Anthropology/Cultures
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Anatomy of a FireworkThere's more to a fireworks display than meets the eye. This interactive activity from the NOVA Web site looks at the technology behind each burst of light. |
6-12 |
Interactive |
Build a Family TreeBoth sexes can use this interactive feature that lets you use DNA information from the Y chromosome to complete a male family tree. From the NOVA: "Lost Tribes of Israel" Web site. |
9-12 |
Interactive |
Construct an AqueductThink like an engineer and build an aqueduct in this interactive activity from the NOVA Web site. |
3-12 |
Interactive |
Energy Transfer in a Trebuchet On NOVA, a team of carpenters, timber framers, engineers, and historians recreate a medieval throwing machine called a trebuchet. This adapted video segment explores how understanding energy transfer informs their design.
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6-12 |
Video |
Finding Disease GenesThis video segment from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" explains the process of finding genes that cause disease. |
9-12 |
Video |
Finding LucyThis Evolution video segment depicts the landmark hominid fossil finds by Don Johanson and his team in Ethiopia. |
9-12 |
Video |
Fireworks! Lifting ChargeIn this video segment adapted from NOVA, learn how pyrotechnicians use common compounds to blast fireworks into the sky and give them shape. |
6-12 |
Video |
Fireworks! Making ColorWhat gives a fireworks display its brilliant blue, green, and red colors? Learn how pyrotechnicians give fireworks color in this video segment adapted from NOVA. |
6-12 |
Video |
Getting an Education This video segment, adapted from NOVA, chronicles the education of leading chemist Percy Julian. Although Julian began his elementary school years in the Deep
South under Jim Crow laws, he became one of the few African Americans of his time to earn a Ph.D.
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6-12 |
Video |
Global Warming: The Developing WorldThis video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE looks at the future of global warming as developing nations, including India and China, increase their need for energy. |
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 |
Homo Sapiens Versus Neanderthals This video segment, adapted from NOVA, explores reasons why Homo sapiens had an advantage over Neanderthals in the pursuit of territory and natural resources.
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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 |
Laetoli FootprintsThis Evolution video segment describes how the famous track fossils known as the Laetoli footprints might have been formed and what they can reveal about the creatures who left them. |
6-12 |
Video |
Lever an ObeliskInvestigate the mechanical advantage of the lever in this interactive activity from the NOVA Web site. |
6-12 |
Interactive |
Levers: Raising the Moai on Easter IslandIn this video segment adapted from NOVA, a team of archaeologists and engineers explores different uses of the lever by recreating the engineering feats of the ancient Easter Island peoples. |
3-12 |
Video |
Lightning!This video segment adapted from NOVA explains the mysterious force of lightning. |
3-12 |
Video |
Moriussaq: A Case Study in Hearing LossThis video segment follows neurophysiologist Allen Counter as he studies an epidemic of hearing loss in Moriussaq, Greenland, one of the quietest places on Earth. Footage from NOVA: "Mystery of the Senses: Hearing." |
6-8 |
Video |
Moving to Oak Park This video segment, adapted from NOVA, shows the racial violence sparked when the African American chemist Percy Julian and his family moved into an exclusive
Chicago suburb in 1950.
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6-12 |
Video |
The Myth of PocahontasThis video segment adapted from NOVA introduces the popular story of how Native American princess Pocahontas rescued colonist John Smith. |
5-12 |
Video |
Name That ShellThe way a firework shell is designed and assembled determines the shape and color of a firework display. Choose a video clip and try to identify each firework variety in this interactive activity from the NOVA Web site. |
6-12 |
Interactive |
Nature's PharmacyIn this interactive activity from NOVA, learn about chemicals in nature that are used in medicine. |
3-12 |
Interactive |
Plate Tectonics: The Hawaiʻian ArchipelagoThis video segment adapted from NOVA uses animation to show the relationship between the movement of a tectonic plate and whether volcanoes on the Hawaiian Islands are active or dormant. |
6-12 |
Video |
Pocahontas RevealedIn this video adapted from NOVA, examine a historical version of the story of Pocahontas and John Smith. |
5-12 |
Video |
Pyrotechnically SpeakingMeet chemistry professor Dr. John Conkling in this interview from the NOVA Web site and learn why fireworks are his passion. |
6-12 |
Document |
Raising an Obelisk: An Engineering PuzzleThis video segment adapted from NOVA follows two teams as they each test a different engineering design in an effort to explain how ancient Egyptians raised a giant stone obelisk. |
3-12 |
Video |
Seahorse BasicsThis diagram from the NOVA: "Kingdom of the Seahorse" Web site reveals some of the more remarkable traits of this enigmatic creature. |
3-8 |
Document |
Shipwrecks Reveal Ocean CurrentsIn this video segment adapted from NOVA, a detailed map showing the trajectories of abandoned ships from the late 1800's is used to reveal the routes of surface currents in the Atlantic Ocean. Animations illustrate the role played by ocean currents in the colonization of North America. |
6-12 |
Video |
Should We Grow GM Crops?Learn the pros and cons of genetically modified (GM) crops, and cast your vote on whether they should be grown. From the FRONTLINE/NOVA: "Harvest of Fear" Web site. |
9-12 |
Interactive |
Snapshot of U.S. Energy UseThis video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE looks at American
energy consumption and the resulting production of greenhouse gases. |
3-12 |
Video |
Sound Waves Underwater: The Loch Ness MonsterThis video segment, adapted from NOVA follows a team of enthusiasts and scientists who attempt to find a trace of the Loch Ness monster by scouring the lake with sonar. |
6-12 |
Video |
When Did the First Americans Arrive?In this video segment adapted from NOVA, recent archeological evidence leads scientists to revise existing theories about human migrations into the Americas around the time of the last ice age. |
6-12 |
Video |
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