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RESOURCE	GRADE LEVEL	MEDIA TYPE
Animal Intel In this lesson, using video segments from Nature episode “A Murder of Crows,” students will explore different aspects of animal intelligence, with a focus on crows.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Arctic Summer See the many birds that spend their summer in the Arctic in this video segment from Nature.	6-12	Video
As the Crow Flies In this video from Nature researchers from the University of Washington conduct a long-term experiment to see if crows can pass information down from one generation to the next.	8-12	Video
Bamboo Mountain In this video segment from Nature, researchers study pandas in an effort to halt their decline in population.	5-12	Video
Bear Necessities This Nature video segment focuses on the four foods most important to the grizzly bears' survival, and it describes the threats to the supply of each of them.	6-12	Video
Bears' Lunch Counter This Nature video segment explores how the relationship between humans and grizzly bears has changed over the course of American History, and it describes the closing of the Yellowstone National Park garbage dumps in the 1970s.	6-12	Video
Bears Don't Recognize Boundaries In this video segment from Nature, learn about the problems bears are creating on ranch land surrounding Yellowstone National Park.	6-12	Video
Bears in the Schoolyard Learn about the precautions humans must take in the face of a growing grizzly bear population in this video from Nature.	6-12	Video
Birds of Kundha Kulam In this Nature video, learn about the extraordinary impact that birds have on the agriculture of a small Indian community.	6-12	Video
Bringing Up Birdy This lesson from Nature uses the eagle to model universal avian life stages.	2-3	Lesson Plan
Challenges of Incubation This video segment from Nature examines American Eagles along the Upper Mississippi River and their struggle to protect their eggs from predators as well as from the cold, extreme weather.	2-6	Video
Cloud A round up of wild horses proves too strenuous for a young colt in this video segment from Nature.	3-12	Video
Cloud - Age Four In this video segment from Nature, experience the environment of Cloud, a four-year old horse living in the wild.	3-12	Video
Cloud - Age Two In this video segment from Nature, Cloud, a two-year-old horse, interacts with his family in the wild.	3-12	Video
Cloud - Foal In this video segment from Nature, experience life in the wild for Cloud, a newborn colt.	3-12	Video
Collapse of Sharks This video segment from Nature shows the destructiveness of the shark fin and shark cartilage industries.	6-12	Video
Destructive Forces In this video segment from Nature, scientists question how animals mysteriously survive natural disasters.	6-12	Video
Endangered Relationships This lesson uses videos from Nature’s "Crash: A Tale of Two Species" to explore the interrelationship between the horseshoe crab and a small migratory bird called the red knot.	5-8	Lesson Plan
Extreme Measures This video adapted from Nature describes efforts to protect salmon by killing or relocating species that prey on salmon.	8-12	Video
Feasting on the Salmon Run This video from Nature focuses on the annual “salmon run,” when brown bears descend on Alaska’s rivers to fish in rivers teeming with salmon swimming upstream to spawn.	8-12	Video
Feeding Time In this video from Nature, watch how ravens’ smarts can be observed in many situations, such as when they hunt and store food.	6-12	Video
Fledglings Witness eaglets begin to fly in this video segment from Nature.	2-6	Video
Global Warming Warning This video from Nature examines how polar bears’ arctic habitat is literally falling into the sea as a consequence of global climate change, and how they may be helpless to adapt in time.	8-12	Video
Gorillas Learn about the lives of gorillas born in captivity in this video segment from Nature.	3-12	Video
Growing Independent Watch young eagles learn to catch food in this video segment from Nature.	2-6	Video
Hatching Learn about eagle parenting techniques in this video from Nature.	2-6	Video
Helping and Harming: Human Impact on Salmon Populations In this lesson, students use segments from the Nature episode "Salmon: Running the Gauntlet" to explore ways in which humans have impacted salmon populations.	8-12	Lesson Plan
Hook, Line and Sinker In this video from Nature learn how on the tiny, remote island of New Caledonia, crows are much smarter than anyone ever expected.	8-12	Video
Horseshoe Crabs and Humans This video from Nature highlights the horseshoe crab and its immense value to humans.	4-8	Video
Horseshoe Crabs and Red Knots This video from Nature describes horseshoe crabs as an essential source of nutrition for migrating birds.	4-8	Video
Humans and Salmon In this video from Nature, learn about the adverse impact humans have had upon salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest.	8-12	Video
Hungry Beasts Learn about the wildebeest and locusts on the move in this video segment from Nature.	6-12	Video
Life and Death of Salmon This video adapted from Nature explores the life and death of wild salmon in the Pacific Northwest.	8-12	Video
Little Brain, Big Journey This Nature video shows the migratory patterns and habits of the Rufous hummingbird.	6-12	Video
The Living Fossil In this video from Nature, learn about the horseshoe crab, a creature that has survived for 350 million years.	4-8	Video
Monarch Migration This video from Nature features the start of the monarch butterfly’s northward trek.	6-12	Video
The Pigeon Express This video segment from Nature profiles a small business in which homing pigeons play a central role.	6-12	Video
Planetary Moves This video segment from Nature offers an introduction to four species’ migratory patterns.	6-12	Video
Producing Salmon In this video from Nature learn about the different ways humans are trying to help salmon populations.	8-12	Video
Protecting the Horseshoe Crab Learn about the measures taken to protect the horseshoe crab in this video from Nature.	4-8	Video
Raven Adaptability This video segment from Nature features ravens, the most intelligent birds in the crow family.	6-12	Video
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.	8-12	Video
The Roost Learn how ravens benefit from sharing information and working together in this video segment from Nature.	6-12	Video
Salmon's Journey In this video from Nature, juvenile salmon face insurmountable odds to become adults and spawn.	8-12	Video
Salmon in the Ecosystem This video adapted from Nature explores the critical role of salmon in an ecosystem, as well as efforts to reintroduce salmon nutrients into streams.	8-12	Video
Sea Turtles This video segment from Nature explores the habitat of Cuba’s sea turtles.	8-12	Video
Shark and Turtle In this Nature video, watch a battle between a loggerhead turtle and a shark.	6-12	Video
Sharks and Fishermen Sharks and fishermen compete for the same catch in this video segment from Nature.	6-12	Video
Sharks in Our Future In this video segment from Nature, see the value that sharks can have on the tourism industry in an area.	6-12	Video
Testing Intelligence In this video segment from Nature, scientific experiments test how ravens think.	6-12	Video
This is Their Land Examine how the human/grizzly relationship has changed since the closing of the Yellowstone dumps, and also learn about the challenges posed to both humans and bears, in this video segment from Nature.	6-12	Video
To List or Not to List In this video from Nature, learn more about the ongoing debate regarding whether or not the grizzly bear population needs special protection .	6-12	Video
Unlikely Travel Companions A variety of symbiotic relationships exist between sharks and other marine species in this segment from Nature.	6-12	Video
Urban Bears This video from Nature explores how black bears native to Alaska are adapting to the expanding urban sprawl of Anchorage, and vice versa.	8-12	Video
A Variety of Hummingbirds Learn about different traits and adaptations in various species of hummingbirds in this video from Nature.	6-12	Video
Wildlife This video from Nature introduces some of Cuba’s unique endemic species.	8-12	Video
Wolong's Pandas Wild pandas are treated at the Wolong Conservation Center in this video segment from Nature.	4-12	Video