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Pbs Teachers: Kart Racing
Explore how gears work, and examine the gears on a race kart. Watch two kids use the scientific method to find out which gear gives them the best performance.
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Pbs Teachers: Milk Carton Boat Race
Explore how shape affects the performance of a boat. Watch kids use the scientific method to find out how different shapes affect a boat's stability and maneuverability.
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Pbs Teachers: Real Scientists: Aquatic Biologist
Discover what aquatic biologists do, and explore ways kids can research aquatic animals. Learn what an aquatic biologist is doing to help restore the health of the Kissimmee River and make it a safe home for insects.
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Pbs Teachers: Real Scientists: Chimpanzee Researcher
Explore how chimpanzees share resources with each other. Discover how scientists are using research about chimpanzees to help them understand where humans fit into the world and test theories of behavioral ecology.
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Pbs Teachers: Real Scientists: Frog Scientist
Learn about a scientific researcher who is studying how invasive species and pollution are causing frog populations to decline. Discover how his findings are helping people see the need for improving our care for the environment.
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Pbs Teachers: Real Scientists: Nasa Jpl Researcher
Discover what a cryobot is, and learn how engineers may one day use cryobots to explore frozen planets or moons.
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Pbs Teachers: Real Scientists: Space Suit Researchers
Examine how extreme environments, such as intense cold or searing heat, affect astronauts' bodies in space. Discover how researchers develop clothing that keeps space explorers comfortable as they travel through new frontiers.
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Pbs Teachers: Real Scientists: Biologist
Explore the job of a microscopist, and learn how microscopists have discovered new ways of growing plants on the space shuttle.
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Pbs Teachers: Real Scientists: Ocean Scientist
Learn how an ocean scientist is using "robotunas" to find efficient new ways to get boats, ships and submarines moving along, without using a regular propeller.
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Pbs Teachers: Real Scientists: Marine Geologist
Explore the causes of earthquakes. Learn how geologists gather information about the earth's crust and how plates move.
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Pbs Teachers: Real Scientists: Volcano Scientist
Explore the job of an igneous petrologist, and observe how scientists gather information about rocks and the earth's mantle.
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Pbs Teachers: Real Scientists: Medical Modeler
Explore how plastic reproductions of the human body can be used in education and for medical research. Discover how medical modelers and illustrators create models of the human body.
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Pbs Teachers: Real Scientists: Hurricane Researcher
Learn what hurricanes are and how they differ from tornadoes. Discover how scientists gather data about hurricanes.
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Pbs Teachers: Real Scientists: Criminalist
Explore how criminalists use forensic science to solve legal disputes. Observe how a criminalist analyzes a piece of glass to identify culprits in a crime scene.
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Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: Know How? Weigh a Whale
So how do you go about weighing a 50 ton animal? PBS site explores how to weigh this mammoth creature by inviting you to come along with David and Anthony as they try to come up with the best way to do it.
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Pbs Teachers: Sea Lions
Observe the characteristics and behavior of sea lions while watching kids use the scientific method to find out if changing a sea lion's diet will affect the amount of time it hunts and plays.
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Pbs Teachers: Sailing
Compare and contrast three different sailing directions: running, broad reach and close hauled. Watch kids use the scientific method to find out which of these is the fastest sailing direction and why.
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Pbs Teachers: Straw House
Compare and contrast different materials that can be used to build a house. Watch kids use the scientific method to find out if you can use straw bales to build houses.
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Pbs Teachers: Rivers of Destiny
Observe how rivers meander and how the water deposits rocks and pebbles on the inside of each curve. Watch kids use the scientific method to find out how rivers affect the earth's surface.
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Pbs Teachers: Waterslides
Examine the factors that make a waterslide more fun, and watch kids use the scientific method to determine what makes a great waterslide.
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Pbs Teachers: Pour Air Into Water Experiment
This video segment adapted from ZOOM offers a clever demonstration of buoyancy by showing how to pour a cup of air into a cup filled with water. [1 mim, 42 sec]
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Pbs Teachers: Sand Dunes
Observe the similarities and differences between foredunes, active dunes and scrub dunes while watching kids use the scientific method to find out why some dunes are full of plants and others aren't.
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Pbs Teachers: Solar Car
Explore how solar panels can be used to produce electricity. Watch kids use the scientific method to find out how the sun's position in the sky affects a solar car's performance.
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Pbs Teachers: Tug O War
Explore mass and weight while watching kids use the scientific method to figure out how to form the best tug o' war team. [5:23]