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H2O-NO! - Fresh Water Problems
If the amount of freshwater in an ecosystem changes, in what way is the specific ecosystem affected? This is the focus of a video that discusses the importance of freshwater and how all ecosystems need freshwater to sustain life.
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Weather Channels
How do currents affect weather and climate? This is the focus of a video that explains how ocean currents regulate the earth's climates, and how jet streams affect weather in certain regions.
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The Life Hydrologic
What effect does the hydrosphere have on the biosphere? What's going on below the surface of the ocean? As one goes deeper into the ocean, habitats, temperatures, pressure, and the types of living organisms change. This is the focus of a...
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Four Spheres Part 2 (Hydro and Atmo)
What are the other two spheres on Earth? The hydrosphere and atmosphere, of course! This is the focus of a video that explains what makes up the hydrosphere and atmosphere.
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Up, Up and Away
What is wind, and what does it have to do with the sun's energy? Wind is part of Earth's atmosphere; however, the geosphere and hydrosphere work together to create it. This is the focus of a video that explains how temperatures...
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What on Earth
How do the geosphere and hydrosphere interact with one another to support life? This is the focus of a video that describes how the geosphere supports the hydrosphere and vice versa.
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Let's Take a Hike
What type of effect can the geosphere have on the biosphere? This is the focus of a video that explains how geologic features and landforms directly affect the types of living things in a habitat, positively, and negatively.
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Dinosaur Pee?
Why is water a limited resource? Because water never leaves Earth's system, and new water cannot be introduced. This is the focus of a video that describes how the biosphere (living things) fits into the water cycle.
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The Great Escape
Thanks to gravity, to get something out of space, an individual must put more force on objects with greater mass, than that of an object with lighter mass. This is the focus of a video on how gravity works between two objects.
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Down to Earth
Does gravity literally pull us down? This is the focus question in a video about how gravity pulls matter toward Earth.
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Big Changes in the Big Apple
How do living things change their environment? This is the focus of a video that describes how the building of communities and clearing of forests changes the types of living organisms that can thrive there.
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Defining Gravity
Sir Isaac Newton was the first person to recognize the concept of gravity. Here is a video that introduces learners to "think of gravity like the invisible super glue that holds our massive world together."
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The Great Aqua Adventure
How does water travel? This is the focus of a video that describes how water moves via the water cycle. An in-depth discussion explains the constant repetition of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation that makes up the water...
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Big Changes in the Big Forest
What do animals and humans have in common? We both build homes that are suitable for our means of living, of course! This is the focus of a video that compares how humans and animals change the environment around them.
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Water Fix!
How do communities deal with the scarcity of water? Aqueducts, desalination, or recycling urine, are a few examples discussed in a video that focuses on the importance of water conservation.
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Weather vs. Climate
What is weather? How is weather different from climate? Factors such as temperature, thunderstorms, precipitation, and wind speed refer to weather. Climate consists of the overall patterns of weather in a particular region of the...
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Water Fight!
What happens to humans when there is a limited supply of freshwater? This is the focus of a video that discusses the affects on communities of freshwater as a limited resource.
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Severe Weather
What makes severe weather so severe? Very different from regular weather, severe weather is more dangerous and "puts people at risk." This is the focus of a video that explains how severe weather interacts with the biosphere and geosphere.
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Over (To) the Moon
How can an astronaut escape Earth's gravitational pull in order to get to the moon? This is the focus question in a video that discusses the differences in the strengths of Earth's gravitational force and the moon's gravitational force.
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Danger! Falling Objects
The rate at which an object falls to Earth is not completely based upon gravitational pull, but rather the air. This is the focus of a video that explains how air resistance and gravity work together.
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Here Comes the Sun
Get to know Sol with this fast paced, kid-friendly video featuring the closest star to Earth, the sun. Super scientists take part in a quick pop quiz, then learn all about Sol's size, distance, and how it creates and sends energy to Earth.
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The Engineering Process
The process that brought us items, such as the telephone and air conditioner was no easy task. In this upbeat video, scholars gain insight to the steps engineers take to create, design, and build a final product.
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Defining Success
The telephone, refrigerator, and light bulb are all solutions to a problem that an engineer successfully designed. Get to know more about how engineers define success, using this video. The focus goes through a checklist that...
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Defining a Problem
Scholars may think they face big problems, but not like the problems engineers face. During this episode, the first step of the engineering process, define the process, is examined through a hypothetical scenario that...