, made by Pioneer and dating from 1914. Accessibility features: Transcript |
8-12 |
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Pitch: Making GuitarsWatch the rubber bands vibrate on homemade guitars in this video segment adapted from ZOOM as cast members talk about pitch and demonstrate how to make a cereal box instrument. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
K-5 |
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Pizza ToppingsThis Cyberchase video features Bianca who uses Venn Diagrams to make a pizza that satisfies the topping preferences of her friends. Accessibility features: Transcript |
4-8 |
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Planetary MovesThis video segment from Nature offers an introduction to four species’ migratory patterns.
Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
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Planets This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K reviews the characteristics of the sun and the planets that make up the solar system. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
4-6 |
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Plessy v. Ferguson In this segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, discover how in 1896 the Supreme Court, in a landmark case known as Plessy v. Ferguson, sanctioned segregation as long as the separate facilities were equal.
Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Political Debate in TurkeyA hot topic of debate in Turkey is the possibility of an increasingly Islamic state in this historically secular country. Learn more in this video from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Potential and Kinetic Energy: Spool RacerIn this video segment adapted from ZOOM, learn how the potential energy in a wound-up rubber band powers a spool racer. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
K-8 |
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Pourquoi StoriesThis video segment from Jakers! features a storyteller who tells a Pourquoi story about Anansi, the spider, a popular character in African folklore.
Accessibility features: Transcript |
1-4 |
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The Power of DevelopersThis Wide Angle video features a peasant family in China that is caught in a land rights dispute with no apparent solution in sight. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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The Power of the Whole PictureIn this video from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad helps Ms. Fileshare realize that Hacker has been deceiving her as they take a look at the scale of a bar graph. Accessibility features: Transcript |
3-6 |
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Predicting the Angle of a Bouncing Ball In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad is trapped in an icy cave. In order to escape, they must use the principles of a bouncing ball to transport a key from one side of the icy cave to the other. Accessibility features: Transcript |
3-6 |
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Predicting Travel Time Using Line Graphs In this Cyberchase video segment, Harry decides to ride his unicycle to his grandmother's house. He uses a line graph to predict the time it will take him to travel the 20 miles to her house. Accessibility features: Transcript |
3-6 |
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Private Money LendersThe practices of illegal private money lenders in the rural region of Vidarbha, India are highlighted in this video from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Programming a RobotIn this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad breaks down an action into a series of steps in order to program a robot to do what they need it to do. Accessibility features: Transcript |
3-5 |
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Protecting the Horseshoe CrabLearn about the measures taken to protect the horseshoe crab in this video from Nature. Accessibility features: Transcript |
4-8 |
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Pulaski, Wisconsin - Polka Town, U.S.A.The town of Pulaski, Wisconsin claims to have more musicians per capita than anywhere in the U.S. Learn about Pulaski, a town that thrives on polka music in this video segment from EGG: the arts show. Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
Video |
Puppy WalkerThis Zoom video segment features Brett, a boy who trains puppies to be seeing-eye dogs. Accessibility features: Transcript |
2-6 |
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PushmobileIn this video from Jakers!, Grandpa Max describes growing up in Brooklyn. Accessibility features: Transcript |
1-4 |
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The Puzzle of the Amulet of AmagansettIn this video segment from Cyberchase, Wicked and Digit use what they know about fractions to figure out how many jewels are missing from the Amulet of Amagansett. Accessibility features: Transcript |
3-6 |
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Race and PoliticsIn this Wide Angle video, one of Brazil’s few black senators discusses racial discrimination in Brazilian governmental, political and economic life. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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A Race to MotherboardIn this video from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad figures out how fast their broom must go so they can reach Motherboard before Wicked. Accessibility features: Transcript |
5-8 |
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Racism in the MediaIn this video from Wide Angle, an Afro-Brazilian model discusses the predominance of whites in the Brazilian advertising industry. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Radioactive Decay of Carbon-14This video excerpt from NOVA: "Hunting the Elements" examines carbon isotopes and radiocarbon dating. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
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Raising the BarHarry and Bianca's new boss at a concession stand uses bar graphs to keep records of their refreshment sales in this video from Cyberchase. Accessibility features: Transcript |
3-6 |
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Rare Earth ElementsThis video excerpt from NOVA: "Hunting the Elements" explores the ubiquity of rare earth elements. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
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Ratty Old GenesThis video from The Human Spark explores the extraction and interpretation of Neanderthal DNA.
Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Raven AdaptabilityThis video segment from Nature features ravens, the most intelligent birds in the crow family. Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
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Reading a ThermometerIn this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad learns how to read a thermometer as they try to keep their chocolate sculpture from melting. Accessibility features: Transcript |
3-5 |
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Reclaiming the PowerThe CyberSquad must equally divide a number of crumpets to reclaim the power stolen by Hacker in this video from Cyberchase. Accessibility features: Transcript |
4-8 |
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Red TideLearn about red tide and the danger it poses to manatees in this video from Nature. Accessibility features: Transcript |
4-8 |
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Refugee CampIn this Wide Angle video segment, meet 16-year-old Rajap, a Chechen refugee who attempts to continue his education while living in a tent city. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Relationship between Diameter and CircumferenceIn this video from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad looks at the relationship between the circumference of a circle and the length of its diameter.
Accessibility features: Transcript |
3-5 |
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Restocking ShoesIn this video from Cyberchase, Bianca uses data on past shoe sales to help her decide what quantities of each size she should order in the next shipment. Accessibility features: Transcript |
3-6 |
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Restoring Streams In this video from Nature learn how removal of old dams and river restoration is occurring all over the northwestern United States in an attempt to restore the natural environment and make salmon populations viable once again. Accessibility features: Transcript |
8-12 |
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Restoring the Torah This video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
examines the process of restoring a Torah, the scroll containing the first five
books of the Jewish Bible. Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
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Retrieving 2/5 of Electro-RootIn this video segment from Cyberchase, Jackie and Inez figure out how to break an Electro-Root into 2/5, one of the ingredients for the antidote to Motherboard’s virus. Accessibility features: Transcript |
3-6 |
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Retrieving 2/8 of the Healing StoneIn this video segment from Cyberchase, Matt and Digit divide up the healing stone and discover equivalent fractions. Accessibility features: Transcript |
3-6 |
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Return to the Land? This video segment from Women, War & Peace demonstrates the determination of residents of La Tomato resist the pending evictions from their land.
Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Rev. Frank Dukes: Selective Buying CampaignIn this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Frank Dukes describes his role in the 1962 boycott of discriminatory stores and businesses. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
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Rhinoceros CaptureRangers capture a Black rhino in the South African National Park in order to relocate him in this segment from Nature. Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
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Rhinoceros ReleaseIn this segment from Nature, Rangers release the Black rhino to a new location in Southern Africa where rhinos are previously endangered. Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
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The Right Amount of Cupcake MixIn this video segment from Cyberchase, Bianca doubles the ingredients in a cupcake recipe that includes fractional amounts. Accessibility features: Transcript |
4-8 |
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The Rise of DivorceThis Wide Angle video features the Arab women of an all-female talk show discussing the rising divorce rates in the Middle East. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Rising Negrophobia and Challenging the Lie
This video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow exposes the media’s use of racist imagery during the Jim Crow era and the ways African Americans challenged the lies the images portrayed.
Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Rivers This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K takes you on a trip down Idaho's Snake River near 1000 Springs and Blur Heart Springs while it explains how rivers are formed, their uses, and how they make valleys, canyons and even plains. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
4-6 |
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Robert MosesIn this video segment, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, activist Robert Moses talks about the Mississippi voting rights campaign. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
9-12 |
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Rocks and Minerals This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K presents the types of rocks, how they are formed, what they are made of and how they are classified. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
4-6 |
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Roe v. Wade In this video from The Supreme Court, learn about the Court's sweeping decision in response to police brutality and terror tactics. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Roman Catholic -- Eastern Orthodox DialogueThe thousand-year divide between the Orthodox Church in the East and the Roman Catholic Church in the West, known as the Great Schism, is the topic of this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Ronald Johnson of Sapelo IslandIn this video segment from EGG: The Arts Show, resident Ronald Johnson explains that Sapelo Island is a unique place, preserving the last examples of Gullah/Geechee culture. Accessibility features: Transcript |
3-12 |
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The RoostLearn how ravens benefit from sharing information and working together in this video segment from Nature. Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
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Rosa ParksIn this interview, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, legendary civil rights activist Rosa Parks recalls her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
3-12 |
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The Rule of LawChina’s recent adoption of a legal system based on the rule of law is the focus of this video from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Runnin' with the DevilThis video segment from Nature takes viewers to a road race in Death Valley. Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
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Salmon This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K explains the life cycle of Idaho's salmon and how this life cycle is disrupted by river dams. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Salmon's JourneyIn this video from Nature, juvenile salmon face insurmountable odds to become adults and spawn. Accessibility features: Transcript |
8-12 |
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Salmon in the EcosystemThis video adapted from Nature explores the critical role of salmon in an ecosystem, as well as efforts to reintroduce salmon nutrients into streams. Accessibility features: Transcript |
8-12 |
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Sandburg and LincolnLearn about Carl Sandburg’s biography of Abraham Lincoln in this video from American Masters: the Day Carl Sandburg Died. Accessibility features: Transcript |
7-12 |
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Santiago and MorrisIn this video segment from WILD TV, Santiago, a troubled youth, and Linda, a motor vehicle accident victim, discuss how Morris, a therapy dog, has helped them. Accessibility features: Transcript |
3-8 |
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Sapelo Island CultureIn this video segment from EGG: the arts show, learn about the Gullah/Geechee culture of Sapelo Island. Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
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Saving for Retirement
A restaurateur working in a family business chooses a retirement savings plan to help prepare for her family’s financial future in this video segment from Your Life, Your Money. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Scaling Up PhotographsIn this Cyberchase video segment, Bianca volunteers to take over an important job at a copy shop. She must make a life-size copy of a photo of the King of Sloovoonia. Accessibility features: Transcript |
4-7 |
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Scanning the Brain In this video from The Human Spark, host Alan Alda learns how Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines employ powerful magnetic fields to show what parts of the brain are active while doing different tasks. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Scent of an AlewifeThis video segment from NOVA: "Sea Behind the Dunes" tracks the return of spawning alewife fish from the open ocean back to the freshwater streams and ponds where they were born. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption, Transcript |
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School in BeninThe education of young girls in Benin is the focus of this video from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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The Science of Lewis and Clark This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K shows us some of the plants and animals that Lewis and Clark's Core of Discovery documented in their journals. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
4-6 |
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Sea CreaturesThis video segment from Nature features various sea creatures. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Sea TurtlesThis video segment from Nature explores the habitat of Cuba’s sea turtles.
Accessibility features: Transcript |
8-12 |
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Self-RelianceThis Wide Angle video segment takes a look at the North Korean ideology of self-reliance that both farmers and other workers uphold. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Setting: A Portrait of a Southern Town in the 1930sThis video from American Masters: Harper Lee: Hey, Boo describes what life was like in the South during the Great Depression, by examining the fictional town of Maycomb from To Kill a Mockingbird. Accessibility features: Transcript |
7-12 |
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Several Short Rails Make More Than A WholeIn this video segment from Cyberchase, Hacker has sabotaged another section of the Madre Bonita Express track; Digit gets help from Deci in adding decimals to find the right size rail that will repair the track. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Sex Ed & Community ValuesIn this video from Wide Angle, Egyptian men react to a discussion of an initiative in Qatar to include sex education in schools, a sensitive issue in many countries. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Shape Shifters: Shape-Memory Alloys and PolymersThis video excerpt from NOVA’s "Making Stuff: Smarter" and accompanying demonstration teach students about revolutionary shape-memory materials. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Sharing Candy Among GargoylesThe CyberSquad must divide 35 candies evenly among seven gargoyles in this video segment from Cyberchase. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Sharing Halloween CandyIn this video segment from Cyberchase, Jackie shows Buzz, Delete and Harold how to deal out rounds (or sets) of objects to solve a problem. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Shark and TurtleIn this Nature video, watch a battle between a loggerhead turtle and a shark. Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
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Sharks and FishermenSharks and fishermen compete for the same catch in this video segment from Nature. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Sharks in Our FutureIn this video segment from Nature, see the value that sharks can have on the tourism industry in an area. Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
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Sheyann WebbSheyann Webb was eight years old in 1965 when she marched for voting rights. In this interview, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, she recalls the events of the Selma march. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Shopping CultureThis video from Wide Angle provides a look at the new opportunities and consumerism created by the success of India’s outsourcing sector. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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