Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Design Inspired by Nature

9th - 10th
In this stills collage produced for Teachers' Domain, see several examples of everyday inventions that were either inspired by nature or are similar in form and function to plants or animals.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Covered Broth Bowl and Stand

9th - 10th
Met curator Jeff Munger on excess in Covered Broth Bowl and Stand from the Vincennes Manufactory, c. 1752-53.
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Views of Shenandoah

9th - 10th
This NPR story covers the work of Hullihen Moore, a student of Ansel Adams, and his recent photo book of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Beautiful black and white images of nature are here in the photo gallery.