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Pbs Learning Media: Ionic Bonding

For Students 9th - 10th
A tutorial illustrating ionic bonding. Tutorial explains how and why it occurs with animations and some interactive activities throughout. Explore the bond that forms between sodium and chlorine as you count the number of atoms present.
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Pbs Learning Media: Living With Diabetes

For Students 6th - 8th
A patient discusses diabetes and how he manages his carbohydrate intake in this video segment from TV 411.
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Pbs Learning Media: Water Erosion

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video from Nature, learn about the erosive action of water on the Hawaiian landscape and human efforts to limit it.
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Pbs Learning Media: Aging Diamonds?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video from Nature, geological detectives use ancient diamonds to learn more about Earth's inner layers. [1:42]
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Pbs Learning Media: Build a Steroid

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive activity from NOVA, learn about the molecular structure of steroids. See the intermediate molecules that are part of the pathway for synthesizing cortisone from diosgenin.
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Pbs Learning Media: Cloud

For Students 9th - 10th
A round up of wild horses proves too strenuous for a young colt in this video segment from Nature. Watch a video about this and follow up with discussion and writing prompts. [7:06]
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Pbs Learning Media: Documenting Change

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from New York Voices, botanists study plants to inform agriculture and climate change.
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Pbs Learning Media: Jamaica Bay Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from WILD TV, learn about the field study of scientists observing raccoons and terrapins in Jamaica Bay.
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Pbs Learning Media: An Ornithologist's Job

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from WILD TV, an ornithologist describes his job. [3:54]
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Pbs Learning Media: Wild in the City

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about how wild parakeets have adapted to city life in this WILD TV video segment.
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Pbs Learning Media: Staircases of Shangri La

For Students 6th - 8th
Hacker and the CyberSquad use two different staircases as they race to reach the Good Vibration in this video segment from Cyberchase.
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Pbs Learning Media: Cyberchase: Find Those Gleamers

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The CyberSquad uses algebra to figure out how many gleamers they need and how many power glows are produced by each gleamer as they must power up a Cyberspace ship in this video from Cyberchase. [1:43]
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Pbs Learning Media: Cyberchase: Finding the Right Combination of Clothes

For Students 6th - 8th
In this video segment from Cyberchase, Harry has a fixed budget for clothing, so he uses algebra to figure out what combination of jackets and pants he can buy with $100. [3:24]
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Pbs Learning Media: Cyberchase: Fixing the Teleporter Part 1

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this Cyberchase video, the Teleporter breaks and the CyberSquad must try to fix it using clues given to them by Ms. Fileshare. This is one in a series of two problem-solving videos. [3:49]
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Pbs Learning Media: Lock Combinations of Knobs and Keys

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this Cyberchase video segment, Matt and Jackie must figure out which combination of knob and key will get them one step closer to retrieving the Black Crystal.
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Pbs Learning Media: Transporting to Ms. Fileshare

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad tries to reach Ms. Fileshare by using a 3 x 3 matrix to figure out the various ways they can travel to her.
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Pbs Learning Media: Hacker's Four Zergen Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad determines the fairness of a game in which there are three shapes distributed equally on nine squares.
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Pbs Learning Media: Two Sightings, Different Information

For Students 5th - 7th
Jackie and Matt are looking at the same object along two different lines, in this video segment from Cyberchase.
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Pbs Learning Media: Wallpaper Tessellations

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment from Cyberchase, Harry uses tessellations to wallpaper his apartment.
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Pbs Learning Media: Skate Off: Round One

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad learns what happens to the area of a rectangle when the shape enclosed by the perimeter changes.
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Pbs Learning Media: Cyberchase: Catching the Kidnapper

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad and Digit construct a physical profile of the person who kidnapped Choocroca, a giant cybercrocodile. [2:49]
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Pbs Learning Media: Measuring Different Lanes on the Track

For Students 6th - 8th
In this video segment from Cyberchase, Bianca competes in her first track meet, but doubts the fairness of starting further back in the inside track lane for a 200 meter race.
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Pbs Learning Media: How Far to Wells Road?

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Cyberchase video segment, Bianca drives to visit her friend, but learns that she has incorrectly added decimal amounts, so she ends up at the wrong location.
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Pbs Learning Media: How Many Rails for the Detour?

For Students 6th - 8th
The CyberSquad adds decimals to figure out how many rails they need to build a detour that will help them go around a mountain in this Cyberchase video segment.