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Pbs Learning Media: 1964 Alaska Earthquake

9th - 10th
This video adapted from the Valdez Museum & Historical Archive, explores what happened during the Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964 through original footage, first-person accounts, and animations illustrating plate tectonics.
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Pbs Learning Media: Melting Permafrost

9th - 10th
In this video adapted from the International Institute for Sustainable Development, see melting permafrost and hear Alaska Native peoples and Western scientists discuss its impact on Inuit culture and resources.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Spirit of Subsistence Living

9th - 10th
In this video adapted from the University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska Native people of Chevak teach visitors about the beauty of Cup'ik culture and the spirit of the earth, sea, and animals.
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Pbs Learning Media: Global Warming Threatens Shishmaref

9th - 10th
In this video segment adapted from Spanner Films, visit the Alaska Native village of Shishmaref, and learn how an entire town may be forced to relocate because of warmer temperatures, melting sea ice, and coastal erosion.
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Pbs Learning Media: Storyknife Productions: Alaska Native Pilots

9th - 10th
In this video, Alaska Native pilots share how they rely on modern science and traditional knowledge to read the landscape and recognize weather patterns. [4:19]
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Pbs Learning Media: Unique Species of Kentucky's Green River

9th - 10th
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. [4:13]
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Pbs Learning Media: Steve Mac Lean: Conservationist

9th - 10th
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. Site includes short essay, discussion questions,...
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Pbs Learning Media: What Is Astrobiology?

9th - 10th
In this video from the Science and Technology Chat series, learn about astrobiology, an interdisciplinary field that uses biology, astronomy, and geology to study the origins of life on Earth and to search for possible life on other...