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Pbs Learning Media: Desirable Breeding Traits in Cattle

9th - 10th
This video from Nature offers a description of desirable traits in beef and dairy cattle. [2:55]
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Pbs Learning Media: World Explorers: Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette

4th - 8th
Learn about Louis Jolliet & Jacques Marquette, two French explorers who traveled along the Mississippi River in the mid-1600s, establishing relationships with native peoples along the route. [3:48]
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Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Water Walking Kratts

1st - 3rd
In this episode of Wild Kratts, we learn about the Basilisk lizard and what gives it the ability to run on water. [2:05]
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Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Deep Diver

1st - 3rd
In this animated clip, the Kratt brothers teach us about the characteristics of the sperm whale. [1:54]
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Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Adventures With Whales

1st - 3rd
The Kratt brothers take us on their boat to go whale watching and teach us some facts about whales. [1:26]
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Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Operation Crocodile Nest

1st - 3rd
In this animated clip, the Kratt brothers take us to observe a mother crocodile creating a nest in the sand, laying her eggs, and burying them. [2:29]
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Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: The Great Crocodile Hatching!

1st - 3rd
In this animated clip, the Kratt brothers take us to observe the hatching of crocodile eggs, and what the mother does when it happens. [2:30]
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Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Happy Birthday Baby Pythons

1st - 3rd
The Kratt brothers teach us about the ball python. Up until the hatching of the eggs, the ball python mother is very protective, but once hatched, they must be totally independent. [2:11]
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Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Digging the Hole Time

1st - 3rd
In this clip of Wild Kratts, we learn about the aardvark's role in making homes for other animals through its prolific digging. [2:03]
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Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: The Mysterious Super Digger

1st - 3rd
In this clip of Wild Kratts, we learn about the aardvark's amazing digging abilities. [1:58]
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Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Saving Worms and Making Dirt

K - 1st
In this episode of the Kratt brothers, we learn about worms. We learn that we should protect them after a rain because they are important for composting and for breaking down soil. [2:28]
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Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Worm Alert!

1st - 3rd
In this animated clip, the Kratt brothers teach us about the danger a worm faces when the sun hits it, causing its slimy coating to dry out. [2:12]
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Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Snake Super Sense!

1st - 3rd
Learn about the diamondback rattlesnake in this Kratt brothers videoclip. The diamondback has a unique sense that allows it to detect the body heat of its prey. [2:28]
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Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Platypus Super Sense Discovered!

1st - 3rd
In this animated clip, the Kratt brothers are trying to find out how the platypus is able to sense things under water without using sight, hearing, or smell. [1:45]
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Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Mommy Rescue: Polar Bear and Walrus

1st - 3rd
In this animated clip, the Kratt brothers show us what happens when a mother polar bear and a mother walrus encounter each other and feel their young are in danger. While the polar bear dominates on land, the walrus is more dominant in...
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Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Animals on Land and in the Water

1st - 3rd
In this animated clip, the Kratt brothers teach us about the different characteristics of a polar bear and a walrus that help each to survive in their environment. [2:10]
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Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Greatest Creature Builder

1st - 3rd
Learn about the amazing building abilities of the beaver in this Kratt brothers videoclip. [1:40]
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Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Beaver Lodge

1st - 3rd
In this animated clip, the Kratt brothers take us inside a beaver lodge. [1:56]
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Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Building a Beaver Pond

1st - 3rd
In this animated clip, the Kratt brothers teach us about the important work that beavers do. When they create a dam, they also create homes for other animals. [1:49]
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Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Migrating Monarchs

1st - 3rd
In this Kratt brothers videoclip, we learn how Monarch butterflies prepare for their long migratory journey, and what humans can do to help the Monarchs to survive. [2:02]
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Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Creature Features

1st - 4th
Learn how walruses, manatees, and seals use flippers in this Kratt brothers videoclip, and see how they compare to legs. [2:09]
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Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Sperm Whale vs. Giant Squid

1st - 3rd
In this short animated clip, the Kratt brothers take us deep into the ocean to observe a battle between a giant squid and a sperm whale. [1:39]
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Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Worm Slime!

1st - 3rd
In this animated clip, the Kratt brothers teach us about the anatomy of a segmented worm. [1:11]