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Pbs Learning Media: Mystery Beneath the Ice Climate Change in the Antarctic

9th - 10th
The region off the west coast of Antarctica has lost gigatons of ice and the sea ice is freezing later and melting earlier. In this video from NOVA, learn about the effects of these changes from researchers who are tudying this...
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Pbs Learning Media: Killer Landslides Ingredients of a Landslide

9th - 10th
Follow a geomorphologist as he uncovers clues in the soil of the slope that failed in Oso, Washington in 2014. See what factors contribute to landslides in this video. Closed caption available. [2:32]
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Pbs: Nova: Cooking With Bill Nye

3rd - 8th
Join Bill Nye in his short demonstration showing conservation of thermal energy. The famous television scientist explains why this simple, but important scientific concept is relevant. [2:26]
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Pbs: News Hour: California Startups Are Growing Meat From Animal Cells

9th - 10th
As concerns grow about the sustainability of meat production, some startup companies say they may have a solution: growing meat from animal cells in laboratories. NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson visited two startups in California...
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PBS

Nova: Artificial Life

9th - 10th
Ethical questions often surround artificial life. This segment by NOVA attempts to shed light on misconceptions and the intricacies associated with such scientific ventures. Build you own microbe and learn what variables are necessary to...
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Nova: Pocahontas Revealed: Touching the Past

9th - 10th
Watch a brief movie of Anne "Little Fawn" Richardson who discusses Pocahontas, Powhatan, and the misunderstandings between the Jamestown settlers and the Indians.
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Pbs: Nova: Plasma Rockets

9th - 10th
Offers a look at the downsides of slow space travel and how it might be possible for astronauts, using plasma-rocket technology, to make an "express voyage" to Mars in two weeks, rather than two-and-a-half years. [6:38]
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Pbs Nova: Deadliest Earthquakes

9th - 10th
The sad truth is that earthquakes are inevitable, but there are ways to lessen their devastation. Watch this fascinating video on the deadliest earthquakes. Follow a team of US geologists as they try to determine exactly what happened in...
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Pbs: Nova: The Beast of Loch Ness

9th - 10th
Curious about Nessie? This site accompanies "The Beast of Loch Ness," a NOVA movie that tried to use science to track the Loch Ness Monster. This site briefly explores other mythological creatures, the Loch Ness Legend, provides...
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PBS

Nova Science Now: Smart Marine Mammals: Smart Sea Lions

3rd - 8th
In this video, meet Rio, a captive California sea lion who has helped research biologists to better understand the cognitive abilities of this species. See how Rio has learned that certain sounds are associated with certain letters or...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Dying to Be Thin

9th - 10th
Examine how healthy men and women are portrayed in the media by collecting and analyzing data from magazine articles and images. Consider whether men and women portrayed in the magazines are real, and reflect on one's own self-image.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Nova: The Cannabis Question: The Effects of Cannabis on the Teenage Brain

9th - 10th
Learn how cannabis may affect growth and function in the developing brain, in this video clip from NOVA: The Cannabis Question. Use this resource to provide opportunities to ask questions and to use evidence to evaluate a claim about the...
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Pbs Learning Media: Nova: The Cannabis Question: Cannabis Addiction Risk

9th - 10th
Hear a student athlete's personal story about cannabis usage for pain and learn about cannabis addiction, with this video from NOVA: The Cannabis Question. Use this resource to provide opportunities to ask questions and to use evidence...
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Pbs Learning Media: Nova: Gross Science: Guinea Worm Disease: A Waterborne Parasitic Infection

9th - 10th
Learn about a disease caused by a parasitic infection from a three-foot-long worm, in this episode of Gross Science from NOVA. Dracunculiasis is caused by the Guinea worm-a nematode that has historically been a major problem in Asia and...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Nova: Addiction: Vaping Cost One Teen His Health and Dreams

9th - 10th
Meet Cade, a high school hockey player, and learn how his addiction to nicotine from vaping has had physical and behavioral impacts on his life in this digital video from NOVA. Use this resource to stimulate thinking and questions about...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Nova: Addiction: Fighting the Opioid Epidemic With Harm Reduction Strategies

9th - 10th
Examine the scope of the opioid addiction crisis in America and strategies, including harm reduction programs, that are being used to treat people with opioid use disorder in these videos from NOVA: Addiction. Explore harm reduction...
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Pbs Learning Media: Nova: The Secret Life of Scientists & Engineers: Ina Vanderbroek

9th - 10th
Meet ethnobotanist Ina Vanderbroek in these videos from NOVA's "The Secret Life of Scientists & Engineers." Ina studies how people use medicinal plants for healing. She explains how she creates a guidebook of the plants to help...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Solving the Storage Problem

6th - 8th
Although we've found ways to generate electricity from renewables, storing energy for future use isn't so easy. Why is this, and what strategies are engineers using to solve the storage problem? [2:26]
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PBS

Pbs: Secrets of Lost Empires the Incas

9th - 10th
This is the transcript of a television documentary from PBS which explores the great building projects of the Incas. It does so through an interview with Jean Pierre Prtozam.
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Nova: Ice Mummies

9th - 10th
From an episode of NOVA broadcast by PBS in 1998, learn about an expedition to uncover sacrificial "ice mummies" in the Andes.
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PBS

Pbs: Frozen Frogs

9th - 10th
PBS highlights the common wood frog and how it freezes solid every winter and then, come spring, defrosts and mates. Contains links to a video segment, cold cures as well as an "Ask the Expert" section. [4:00]
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PBS

Pbs: Nova: How Smart Is an Octopus?

9th - 10th
Video segment about octopus intelligence and their unusual behaviors. [9:58]
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PBS

Nova: How Smart Are Dolphins?

9th - 10th
A video segment about dolphin intelligence and their unusual communication skills. [10:50]