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Nova Teachers: Hunt for the Serial Arsonist: Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity they can begin to see how forensic scientists use fingerprints for identification. Students will identify particularly noticeable features in fingerprints and compare students' fingerprints.
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Pbs: Watch the Elegant Universe

For Students 9th - 10th
This 3 hour minseries on String Theory is divided up into 24 sections. Each is accompanied by a brief explanation and only lasts about 7 minutes. This series is perfect for any one looking to get a better grasp on this thrilling concept.
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Pbs Teachers: Fire Wars: Teacher Demonstration

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore the conditions needed for combustion to occur and how firefighters contain fires.
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Pbs Teachers:odyssey of Life Ii the Unknown World

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Observe organisms in various environments, determine what enables the organisms to live in that environment and discuss the varied biological functions of the organisms.
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Pbs Teachers: Warnings From the Ice

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Examine equipment used for cold-weather survival, identify pack items students consider essential and collaborate to plan a survival pack for severe Antarctic weather.
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Pbs Teachers: The Brain Eater

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Examine the complex relationships among science, public policy and public health, research a disease that poses a public health threat and develop a strategy for limiting the spread of the disease.
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Pbs Teachers: Runaway Universe

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use this activity to model how scientists use indirect observations to define problems that are not directly measurable.
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Pbs Teachers: Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Car Crash

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Examine the benefits and risks of using seat belts and analyze national statistics on seat belt use. Design and implement a study of local seat belt use and compare the results to the national statistics.
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Pbs Teachers: Deadly Ascent

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn about some of Earth's extreme environments and possible dangers they present. Identify ways to deal with potential dangers in extreme environments.
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Pbs Teachers: Cancer Warrior

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Determine the toxicity of salt to an intracellular liver process using a dose response curve.
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Pbs Teachers: Harvest of Fear

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Research and debate the arguments for and against the use of genetically modified foods.
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Pbs Teachers: Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Fire

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Examine the facets of fire safety and analyze the fire safety features of public and private buildings in the community.
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Pbs Teachers: Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Observe the relationship among volcanoes, earthquakes and lithospheric plates by collecting data and creating maps. This activity was created to be used with the NOVA program, "Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius" but the video is not necessary...
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Pbs Teachers: Galileo's Battle for the Heavens Plotting Sun Spots

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students follow in Galileo's footsteps as they examine the nature of sunspot cycles, define solar minimum and solar maximum, and graph data for a solar cycle. Then they will predict the next solar maximum and when the...
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Pbs Nova Science Now: Sleep: Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students practice a procedural skill -- knot tying -- to investigate if and in what way sleep affects learning and memory in relation to a learning a procedural skill. Sleeping is a behavior that is natural and essential for our health...
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Underwater Explorer: Bob Ballard

For Students 9th - 10th
Bob Ballard talks about the technology involved in deep sea exploration.
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Pbs: What's Killing the Oysters?

For Students 9th - 10th
A special report provided for by PBS on what's killing the oysters of Ago Bay in Japan.
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Nova Online: Ice Mummies: Return of the Iceman

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete transcript of NOVA episode #2518. A link to teacher materials and resources is at the end of the transcript.
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Pbs: Sharkmaster

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent site that has a few links to interesting topics on sharks.
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Warriors of the Amazon: The Last Shaman

For Students 9th - 10th
A first hand view of Shaman life in the Amazon as seen through the eyes of a reporter for NOVA.
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Pbs: Kingdom of the Seahorse

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information about seahorses, including reproduction, behavior and ecology. Provides several links and an interactive menu.
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Pbs:search for a Vaccine

For Students 9th - 10th
Questions & Answers with an AIDS researcher and his information about the search for a vaccine for the disease.
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Pbs/alavanches on Film

For Students 9th - 10th
This page tells you about how to catch an avalanche on film. This page has a teacher resource link.
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Nova Online: Submarines, Secrets and Spies

For Students 9th - 10th
The companion site to a NOVA program on the role of submarines in the Cold War, this site provides a close-up view of life on a nuclear submarine. In addition, the transcript of the program is available, which details some of the ways...