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Home Sweet Habitat
Why can't a polar bear live in the desert? Because the bear's food source lives in the habitat in which it thrives. This is the focus of a video that explains why certain animals live in specific habitats.
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Land and Water
How do different materials absorb the sun's energy? This is the focus of a video that discusses how land, water, and the atmosphere absorb the sun's energy. Darker colored objects absorb the sun's energy (heat) while lighter colored...
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Water Water Everywhere
How do different animals access the small amounts of freshwater on Earth, in order to survive? This is the focus of a video that discusses how animals must adapt to surviving off limited amounts of freshwater present in their habitat.
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The Basics of Freshwater
Most of the water on Earth is found in our oceans; however, humans cannot survive on salt water. Instead, we need freshwater. So, what is freshwater and where does it come from? This is the focus of a video that discusses the differences...
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The Dirt on Decomposers
What happens to all the waste created in nature? This is the focus of a video that explains how decomposers break down waste to be used as nutrients and turned into energy for other living organisms.
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Fabulous Food Chains
What is a food chain? Energy flows between living things in a food chain. This is the focus of a video that explains how food chains work.
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Feed Me: Classifying Organisms
How do different types of living things get the energy they need? This is the focus of a video that describes how carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores get the energy they need to live.
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Gotta Eat!
Why do we eat? We eat because we need energy, and humans need energy to grow. This is the focus of a video that explains why organisms need food to live.
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Climate Change
What affects might an ecosystem undergo if the climate changes? This is the focus of a video that describes how a tiny change in an ecosystem can "throw everything off."
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The Engineering Process
The process that brought us items, such as the telephone and air conditioner was no easy task. In this upbeat video, scholars gain insight to the steps engineers take to create, design, and build a final product.
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Defining a Problem
Scholars may think they face big problems, but not like the problems engineers face. During this episode, the first step of the engineering process, define the process, is examined through a hypothetical scenario that...
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What's an Engineer?
What is an engineer? Find out in a brief video that explores types of engineers and the three essential questions every engineer asks and answers. Additionally, pupils discover real world engineers that have made an impact on...
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Here Comes the Sun
Get to know Sol with this fast paced, kid-friendly video featuring the closest star to Earth, the sun. Super scientists take part in a quick pop quiz, then learn all about Sol's size, distance, and how it creates and sends energy to Earth.
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Engineering Games
Engineering is like a big game! Yes, you read that correctly. In this video, the engineering process is examined with a focus on defining variables, and ways to discover the one variable that affects the outcome of a solution....
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The Zodiac Constellations
What's your sign? Astronomy and astrology come together in an engaging and informational video. It takes viewers through the Zodiac constellations, including the name, sign, and short history of these names.
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The Ecliptic
Where in the universe are we now? Teach your future astronauts and astronomers about the Ecliptic, the imaginary line that tracks the Earth's rotation throughout the year.
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Constellation Location
Location, location, location! Learn about why your location on Earth is a determining factor in which constellations you can see at night during different parts of the year.
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Super Stars (Constellations)
Why do people locate and name constellations? How do constellations help us map a starry night? Learn about stars and constellations with a short, informative astronomy video.
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Star Personalities
Reach for the stars with a fun space science video! Viewers learn about the different types of stars in the galaxy, as well as the ways to organize and classify them based on color and age.
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A Case of "What-Ifs"
Do your pupils ever get the case of the What-Ifs? If so, maybe they're meant to be an engineer. Engineers are encouraged to ask a lot of hypothetical questions! Find out why and what they do with their answers...
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Let's Fly!
Engineers think up multiple solutions to the problems they face, but how do they find the best solution? In this video, examine the process engineers take to discover the most appropriate choice to solve problems, and revisit the...
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Over (To) the Moon
How can an astronaut escape Earth's gravitational pull in order to get to the moon? This is the focus question in a video that discusses the differences in the strengths of Earth's gravitational force and the moon's gravitational force.
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The Great Escape
Thanks to gravity, to get something out of space, an individual must put more force on objects with greater mass, than that of an object with lighter mass. This is the focus of a video on how gravity works between two objects.
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Down to Earth
Does gravity literally pull us down? This is the focus question in a video about how gravity pulls matter toward Earth.