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Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

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Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

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In this short video, learn about actions that humans can take to mitigate climate change and adapt to its impacts. Use this resource to stimulate thinking and questions about climate change and to provide opportunities for students to design solutions and communicate information.

Subject:: Applied Science; Atmospheric Science; Career and Technical Education; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Physical Science
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Reading
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

Climate Change Impacts Alaska Glaciers

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Climate Change Impacts Alaska Glaciers

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This video adapted from KTOO takes a look at Earth's warming and cooling cycles and the current atypical trend of warming that is impacting the glaciers in Alaska's Inside Passage.

Subject:: Applied Science; Ecology; Environmental Science; 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

Climate and Human Evolution

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Climate and Human Evolution

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In this video segment adapted from NOVA: Becoming Human, learn how the analysis of rock layers and ocean sediments supports the theory that rapid climate change may have jump-started human evolution two million years ago.

Subject:: Applied Science; Ecology; Environmental Science; Forestry and Agriculture; Geoscience; Life Science; Physical Science; Space Science
Material Type:: Lesson
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:: Corporation for Public Broadcasting; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 09/22/2010

Coastal Geological Materials

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Coastal Geological Materials

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This interactive resource adapted from the National Park Service describes the different kinds of sediments that make up coastlines, with a focus on the variety in color, size, and sorting.

Subject:: Astronomy; Chemistry; Education; Geology; Geoscience; Physical Science; Physics; Space Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Diagram/Illustration; 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:: 12/17/2005

Coastal Geological Processes

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Coastal Geological Processes

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This interactive resource adapted from the National Park Service describes the many forces that affect shorelines, including tides, weathering, erosion, and deposition.

Subject:: Geology; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Diagram/Illustration; 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:: 12/17/2005

Colliding Neutron Stars Create Black Hole and Gamma-ray Burst

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Colliding Neutron Stars Create Black Hole and Gamma-ray Burst

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This video from NASA describes the detailed computer modeling used to predict that colliding neutron stars can produce gamma-ray bursts similar to those associated with black holes.

Subject:: Applied Science; Chemistry; Computer Science; Computing and Information; Engineering; Physical Science; Physics; Technology
Material Type:: Lesson
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:: NASA; WGBH Educational Foundation; WNET
Date Added:: 10/28/2011

Columns: Experimenting with Balloons

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Columns: Experimenting with Balloons

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Watch the ZOOM cast find out how many balloons filled with air and then with water are required to support the weight of a cast member.

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

Columns: Finding the Strongest Shape

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Columns: Finding the Strongest Shape

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In this video segment, members of the ZOOM cast experiment by bending and folding sheets of paper into various shapes to see which shape will support the weight of a heavy book.

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

Columns: Hillary's Neighborhood

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Columns: Hillary's Neighborhood

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In this video segment from ZOOM, Hillary, from Randolph, MA, takes us on a tour of the columns in her neighborhood.

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

Comets Bombard the Early Earth

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Comets Bombard the Early Earth

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Visualize how comets carrying chemicals necessary for life could have made their way to Earth billions of years ago in this video segment adapted from NOVA.

Subject:: Geoscience; Life Science; Physical Science; Space Science
Material Type:: Lesson
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:: NASA; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 01/23/2012

Comets Deliver Amino Acids to Earth

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Comets Deliver Amino Acids to Earth

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Amino acids, essential ingredients for life, may have been delivered to Earth by comets billions of years ago, as visualized in this video segment adapted from NOVA.

Subject:: Geoscience; Life Science; Physical Science; Space Science
Material Type:: Lesson
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:: NASA; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 12/16/2011

Comparing Fractions: Bubble Gum Blowing Contest

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Comparing Fractions: Bubble Gum Blowing Contest

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In this interactive activity adapted from Anneberg Learner’s Teaching Math Grades 3–5, compare fractions on number lines to determine which class of students wins bubble-gum-blowing contests.

Subject:: Mathematics
Material Type:: Interactive
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:: U.S. Department of Education; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 06/20/2012

Contaminants in the Arctic Food Chain

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Contaminants in the Arctic Food Chain

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The levels of contaminants found in particular animals vary widely depending on where they fit into the Arctic food chain, as described in this video segment adapted from LOKE Films and the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme.

Subject:: Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Geoscience; Life Science; Physical 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

Contaminants in the Arctic Human Population

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Contaminants in the Arctic Human Population

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In this video segment adapted from LOKE Films and the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, learn how human populations in the Arctic are affected by industrial contaminants in the food chain.

Subject:: Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Geoscience; Life Science; Nutrition; Physical 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

Continental Drift: What's the Big Idea?

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Continental Drift: What's the Big Idea?

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In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn how the theory that explains the position of Earth's continents was established and later modified, and gain important insights into how science and the scientific community operate.

Subject:: English Language Arts; Geoscience; Language, Grammar and Vocabulary; Physical Science; Space Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:: Leon Lowenstein Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation; Walmart Foundation
Date Added:: 11/17/2010

Convective Cloud Systems

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Convective Cloud Systems

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This video segment adapted from the Atmospheric Radiation Program explains the differences in the formation of tropical convective cloud systems over islands and over the ocean.

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

Cooking Cookies with Solar Power

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Cooking Cookies with Solar Power

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In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, two solar cookers are tested against a control to see which can cook a "s'more" faster.

Subject:: Applied Science; Chemistry; 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:: 02/20/2004

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Coral Kid

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In this video segment, ZOOM guest Cassie takes us on a tour of the coral reef near her home in Key Largo, Florida, and points out some of its unique features.

Subject:: Oceanography; 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:: 10/21/2005

Cosmic Origin Spectrograph

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Cosmic Origin Spectrograph

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This video from NASA features the Cosmic Origin Spectrograph (COS), which allows scientists to use spectrographic analysis to assess the composition of intergalactic material.

Subject:: Applied Science; Chemistry; Engineering; Geoscience; Physical Science; Physics; Space Science; Technology
Material Type:: Lesson
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:: NASA; WGBH Educational Foundation; WNET
Date Added:: 05/23/2012

The Costs and Benefits of Treating Gene Defects

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The Costs and Benefits of Treating Gene Defects

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In this video excerpt from NOVA, find out how whole genome sequencing saved the life of Alexis, a fraternal twin who was originally diagnosed with cerebral palsy but, in fact, had an even rarer genetic condition.

Subject:: Life Science
Material Type:: Lesson
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:: Millicent and Eugene Bell Foundation; National Institutes of Health; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 03/22/2012