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From Sunlight to Snack: The Energy Journey in the Animal Kingdom
Dive into the world of consumers in the energy cycle, exploring how animals, including humans, derive their energy from plants and other animals. This video explains the process of digestion, metabolism, and the role of nutrients like...
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Unraveling Genetics: How Genes Shape Our Traits
Ever wondered why some people can roll their tongues and others can't? It's all in our genes! Discover how genes, the basic units of heredity, determine our physical traits and are carried from one generation to the next through...
Curated Video
Advanced 3D Printing with Fusion 360 - Design Your Phone Case - Rendering the Project
In this final course video, you will learn to render the items we created—the Apple iPhone XR model phone case, the hand grip for the phone case, and the foldable tripod stand attachment. This clip is from the chapter "Render +...
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The Inner Workings: How Our Bodies Use Water, Gas, and Electricity
Venture into the fascinating 'factory' of the human body, where water, gases, and electricity play crucial roles in our daily functions. From hydrating cells and transporting nutrients to facilitating breath and powering the heart,...
Healthcare Triage
The Latest on Artificial Sweeteners and Health
Are there harms of artificial sweeteners that outweigh the benefits? We’ve asked this question before at Healthcare Triage, and the answer was no! There are lots of data that suggest artificial sweeteners are bad, but none of those data...
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The Surprising Benefits of Regular Physical Activity
Explore the multifaceted benefits of regular exercise beyond just physical fitness. This documentary dives into how sports enhance immune function, boost memory, and increase overall brain health. Featuring comparisons between an average...
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Chilled to the Bone: Nicolas Vanier's Mastery of the Extreme Cold
Dive into the frigid world of Nicolas Vanier as he trains on the Vercors plateau, preparing for the grueling conditions of the Siberian winter. This feature explores how Nicolas and his sled dogs adapt to severe cold, focusing on...
Curated Video
Geography Terms and Tools
Dr. Forrester teaches about landforms and bodies of water that cover the earth. She tells about how globes, maps, and atlases are ways to identify those landforms and bodies of water.
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Wet + Land = Wetland
Dr. Forrester explains the importance of wetlands and what they provide to humans and other living things.
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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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When Did Humans Start Shaving and Why?
Although the exact timeline of shaving isn’t clear, most experts and found artifacts suggest that shaving has been around since approximately 100,000 BC, when cavemen would eliminate hair from their body by pulling them out one at a...
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Mildred Cohn: Trailblazing Biochemist
Mildred Cohn shattered gender and religious barriers to revolutionize biochemistry, developing techniques with far-reaching applications in medicine and agriculture.
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Hamlet 3.1 Word Nerd: Shuffle
This video explores the phrase "this mortal coil" from Shakespeare's "Hamlet," detailing its vivid imagery and meanings. The video explains the various meanings of "shuffle" and "coil" in Shakespeare's time, enhancing the viewer's...
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Why Aren't Angels Scary Anymore?
As beings that mediate between heaven and earth, angels have been the focus of both fascination and fear for centuries. In the past, they’ve been described as fireballs, forms without substance, or massive beings that collect blood or...
PBS
Are Cyborgs Really Monsters?
Advances in technology are always met with some degree of technophobia – and villainization. Anxieties about humans being replaced by machines immediately emerged alongside voices praising their life-enhancing benefits. What is it about...
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Review for You:Compare and Contrast Essay
Mr. Griot reviews the definitions of the words compare and contrast and discusses the steps to take when planning, organizing, and writing a comparison and contrast essay.
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Al the Alpaca's Christmas Adventure at the North Pole
Join Yoga Guppy for a magical yoga adventure with Al the alpaca and Santa at the North Pole. Through fun poses and storytelling, children will engage their bodies and minds while learning about friendship, problem-solving, and the spirit...
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Animal Categories
“Animal Categories” gives examples of warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals and discusses how scientists group animals based on the animals’ characteristics.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 2.1.84 Word Nerd: Purple Grain
Before the advent of modern chemistry in the 19th century, one of the most unusual natural coloring agents was a red dye made by grinding up the bodies of insects living on cacti in Central America. This dye was known as "purple in...
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Extreme Human Bodies: Unbelievable Facts Revealed
This fascinating and eye-opening video delves into the most extreme and underrated facts about our bodies. From the surprising number of blinks we make in a year to the incredible amount of saliva we produce in a lifetime, this video...
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Uncovering Mysteries of Early Humans in the Atapuerca Mountains
The discovery of ancient hominin bones in Northern Spain's Atapuerca Mountains has significantly pushed back the timeline for human arrival in Europe to about 1.2 million years ago, predating previous estimates by around 500,000 years....
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Hibernation: Nature's Winter Survival Strategy
This video delves into the fascinating world of animal hibernation, explaining how and why various species, including mammals, amphibians, and invertebrates, enter this dormant state. It covers the concepts of hibernation and estivation,...