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Observe Clouds
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This video segment produced for Teachers' Domain features a time-lapse video of clouds forming, changing, and moving across the sky.

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Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Diagram/Illustration
Provider:
PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:
PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Date Added:
12/17/2005
Observing Changes in Snowfall
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Learn how snowfall happening later in the year than usual is impacting cultural practices in this video segment about climate change adapted from the College of Menominee Nation.

Subject:
Agriculture Education
Astronomy
Biology
Career and Technical Education
Science
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:
PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Date Added:
03/23/2012
Observing Changes in Water Resources
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In this video segment adapted from the College of Menominee Nation, tribal members observe lower water levels in lakes and streams and call for global, collaborative solutions to address climate change.

Subject:
Agriculture Education
Astronomy
Career and Technical Education
Science
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:
PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Date Added:
03/23/2012
Oil Spill: Exxon Valdez, 1989
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This video segment adapted from NOVA follows the clean-up effort after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off the coast of Alaska. Also featured is a marsh where an oil spill occurred 20 years earlier; analysis suggests that environmental damage may last for decades.

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Science
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Activity/Lab
Diagram/Illustration
Provider:
PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:
PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Date Added:
12/17/2005
Persuasive Essay: Environmental Issues
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How can we convince others to agree with us on important issues? In this lesson, students explore relevant environmental issues and gather information to write persuasive essays.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
English Language Arts
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
ReadWriteThink
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ReadWriteThink
Date Added:
06/05/2024
Recycling- community awareness project
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This is a discovery learning lesson which can be adapted across multiple contexts with appropriate scaffolding from the teacher.  Students get involved in promoting recycling in their school by making posters and videos to post by the vending machines after researching the benefits of recycling.Image source for thumbnail: free clipart library

Subject:
Business and Marketing Education
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Author:
Holly
Date Added:
06/28/2023
Satellites Orbiting Earth
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This animation adapted from NASA shows the orbital paths of spacecraft in NASA's Earth Observing Fleet that are a source of wide-scale, primary research about Earth.

Subject:
Astronomy
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Diagram/Illustration
Provider:
PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:
PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Date Added:
12/17/2005
Science Lessons About Our Environmental Impact
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Science and education experts caution that climate-change topics can overwhelm and frighten young children. Science lessons chosen for this article focus on general environmental issues, such as the effects of litter, air pollution, and water pollution. The lessons also include actions and solutions to environmental issues. The free, online magazine Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle focuses on integrating age-appropriate science learning with literacy experiences.

Subject:
Astronomy
Professional Learning
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology
Provider Set:
Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle
Date Added:
06/05/2024
The Seasons Are Moving
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In this video segment adapted from the College of Menominee Nation, tribal members share examples of how seasons are changing, and how these changes are affecting local plants.

Subject:
Agriculture Education
Astronomy
Biology
Career and Technical Education
Science
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:
PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Date Added:
03/23/2012
Shower Estimation
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In this adapted ZOOM video segment, cast members calculate how much water they each use during a typical shower. They compare their results to their original predictions.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Diagram/Illustration
Provider:
PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:
PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Date Added:
10/21/2005
Snapshot of US Energy Use
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This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE looks at American energy consumption and the resulting production of greenhouse gases.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Diagram/Illustration
Provider:
PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:
PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Date Added:
09/26/2003
Solar Car
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In this video from DragonflyTV, follow the investigation of Isaac and Anjali as they record, measure, and analyze data about how the Sun's position in the sky affects a solar-powered car's speed.

Subject:
Agriculture Education
Astronomy
Career and Technical Education
Chemistry
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:
PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Date Added:
08/09/2007
Solar Still Part I: Salt Water
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In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members assemble a solar still and make fresh water from saltwater, demonstrating two steps of the water cycle, evaporation and condensation.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Diagram/Illustration
Provider:
PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:
PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Date Added:
10/21/2005
Steve MacLean: Conservationist
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In this video profile produced for Teachers' Domain, meet conservationist Steve MacLean, an Inupiaq from Barrow, Alaska, who works to preserve the health of the Bering Sea ecosystem.

Subject:
Agriculture Education
Astronomy
Biology
Career and Technical Education
Science
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:
PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Date Added:
11/04/2008
Take Action: Plant a Tree
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This regular column, called Take Action, in the magazine Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle suggests actions K-5 teachers can take to incorporate the guiding principle for informed climate decisions in the classroom. The principle, which appears in the document Climate Literacy, states that humans can take actions to reduce climate change and its impacts.

Subject:
Professional Learning
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology
Provider Set:
Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle
Date Added:
06/05/2024
Thunderstorms Produce Antimatter
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This video from NASA explains the process by which gamma-ray flashes associated with storms produce matter/antimatter particle pairs.

Subject:
Agriculture Education
Astronomy
Career and Technical Education
Chemistry
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:
PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Date Added:
10/28/2011
Unique Species of Kentucky's Green River
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This video from Kentucky's Last Great Places shows how the Green River has remained unusually clean and why it is home to several endangered aquatic species.

Subject:
Agriculture Education
Astronomy
Biology
Career and Technical Education
Science
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:
Teachers' Domain
Date Added:
08/22/2008
An Unpredictable Environment
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In this video segment adapted from the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Inuit observers describe how their traditional understanding of weather patterns is being challenged by unpredictable weather behaviors.

Subject:
Agriculture Education
Astronomy
Biology
Career and Technical Education
Science
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:
PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Date Added:
11/04/2008
Urban Solutions to Water Pollution
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In this video segment from Louisville Life, high school students in Louisville, Kentucky describe the benefits of creating rain gardens as a solution to non-point source water pollution.

Subject:
Agriculture Education
Astronomy
Biology
Career and Technical Education
Science
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:
Teachers' Domain
Date Added:
08/25/2008