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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, the rain has just fallen and the sun is returning. A beautiful rainbow fills the horizon. Moko would like to take a few colors and bring them back to his village to offer them to a friend. He walks toward the rainbow, but the closer he gets, the more the colors disappear. Disappointed, he heads back home... and the rainbow reappears in the distance. He asks the village wise man how he could take a few colors from the rainbow and make a gift of them to a friend. The wise man tells him it would be better to ask his friend to come look at the beauty of the colors with him. After all, Moko tells himself, the rainbow is too big and doesn't want us to take its colors away. It comes to make the sky more beautiful. It just wants to be admired.
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Part of the animated "Johan, the Young Scientist" series. Disbelieving that rainbows actually exist, Johan travels to ScienScape seeking clarification from Professor Hoo. Professor Hoo explains to him how rainbows are formed and helps Johan, Ani, and Moki find one that afternoon.
A mother and child plant a rainbow of colors in their flower garden. Based on the children's book by Lois Ehlert.
In this episode, host Dianna Cowern tackles the phenomenon of white rainbows. They are also known as spider web rainbows, and Dianna explains how these form. Part of the "Physics Girl" series.
The Magic School Bus is an award winning animated children’s television series based on the book series of the same title by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen. It is notable for its use of celebrity talent and being both highly entertaining and educational. There's something dazzling in Ms. Frizzle's closet: a magical, light-powered pinball machine. To win at this game, the kids have to light up all six colors of the rainbow. Now the race is on, as the class shrinks down and zooms into the pinball machine. They will have to learn how to reflect all of the light to combine it into one beam to make their escape.
The search is on for a legendary Australian snake that ancient stories describe as the creator the earth. Segment of video from Wild Chronicles Series.
Most of the world's insects undergo one of two types of metamorphosis: complete and incomplete. Uses the praying mantis to show an incomplete metamorphosis and the Monarch butterfly as an example of a complete metamorphosis. Includes general characteristics of insects, and gives several examples of both types of changes.
Genes, those traits passed down to us by our parents, are the things that make each of us different from the others. This question-answer format covers basic information about genes, chromosomes, cell division, dominant and recessive genes, and fertilization. Illustrates Mendel's rules of heredity. Covers advances in the fields of DNA, genetic engineering, and gene therapy. Reviews major points.
What is electricity and how is it made? What kinds are there? What are circuits and switches? Is electricity dangerous? Answers these questions with easy-to-duplicate experiments.
Introduces water and its properties and uses. Shows water's three forms: liquid, gas, and solid and how it changes form through evaporation, condensation, and freezing. Emphasizes that all living things need water to survive. Demonstrates the water cycle and discusses ways people use this essential liquid.
Steppes, pampas, savannahs, prairies--all are names for the grasslands that are found on most continents. Uses the American prairie to highlight characteristics of grasslands, different kinds of grasses, and examples of plant and animal life. Notes humans' impact on this biome.
Describes the characteristics of river biomes and their diverse plant and animal life. Notes effects of their passage through varied geography and climates. Human impact on rivers remains both beneficial and harmful.
Salt marshes, bogs, swamps, and freshwater marshes are examples of wetlands, each one home to wide varieties of plant and animal life. This type of biome is a complex ecosystem that benefits people and upon which humans have had destructive impact.
Provides an overview of magnifiers and microscopes. Identifies a microscope's parts, use and care, and shows how to handle slides. Covers the development and changes of the microscope and its contribution to scientific discovery. Compares the standard light and the electron microscopes. Uses multiple examples of magnification to show why this tool is important to research.
The endocrine system maintains the body's delicate chemical balance. Describes the location, function, and effects of the major endocrine glands, and notes their close relationship to the nervous system. Some discussion of diabetes and hormonal imbalances.
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 nonliving.
This national monument tells the story of the California’s Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. Established in 1911 by presidential proclamation, Devils Postpile National Monument protects and preserves the Devils Postpile formation, the 101-foot high Rainbow Falls, and pristine mountain scenery. The formation is a rare sight in the geologic world and ranks as one of the world's finest examples of columnar basalt. Its columns tower 60 feet high and display an unusual symmetry.
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.
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, 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, it is night time and Moko can't sleep. Looking out to the horizon, he notices a shot of color at the water's surface. He wakes Mei-Lei to ask her what he is seeing. Together they take a barge and set off. Under them, a rainbow of colors is dancing in the waves. Moko and Mei-Lei think that the fish must be organizing a party and decide to dive in. Bit by bit the sun is rising and day is breaking. The two friends return to the village, overjoyed at the wonders of the ocean.
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