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FuseSchool

The Evolution of Humans

9th - 12th Standards
We've come a long way! Biology scholars travel back to the big bang, then follow the path of the simple organisms that led to modern Homo sapiens through an engaging Fuse School Evolution video. Content includes key events in our...
Instructional Video6:52
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Bozeman Science

LS2C - Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning and Resilience

3rd - 12th
How do ecosystems react to change over time? Show your class how natural and man-made factors affect the organisms in an area using the guidelines in a video about standard LS2C. Topics include biotic and abiotic factors, biodiversity,...
Instructional Video4:08
Teacher's Pet

Disruption of Genetic Equilibrium

9th - 12th Standards
Could a population stay the exact same over time with no change in allele frequencies? The video explains the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium theorem and the assumptions it requires. It discusses mutation, migration, gene flow, genetic drift,...
Instructional Video4:32
Be Smart

Where Do Birds Go In Winter?

6th - 12th
The poet Homer believed that birds went to battle tribes of goat-riding dwarfs during the winter. As the video explains, this myth and many others that seem crazy to us now, wasn't questioned for many years. The reality isn't quite as...
Instructional Video2:47
California Academy of Science

Monarch Migration

9th - 12th
It takes four generations of Monarch butterflies to complete the migratory path from the Rockies to Mexico each year, so how do they know where to go? The answer may surprise you; it certainly surprised the scientists who figured it out!...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: When Did the First Americans Arrive?

9th - 10th
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, recent archeological evidence leads scientists to revise existing theories about human migrations into the Americas around the time of the last ice age.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: A Variety of Hummingbirds

9th - 10th
Learn about different traits and adaptations in various species of hummingbirds in this video from Nature. [2:50]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Little Brain, Big Journey

9th - 10th
This Nature video shows the migratory patterns and habits of the Rufous hummingbird. [2:41]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Arctic Summer

9th - 10th
See the many birds that spend their summer in the Arctic in this video segment from Nature. [2:52]
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Encyclopedia of Life

Eol: Migration of the Arctic Tern

9th - 10th
The arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) makes an incredible migration each year. These small birds travel distances of more than 50,000 miles, from pole to pole, crossing through temperate and tropical regions along the way. Carsten Egevang...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: Continuity and Change in the Gilded Age

9th - 10th
This video lesson from Khan Academy covers Period 6: 1865-1898 in American History. Continuity and change, as it pertains to the Gilded Age, are discussed. This resource is designed as a review for the AP US History Test.
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BBC

Bbc Mundo: Entre Dos Mundos Ninos Y Migracion

9th - 10th
Based on a special BBC series that explored the lives of young Latin American immigrants to the United States. Listen to eight short segments that touch on a range of themes: hopes and fears, bilingual education, the effect migration has...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Birds of Kundha Kulam

9th - 10th
In this Nature video, learn about the extraordinary impact that birds have on the agriculture of a small Indian community. [2:47]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Hungry Beasts

9th - 10th
Learn about the wildebeest and locusts on the move in this video segment from Nature. [2:47]
Instructional Video
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Access Islam: Somali Muslims in Maine

9th - 10th
Lewiston, Maine has become a hotbed for Somali Muslims. Watch or read the transcript of this video that looks into the impact this has had on the community. [10:45]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Pigeon Express

9th - 10th
Decades of research has been dedicated to the impressive navigation skills of homing pigeons. To explain how these pigeons are able to find their way home from unfamiliar, distant sites, scientists have arrived at various theories. These...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Planetary Moves

9th - 10th
This video segment from Nature offers an introduction to four species' migratory patterns. [2:05]
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Bird in Hand to Save Those in the Bush

9th - 10th
Join orinthologists at Braddock Bay, a prime stop for migrating birds, as they explain what can be learned from the songbirds they observe.
Instructional Video
National Geographic

National Geographic: Stunning Footage: Epic Animal Migrations in Yellowstone

Pre-K - 1st
Some of the world's most incredible animal migrations take place in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Among them are a 120-mile pronghorn migration and nine elk herds with unique migration patterns. While on assignment in Yellowstone,...
Instructional Video
Other

Youtube: Why Move West?

9th - 10th
Consider the push and pull factor when people decide to move to certain areas. This video highlights reasons why folks were pulled to settle in the west. What was pushing them from their native lands or the eastern part of the nation?...
Instructional Video
Minute Earth

Minute Earth: Birds That Hibernate in Lakes?!

9th - 10th
Find out about the very unique journeys of birds, which humans have learned about in a variety of investigative manners. [3:12]
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NOAA

Noaa: Estuary Education: Following the Rail

9th - 10th
Learn how scientists track the Sora Rail, a unique bird that depends on the estuary to fuel up for lengthy migrations up and down the Atlantic Coast. [10:00]
Instructional Video
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Teacher Resources: Journey North

9th - 10th
Four video-segments highlight the study of seasonal change through the "Journey North" website: "Introduction," "Seasonal Migration," "Plants and Seasons," and "Sunlight and Seasons."
Instructional Video
NASA

Nasa: Space Place: Animals on the Move

3rd - 8th
Learn all about migration and the need for certain animals to move in order to survive. Links to a matching memory game with migratory animals. Animals include wood stork, Demoiselle crane, Siberian crane, Barrows goldeneye ducks, King...