This interactive resource adapted from NASA describes the different temperature, precipitation, and vegetation patterns in seven biomes: coniferous forest, temperate deciduous forest, desert, grassland, rainforest, shrubland, and tundra.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Diagram/Illustration, Interactive
There are almost as many types of bird beaks as there are types of food that birds like to eat. This collection of images shows a wide range of beaks and the types of foods handled by each.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Diagram/Illustration
In this interactive activity from the Building Big Web site, use your knowledge of bridge design to match the right bridge to the right location in a fictitious city.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive
In this video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey, learn about bubonic plague and how city officials in San Francisco tried to contain its spread in the early 1900s..
Material Type: Lecture
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, the cast shows how the 34 steps in their Rube Goldberg invention use everything from gravity to carbon dioxide gas in order to accomplish one simple task: pouring a glass of milk.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
In this video segment from ZOOM, Jillian explains how her simple machine uses marbles, levers, flowing sand, and a spinning wheel to water a plant.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
In this video segment from PEEP and the Big Wide World, children make a dam with dirt, sticks, and stones to try to stop the flow of water.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
How do you build a tunnel 32 miles long -- under water? This video segment adapted from Building Big, follows the construction of the Channel Tunnel (nicknamed "Chunnel"), the engineering wonder that connects England to France.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad must estimate the measurements of Spout the Whale in order to find a cage that will fit him.Ű_í_
Material Type: Lecture
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad measures Judge Trudy's land claim by using tarps, fence posts and a grid made with rope.
Material Type: Lecture
In this video segment from NatureScene, explore Cartwheel Bay, a wetland in South Carolina, and learn about the variety of carnivorous plants native to this unique landform.
Material Type: Lecture
In this video adapted from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, learn about carnivorous plants that act as both producers and consumers in an ecosystem. See sundews and blatterworts capture and digest insects.
Material Type: Lecture
Find the theme of a story by acting it out! Take out your magnifying glass detectives-in-training, because you’re about to solve The Case of the Missing Theme. By acting out a story with Carmen and Detective J, you will remember important clues. These clues will help you find the story’s theme! Learning Objective: Infer the theme of a work, distinguishing theme from topic.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson
Become a detective to solve the case of the smelly backpack! Act out the clues and draw conclusions to solve the mystery. When Detective Bentley cannot figure out why his backpack is smelly, he retraces the events in his day to find clues. Taking on the role of detectives, the viewers act out the events of Bentley’s day and use textual clues to solve the case. Learning Objective: Draw conclusions from the facts presented in text and support those assertions with textual evidence.
Material Type: Lesson
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad and Digit construct a physical profile of the person who kidnapped Choocroca, a giant cybercrocodile.
Material Type: Lecture
This interactive resource adapted from the National Park Service presents the key concepts of cave and karst systems, including how and where they form, different types, and various cave environments.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Diagram/Illustration, Interactive
In this interactive activity from NOVA, discover how centripetal force can affect you when riding in a car or flying at high speeds in a fighter jet.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive
This video segment explains centripetal force and illustrates how roller coasters rely on it to give you a thrilling ride.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
This video segment adapted from NASA describes the basic characteristics of our star, the Sun.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Diagram/Illustration
In this video segment from Nature, scientists work to discover why bees are disappearing.
Material Type: Lecture
