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Arctic Climate Perspectives

Arctic Climate Perspectives

This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, describes how global climate change is affecting Barrow, Alaska. OER Level

6-9

Video

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

6-12

Video

Exploring Environmental Change

Exploring Environmental Change

Students explore the connections that can exist in a natural environment, and examine how changes to the environment, particularly those caused by human activity, can affect those connections.

6-9

Lesson Plan

Extreme Temperatures on the Moon

Extreme Temperatures on the Moon

In this video segment adapted from Interactive NOVA, astronaut John Young experiences extreme temperatures on the Moon that are a result of the Moon's low gravity and lack of atmosphere. OER Level

3-12

Video

Hurricanes: New Tools for Predicting

Hurricanes: New Tools for Predicting

This video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW features new advances in predicting the intensity of hurricanes. OER Level

6-12

Video

Organic Farming: Conserving Topsoil

Organic Farming: Conserving Topsoil

Against the backdrop of the devastating 1930's Dust Bowl, this video segment adapted from Interactive NOVA profiles an organic farmer and the techniques he uses to conserve topsoil. OER Level

3-12

Video

Plate Tectonics: An Introduction

Plate Tectonics: An Introduction

This video segment adapted from Discovering Women uses animations to introduce the theory of plate tectonics and to explain why earthquakes occur and how continents form. OER Level

6-12

Video

Plate Tectonics: Lake Mead, Nevada

Plate Tectonics: Lake Mead, Nevada

Using animations to illustrate the theory of plate tectonics, this video segment adapted from Discovering Women takes you to Lake Mead, Nevada, to see visual evidence of how plate movement has been stretching the North American continent. OER Level

6-12

Video