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Curated Video
Natural and Man-Made Products
Miss Palomine takes a look around the outdoors to see all the things made by animals. She then comes indoors and begins the discussion of things that are made by nature, and things that are man-made. She and the student sort them into...
Curated Video
Natural and Manmade
Dr. Forrester shows how to identify parts of a system that are natural and manmade. She shows how to identify the sources of manmade products such as plastics, metals, aluminum, fabrics, paper, and cardboard.
Curated Video
Our Precious Natural Resources
Miss Palomine describes what natural resources are. She then explains the difference between something that is man-made and something that is a natural resource. She concludes by explaining why it’s important that we conserve our natural...
The Viral Fever
Water: Uros Island People, Peru
Humans cannot survive for more than a few days without water. We are made of 70% water, and so is the entire planet. For these reasons, human identity is forever linked to water, both fresh and salt. The Uru people have take "living with...
Domain of Science
The Map of Chemistry
The Viral Fever
Terra firma (Earth): Ksar Mud House, Morocco
The latin phrase Terra firma means "solid earth". From the beginning of time, man has utilized the Terra firma beneath his feet for a myriad of reasons but the most striking option has been to create homes out of the solid earth. Modern...
Bozeman Science
LS2C - Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning and Resilience
How do ecosystems react to change over time? Show your class how natural and man-made factors affect the organisms in an area using the guidelines in a video about standard LS2C. Topics include biotic and abiotic factors, biodiversity,...
TED-Ed
The Myth of Icarus and Daedalus
Greek myths take center stage in a short video that not only revisits the of tragic fates of Daedalus and his son Icarus, but also explains the roles King Minos, his wife Pasiphae, and the Minotaur played in a cautionary tale of human...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: Tragedy of the Commons
This lesson introduces students to the "Tragedy of the Commons," an extended metaphor for problems of shared environmental or man-made resources that are overused and eventually depleted. In this metaphor, shared resources are compared...