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Rock A Lingua

La Tierra, Lugares y Animales (Places and Wild Animals)

K - 8th
¡Esta tierra está enferma! Beginning Spanish learners learn more about the ways pollution affects rivers, forests, oceans, and the animals that live in these habitats with a catchy and informative song.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: How Humans and Insects Conquered the Earth

9th - 10th
Ecologist Edward O. Wilson discusses current theories of why humans and insects have been so successful on Earth. He looks at social organization as key to their success. Aired Apr. 13, 2012 [30:20] Links to a video about E.O. Wilson...
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Michael Novacek and 'Terra'

9th - 10th
An interview with Michael Novacek, author of Terra: Our 100-Million-Year-Old Ecosystem - and the Threats That Now Put it at Risk. He talks about the history of ecosystems and environmental threats the Earth faces. Includes link to a...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Inexpensive Inventions and the World's Poor: Earth Sky

9th - 10th
Environmental scientist Ashok Gadgil is perhaps best known for his inventions which include an ultraviolet water purifier that can provide clean, cheap water for a thousand people per day and an inexpensive, ultra-efficient cooking stove...
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Google Ocean?

9th - 10th
An interview with Sylvia Earle from National Geographic and John Hanke from Google. They discuss the latest release of Google Earth which lets one explore the oceans. Aired Feb. 6, 2009 [17:47 min]
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Exploring the Deepest, Darkest Spots on Earth

9th - 10th
James Cameron, Sylvia Earle, and John McCosker talk about the sights and creatures of the deep ocean. [46 mins. 38 secs.]
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Summer Science: Lightning

9th - 10th
Thousands of lightning strikes occur each minute on Earth. We'll talk about the science of lightning.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Earth Day and the Environment

9th - 10th
Next week marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Has it made a difference? [23 mins. 46]
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Searching for Nature"s Time Machines in Relics

9th - 10th
A new book documents the creatures and places that can tell us about life on Earth millions of years ago.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Deep Bacterium Goes It Alone

9th - 10th
Researchers studying a sample of bacteria from water taken from a crack in a South African gold mine -- nearly 3 kilometers below the surface of the Earth -- have found that the ecosystem in the crack consists of only one organism.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Colliding Planets (Don't Panic)

9th - 10th
New research finds a small -- but present -- chance of a collision between Earth and one of its planetary neighbors in the next few billion years.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Blue Marble: The Making Of

9th - 10th
Hear how the famous "blue marble" pictures of Earth are actually built from datasets collected by instruments aboard satellites and then translated into imagery here on the ground.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: A Community of Ancient Bacteria

9th - 10th
We'll talk with researcher studying a community of bacteria that has been isolated from the surface for millions of years. They describe some of the biochemical processes that have allowed the bacteria to survive below glacier ice, and...
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Kepler Telescope Narrows Hunt for Earth's Twin

9th - 10th
NASA's Kepler telescope has discovered the first Earth-sized exoplanets, and another which orbits its star in the "Goldilocks zone," where liquid water could exist.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Studying Earth to Learn About Mars

9th - 10th
Planetary scientists and future explorers are trying to learn about our neighboring planet without ever leaving Earth.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Exploring Science at the End of the Earth

9th - 10th
Two researchers and a photojournalist discuss how research is done on Antarctica's extreme terrain. [27 mins. 6 secs.]
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Tracking a Space Rock's Streak Past Earth

9th - 10th
Asteroid 2012 DA14 spans half a football field, and will whiz by the Earth a mere 17,000 miles above us--closer than many satellites.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: When the Earth Swallows

9th - 10th
Sinkholes have gobbled up swimming pools, buses, and homes. But what causes them? And is there any way to predict where they'll strike?
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Studying Rocks Found on Earth for Clues About Space

9th - 10th
We'll take a tour of the Center for Meteorite Studies, and learn how meteorites can teach us about the history of the solar system.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Mars

9th - 10th
In this segment, we'll get the big picture on science on the planet Mars. From orbiting observatories to roving rovers to the ditch-digging Phoenix -- what have planetary scientists learned about Mars, and what remains to be discovered?
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Warnings of Global Health Impacts of Climate Change

9th - 10th
This Utah Education Network podcast features Dr. Roberto Bertollini of the World Health Organization. He discusses the health impacts of climate change, and its disproportionate effect on citizens of developing countries.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Scientists Solve Mystery of Earth"s Shifting Poles

9th - 10th
A look beneath Earth's surface at what may be causing the planet's poles to wander back and forth.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Lester Brown: Plan B 4.0

9th - 10th
Ira talks about global sustainability with Lester Brown, head of the Earth Policy Institute.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: A Quake That Shook the World?

9th - 10th
An audio lecture exploring how a powerful earthquake in Chile may have shifted the Earth's axis and changed the length of a day. [12:02]

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