Curated Video
Cruises, cold weather and volunteering: top travel trends in 2018
LEADIN:
From luxury river cruises to wellness breaks and holiday destinations under threat from climate change.
Travel industry experts in the US say more people are travelling than ever before and seeking...
Curated Video
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race begins in Alaska
Mushers and their dogs are hitting the snowy trail as Alaska's famed Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race begins following a rough year for organizers.
Musher Cody Strathe of Fairbanks and his 16-dog team were the first to take off...
Curated Video
Nuremberg stenographer's mementos to be auctioned
Auction house workers clearing a long-vacant home in Alaska that was about to be listed for sale have discovered what they call an invaluable "time capsule in history."
They removed an old trunk from the home that appeared to be filled...
Curated Video
What The Fact: The History Of Universal Basic Income
Presidential candidate Andrew Yang wants to implement a UBI. And it turns out he's not the only U.S. politician to promote the idea.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Stickleback Film with Quiz: Evolving Switches, Evolving Bodies
The pelvic bone's connected to the...nothing in the stickleback fish, because it doesn't have one. Young biologists watch a video about the evolution of the stickleback fish living in Alaskan lakes. It turns out that they lost their...
Veritasium
Northern Lights From 100,000 ft!
What do the northern lights look like from the inside? A team of scientists, teachers, and students head to Alaska to study the aurora borealis using weather balloons. The installment of the Veritasium video playlist shares the...
Veritasium
Destination: Alaska
Large solar flare storms occur every 11 years, and scientists want to understand why. The video explains one scientists journey to investigate this phenomenon. It introduces the difference between various types of sun storms and includes...
TED-Ed
How An Igloo Keeps You Warm
How is it possible that a structure made of snow can keep you warm? Find out with an entertaining video that explains the science involved in igloo construction and how body heat is used to warm them.
Curated OER
Extreme Ice
Glacial retreat is shown in this time-lapse video focusing on the Columbia Glacier in Alaska. Music plays and text is shown in between clips of the glacial melt. Great footage for an earth science or environmental studies course.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Arctic Climate Perspectives
This video describes how global climate change is affecting Barrow, Alaska. The Inupiaq people who reside in the region discuss how the climate change is affecting their lives as well. Uses popups.
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Pbs Learning Media: Permafrost
Thawing permafrost can have devastating effects for a region. It can lead to the ground becoming unstable, landslides, and sinking. This video shows some effects of thawing permafrost in Fairbanks, Alaska, and provides a glimpse of what...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Party Moose
The importance of paying attention to what you are reading, and employing reading strategies when something doesn't make sense, are demonstrated in the 11-minute animated story "Party Moose" from the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali.
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Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Suki's Bone
Discover what happens when Molly's dog Suki finds a bone with beautiful markings on it in the 11-minute animated story "Suki's Bone" from the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali. Support materials are included.
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Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Tooey's Hero
Explore Alaska Native culture and the importance of dog sledding in the 11-minute animated story "Tooey's Hero" from the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali. Support materials provided.
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Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Dream Tube
Molly and her friends use informational texts for a real-life purpose in the 11-minute story "Dream Tube," the third of three video segments in this episode from the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali. While exploring how to use...
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Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Grandpa's Drum
Explore Alaska Native history and culture using the 11-minute story "Grandpa's Drum" in this episode from the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali. As students explore the importance of diverse cultures and honoring traditions, as well as...
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Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: A Splash of Mink
Molly and Trini discover that it's important to question the reliability of informational texts, in this animated 11-minute story from the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali. [25:25]
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Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Bird in Hand
Molly and her friend Tooey hear a strange sound and discover that a small owl is hiding in the bunkhouse in this 11-minute animated story, "Bird in Hand," from the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali. In order to find out more about the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Community Stories Collection
This collection features videos that show how native communities use the environment and stories in their heritage. ECHO members include people from Alaska Native Heritage Center and North Slope Borough ECHO Project in Alaska; Bishop...
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Pbs Learning Media: Bullfrog Films: Gwich'in Tribe Protects Caribou and Culture
Gwich'in Chief Evon Peter of Arctic Village, Alaska explains the importance of the caribou to his people and the tribes need to protect the herd from the effects of oil drilling. [5:43]
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Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: First Fish
In this episode [25:25], students explore Alaska Native culture and values using "First Fish," an 11-minute animated story from the PBS KIDS series Molly of Denali. Before Molly catches her first fish, a childhood milestone that is as...
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Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: New Nivagi
Explore Alaska Native culture and learn how to use and create recipes, a type of informational text, in the 11-minute animated story "New Nivagi" from the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali. Support materials provided.