Visual Learning Systems
Matter and Energy in Ecosystems
In this video students will learn how living things and nonliving things interact in ecosystems. Specific attention is given to identifying producers, consumers and decomposers. Vivid, live-action video shows these relationships in...
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How to Understand the Sources of Conflict
If you look on the web, you’ll find there are only three sources of conflict… or maybe it’s five… or eight… The truth is - as anyone who has lived any length of time knows – that there are as many causes of conflict as combinations of...
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Happy Project: How to Make Your Project a Happier Place
Is your project a happy place? I hope so. But can you deliberately raise morale without going all 'happy-clappy'? Well, yes you can. Lab experiments looked at small, deliberate acts of kindness and generosity. They find people then pay...
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Risk Management - 5 Tips to Do it Right
Shift Happens! Things go wrong. So, as a project manager, you need to be able to manage risks.
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How to Run an Effective Stage Gate Review
Stage Gate Reviews make a valuable contribution to project governance. So, if you can introduce a gateway process into your project, you will gain more control and greater accountability. But that does rely on you running an effective...
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How to Get People to Do What You Ask Them to Do?
One of the toughest things for a Project Manager is getting your team to do what you ask them to do. And it's no surprise that the way you ask matters. But I'd like to suggest a three-step approach that can help you lock-in a mind-set...
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The Secret Islands of the Everglades
The Everglades is a water world — It’s the widest and slowest river in the United States. But in the heart of this great water body exist secret islands that have outsize importance for the cultural heritage of a people and for the...
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Want to Solve Wildfires and Drought? Leave it to BEAVERS!
The charismatic beaver is more than a charming, vegetarian stream-dweller. it’s actually a master architect, capable of restoring rivers, bringing back dwindling fish populations and even preventing wildfire. Travel with host Joe Hanson...
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What are Wild Coyotes Doing in the Big City?
Chicago is the third-largest city in the U.S., and one of the country’s most diverse. There’s a secret subculture here that’s growing larger by the year but lurks out of sight in shadow — coyotes! More than 4,000 of these canines prowl...
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Why are There 30 Million Horseshoe Crabs on This Beach?
Every spring, the beaches of Delaware Bay play host to one of the world’s wildest parties. Millions of prehistoric crabs (and hundreds of thousands of birds) converge here. These horseshoe crabs spend most of their lives in the ocean...
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Climbers’ Paradise is the Last Refuge for an Ancient Species
It’s called the Land of Arches. With more than 100 natural sandstone arches, Kentucky’s Red River Gorge is a breathtaking natural spectacle. The gorge is considered one of the world’s premier rock climbing destinations. It’s also a haven...
Science ABC
Cave Paintings To Cartography: This Is How They Created Maps Before Satellites
In 1963, in Turkey, a cave painting was discovered that had been drawn around 6200 BC in Catal Hyük in Anatolia. This painting illustrated a town with streets, houses, and a volcano. Would you call this a cave painting or an attempt at...
Great Big Story
Suveen Mathaudhu’s heroic work with metals
Meet Suveen Mathaudhu, a scientist inspired by superheroes, revolutionizing metals to create eco-friendly solutions for transportation and beyond.
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Genotype
The genetic make-up of an individual. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films reinforce abstract concepts and key...
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Robot
A machine that's capable of performing complex tasks on its own, often under computer control. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig...
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Desertification
The degradation of usable land into desert. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films reinforce abstract concepts and...
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Divergence
The process by which new species or variations within species evolve in populations. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science...
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Respiration
The chemical reaction that takes place in all living cells to release energy from glucose. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science...
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Biodiversity
The variation of life forms within an ecosystem or across the planet. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films...
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Tropism
When a plant grows in a particular direction in response to an external stimulus. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary...
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Vertebrate
Animals with bony spinal columns or backbones, a spinal cord, and a skull enclosing the brain and eyes. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions....
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Endocytosis
The process by which a cell can take in material from its environment by first engulfing it with its cell membrane. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual...
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Anaerobic Respiration: Energy Production Without Oxygen
Cellular respiration in the absence of oxygen. Like aerobic respiration, it converts glucose into usable energy, in the form of ATP. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and...
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Herbivore
An animal that gets its energy from eating plant materials. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films reinforce...