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NSF Science Now: Episode 16
WIRELESS NETWORK STORY: CALLING FOR HELP MAY SOON GET A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR THE ELDERLY. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HAVE DEVELOPED A NETWORK OF WIRELESS SENSORS THAT CAN DETECT A PERSON FALLING. THIS MONITORING...
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Higgs Boson Mysterious Particle Could Help Unlock Secrets Of The Universe
The search for a mysterious subatomic particle can certainly involve some enormous tools, not to mention a multitude of scientists. The effort to find the elusive ""Higgs boson"" includes over 5,800 scientists from 56 countries! The...
Curated Video
Industry & Supply: The Race to Get Civil War Soldiers Frontline Resources
Supplying almost three million soldiers with the food, clothes and resources they needed to fight the Civil War was no easy task. So which side proved most successful?
Flipping Physics
Example Problem: Finding Average Speed for Pole Position – Not as easy as you may think
This video is an example problem that walks through finding the average speed for the last 2 laps of the 4 lap qualifier for the Indianapolis 500 assuming an average speed for the first 2 laps. It is actually more difficult than it...
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ALMA Seeing The Universe In A Whole New Light
At first glance, the bone-dry landscape of the Atacama Desert in Chile might seem inhospitable. But, it's prime real estate for astronomers. This desert is now home to the largest ground-based radio telescope in the world! The telescope...
EarthEcho International
Expedition into the Dead Zone: Investigating the Impact of Human Actions on Waterways
This video follows an expedition to the headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay to investigate how human actions create dead zones in underwater areas. The video explores the impact of air pollution on waterways and the role of nitrogen in...
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Dead Zones in the Ocean - Science Nation
Ocean "dead zones" along the Washington and Oregon coasts are threatening critical U.S. fishing areas. These oxygen-depleted regions, that lose virtually all of their marine life in the summer, are expanding, and new ones are appearing...
Curated Video
Graphing Rates on a Coordinate Plane: Setting up a Table
In this lesson, students learn how to graph rates on a coordinate plane by setting up a table. The video explains the concepts of additive and multiplicative reasoning patterns and emphasizes the importance of correctly labeling the axes...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Trousers Down | POEM
Trousers Down | POEM Mart and Me walked into England with our trousers down.
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Very Large Array observatory reveals the universe - Science Nation
Black holes, star births and deaths, colliding galaxies and more -- all in a day's work at the VLA The Very Large Array, or VLA, is a complex of 27 massive antennas on the Plains of San Agustin in central New Mexico, all pointing skyward...
Mazz Media
Migrate
This live-action video program is about the word migrate. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word migrate through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
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National Ice Core Lab Stores Valuable Ancient Ice
It's a freezing cold day inside the National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL) in Denver, Colo., as it is every day of the year. That's because the NICL is a facility for storing and studying ice cores recovered from the polar regions of the...
Next Animation Studio
Northwest Passage could be used as a new shipping route
As climate change continues to impact the Arctic, countries are planning to use the Northwest Passage as a shortcut shipping route.
KnowMo
Introduction to Formula: Understanding Mathematical Operations for Calculating Variables
This video is an introduction to formula and how to use it in mathematical operations to calculate variable values. Using the example of calculating the cost of a taxi ride based on distance, the video explains how to convert information...
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Hidden Oil Plumes
Will the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico create dead zones? That's the concern of University of Georgia marine scientist Samantha Joye. She's headed to the gulf to investigate how the oil and methane gas discharged by the BP Deepwater...
Curated Video
Determining Unit Rate Using Multiplicative Inverse
In this video, the teacher explains how to determine the unit rate by using the multiplicative inverse of a measurement. They provide examples and step-by-step instructions on how to find the unit rate using fewer steps than with a...
Visual Learning Systems
The Amazing Universe: Distances in Space
This show explores the fascinating features of the universe, the different types of galaxies in our solar system and the position of our solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy. Other terminology includes: constellations, spiral galaxy,...
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ReNUWIt: Changing the way we manage urban water
The Mines Park apartment complex may look like typical student housing but these apartments are pioneering new water treatment methods for a cleaner future. Wastewater from this complex isn't actually wasted. This is one of the pilot...
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CASA radar tracks tornadoes up to the minute, literally - Science Nation
A new generation of smaller, highly capable radar systems in the Dallas/Fort Worth area is able to track with more accuracy the location of tornadoes and other severe weather conditions, such as heavy rain and ice storms, compared to...
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Manmade Wall of Wind Creates Hurricane Force Winds To Test Construction
A Category 5 hurricane is a monster of a storm that most people would want to avoid. But, Civil Engineer Arindam Chowdhury actually recreates those monster hurricane force winds in hopes of helping us better prepare for the real thing....
FuseSchool
Sea turtle
Sea turtle | Ocean Literacy | FuseSchool Turtles play an important role in keeping the oceans healthy. They keep balance in food webs by eating jellyfish and grazing on seagrass beds. Their presence keeps coral reefs healthy and cycles...
Curated Video
Multiplying Whole Numbers by Mixed Numbers Using Area Models
In this lesson, students will learn how to multiply whole numbers by mixed numbers using area models. The teacher explains the concept by demonstrating how to draw rectangular arrays and divide them to represent the mixed numbers.
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Super Stars
Who are the biggest super stars in the universe? For Adam Burrows, an astrophysics professor at Princeton University, it's not who, but ""what,"" and they are far from Hollywood, or even Earth, for that matter. Burrows would tell you...
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Pacific Dead Zones
Ocean ""dead zones"" along the Washington and Oregon coasts are threatening critical U.S. fishing areas. These oxygen-depleted regions, that loose virtually all of their marine life in the summer, are expanding, and new ones are...