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Instructional Video1:05
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Damage to DNA Leads to Mutation

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
While our bodies have incredible capabilities to repair damage, some mutations accumulate and lead to disease. Follow the life of a DNA mutation using a computer-generated animation. The narrator explains the impact of radiation,...
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Instructional Video2:17
TED-Ed

Mysteries of Vernacular: Dynamite

For Students 7th - 12th
Start class off with a bang! Check out this video, part of a series on word development, which tracks the meaning of the word dynamite back to the inventor of dynamite, Alfred Nobel. After perfecting his invention, Nobel created the word...
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Instructional Video2:08
TED-Ed

Mysteries of Vernacular: Inaugurate

For Students 7th - 12th
The United States inaugurates a president every four years, but where does the word inaugurate really come from? Watch the video to find out and then read a few famous inaugural addresses, which are linked in the Dig Deeper section on...
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Instructional Video1:58
TED-Ed

Mysteries of Vernacular: Window

For Students 7th - 12th
The word window has origins in metaphor and Old Norse. Teach your class about how words develop and about kennings, or metaphoric compounds, with the video and provided additional materials. The video is nicely animated and clearly...
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Instructional Video2:14
TED-Ed

Mysteries of Vernacular: Hearse

For Students 7th - 12th
What do a wolf, a rake, and frame have in common? They are all part of the background of the word hearse. View the video for an explanation, and accompanying animation, of just how the word hearse came to be. Check out the additional...
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Instructional Video2:08
TED-Ed

Mysteries of Vernacular: Jade

For Students 7th - 12th
Where does the word jade come from? This video recounts the history of the stone itself as it tracks the development of the word through the centuries. Flip the lesson to add your own questions and information to extend the lesson. While...
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Instructional Video5:11
TED-Ed

The Quantified Self

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Why are we so fascinated with the inner workings of our bodies? It's becoming easier and easier to measure minute changes with technology. Explore this topic with your class by showing them a video, which gives a brief overview of the...
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Instructional Video3:13
Fuse School

Condensation Polymers

For Students 10th - Higher Ed Standards
What do drinking bottles and nylon have in common? They are both made with a condensation reaction. The video discusses how polymers join in a condensation reaction. It details the results of the reaction and why they combine in that...
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Instructional Video5:50
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California Academy of Science

The Climate is Changing but How's the Weather?

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Do meteorologists and climate scientists use the same tools? The final lesson in a 13-part series on Exploring Energy compares and contrasts climate and weather. It describes the scientists who study each, the tools they use, their...
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California Academy of Science

Buses and Biofuels: Sustainable Transportation

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
One-third of all carbon emissions comes from transportation in the United States. The third lesson in a 13-part series on Exploring Energy offers ideas on how to reduce emissions from cars, airplanes, large trucks, and more. 
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Instructional Video3:43
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California Academy of Science

How to Measure a Changing Climate

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Young scientists explore climate change by taking a look at many different disciplines. They hear from scientists who study soil, clouds, ice cores, ocean temperatures, and more. Then, they search public databases to draw their own...
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Instructional Video3:43
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California Academy of Science

The Chemistry of Clothes

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Synthetic materials increase in popularity every year. Exploring Energy takes on the chemistry behind synthetic materials, including polyester. The resource opens with a video explaining the difference between natural and synthetic...
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Instructional Video2:25
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California Academy of Science

Your Digital Footprint: Data and Energy Use

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Understanding energy usage requires knowing more than how much energy it takes to charge your cell phone. Scholars learn each text sent uses energy as does each video, game, and phone call. They observe the larger grid of data transfers...
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California Academy of Science

Think Before You Eat

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Small changes in individual diets add up quickly, which is the theme of the ninth lesson in the 13-part Our Hungry Planet unit. Viewers watch a video to learn basic facts before reading a handout and discussing their own choices.
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Instructional Video2:07
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California Academy of Science

Waste Water Recycling

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
What types of water qualify for recycling and how does the recycling process work? The eighth lesson in the 10-part series exploring Fresh Solutions presents both the financial and water savings associated with emerging recycling methods.
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Instructional Video2:54
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California Academy of Science

Recharging Aquifers

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
The ninth lesson in a 10-part series on Fresh Solutions explains how aquifers develop and how people currently use them. The video also explores how aquifers are being depleted faster than they refill and the long-term concerns about...
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Instructional Video1:51
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California Academy of Science

Water-Wise Farms

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
The seventh lesson on Fresh Solutions in the 10-part series addresses solutions implemented on farms. It focuses on the options currently in use and hopes for the future of water conservation and farming.
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Instructional Video2:09
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California Academy of Science

Desalination

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Desalination requires around two gallons of sea water to make one gallon of fresh water—that's quite a ratio! Viewers consider the pros and cons of desalination as one option to providing fresh water. They learn about two different...
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Instructional Video3:09
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California Academy of Science

How Do We Meet the Growing Need for Water?

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
Some aquifers took thousands of years to collect water, yet they have been depleted in only a hundred years. Viewers learn about where humans use water and the serious concerns for the future of the water supply in the second of 10...
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Instructional Video3:46
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California Academy of Science

Bugs for Breakfast

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
More people in the world eat bugs as a source of protein than the number of people who don't eat bugs. Viewers consider bugs as a food source to solve multiple issues. Our Hungry Planet introduces bug-based food as a possible solution to...
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Instructional Video4:40
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California Academy of Science

Why Protect Pollinators?

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
Would you rather having biting flies or chocolate? The question may seem absurd, but cocoa trees rely on pollination from biting flies. Viewers come to understand the importance of pollinators to our food supply, flowers, and entire...
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Instructional Video3:18
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California Academy of Science

What's Up With Your Gut Microbiome?

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
Some scientists now consider the gut microbiome a distinct organ in the human body. Curious science scholars learn about this ecosystem thriving inside them and its important functions with a video from Our Hungry Planet. The 11th lesson...
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Instructional Video1:53
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California Academy of Science

Reducing Food Waste

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
The average American creates more than 240 pounds of food waste every year. Are there ways to reduce that number? The eighth lesson in the 13-part series covering Our Hungry Planet introduces multiple ideas for reducing food waste. It...
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Instructional Video1:52
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California Academy of Science

Vertical Farming

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Half of crops from traditional farming never get harvested, while 90 percent of crops from vertical farming go into the food supply. As land runs out for farming and the need for crops increases, could vertical farming solve the problem?...