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Pbs Learning Media: Hunters Navigate Warming Arctic
In this video segment adapted from the National Film Board of Canada, learn how the Inuit people have used their traditional knowledge to understand and adapt to changes in their Arctic environment, particularly when hunting and...
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Pbs Learning Media: Alaska Tsunami
In this video adapted from Alaska Sea Grant, discover why multiple tsunamis resulted from the Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964. Essay, discussion questions, and links to related material included.
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Pbs Learning Media: Samoa Under Threat
In this video segment adapted from Bullfrog Films, a local climatologist talks about the Pacific island of Samoa, which is under threat from an increasing number of intense storms possibly related to global warming.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Grand Canyon: Evidence of Earth's Past
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, a fossil found among the Grand Canyon's rock layers reveals the existence of a shallow sea that once covered most of western North America.
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Pbs Learning Media: What Is a Molecule?
This video/animation shows that a molecule of water is made up of oxygen and hydrogen atoms. When oxygen and hydrogen atoms exist alone, their properties are different from the properties they have when they are chemically combined to...
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Pbs Learning Media: Curious George: Pigeon Perch
In the video, Curious George wants to make Compass the Pigeon the perfect perch so the bird can feel right at home. But it takes a lot of research to figure out how to build a tall object that won't collapse. Students learn about the...
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Pbs Learning Media: Curious George: Tool Time
In the video Camping with Hundley, Curious George needs to use his camping skills after a storm knocks out the electricity that powers the Doorman's van. He uses a mallet to build a shelter, a lighter to start a fire, and sticks to cook...
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Pbs Learning Media: United States National Anthem
Listen to a recording of the United States national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner", along with a description of the American flag. [1:18]
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Pbs Learning Media: Webinar: Lincoln's Words at Gettysburg
Ken Burns' documentary, The Address, traces students from a school who are studying Lincoln's Gettysburg Address for meaning. How was this school capable of stirring students' curiostity about the famous speech? [1:01:56]
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Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: On the Road
Chris and Martin experience the life of a butterfly inlcluding their predators and the need for lots of energy.
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Pbs Learning Media: Hurricane at Pteranodon Terrace
In this Dinosaur Train episode, the Pteranodon family and friends take shelter in a cave while a hurricane rages around them. [12:46]
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Pbs Learning Media: Dinosaur Discoveries: Minerals
In this Dinosaur Train clip, a paleontologist describes how minerals form deep inside the Earth, where it is very hot.
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Pbs Learning Media: Discovering Minerals
While exploring, the Pteranodon family finds minerals, and Mr. Pteranodon helps them to understand the difference between rocks and minerals.
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Pbs Learning Media: Dads' Day Rained Out
In this Dinosaur Train Clip, students learn the importance of rain to all life cycles. [1:24]
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Pbs Learning Media: Curious George: Blast Off!
Curious George is the only one who can restock the International Space Station with supplies, which means he's going up to space in a rocket! After students watch the video, they build and launch their own air-powered rockets, which they...
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Pbs Learning Media: Earth a New Wild: Living With Sumatran Elephants
Students learn how elephants engineer the ecosystem to benefit humans and nature. [5:10]
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Pbs Learning Media: Curious George: Sort It Out!
When Curious George invites a group of dogs home from the Dog Show, he has to figure out a way to sort them so that he can count them correctly. After watching the video, students learn about classifying objects that have common...
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Pbs Learning Media: Beneath the Waters of Cocos Island
Cocos Island, a remote volcanic summit in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, serves as a beacon for hungry predators, including thousands of hammerhead sharks that travel here each year in search of prey. This video segment from NOVA:...
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Pbs Learning Media: Evolution of the Eye
Zoologist Dan-Erik Nilsson demonstrates how the complex human eye could have evolved from simple light-sensitive cells. From a PBS show called "Evolution: Darwin's Dangerous Idea." Includes background reading material and discussion...
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Pbs Learning Media: Write Now! Career Writing Prompts: Group General Manager
WLVT PBS 39 and PSEA have teamed to create these innovative writing prompts on careers. These 30 second to 1 minute pieces provide an excellent opportunity for students to learn a bit about a career and to write feedback to the question...
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Pbs Learning Media: Curious George: Build a Wall
In the video "Keep Out Cows," Curious George tries to build a wall to keep the cows from munching on a flowerbed. He uses newspapers attached to a clothesline, but will they be strong enough to keep Leslie Cow and her friends away?...
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Pbs Learning Media: People of the Arctic
This video segment adapted from the National Film Board of Canada explores how the Inuit people have adapted their traditions and ways of life to changing environmental realities. The video features archival footage and interviews in...
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Pbs Learning Media: Curious George: Measure Up
In the video George Measures Up, Curious George needs to measure a tall building for Chef Psighetti. First he uses himself and then realizes he can use a measuring tape instead. As children explore the concepts of measuring, they learn...
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Pbs Learning Media: Alaska Native Teens Help Researchers
In this video adapted from KUAC-TV and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska Native students contribute to research on how their environment is changing as a result of global warming.