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Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Children: Catch, Check, and Change Your Thoughts Part 1
The first part of a two video series helps young scholars take control of their thoughts. Using the Catch It, Check It and Change It method, learners think of something helpful to improve their mood.
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Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Children: Calming Your Mind
Follow along with a quick video to learn the skill, Mindfulness 5-4-3-2-1. Young learners practice mindfulness to focus on themselves and their surroundings and calm their nerves. A narrator takes viewers through each step.
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Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Children: Doing Fun Activities
When you are feeling down, try doing a fun activity to help improve your mood. A short video details how a child was feeling blue betters his mood by partaking in activities that make him happy.
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Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Children: Belly Breathing
A brief video shows young scholars how to belly breathe. The video introduces the viewer to a young child who experiences strong emotions. The narrator calmly talks the child through the steps to belly breath to feel better.
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Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Children: Catch, Check, and Change Your Thoughts Part 2
Part two of a short video details the Catch It, Check It, Change It method. Scholars watch how a learner gets bad news, feels sad, then turns their mood around using positive thinking. A narrator explains the steps thoughtfully.
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Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Youth: Catch, Check, and Change Your Thoughts Part 2
The final video in a six-part series reinforces the practice of "Catch It, Check It, and Change It" learned in the previous video.
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Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Youth: Catch, Check, and Change Your Thoughts Part 1
Introduce young learners to three C's with a short video that describes how catching, checking, and changing their thoughts can improve how they respond to difficult situations.
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Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Youth: Calming Your Mind
"5, 4, 3, 2, 1." A short video teaches viewers how to practice mindfulness to reduce anxiety and stress.
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Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Youth: Increasing Favorite Activities
Whether it's putting raindrops on roses or polishing copper kettle to a bright glow, or something else entirely, doing favorites things is a great way to support emotional wellbeing. Viewers of a short video learn how to reduce stress...
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Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Youth: Deep Breathing
Inhale, exhale. Teach young people one way to cope with anxiety and stress with a short video that models how to practice deep breathing.
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Introduction to Tools for Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Children and Youth
A short video introduces "Tools for Emotional Wellness," two series of lessons; one designed for younger children and one for older youths. The video explains how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are interconnected.
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Natural Cycles—Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 7
The most common argument against human-caused climate change is the natural cycle of our earth. The last video in the series of seven addresses this belief. It combines collected data with advanced models to determine which factors...
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Solar Influence—Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 6
Have scientists considered that the sun heating up might be a cause of global warming? The sixth of seven videos on the factors that affect the climate explains and tests this theory. It includes data collected from satellites, weather...
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How Much Warming?—Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 5
In the past century, the global temperature has climbed 10 times faster than the average rate of Ice Age recovery warming. The fifth video in a series of seven on factors that affect climate change discusses just how much global...
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Increased Emissions—Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 4
Earth naturally creates carbon dioxide, so how do we know the atmospheric increase is related to humans? The fourth video in a seven-part series explains the evidence that points to humans as a reason for this increase. The factors that...
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Greenhouse Gases—Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 3
Greenhouse gases prevent the earth from freezing over, so how do they cause global warming? The third installment in a seven-part series explains what greenhouse gases are, how they help us, and why they are important. It links an...
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Is Earth Warming?—Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 2
What does it mean when scientists say the earth is warming? The second video in a seven-part series explains how scientists measure the temperature of the entire Earth. It links to factors that affect climate change through discussions...
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What is Climate?—Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 1
In 1896, Svante Arrhenius discovered the connection between human carbon dioxide emissions and global warming. Over 100 years later, it is worse than he predicted, yet the science continues to support his findings. Now we know there are...