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Scientific American

Inside the Coronavirus

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Take biologists on a journey into the heart of the Covid-19 virus with a series of stunning graphics and explanations about the global pandemic. Animations bring investigators up close to the virus, revealing its structure and movement...
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American Museum of Natural History

Earthquakes Tremors From Below

For Students 6th - 12th
Earthquakes are really no one's fault. A thorough lesson explains the different types of earthquakes how they happen. Learners interact with the online lesson to simulate earthquakes and examine their results. The lesson is appropriate...
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American Museum of Natural History

Being an Astronomer: Neil deGrasse Tyson

For Students 6th - 12th
An interview delves deep into the life of famous astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson. 
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Annenberg Foundation

Geometry 3D Shapes: 3D Shapes

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Explore vocabulary related to three-dimensional shapes. An instructional website describes the characteristics of different geometric solids. Learners can use an interactive component to view nets, faces, vertices, and edges of common...
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Curated OER

Bized.com: Market Segmentation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by Bized.com, gives a definition and explanation of the bases of segmentation.
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Biology 4 kids

Biology4 Kids: Annelids Worms With Segments

For Students 3rd - 8th
If you've dodged earthworms along the sidewalk after a rainfall then you have observed annelids. This text highlights these and other segmented worms.
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PBS

Nova: Booming Sands

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS site takes a look into a mysterious phenomena as to why and how certain sand dunes produce mysterious noises. Contains a link to watch a broadcast segment of an expedition into the desert as well as a recipe for noisy sands.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Two Points Determine a Line

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In this video segment [2:10] from Cyberchase, Digit must make a straight line between the two points and then follow the path created.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Two Sightings, Different Information

For Students 5th - 7th
Jackie and Matt are looking at the same object along two different lines, in this video segment from Cyberchase.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: What's Your Name? (U)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This video segment from Between the Lions uses a fun hip-hop song about names to highlight the /uh/ sound that the letter "u" makes and to boost phonemic awareness: an understanding of the sounds within words.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Seven Selfish Shellfish

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This video segment from Between the Lions features a classic tongue twister: a type of wordplay that helps children tune their ears to language and the sounds within words. [0:29]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Cave Formation: Biogeochemical Cycles

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment adapted from NOVA chronicles the discoveries that led to a radical new theory in which living organisms, not just geological processes, play an active role in cave formation. [5:42]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Mammals Get Their Chance

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, animations of an asteroid hitting Earth are used to illustrate this widely accepted theory of dinosaur extinction and the resulting conditions that favored mammals.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Above the Clouds: Telescopes on Mauna Kea

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment adapted from First Light explains why the highest peak in the Pacific, Mauna Kea, is an ideal site for astronomical observations. Featured are new telescope technologies that allow astronomers to explore the universe...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: A Strange New Planet

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment adapted from NOVA features the first planet to be discovered outside our solar system. Its surprisingly large size and short orbit sent scientists back to their data and led them to discover similar planets. [3:06]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: A Hole in the Sky

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment adapted from Interactive NOVA profiles two scientists who were surprised in 1984 to discover a hole in our atmosphere's ozone layer as big as the United States. [3:47]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Hurricanes: New Tools for Predicting

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW features new advances in predicting the intensity of hurricanes. [5:49]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Mountain Weather: A Climber's Story

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment adapted from Interactive NOVA, a mountain climber's perilous journey reveals the extreme range of microclimates on Mount Kilimanjaro. [4:42]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Nisqually Glacier at Mount Rainier

For Students 3rd - 8th
Observe the Nisqually Glacier at Mount Rainier in this video segment from NatureScene. [4:07]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Redwoods at Redwood National Park

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment from NatureScene describes the characteristics of redwood trees at Redwood National Park. [4:02]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Selected Haiku by Issa

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about the Japanese form of poetry known as haiku. In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, the poet Robert Hass reads a short collection of amusing, often ironic haiku by Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa. [1:32]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Belle Isle, 1949, by Philip Levine

For Students 9th - 10th
In Philip Levine's post-war poem, "Belle Isle, 1949," two strangers meet, swim, and part, exploring themes of connection, boundaries, and where we come from. This video segment comes from Poetry Everywhere. [1:29]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Everyday Radiation

For Students 9th - 10th
How much radiation are we exposed to every day? Find out in this video segment adapted from FRONTLINE: "Nuclear Reaction." [1:46]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Gamma Ray Burst Theories

For Students 3rd - 8th
This video segment from Swift: Eyes through Time introduces and explains theories of the origin of gamma-ray bursts. [4:11]

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