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I WONDER - What Is An Endangered Animal?
This video is answering the question of what is an endangered animal.
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How to Make a Sad Song
It only takes a few notes of Sarah MacLachlan’s “Angel” over images of homeless dogs and cats to trigger our tear ducts. Heartbreaking visuals aside, what makes the song itself so sad? What is it musically about a song that makes it...
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Dinosaur Frills and Sexual Selection
Why did dinosaurs such as Triceratops have massive shields (frills) on their heads? Dr. David Hone argues that it was not for defence! It probably served as a socio-sexual display. Given that behaviours don’t fossilise, is it possible to...
Science Buddies
Arduino Magnetic Pet Door: Circuit & Code
Build a magnetically-activated door for your dog, cat, or other pet using an Arduino in this fun engineering project.
Great Big Story
Meet Blakely, the Cincinnati Zoo's devoted animal nanny
Discover Blakely, the Australian shepherd who nurtures various baby animals at the Cincinnati Zoo.
Visual Learning Systems
Structures of Living Things
In this video students will learn how to construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction. Special attention is given to guiding...
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Columbus’s Second Voyage
Dr. Forrester talks about Columbus’s second voyage to the New World with seventeen ships and a thousand men.
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The Native American People
Dr. Forrester explains that the story of Native Americans is the beginning of American History. She creates a KWL chart and researches information about Native Americans.
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Farm Living
Mr. Griot explores the nonfiction story "Farm Living." Then he compares and contrasts city life and farm life using a Venn diagram.
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Stretch’s New Bicycle
Mr. Griot works to create his own fable. Then he edits the story and creates a final copy of the fable.
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Fables by the Campfire
Mr. Griot describes the elements of a fable by reviewing the fable "It’s a Dog’s Life."
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What is Symbiosis?
Symbiosis is relationship where two different species co-exist and at least one derives benefit from the other. The name for an organism with a symbiotic relationship is a symbiont. Let's look at some examples of symbiotic relationships.
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Explaining Natural Resources
Dr. Forrester provides information about the variety of natural resources on our planet. She explains how some of those resources are renewable, such as water, sun, and wind, while others are nonrenewable, such as oil, natural gas, and...
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Components of the Environment
Dr. Forrester explains how to categorize things into living and nonliving. She also discusses the relationship between plants and animals.
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Endangered and Extinct
Dr. Forrester explains how humans have had one of the most significant impacts on the environment.
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Surviving the Elements
Dr. Forrester teaches about how animals deal with their environments and adapt to a variety of influences.
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What's for Dinner?
Dr. Forrester teaches about the three types of consumers: herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores.
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From Food Chains to Food Webs
Dr. Forrester explains how all animals rely on producers, or plants, to provide a foundation for food chains and food webs.
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British Wildlife: Roe Deer
Welcome to another episode of Natural World Facts! This fact file is all about the Roe Deer in the series Mammals.