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Aging Diamonds?

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In this video from Nature, geological detectives use ancient diamonds to learn more about Earth's inner layers.

Subject:: Chemistry; Geoscience; Physical Science; Space Science
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: Canon; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; SC Johnson; WNET
Date Added:: 11/11/2008

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Arctic Summer

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See the many birds that spend their summer in the Arctic in this video segment from Nature.

Subject:: Biology; Life Science
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: Canon; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; SC Johnson; WNET
Date Added:: 11/12/2008

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Bear Necessities

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This Nature video segment focuses on the four foods most important to the grizzly bears' survival, and it describes the threats to the supply of each of them.

Subject:: Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Geoscience; Life Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: Canon; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; SC Johnson; WNET
Date Added:: 11/12/2008

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Bears Don't Recognize Boundaries

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In this video segment from Nature, learn about the problems bears are creating on ranch land surrounding Yellowstone National Park.

Subject:: Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Geoscience; Life Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: Canon; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; SC Johnson; WNET
Date Added:: 11/12/2008

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Bears' Lunch Counter

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This Nature video segment explores how the relationship between humans and grizzly bears has changed over the course of American History, and it describes the closing of the Yellowstone National Park garbage dumps in the 1970s.

Subject:: Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Geoscience; Life Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: Canon; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; SC Johnson; WNET
Date Added:: 11/11/2008

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Bears in the Schoolyard

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Learn about the precautions humans must take in the face of a growing grizzly bear population in this video from Nature.

Subject:: Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Geoscience; Life Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: Canon; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; SC Johnson; WNET
Date Added:: 11/12/2008

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Birds of Kundha Kulam

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In this Nature video, learn about the extraordinary impact that birds have on the agriculture of a small Indian community.

Subject:: Life Science
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: Canon; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; SC Johnson; WNET
Date Added:: 11/11/2008

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Climate Wisconsin: Forestry

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Learn how a family farm in Wisconsin functions and how it is impacted by climate change in this multimedia video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board.

Subject:: Applied Science; Ecology; Environmental Science; Forestry and Agriculture; Geoscience; Life Science; Physical Science; Space Science
Material Type:: Lesson
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:: Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Educational Communications Board; Wisconsin ECB
Date Added:: 11/23/2010

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Climate and Human Evolution

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In this video segment adapted from NOVA: Becoming Human, learn how the analysis of rock layers and ocean sediments supports the theory that rapid climate change may have jump-started human evolution two million years ago.

Subject:: Applied Science; Ecology; Environmental Science; Forestry and Agriculture; Geoscience; Life Science; Physical Science; Space Science
Material Type:: Lesson
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:: Corporation for Public Broadcasting; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 09/22/2010

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Clouds and Currents

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Learn about cloud formations over the Sierra Nevada Mountains in this video from Nature.

Subject:: Applied Science; Ecology; Environmental Science; Forestry and Agriculture; Geoscience; Life Science; Physical Science; Space Science
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: Canon; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; SC Johnson; WNET
Date Added:: 11/12/2008

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Collapse of Sharks

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This video segment from Nature shows the destructiveness of the shark fin and shark cartilage industries.

Subject:: Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Geoscience; Life Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: Canon; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; SC Johnson; WNET
Date Added:: 11/12/2008

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Creating an Island Paradise

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In this video segment from Nature, learn the geological process by which the next Hawaiian island will be formed.

Subject:: Geology; Geoscience; Physical Science; Space Science
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: Canon; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; SC Johnson; WNET
Date Added:: 11/13/2008

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Desirable Breeding Traits in Cattle

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This video from Nature offers a description of desirable traits in beef and dairy cattle.

Subject:: Applied Science; Biology; Engineering; Life Science
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: Canon; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; SC Johnson; WNET
Date Added:: 11/11/2008

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Destructive Forces

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In this video segment from Nature, scientists question how animals mysteriously survive natural disasters.

Subject:: Life Science
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: Canon; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; SC Johnson; WNET
Date Added:: 11/11/2008

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Diamond Formation

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An expert describes the carbon composition of diamonds, as well as the conditions necessary for diamond formation in this video segment from Nature.

Subject:: Chemistry; Geoscience; Physical Science; Space Science
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: Canon; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; SC Johnson; WNET
Date Added:: 11/12/2008

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Diamonds Everywhere

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This Nature video offers an introduction to the socio-economic value of diamonds.

Subject:: Chemistry; Geoscience; Physical Science; Space Science
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: Canon; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; SC Johnson; WNET
Date Added:: 11/12/2008

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Different Breeds of Cattle

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In this video segment from Nature, learn about six different breeds of cattle.

Subject:: Applied Science; Biology; Engineering; Life Science
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: Canon; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; SC Johnson; WNET
Date Added:: 11/12/2008

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The Effect of Land Masses on Climate

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In this video produced by ThinkTV, explore the effects of land masses on local climate conditions, and learn about regional impacts of land-atmosphere interactions.