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How the Ocean Powers Life from Reef to Rainforest
The marine ecosystem intricately connects with life on land through processes like the production of DMS gas by algae, which seeds clouds and nourishes inland rainforests—rainforests that in turn return nutrients back to the sea. As...
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Exploring the plight of the endangered red ruffed lemur
Discover the world of the red ruffed lemur, one of Madagascar's most endangered species, struggling for survival in shrinking rainforests.
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Puerto Rico: History, Culture, and Nature
Embracing the Caribbean Splendor of Puerto Rico:Finally, we will end our tour in one of the most beautiful landscapes of the Caribbean, the Island of Puerto Rico, a place also rich in history and culture.
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Brazil's Population Imbalance: Why So Few People Live In The Interior Of The Country
Brazil is a HUGE country! And despite popular ideas, it's not comprised entirely of the Amazon Rainforest. Despite this, the majority of all Brazilians still live just 50 miles from the coast, illustrating a huge population imbalance for...
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The Amazon: The Lungs of the Earth
In this video, the Amazon rainforest is explored as a vital contributor to our planet's oxygen production, earning it the nickname "the lungs of the Earth." The video highlights the Amazon's diverse ecosystem, its heavy reliance on...
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The Amazon Rainforest: Biodiversity, Culture, and Rivers
The Amazon Jungle:Finally, we’ll go to the jungle in a journey through a river that only the bravest explorers dared to cross. Let's go to the Amazon! We will admire the variety of Amazonian fauna. We will see some of the animals that...
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The Two Congos: Why Africa Has Two Congo Countries With A HUGE Population Difference
Africa is home to two Congo countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo/ But despite sharing a name, river, and rainforest, these two countries are actually quite different. Mostly it that the Democratic...
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Lapa Rios: A Model of Sustainable Luxury in Costa Rica
Discover how Lapa Rios eco-lodge integrates sustainability with luxury by using local materials, solar energy, and sustainable practices. Learn about their conservation efforts and the positive impact on the local community and...
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We Found the Worst Weather on Earth
The weather down here can get pretty crazy. But we got curious and asked: just how extreme can weather actually get on planet earth? So we decided to travel the world in search of answers and discovered not only some fascinating answers,...
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Is Earth's Largest Heat Transfer Really Shutting Down?
With unprecedented heat waves and record-breaking global temperatures, it’s hard to believe that there might be a place on earth that has actually COOLED since the industrial revolution.
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Poison Arrow Frog
This brightly-coloured frog lays its eggs on the ground and must climb high into the rainforest canopy to transport its young to a watery nursery. How? Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. Poison arrow frogs have poisonous skin,...
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Gliding Leaf Frog
Frogs like to jump, but meet the species that jumps incredible lengths between trees. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. The gliding leaf frog lives in the rainforests of South America. The gliding leaf frog spends much of its...
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Brazil: Agricultural Revolution
With global food need increasing, but less new agricultural land available, progressive agricultural methods are needed to feed the world. See some of those methods in action in Brazil. Human Geography - A Changing World - In the last...
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Tropical Rainforests
Tropical rainforests are competitive environments where plants must compete for space and resources. But other dangers threaten the balance and future of these important habitats. Biology - Ecosystems - Learning Points. Tropical...
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Ecosystem Management: Tropical Rainforests
The Amazon rainforest is being cut down for resources and land at a rapid rate. Learn how alternative farming methods, incentives to cut carbon emissions and protected reserves are helping to conserve the rainforest from further harm....
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Venn Diagrams: Global Habitats
Creating a Venn diagram to reveal the differences and surprising similarities between rainforest and desert environments. Maths - Algebra A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum. Twig’s math films...
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Rainforest shadows
Trees in the rainforest create shadows and animals use the shadows to hide! The world around us - Light and sound - Shadows Learning Points A shadow is an area where light cannot reach. This means that shadows form wherever light is...
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Habitats – What's that noise?
What's that noise? ... It's the sound of the rainforest. Life processes - Living things in their environments - Habitats A Twig Tidbit Film - What’s that noise? The children have to identify an object from its sound alone.
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Climate – Odd one out
Four different animals are shown, but which is the odd one out? People and places - Physical geography - Climate A Twig Tidbit Film - Odd one out. The children have to work out which of four images is the odd one out.
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The Amazon rainforest
Find out how deforestation in the Amazon rainforest affects the whole planet, and what is being done to stop it disappearing completely. People and places - Human impact on the environment - Humans on Earth Learning Points Deforestation...
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The Kayapo tribe
Journey into the heart of the Amazon rainforest to visit the Kayapo tribe, whose way of life is under threat. People and places - Human geography - Using the land Learning Points Reserves are protected areas of land in which logging and...
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Poison arrow frogs
They may be poisonous but, find out why these frogs make perfect parents. Life processes - Variation and classification - Vertebrates Learning Points Amphibians lay eggs in water to reproduce. Metamorphosis is the change from a tadpole...
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Rainforests for Kids
Learn about the wonderful world of rainforests, how rainforests work, and why they are important.
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The Amazing Camouflage of the Mossy Leaf-Tailed Gecko
Explore the fascinating world of Madagascar's mossy leaf-tailed gecko, a master of disguise in the dense rainforests. Discover the secrets behind their incredible camouflage and the challenges they face in the wake of deforestation and...