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Part of the "Green Careers" series. Presents an overview of job opportunities in water management, such as flood control, reservoir management, levee design and repair, designing and operating dams and sewer systems, river management and restoration, monitoring fish populations, protecting habitats and endangered species, maintaining natural resources, water conservation, irrigation, landscape design, and more. Jobs profiled include the following: civil engineer, water resource manager, water conservation specialist, and landscaper.
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Steam power and the Industrial Revolution led us into our modern age. Now, society relies on electricity to power our lives. Architects have built skyscrapers and invented the elevator and escalator to help navigate the height of these structures. They have also built up, around, and underneath natural barriers, even reclaiming land from the sea in the Netherlands with a series of dams and flood control.
Explores the pros and cons of building the Three Gorges Dam across the Yangzi River in China to control floods and generate electricity. Expected to be completed in 2009, it will be the biggest dam ever built anywhere in the world. Two million people will be displaced and 1,400 towns and villages will be flooded. Asks the question: Are the potential benefits worth the costs?
Gabriela, Manuel and Leonardo are three friends who accidentally start a rocket that takes them to space. Their journey through space takes them to different planets and strange worlds. Throughout their journey, they have the help of Maqui, an on-board computer. Maqui helps them learn about the universe. The spaceship runs out of water, and the kids urgently look for more. They arrive at a planet full of water, and the habitant that greets them tells them of great flood that almost made the whole continent disappear. Manuel asks Maqui about this phenomenon, and she explains the greenhouse effect.
Part of a series that features a wide variety of video footage, photographs, diagrams, graphics, and labels. For this particular video, students will focus on the hazards of flooding caused by river floods, coastal floods, and flash floods. Part of the Science Video Vocab series.
How does the Earth travel around the sun? Here the scientists will create a sundial to find out. The scientists will also explain how a remote control works. Part of the House of Science Series.
Part of a series that features a wide variety of video footage, photographs, diagrams, graphics, and labels. For this particular video, students will focus on assigning organisms to the correct family as outlined by the scientific classification system. Part of the Science Video Vocab series.
Part of the "Inside the Living Cell" series. Illustrates how genetic instructions carried on DNA are transcribed into RNA, leading to the production of specific enzymes that control the thousands of biochemical processes occurring in living cells. Provides an overview of the protein basis of life, enzymatic reactions, amino acids and DNA, how proteins are built, and gene activation.
Is it possible to keep pests out of the environment without using pesticides and herbicides? In this episode, Joel and crew learn how environmentally friendly ways to protect yards and gardens from pests. Part of the Curiosity Quest Series.
Explore how the nature of highly seasonal rainfall cycles and periodic fires create conditions that have shaped Mediterranean-climate ecosystems. Part of the "Mediterranean-Climate Ecosystems" series.
Explore efforts to decrease the use of pesticides by genetically engineering resistance in plants. Viewers also consider the debate over the benefits and risks of genetically modified organisms. Part of "The Botany of Desire" series.
NASA spacewalk flight controller and trainer Allison Bolinger teaches astronauts how to work outside their spacecraft. In this video, Allison describes how she helps astronauts prepare for work on the International Space Station while wearing a bulky spacesuit. Part of the "Design Squad Nation" series.
With support from the National Science Foundation, biomedical engineer Bin He and his team at the University of Minnesota have created a brain-computer interface with the goal of helping people with disabilities, such as paralysis, regain the ability to do everyday tasks. Currently, they’re testing out their system using a flying object known as a Quadcopter, which is controlled with someone’s thoughts. Part of the National Science Foundation Series “Science Nation.”
Part of a series that features a wide variety of video footage, photographs, diagrams, graphics, and labels. For this particular video, students will focus on negative feedback loops and their role in maintaining homeostasis in organisms. Part of the Science Video Vocab series.
With support from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Emerging Frontiers of Research and Innovation (EFRI) program, bioengineer Gert Cauwenberghs, of the Jacobs School of Engineering and the Institute for Neural Computation at the University of California (UC), San Diego, and his colleagues are working to understand how brain circuitry controls how we move. The goal is to develop new technologies to help patients with Parkinson's disease and other debilitating medical conditions navigate the world on their own. Part of the National Science Foundation Series “Science Nation.”
Functional electrical stimulation technology (FES) is designed to interface technology with muscles and nerves in an attempt to restore some level of function for people with central nervous system disabilities. Visits several experimental programs that are using implanted electrodes, controlled by external computer devices, to enable people with spinal cord injuries to stand, transfer, and, under controlled conditions, even walk.
Three aerospace engineers explain how they work with experiments, simulations, and wind tunnels to improve aeronautics. This segment also discusses Ohio’s unique contribution to aviation history, from the airplane to the moon. Part of the "Career Connections" series.
Presents three key biological concepts about homeostasis: controlling body temperature, controlling water level, and controlling blood sugar. Each concept is illustrated with a variety of experiments and computer animation to illuminate what is happening both visibly and at the molecular level.
The smartest people in the world have spent millions of dollars trying to develop high-tech robots. Even though technology has come a long way, these humanoid robots are nowhere close to having the "brain" and motor control of a human. Why is that? A MIT scientist explains the motor control processes in the human brain, and how cutting-edge research is trying to implement it in robots. Part of the "Science Out Loud" series.
The delicate interplay of hormones is responsible for all the events of reproduction. Many other body processes are controlled and coordinated by these chemical messengers. The role hormones play in response to a sudden emergency-the "fight or flight" reaction-is also reviewed.
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