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Instructional Video1:23
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California Academy of Science

Urban Farming

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
More than 20 million Americans lack access to grocery stores. The sixth lesson in the 13-part unit on Our Hungry Planet introduces the concept of food deserts and ideas to correct this lack of access. Discussion questions provide a...
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Instructional Video4:43
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California Academy of Science

What is the Environmental Impact of Feeding the World?

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
One in every seven people suffer from a lack of basic food. Our Hungry Planet introduces this complex issue in the second lesson of an interesting 13-part unit. It discusses the space needed to grow and raise food, the transportation of...
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Instructional Video3:45
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California Academy of Science

Nuclear Energy: Is Fission the Future?

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Nuclear energy powers the Mars rovers as well as provides energy in more than 30 countries around the world. While some believe nuclear energy is the future of energy production, others worry about the risk factors and radioactive waste....
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Instructional Video3:56
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California Academy of Science

What's the Deal With Fossil Fuels?

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Plastic bags, laptops, and even toothpaste all contain petroleum. A lesson explains how to define fossil fuels, including petroleum, and the many uses for fossil fuels in our everyday lives. It also details why new sources need to...
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Instructional Video5:24
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California Academy of Science

Renewable Energy: Clean Tech Solutions

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Renewable energy originally found application more than 790,000 years ago. A relevant and engaging lesson explains some of the current options for renewable energy. Technology changes quickly and many different options provide hope for...
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Instructional Video1:43
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California Academy of Science

Renewable Energy: Powered by Poop

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
A single cow produces more than 100 pounds of manure every day. Meet a farmer using cow manure to provide energy to his farm, electric car, and the larger electric grid. He explains the process and benefits of the renewable energy source.
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Instructional Video5:27
California Academy of Science

Preventing Plastic Pollution

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
While plastics don't biodegrade, they do photodegrade, creating issues in Earth's oceans. The final video in the Healthy Oceans series explains why plastic in oceans causes so many issues. the narrator explains the impact of plastic...
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Instructional Video5:37
California Academy of Science

Sustainable Seafood

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Memory, brain health, and seafood often go hand in hand, but is eating fish good for the planet? The third video in a four-part series on Health Oceans explains which fish consumers need to avoid and which are safe to consume without...
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Instructional Video5:47
California Academy of Science

Solutions to Human Impacts

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
The phrase think globally, act locally inspires scholars to address pollution. After learning about invasive species, nutrient pollution, and dead zones, discussion questions help scholars link the concepts. They then apply knowledge of...
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Instructional Video6:05
California Academy of Science

Coral Reefs and Climate Change

For Students 6th - 10th
Coral reefs cover less than one percent of the ocean floor, yet more than 25 percent of marine life lives in coral reefs. A colorful, engaging video describes the health of coral reefs and why the formations matter. The first lesson in a...
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Lesson Plan7:31
Curated OER

Inside OKCupid: The Math of Online Dating

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Capture the hearts of your young statisticians with this real-life example of using statistics in online dating. The use of average and geometric mean are discussed in the context of creating the algorithm used to connect people.
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Instructional Video3:34
Khan Academy

More on Variables

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
Variables represent one of the most fundamental features in any programming language. The easy-to-follow explanation given in this video focuses on the difference between variables and values. Specifically, the author looks at how to use...
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Instructional Video4:17
American Chemical Society

Can I Still Eat This?

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
The United States sends 133 billion pounds of edible food to landfills every year. A lesson from the ACS Reaction series discusses the chemical reactions that cause food to change over time. Some reactions make food taste different while...
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Instructional Video3:24
Bill of Rights Institute

Dred Scott vs. Stanford

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The United States was on the brink of a war within itself when the Dred Scott case came before the Supreme Court. Viewers examine the defining case that served as a ratuionale for slavery leading into the Civil War. 
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Instructional Video5:34
Bill of Rights Institute

Constitutional Principles: Consent of the Governed

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
A government of the people, by the people, and for the people! Invite your class to really analyze the concept of consent of the governed and why it is one of the foundational principles of the United States Constitution and of...
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Activity2:31
Jim Noble, Richard Wade & Oliver Bowles

Pyramid Model

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Seeking to derive the formula for the volume of a square pyramid, geometry learners construct six square based pyramids that, when pieced together properly, form a cube. Two short videos demonstrate the relationship between pyramid and...
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Instructional Video7:56
Teaching Channel

Using Expertise to Group Students

For Teachers K - 12th
If you've been looking to increase the level of differentiation in your teaching, this video is a great place to start. A selection of teachers from Lincoln Middle School explain how they use their individual expertise to support...
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Instructional Video7:29
Teaching Channel

Aligning Curriculum Within and Across Grades

For Teachers K - 12th
You didn't learn this last year? Discover how the teachers at one school are working to never have to say this common phrase! Administrators and teachers discuss their process of curriculum alignment and mapping, clearly identifying...
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Instructional Video5:47
Amoeba Sisters

Enzymes (Updated)

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Enzymes really know how to keep things moving along! Introduce these powerful proteins through a short video from an extensive life science playlist. Viewers learn why enzymes are specific in their jobs, important enzymes in our bodies,...
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Instructional Video3:25
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National Constitution Center

Classroom Discussion Starter: Freedom of Expression

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
The Ku Klux Klan wants to hold a rally on the Antietem battlefield. Should the federal park permit the rally? Or does the First Amendment have limitations? Scholars ponder these questions and more using a discussion starter video and...
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Instructional Video
Other

Go for Broke National Education Center: Hanashi Oral History Program

For Students 9th - 10th
The stories of Japanese-American soldiers' experiences up to and during World War II and on to today are chronicled on this site.
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Basic Site Navigation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Basic site navigation is part of Khan for Educators, a free course for teachers to learn more about Khan Academy, the content and tools available for teachers and students, and best practices for implementing technology with students....
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Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Common Sense Education: Identifying "Fake" News

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This "5 Ways to Identify Fake News" video [1:09] will help students easily identify suspicious sites and information on the Web.
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Instructional Video
NOAA

Noaa: Estuary Education: China Camp State Park

For Students 9th - 10th
California's China Camp State Park is an important environmental and historic site which has a natural watershed along the shores of San Francisco Bay. Features in the estuary include an extensive intertidal salt marsh, meadow, and oak...