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Pbs Nova: Missing in Mi G Alley: Outfitting a Fighter Pilot

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn what an F-15 fighter pilots wear in the air and what they carry in case they must eject. The interactive tutorial discusses the helmet, mask, and survival vest. The activity consists of a printable version and interactive...
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Nova: Missing in Mi G Alley: All About G Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about G forces. The resource discusses gravity forces, fainting in the air, acceleration, and zero G?s.
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Nova: Intelligent Design on Trial: Fossil Evidence

For Students 9th - 10th
The resource discusses fossil evidence of the intelligent design. The interactive activity explores five well-known fossil transitions that indicate Darwinian evolution in action. The activity consists of a printable version and...
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Nova: Intelligent Design on Trial: Darwin's Predictions

For Students 9th - 10th
The resource examines the prophetic ideas of Charles Darwin. The interactive activity explores evolution, embryology, and the evolution of humans. The activity consists of a printable version, interactive version, and sources for the...
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Nova: Booming Sands

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS site takes a look into a mysterious phenomena as to why and how certain sand dunes produce mysterious noises. Contains a link to watch a broadcast segment of an expedition into the desert as well as a recipe for noisy sands.
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Nova: Anatomy of the Rings

For Students 9th - 10th
Thanks to the Cassini spacecraft, you can view numerous pictures of Saturn's rings. There are also answers to eleven different questions about the rings.
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Nova: Mystery of the Megaflood

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive site provides geologic evidence for one of the world's largest prehistoric floods. Nova's interactive map has numerous pictures of the Scabland's geologic features formed when Glacial Lake Missoula's ice dam gave way and...
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Nova: Forgotten Genius: Nature?s Pharmacy

For Students 9th - 10th
The tutorial discusses species that have chemical compounds to fight human illnesses. Some topics include "penicillium" mold, cinchona tree, and "streptomyces" bacteria. The activity consists of a printable version and interactive version.
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Pbs Nova: First Flower: China, Mother of Gardens

For Students 9th - 10th
The tutorial explores the native Chinese flowering plant species. Some topics include rock's peony, dove tree, and fortune's rhododendron. The activity consists of a printable version and ian nteractive version.
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Nova: America's Stone Age Explorers: The Fenn Cache

For Students 9th - 10th
A close-up look at ten beautiful Clovis points made from several different materials found in what is known as the Fenn Cache.
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Nova: America's Stone Age Explorers: Stone Age Tool Kit

For Students 9th - 10th
Try your hand at identifying the uses of several stone age tools with this game from NOVA. Find out about each one and marvel at the specialization the Paleoindian was capable of.
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Nova: America's Stone Age Explorers: Before Clovis

For Students 9th - 10th
A terrific map from NOVA showing pre-Clovis sites in North America. The key tells where the site is, what was found there, and when Paleoindians inhabited the site.
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Nova: America's Stone Age Explorers: End of the Big Beasts

For Students 9th - 10th
Three opposing views about the disappearance of the "megafauna" in North America. What really happened to the wooly mammoth, mastadon, saber-toothed tiger, among other animals?
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Nova Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource provides educators with information, lesson plans, current news, and other topics that assist with teaching.
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Pbs Nova: What Is Evo Devo?

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists can still be surprised! The genetic ingredients that assemble us are similar to those that assemble a fly. NOVA explains the emerging science of evolution developmental biology. This is the science that studies genes at the...
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Skydive From the Stratosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
This simulation allows you to experience Joe Kittinger's famous 1960 skydiving feat. As you ascend the troposphere and stratosphere you can view changes in several atmospheric conditions. The challenge will be surviving the leap once you...
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Pbs: Nova: John Smith's Bold Endeavor

For Students 9th - 10th
A historian discusses the relationship between John Smith and Pocahontas, and, more broadly, the competing expectations of the Indians and English colonists in terms of the relationship of the two groups.
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Nova: Atom Builder

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out if you know enough about atoms to build them. The goal of the activity is to build an atom of a particular element by dragging the correct numbers of neutrons, protons and electrons into the atom.
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Nova Online: How Cells Divide, Mitosis vs. Meiosis

For Students 9th - 10th
Slideshow of mitosis and meiosis side-by-side. It is a summation of the two processes and the differences between them are clear.
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Pbs Teachers:monster of the Milky Way: Birth of a Black Hole

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discover how a dying star can be reborn as a black hole. View a slide show that follows the progression of events from an old, dying star to newborn black hole.
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Pbs Nova: Deep Sea Invasion: Battling Introduced Wildlife

For Students 9th - 10th
Many species that have been introduced for the purpose of dealing with a problem such as erosion or a rat epidemic, instead become invasive. How can these invasive species be eradicated? Eminent ecologist Dan Simberloff explains some of...
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Pbs Learning Media: Journey Into Dna

For Students 9th - 10th
Travel deep into the human body to see exactly where your DNA resides. From the NOVA: Cracking the Code of Life Web site.
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Pbs Nova: Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor

For Students 9th - 10th
Japanese submarines in use near the end of World War II had the potential to inflict heavy damage on the United States. This transcript looks at these 'killer subs' and what we now know about them. Additional materials discuss the threat...
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Pbs Nova: The Vikings Write Your Name in Runes

For Students 3rd - 8th
This website gives the history of the Viking runic alphabet, or Futhark, and you can see how your name is spelled using the Futhark.