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Designing Electric Circuits: Steadiness Tester

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Designing Electric Circuits: Steadiness Tester

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In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members discover that metal is a good conductor of electricity as they play the steadiness tester game.

Subject:: Applied Science; Chemistry; Education; Engineering; Physical Science; Physics; Technology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: National Science Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 01/22/2004

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Designing a Paper Bridge

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In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members make a bridge from a single piece of paper. Will it be strong enough to hold a hundred pennies?

Subject:: Applied Science; Chemistry; Education; Engineering; Physical Science; Physics; Technology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: National Science Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 01/22/2004

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Detecting Life on Other Planets

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In this video from NOVA scienceNOW, learn how scientists detect potential signs of life on distant planets.

Subject:: Chemistry; Geoscience; Physical Science; Physics; Space Science
Material Type:: Lesson
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; HHMI; National Science Foundation; Public Television Viewers; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 08/28/2009

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Did Environmental Exposure Cause a Disease Cluster?

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Did Environmental Exposure Cause a Disease Cluster?

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This video segment from Greater Boston examines whether environmental toxins may be to blame for a rare skin disease.

Subject:: Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Geoscience; Life Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Lesson
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:: NIEHS; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 03/02/2011

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The Discovery of Penicillin

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This video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey tells the story of researcher Sir Alexander Fleming, whose luck and scientific reasoning led to the groundbreaking discovery of penicillin.

Subject:: History; History, Law, Politics; Life Science
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: Lawrence Hall of Science; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 09/26/2008

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Documenting Glacial Change

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A collection of repeat photography of glaciers from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). The photos are taken years apart at or near the same location, and at the same time of year. These images illustrate how dramatically glacier positions can change even over a relatively short period in geological time: 60 to 100 years. Background essay and discussion questions are included.

Subject:: Applied Science; Career and Technical Education; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Physical Science
Material Type:: Simulation
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: WGBH
Date Added:: 08/17/2018

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The Dome Challenge

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In this interactive activity from the Building Big Web site, think like an engineer and use your knowledge of dome design to match the right type of dome to the right location in a fictitious city.

Subject:: Applied Science; Chemistry; Engineering; Physical Science; Physics; Technology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Interactive
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: National Science Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 01/22/2004

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Double Immunity

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Dr. Stephen O'Brien of the National Cancer Institute discovers a 700-year-old mutation that makes a person resistant to HIV infection. From Evolution: "Evolutionary Arms Race."

Subject:: Anthropology; Life Science; Social Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: Clear Blue Sky Productions; National Science Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 09/26/2003

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Drilling to AntarcticaľÇäóÖ_s Rock Core

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In this video adapted from ANDRILL, find out how geoscientists get through more than a dozen football fields of ice and water in order to study the rock and sediment beneath Antarctica.

Subject:: Applied Science; Engineering; Geoscience; Physical Science; Space Science
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: National Science Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 01/17/2008

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Drought Basics

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This PBS Learning Media activity addresses drought basics, including its causes and impacts and ways to assess it, by using media from NOAA and NASA. It defines the types of drought, the impacts, monitoring, and responses to drought. Use this resource to stimulate thinking and questions on the complexity of drought and to identify some variables used in defining drought.

Subject:: Applied Science; Atmospheric Science; Career and Technical Education; Economics; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Physical Science; Social Science
Material Type:: Reading; Simulation
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: PBS; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 03/02/2020

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Drought: Identifying Impacts and Evaluating Solutions

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Drought: Identifying Impacts and Evaluating Solutions

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In this set of activities, students learn about impacts of drought through news videos of communities facing serious water shortages, analyze drought data and models, and research and evaluate potential solutions. This lesson works well as a component within a larger unit on climate change, its impacts, and ways to address the resulting issues.

Subject:: Applied Science; Atmospheric Science; Career and Technical Education; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: PBS; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 03/06/2020

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Duck Development

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This video segment from NOVA: "The Shape of Things" follows the growth of a duck embryo, from a single fertilized egg cell to a complex, hatching duckling.

Subject:: Life Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: National Science Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 09/26/2003

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Dustin Madden: Science Teacher

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In this video profile produced for Teachers' Domain, meet teacher Dustin Madden, an IŰ__óíupiaq who hopes to inspire students to take an active role in protecting the natural environment by giving them a foundation in math and science.

Subject:: Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Geoscience; Life Science; Physical Science; Space Science
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: National Science Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 11/04/2008

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Earth System: Drought and Air Quality

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This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center discusses how a drought can have negative effects locally, for example by increasing the number of forest fires, and also globally, for example by impacting air quality thousands of miles away.

Subject:: Hydrology; Physical Science
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: National Science Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 12/17/2005

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Earth System: El Niño

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This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center describes El Niño, how it forms, and the chain reaction of consequences it triggers around the globe.

Subject:: Atmospheric Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Diagram/Illustration
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: National Science Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 12/17/2005

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Earth System: El Niños Influence on Hurricane Formation

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Earth System: El Niños Influence on Hurricane Formation

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This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center explains how hurricanes develop and why there are fewer hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean in strong El Niño years.

Subject:: Atmospheric Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: National Science Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 12/17/2005

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Earth System: Ice and Global Warming

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In this video, students learn that scientific evidence strongly suggests that different regions on Earth do not respond equally to increased temperatures. Ice-covered regions appear to be particularly sensitive to even small changes in global temperature. This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center details how global warming may already be responsible for a significant reduction in glacial ice, which may in turn have significant consequences for the planet.

Subject:: Physical Science
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: WGBH/Boston
Date Added:: 06/19/2012

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Earth System: Satellites

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This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center shows how integral satellites are to everyday life and describes the different types, including orbital and geostationary.

Subject:: Applied Science; Astronomy; Chemistry; Education; Geoscience; Physical Science; Physics; Space Science; Technology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Diagram/Illustration
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: National Science Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 12/17/2005

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Earth as a System

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This short video uses animated imagery from satellite remote sensing systems to illustrate that Earth is a complex, evolving body characterized by ceaseless change. Adapted from NASA, this visualization helps explain why understanding Earth as an integrated system of components and processes is essential to science education.

Subject:: Career and Technical Education; Environmental Studies; Oceanography; Physical Science
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: WGBH/Boston
Date Added:: 06/19/2012

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Earth in Motion: Seasons

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This interactive activity from the Adler Planetarium explains the reasons for the seasons. Featured is a game in which Earth must be properly placed in its orbit in order to send Max, the host, to different parts of the world during particular seasons.

Subject:: Atmospheric Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Diagram/Illustration; Interactive; Simulation
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: National Science Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 12/17/2005

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