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Sometimes Earth can be more sensational than a tabloid magazine. It's full of drama, drama, drama. This video documents some of the more wild times on the planet and what it's all got to do with plate tectonics. It might even contain some revealing photographs. Topics include: Plate Tectonics, Mountain-Building, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes.
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American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. This video looks at the documents conceived in the early 1860s and during the Civil War and the years immediately following. Educators from noted American universities share their insights on: the Homestead Act, Pacific Railway Act, Morrill Act, Emancipation...
5) Verb Basics
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The Standard Deviants dive deeper into dialogues and venture victoriously into the uncharted territory of verbs, those great words that bring lots of action to your conversations. You'll meet the three tenors of regular verbs: "a-r-e", "e-r-e", and "i-r-e"
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They can run, jump, fly, and swim. They are the mammals—the most highly developed group of animals. Understand their origins, beginning from dinosaurs and evolving to the mammals that we know today. Discover what makes all mammals the same; then learn how different types of mammals developed unique characteristics to adapt to their surroundings.
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It's time to make math sense of our surroundings! We'll start by collecting and organizing information from our daily lives. Students will learn how to interpret this information through visuals like lists, charts, tree diagrams, and graphs. The tour doesn't stop here, though; we'll move on to describing the outcomes based on probability, mean, median, mode, and range. The wold will make much more math sense after these exercises! Topics include:...
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Nitrogen and Carbon Cycles (2:36); Carbon Returns to the Atmosphere (3:47); The Carbon Cycle (3:18); The Nitrogen Cycle (5:03); Biogeochemical Cycles (2:11); Nitrogen and Carbon Cycles in Nature: Introduction (2:25); The Nitrogen Cycle (1:09); Nitrogen Fixation (3:54); The Carbon Cycle (3:18); Carbon Returns to the Atmosphere (3:48); Access to Summary (2:46); Credits: The Nitrogen and Carbon Cycles in Nature (2:15);
Ninety-five percent of all living...
10) What Is Light?
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What Is Light? In this program, find out light’s natural properties, its relationship to color, and the different behaviors of light in air or water. We’ll also cover sources of light, electromagnetic waves, and the speed of light.
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The Standard Deviants discuss how a word that usually works as one part of speech can put on a disguise and pretend to be another part of speech, including nouns as verbs and verbs as nouns. Then it's time to tackle proper agreement in grammar, including subject/verb agreement and proper agreement between nouns and articles. Topics include: Nouns as Verbs, Verbs as Nouns, Subject/Verb Agreement, Noun/Pronoun Agreement, Adjective/Noun Agreement, and...
12) Othello Basics
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The Standard Deviants fight the green-eyed monster in a preliminary discussion of Shakespeare's Othello. It's a rough-and-ready ride through the plot of the play and a look at some of the most intriguing characters, from the jealous to the dastardly. There's true love, intrigue, and death. We're talking tragedy with a capital T.
13) What Are Comets?
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In ancient days, comets were considered to be harbingers of ill-fortune. Today, comets provide possible answers about the origins of our Solar System. In this program, you'll learn about the composition of comets, their structure, and their behavior patterns in the Solar System. We'll also discuss the orbits of comets, their origins and evolution, and one of the most famous comets of all: Halley's Comet.
14) Reptiles
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They are scaly, cold-blooded, and one of the most-feared species: reptiles. This extraordinary species has adapted creatively to survive on this planet. Some have developed the ability to change skin color, have poisonous venom, or grow strong protective shells. This program will explore the unique origins, characteristics, and habitats of tortoises and turtles, tuatara, crocodiles, and lizards.
15) Sistema Nervioso
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Get ready ... Get set ... Get nervous! The Standard Deviants take you on a fun-filled tour of the human nervous system. They'll check out the central and peripheral nervous systems and all the tissues that keep them connected. You'll also learn about the brain, spinal cord, and much, much more. Let the Standard Deviants teach you about your nerves without getting on your nerves!
16) Hamlet Themes
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Something may be rotten in the state of Denmark, but everything is A-OK with the Standard Deviants as they explore Billy Shakespeare's monumental marvel, Hamlet. What a piece of work is Hamlet? How noble in reason, how infinite in faculties... You get the picture.
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Far from being a result of mere chance, the shapes and sizes of living creatures are direct responses to their biological conditions. This can explain why related species can look vastly different from each other. Learn more about the slow but continuous transformation the many legions of creatures that inhabit our planet undergo as a result of the laws of physics and chemistry. Exploring eating habits, habitat climate, and environment can help us...
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We rely on machines in everyday life, and those machines rely on energy. Learn about the different sources of energy that power machines: heat, fuels, electricity, and nuclear energy. We'll also cover external and internal combustion engines, steam engines, thermal power stations, Nicholas Otto and the four-stroke piston engine, and inventors Rudolph Diesel and Thomas Newcomen.
20) Skin
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The skin is the largest organ of the human body. Learn the characteristics and structure of skin, how it controls temperature, how it receives tactile information, and more!