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Stressed Out!: Video Segments: Can Animals Predict Disaster?

These clips from the NATURE episode "Can Animals Predict Disaster?" examine the tsunami of December 26, 2004, and theorize on how animals' greater sensitivity to seismic waves may have given them a lifesaving warning about the disaster.

Jul 15th, 2008 | 3 comments

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Stressed Out!: Lesson Overview

In this video-enhanced lesson, students will identify methods for detecting and locating earthquakes, utilizing excerpts from the NATURE episode "Can Animals Predict Disaster?" (Grades 9-12)

Jul 15th, 2008 | 1 comment

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Dare to Care for a Grizzly Bear: Lesson Overview

In this video-enhanced lesson, students will learn how human beings have interacted with and impacted the lives of grizzly bears in Yellowstone Park. (Grades 9-12)

Jul 15th, 2008 | 0 comments

The Birds and the Beaks: Video Segments: Extraordinary Birds

The segments from the NATURE episode "Extraordinary Birds" show examples of the adaptations of different birds to their varying environments.

Jul 15th, 2008 | 4 comments

Chain Reaction: Video Segments: Earth Navigators

Video segments from the NATURE film "Earth Navigators" feature cycles of animal migration from one part of the earth to another, including butterflies and wildebeest.

Jul 15th, 2008 | 0 comments

You Can Die Here: Video Segments: Life in Death Valley

Video from NATURE provides students with dramatic examples of the atmospheric and geologic conditions of one of the most extreme desert environments on earth.

Jul 15th, 2008 | 0 comments

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You Can Die Here: Lesson Overview

This video-enhanced lesson plan explores how the interactions of air, moisture, wind, and topography in Death Valley, CA contribute to an environment of extremes. (Grades 9-12)

Jul 15th, 2008 | 1 comment

Symbiotic Strategies: Video Segments: The Secret World of Sharks and Rays

Excerpts from NATURE examine interrelationships between sharks and other species in the marine ecology. Human impact in the ecosystem includes the shark fin industry.

Jul 15th, 2008 | 18 comments

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Symbiotic Strategies: Lesson Overview

This video-enhanced lesson focuses on symbiosis and ecological relationships. Using sharks and marine species as examples, students will investigate the many ways that species that live in close proximity to each other might interact in an ecosystem, and will then explore the ways that ecosystems can be thrown out of balance, often as a result of human action. (Grades 9-12)

Jul 15th, 2008 | 4 comments
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