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Science Kids: Animal Videos: Giant Octopus Video
BBC video showing a reporter being encircled by the tentacles of a curious giant octopus. Narrator explains how the octopus's poor circulation requires it to live deep in frigid ocean waters, where there is more oxygen. (2 min. 24 sec.)
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Science Kids: Animal Videos: Are Elephants Scared of Mice?
A video of an elaborate experiment to discover whether it is true that elephants are afraid of mice. (Length: 7 min. 35 sec.)
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Science Kids: Animal Videos: Filming Polar Bears
Video showing how polar bears are filmed in the wild using camouflaged spy cams. (Length: 2 min. 22 sec.)
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Science Kids: Animal Videos: Anaconda Hunting for Food
Video of a female anaconda catching, crushing, and swallowing a capybara, a rodent that can weigh up to one hundred pounds. This meal must sustain it for seven months, until it gives birth to its babies. (Length: 2 min. 48 sec.)
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Science Kids: Animal Videos: Learn About Bees
A fascinating look at life inside a beehive. (Video Length: 2 min. 42 sec.)
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Science Kids: Animal Videos: Invincible Cockroaches
An experiment to test whether cockroaches can survive when submerged in water. (Video Length: 3 min. 13 sec.)
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Science Kids: Biology Videos: Cloning Video
Instructional video demonstrating how DNA is extracted from a cell, and a new nucleus is inserted, during the process of cloning. (Length: 2 min.)
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Science Kids: Biology Videos: Dna Wrapping & Replication
Narrated animation explaining what happens at each of the complex stages during DNA replication. (Length: 3 min. 17 sec.)
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Science Kids: Biology Videos: Deep Sea Diving
Experience preparations for a journey into the depths of the mid-Atlantic in one of the few submersibles in the world that can dive to over two thousand meters beneath the ocean surface. (Length: 2 min. 57 sec.)
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Science Kids: Biology Videos: Dna Repair Video
Video explaining how DNA repairs most of the damage it may incur from mistakes during replication, or from outside influences. (Length: 42 sec.)
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Science Kids: Space Videos: Hubble Space Telescope
Video describing the huge contribution of the Hubble Telescope to our knowledge of space today. (Length: 3 min. 10 sec.)
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Science Kids: Space Videos: Nasa Kepler Mission
Describes the work of the NASA Kepler Mission to search for potentially habitable planets in outer space. (Length: 7 min. 27 sec.)
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Science Kids: Space Videos: Learn About the Sun
Learn how our knowledge of the Sun has evolved over the centuries, and how today's technological advances have given us a wealth of information about solar phenomena such as the northern lights, sunspots, and solar radiation. (Video...
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Science Kids: Space Videos: Mars Rover
Fascinating video showing the landing on Mars of the exploration rover, Opportunity, and a discussion of all the information scientists have been able to glean from its presence there. (Length: 4 min. 57 sec.)
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Science Kids: Space Videos: Black Hole Destroying a Star
Narrated animation of a star breaking up as it is destroyed by the gravitational pull of a black hole. (Length: 1 min. 46 sec.)
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Science Kids: Space Videos: Birth of the Solar System
Narrated animation showing how the solar system was likely formed. (Length: 2 min. 56 sec.)
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Science Kids: Human Body Videos: Learn About the Human Brain
Video exploring the workings of the human brain. Medical scanner provides an inside look at the different areas of the brain and their functions. (Length: 4 min. 37 sec.)
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Science Kids: Human Body Videos: Immune System
Watch as antibodies in the blood stream prevent pathogens from attaching to healthy red blood cells, and mark them for destruction by macrophages. (Length: 53 sec.)
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Science Kids: Human Body Videos: The Human Heart
Doctor-narrated video explaining the parts of the human heart, and how they work together. Also discusses damage that can occur from heart disease. (Length: 3 min. 30 sec.)
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Science Kids: Human Body Videos: Skull Bones
Narrated three-dimensional computer animation explaining the complex structure of the human skull. (Length: 2 min. 51 sec.)
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Science Kids: Earth Videos: Global Warming Basics
An introduction to the issue of global warming, what it is, what causes it, and its impact around the world. (Video Length: 3 min. 4 sec.)
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Science Kids: Earth Videos: Learn About Earth's Oceans
Learn about how the world's oceans were created from the birth of the Earth, as well as from thousands of comets that struck it. (Length: 3 min. 46 sec.)
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Science Kids: Earth Videos: Mt Everest Base Camp
Experience what it is like to climb Mt. Everest as you follow a BBC volunteer making the trek to the base camp, which is located three-fifths of the distance to the summit. (Length: 2 min. 2 sec.)
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Science Kids: Earth Videos: Volcanic Eruption From Space
NASA video of a volcanic eruption in Japan as seen from the International Space Station. (Length: 9 sec.)