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SciShow Kids

Can You Guess the Weather? | Weather Guessing Game | SciShow Kids Compilation

K - 5th
There’s all sorts of weather out there, so Squeaks and Mister Brown are playing a game show where they will learn all about the different types!
Instructional Video19:07
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SciShow: Winter Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
We here at SciShow compiled a list of videos based on popular requests. Hank Green hosts with this winter themed episode!
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Bioprecipitation: How Bacteria Makes Snow

12th - Higher Ed
Raindrops and snowflakes generally start to form around something else in the air, like a speck of dust, but sometimes that something else is bacteria.
Instructional Video19:06
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Antarctic Lava to Pink Snow: The Science of Winter

12th - Higher Ed
"If you live in the northern hemisphere, there's a decent chance you're in a winter wonderland right now. Settle in with a hot drink for this winter compilation and learn about some of the interesting things that make winter wondrous!
Instructional Video3:53
SciShow Kids

Where Does Frost Come From? | Winter Science | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
If you've ever gone outside really early on a cold day in fall, you might have seen a thin layer of sparkly ice crystals covering everything! That ice is called frost, and it can only form if the weather is exactly right! ///Next...
Instructional Video5:41
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How Stars Freeze

12th - Higher Ed
When you think of a frozen object in space, you might think of Pluto, but stars themselves actually freeze.
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8 Beautiful, Weird, and Scary Things Ice Can Do

12th - Higher Ed
Frozen water molecules don’t seem to be all that interesting. But, these eight weird things that ice can do are truly mind-boggling. Chapters View all ICE SPIKES 0:40 FROST QUAKES 2:36 FROST FLOWERS: LAND 3:26 FROST FLOWERS: SEA ICE 4:22...
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Secrets of Snow | Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
Winter is upon us, and for many that includes snow! And although snowflakes are ice crystals that become flakes under the right conditions, they also have mysteries that can be less simple to explain!
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Airplanes and Other Man-Made Cloud Machines

12th - Higher Ed
What do airplanes, power plants, ships, and explosions have in common? They all make clouds!
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How "Cold-Blooded" Animals Survive the Cold

12th - Higher Ed
We humans can rely on our internal body heat to help keep us warm. But what can cold-blooded animals do when faced with the threat of freezing? Here are three creatures that have come up with some...“cool” solutions.
Instructional Video5:25
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The Cost of Saving a Drowning Town

12th - Higher Ed
This week, a group of scientists estimated the cost of saving just one small village in America’s Chesapeake Bay from rising sea levels, and another found evidence that Smilodon (aka the saber-toothed cat) actually helped take care of...
Instructional Video3:59
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How Ancient Pollen Can Predict The Future

12th - Higher Ed
We don't need a time machine to learn from the past (but let us know if you find one)! Air bubbles trapped in ice for millennia and ancient pollen grains can tell us a lot about climate shifts hundreds of thousands of years ago!
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The Insect That Thrives in Antarctica

12th - Higher Ed
It requires a certain attitude to brave the elements of Antarctica. Luckily, the Antarctic midge has a set of adaptations that fit the bill.
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5 Ways Antarctica is the Place to Study Space

12th - Higher Ed
Antartica is a cold and isolated place, but intrepid scientists have found ways to make use of its environment, and turn it into one of the ideal places to study our skies.
Instructional Video5:02
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The Nuclear City Lost Under Ice | Camp Century

12th - Higher Ed
Hidden beneath Greenland’s ice and powered by a nuclear reactor, Camp Century made for an interesting US military base. But life under the ice came with unique struggles; and although it wasn’t mainly constructed for science, the base...
Instructional Video2:26
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Why Don't Fire Hydrants Freeze and Explode?

12th - Higher Ed
Pipes can freeze in the winter, but you never hear about fire hydrants freezing. What makes them safe from the cold temperatures in winter time?
Instructional Video4:54
SciShow

Mercury Is So Hot, It’s Making Ice

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists first saw patches of ice on Mercury 20 years ago, and that discovery raised a lot of questions: How could ice survive on one of the solar system’s hottest planets, and how did it get there in the first place?
Instructional Video5:24
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The Two Asteroids That Shouldn’t Be There

12th - Higher Ed
Space Clue: 203 Pompeja and 269 Justitia in the asteroid belt with evidence of being formed outside of it. But the real mystery is how they got there! And we again return to Ganymede with new evidence suggesting even more kinds of water...
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Amoeba Sisters

Properties of Water

12th - Higher Ed
Explore some properties of water with the Amoeba Sisters! It's all about those hydrogen bonds.
Instructional Video2:22
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What Causes Brain Freeze?

12th - Higher Ed
That terrible pain the befalls us when enjoying an icy treat! How does that happen? Is there a cure? Let Hank explain.
Instructional Video5:04
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Mars's Surface Is Messed Up | The Martian Dichotomy

12th - Higher Ed
Most rocky planets have pretty consistent surface features, with a fairly even mix of mountains and basins in each hemisphere. This is NOT the case on Mars! What do scientists know about this mystery?
Instructional Video5:20
SciShow Kids

Life Under The Ice with Ariel Waldman! | A Field Trip to Antarctica! | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
Mister Brown gets a video message from his friend, Ariel Waldman, a real scientist who went all the way to Antarctica to study life that lives under the ice!
Instructional Video5:20
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On This Planet, the Floor Is Actually Lava | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
We have new insights into the bizarre nature of lava planets, and the icy moon Europa may yet reveal some of her salty secrets.
Instructional Video5:00
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The Most Anticipated Space Missions of 2022 | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
2022 is looking like a great year for space exploration! Let's dig into three of the missions that we're really excited to watch unfold!