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Features a wide variety of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and labels. Begins with a simple definition, and this helps clarify pronunciation and provides opportunities to transfer words from working to long-term memory. Also concludes with a critical thinking question. For this particular clip, students will focus on food chain.
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University of Colorado engineer Abby Watrous is on a mission in rural China, converting coal-burning homes and cook stoves into cleaner-burning models. With funding from the National Science Foundation, this civil and environmental engineer is helping to develop renewable energy technologies in developing communities. Watrous and her colleagues are looking at ways to help more people use biomass.
Join Jack for a globetrotting adventure, as he counts down seven zoo-tastic adventures from the Australia Zoo to his home base of the Columbus Zoo. Find out which zoo ranks number one. Part of the Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown Series.
Using mud, clay, and tons of stone, ancient civilizations built buildings and monuments that are still standing today. The Egyptians built the Great Pyramid with an accurate measuring system, the ability to calculate areas and volumes of triangles, and a tremendous workforce that transported 1,000 tons of stone each day for 15 years. Other civilizations, such as the Romans, created marvels of engineering like the dome of the Pantheon, and built clean cities that included conveniences such as water management and sewers.
Recapping themes from the prior modules and previewing the junco research of the future, this closing segment reinforces the broad range of important scientific findings involving the Junco. Featuring sound bites from more than a dozen diverse scientists who study juncos, this segment emphasizes the importance of emerging genetic and genomic research tools to complement research in the field. Viewers are reminded to consider all that can be learned from a little backyard bird. Part of Ordinary Extraordinary Junco (Outro).
Parakeet talks about the value of friendship. The first guest, the jaguar, complains that his friend llama is very intense and doesn't leave him alone for a minute. The second guest, the llama, raves about her friend the jaguar, not knowing that he feels overwhelmed by her. The fleas show a documentary on the different types of human friendships. The celebrity guest, a Brazilian singer-songwriter, explains how he always wanted to have a million friends.
As a boy growing up in Brazil 40 years ago, Marc Meyers marveled at the lightweight toughness of toucan beaks that he occasionally found on the forest floor. Now, with support from the National Science Foundation, the materials scientist and mechanical and aerospace engineer at UC San Diego, is conducting the first ever detailed engineering analysis of toucan beaks. He says makers of airplanes and automobiles may benefit from his findings. In fact, panels that mimic toucan beaks may offer better protection to motorists involved in crashes.
After the “Hola” song, Susana and Señora Alicia model greetings and sing a song. New body parts are introduced, including "the eye," "the nose," "the ear," and "the mouth." Señora Alicia also reviews the terms "big" and "little." With the help of Mr. Potato Head, Señora Alicia reviews body parts from previous lessons. Part of the “Art and More” series.
Queen Bees are not actually in charge of anything. Their job is to lay eggs, not to rule the hive. With support from the National Science Foundation, entomologist Gene Robinson and mechanical engineer Harry Dankowicz at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign have teamed up with psychologist Whitney Tabor at the University of Connecticut to study how coordination emerges in leaderless complex societies, such as a bee hive. Part of the National Science Foundation Series “Science Nation.”
Parakeet discusses the benefits of technology as a way of helping us. Amanda argues we should immerse ourselves in technology, and it should occupy every moment of life. The first guest, frog, complains duck doesn't answer her calls. Duck says the frog is addicted to technology and does nothing but call all day. The fleas show a documentary on the negative effects that the excessive use of technology has on humans. The celebrity guest, Batman, talks about technology as a tool that can't replace human relationships.
After the “Hola” song, Susana shows Señora Alicia her magic wand. They ask students to join them in singing the song “Las Visitas” in different tempos. Señora Alicia reviews the parts of the body while singing “Mi Cuerpo.” She adds to the song by naming some of the instruments learned in previous lessons. Part of the “Art and More” series.
With support from the National Science Foundation, aerospace engineer Michael Philen and his team at Virginia Tech are investigating the biomechanics of fish locomotion, in hopes of contributing to the next generation of robotic fish and underwater submersibles. They’re studying how fish use their muscles to swim efficiently and execute underwater maneuvers, such as darting around in perfectly synchronized schools. They’re also developing new smart materials, such as a bioengineered hair that is modeled after the hair cell sensors on the side of fish that allow it to detect minute changes in water flow. Part of the National Science Foundation Series “Science Nation.”
Diaphonization, otherwise known as clearing and staining, is one of the most photogenic preparation methods used by research scientists. It's beautiful, but is it practical? Host Emily Graslie interviews Dr. Caleb McMahan, Collection Manager of Fishes, on how he uses this technique to answer questions about the evolution of fish. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.
The colorful rock formations at John Day Fossil Beds preserve a world class record of plant and animal evolution, climate change, and ecosystems that span over 40 million years. With over 10,000 square miles of land, visitors can explore the prehistoric past of Oregon and see the impact of geologic forces on earth’s landscape.
The geologic processes of mountain building, seafloor spreading and volcanoes are a few examples of the power of plate tectonics. Footage filmed on-location in Iceland, the Canadian Rockies, and Crater Lake help viewers understand the theory of plate tectonics. Colorful animations illustrate the movement of tectonic plates and the role this plays in the development of geologic features. Other terminology includes: theory of continental drift, mid-ocean ridge, plate boundaries, subduction, convergent boundary, and divergent boundary.
Remixed from Customizable Atom Delux by roman_hegglin. Helium is a chemical element with symbol He and atomic number 2. It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert, monatomic gas, the first in the noble gas group in the periodic table. Its boiling point is the lowest among all the elements.
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Moko is an explorer. As he travels the world continent by continent, he makes many friends and discovers many natural phenomena which sometimes delight him, and other times scare him. Each animated episode recounts an adventure and takes an "original story" approach to explaining these natural phenomena. In this episode, one morning, Totemie takes Moko to pick wild mushrooms used for medicine by her people. There is a particularly rare one she is hoping to find. Moko suddenly slips in a crevice. Totemie runs to her village to get an old man who tells her that she should join Moko. When she does, Moko and Totemie discover an enormous cave filled with lakes in a rainbow of colors. They follow a stream that eventually becomes a river and on the river's bank they find the old man who is waiting for them. Before they leave to go back to the village, the old man asks them to keep this magical cave a secret and to keep the memory of it safe in their mind.
Harvester ants have a reputation for military precision, but one researcher in Colorado suggests they are more like a commune of free spirits. With no single ant in charge, harvester ants use chemical information and scent to the same effect that humans use visual information to determine their daily regimen. Wild Chronicles takes an up-close look at how altering an ant's chemical cues can change a colony's behavior and cause a mock battle. Segment of video from Wild Chronicles Segment.
It’s a freezing cold day inside the National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL) in Denver, Colorado. That’s because the NICL is a facility for storing and studying ice cores recovered from the polar regions of the world. And, saws are buzzing, as scientists from all over the U.S. are measuring and cutting pieces of precious Antarctic glacier ice to take back to their labs for research. Part of the National Science Foundation Series “Science Nation.”
The rock pocket mouse is a living example of Darwin’s process of natural selection. Not only is evolution happening right now everywhere around us, but adaptive changes can occur in a population with remarkable speed. This speed is essential if you’re a desert mouse living in an environment where a volcanic eruption can reverse selective pressure in nearly an instant. The film features Dr. Michael Nachman, whose work in the field and in the lab has quantified the selective pressure of predators and identified the genes involved in adaptation. In a complete story, from ecosystem to molecules, pocket mice show us how random changes in the genome can take many paths to the same adaptation—a colored coat that hides them from predators.
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