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Coma
Follow the story of a little boy struck by a car and in a coma. Test your knowledge about the brain.
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Pbs: Journey Into the Abyss
Go on an interactive journey to the Pacific Northwest Coastline. You will be able to view a black smoker chimney along with the scientist. GREAT SITE!
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Pbs: The Immune System's Battle Against Disease
A "just for fun" Shockwave game that allows you to control an animated macrophage against an invading virus. You must figure out how the let the Helper T-cells get involved.
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Pbs Nova: Bomb Squad
Transcript of a Nova episode about bomb disposal crews working on defusing bombs set by the IRA in Northern Ireland.
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Nova Online: Bomb Squad
Information on robots that are used for hazardous duty, such as patrolling beaches to find land mines, is found here.
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Pbs: Nova: Doomsday Asteroid: Comets 101
An introduction to comets, including information on their composition, origin, and importance.
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Nova: Doomsday Asteroid Hale Bopp & Hyakutake
NOVA provides a report on comet Hale-Bopp and comet Hyakutake. Content includes discovery and observational information.
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Pbs Nova Online: Amazing Heart Facts
This concise PBS NOVA site contains interesting facts about the heart and how it works.
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Nova Online: Troubled Hearts
This site contains pictures of hearts that have some type of problem such as narrowing of the arteries and muscle damage from a heart attack. There is also a terrific picture of the coronary artery system that supplies the heart.
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Pbs: Buoyancy Basics
NOVA explores the basic principle of buoyancy. Also included at this site are some interesting brain-teasers related to the topic.
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Hieroglyphs: Say What
This site is a wonderful resource to explore for an explanation of hieroglyphics. The origin, uses of, and how to read hieroglyphics is presented in a clear, easy to understand manner for kids and adults. It is accompanied by...
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Pbs: Nova: Super Bridge
Online companion to a NOVA program on bridges. Includes teacher resources, including a class activity through which students construct and test their own bridge,
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Pbs: Ancient Creature of the Deep
The Coelacanth has been referred to as a "living fossil" due to its resistance to change during its 400 million year inhabitance of the Earth's oceans. This PBS site provides a background, brief question and additional information for...
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Pbs: Kaboom!
Ever wonder how a firework is made? Or what made that one blue, and that one sparkle? What about seeing a building implode? Check out this Nova site about fireworks and explosives!
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Pbs Nova: Hunt for Alien Worlds
Ever wonder if we are alone in the Universe? How are scientists searching for alien life? Learn the answers to these questions and find out about other solar systems.
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Pbs Nova: Preserving Buddhist Paintings in Tibet
Follow a team of conservation experts as they work to restore and protect art within the Buddhist monasteries of Thubchen and Champa.
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Nova: Mystery of the Megaflood: What on Earth Made This?
See if you can figure out what formed eight different spectacular geologic formations. Pictures are provided along with hints.
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Pbs: Find the Planets
Find out how astronomers locate new planets by observing the traits of the stars they orbit. Get some tips at locating stars with the help of star maps.
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Inspired by Science Fiction
As far back as Ancient Greece, people have dreamed about living in space. This resource describes how space station science fiction of the past led to the development of today's space stations.
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Greenhouse Green Planet
Why is the earth just the right temperature to support life? The answer is the greenhouse effect, and you can learn more about it using this resource.
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Continents on the Move
Scientists believe that all the continents were once combined in one supercontinent. That means that the continents must be moving. Find out how scientists can measure the movement of whole continents!
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Nova: World's Deadliest Volcanoes According to the Volcanic Explosivity Index
Learn how scientists measure the size of a volcanic eruption. After viewing a recreation of the volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens, you will be challenged to rate it using the volcanic explosivity index (VEI).
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Can We Predict Eruptions?
How did scientists know that Mount St. Helens was going to erupt? Discover the toolkit that volcanologists use to predict eruptions.
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Nova: Volcano Swat Team
After the eruption of Nevado del Ruiz killed more than 23,000 people in Colombia in 1985, the U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance asked the U.S. Geological Survey to design a program to help foreign governments cope with volcano...