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Antarctica: A Challenging Work DayWhat happens when the ground under your feet is ice and it's moving? This video segment adapted from NOVA features some of the dangers faced by scientists conducting research in Antarctica. |
3-12 |
Video |
Antarctic Ice Movement: Part IThis video segment adapted from NOVA explains why ice sheets move. To find out how fast they move, scientists carve a tunnel through a glacier. |
6-12 |
Video |
Astronauts in Hard HatsThis media-rich series of interviews from the NOVA Web site explores the unique challenges faced by astronauts doing construction work in outer space. |
6-12 |
Document |
BeaversThis video segment explores the world of the beaver, including the biology of the species and, more importantly, its ability to transform an ecosystem for its own benefit. |
K-5 |
Video |
Build a BridgeSurvey potential bridge sites, research bridge design, and select the right bridge for the right location in this interactive activity from the NOVA Web site. |
6-12 |
Interactive |
Construct an AqueductThink like an engineer and build an aqueduct in this interactive activity from the NOVA Web site. |
3-12 |
Interactive |
Demolition WomanFind out how controlled explosions are used to demolish multi-story buildings in this interview from the NOVA Web site. |
6-12 |
Document |
Fire Safety in High RisesThis video segment adapted from NOVA explains how the sprinkler
revolutionized fire safety and also features developments in fire-safety design for high-rise
buildings. |
6-12 |
Video |
Flood: Farming and ErosionIn this video segment adapted from NOVA, scientists investigate how farming along the Mississippi River impacts floods and what can be done about it. |
3-12 |
Video |
The Grand Canyon: Conservation and DevelopmentThis video segment adapted from NOVA explores the effects of the Glen Canyon Dam on the beaches, wildlife, and vegetation of the Colorado River. |
3-12 |
Video |
The Grand Canyon: Its Youngest RocksThis video segment adapted from NOVA features the youngest rock formations in the Grand Canyon, lava dams, and how they are subject to the eroding power of water. |
6-12 |
Video |
Grass BridgeIn this video segment adapted from NOVA, watch residents of the Peruvian Andes build a suspension bridge made entirely of grass. |
3-12 |
Video |
Hurricanes: New Orleans Under ThreatThis video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW exposes how decades of development and geography combined to make the potential damage from a hurricane uniquely devastating in New Orleans, Louisiana. |
6-12 |
Video |
Igloo 101Learn what it takes to build an igloo—from the best kind of snow to the most effective tools—and other little-known facts about these traditional Canadian Inuit structures in this interactive activity from NOVA. |
3-8 |
Interactive |
The Leaning Tower: Where It Stands TodayWill the Leaning Tower of Pisa give way to gravity? In this interview from the NOVA Web site, engineer John Burland relates the difficult job of saving the tower. |
6-12 |
Document |
A Nanotube Space ElevatorIn this video adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, find out about the discovery of a new building material, the carbon nanotube, whose physical properties could theoretically enable the creation of a 22,000-mile elevator to space. |
6-12 |
Video |
Physics of Arches
In this interactive activity from NOVA, try your hand at constructing a stone arch and learn about the physics that affect the arch.
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7-12 |
Interactive |
