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On this day in 1860, the first Pony Express mail, traveling by horse and rider relay teams, simultaneously leaves St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California. Ten days later, on April 13th, the westbound rider and mail packet completed the approximately 1,800-mile journey and arrived in Sacramento, beating the eastbound packet's arrival in St. Joseph by two days and setting a new standard for speedy mail delivery. (01:00)
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September 11, 2012 at 11:34 PM
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Learn how to make paper corsages. A teacher explains how to fold several pieces of small tissue paper like an accordion, tie a pipe cleaner around the middle, and fan out the leaves of paper to create a full flower. Very young children can help in this fun and easy flower project.
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February 23, 2010 at 10:21 AM
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The explosive death of a star leaves an imprint on the galaxy. From the Spitzer Space Telescope. For older elementary, middle, and high school students. (04:07)
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August 16, 2009 at 05:23 PM
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Growing orchids indoors is possible by putting them in an east-facing
window, watering them with lukewarm water and wiping the leaves dry with a clean cloth. Grow orchids inside the house, never throwing away a plant once the blossoms die are just some of the tips offered in this four minute video.
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January 19, 2012 at 08:17 PM
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This short video gives excellent real life, close up footage of a field of dandelion flowers and seed heads. The video is sped up so students will get to witness the seed heads opening up and scattering in the wind. Dandelions are well-known, robust weeds; the common name derives from the French 'dent de lion', meaning 'lion's tooth', which refers to the deeply toothed, deep green leaves, which are arranged in rosettes. The bright yellow flower heads are borne on hollow stalks , and the downy seed heads are familiar to children as dandelion clocks, which are used to 'tell the time' by the number of blows taken to remove the seeds. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between nature and the classroom. (Less Than 2 Minutes
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February 12, 2012 at 09:10 PM
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There are a few types of compost bins you can use along with materials such as leaves, flowers and any types of weeds. This video shows how to make and care for a compost bin in your garden. (02:01)
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April 5, 2011 at 10:12 AM
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No trees grow on windswept Ellesmere Island in the northernmost reaches of Canada. But Ohio State University researchers have just discovered signs that things were different millions of years ago in the mummified remains of a forest uprooted in an avalanche. Melting snow cascading off the side of a glacier uncovered broken tree trunks, branches, and even leaves perfectly preserved with their DNA intact. These remains constitute the northernmost mummified plant material ever found in the Canadian Archipelago. They harken back to a time when the Arctic was far warmer than today and offer clues as to how an ancient ecosystem responded to dramatic climate change.
Speaker: Joel Barker, Research Scientist, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. (33:10)
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July 9, 2014 at 08:19 PM
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An elementary school teacher explains how to make a crepe paper rose. It can be done by folding several sheets of tissue paper like an accordion, wrapping a single pipe cleaner around the center of the tissue paper and fanning out the leaves of paper to make a flower shape. You can make many of these flowers to create a fun flower bouquet. This is a good craft for young children because it doesn't require scissors or glue and is good for building dexterity.
Found by grazianione in Flowers
February 23, 2010 at 09:40 AM
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This short video gives excellent real life, close up footage of a seed falling off a Coco-de-mer plant. The awesome coco-de-mer is a giant of the plant world; this palm has the longest leaves and the largest and heaviest seeds of any plant in the world. The tall slender trunk may tower up to 34 metres in height, bearing at its crown a mass of palm fronds. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between nature and the classroom. (0:28)
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February 16, 2012 at 10:51 PM
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This short video gives excellent real life footage of a Platypus collecting leaves and sticks for nesting material. Students will enjoy the sights and sounds of this amazing Platypus as it takes care of its burrow. The distinctive features that make the platypus so instantly recognizable are its duck-like bill, dense, waterproof fur, webbed feet, and broad, flattened tail. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between nature and the classroom. (1:45)
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March 26, 2012 at 09:58 PM
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This is an interesting video from National Geographic about the tourism of autumn foliage in New England. This could be used to compliment the poem "Autumn" by Emily Dickinson. The scenery and other people's comments about the leaves could be a good writing prompt. (03:57)
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June 14, 2012 at 03:30 PM
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In this short video, Bob Shea (author and dad) reads "Dinosaur vs. Bedtime". Mr. Shea wrote the book for his son Ryan who loves dinosaurs. In this cute story the red dinosaur wins over the pile of leaves, a bowl of spaghetti, bath time, and teeth brushing but as much as he roars he can't win over bedtime. (1:22)
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October 22, 2011 at 01:32 PM
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This short video from Scholastic is a booktalk by Joni Bodart for the book Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee. Bodart tells the plot of the book, but leaves the ending a surprise to encourage readers to read the book. (2:05)
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July 27, 2009 at 10:03 AM
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In this animated segment, the Science team discovers the specialized eating habits of the koala, an herbivore who primarily eats eucalyptus leaves. Learn how koalas are specialized to their own Eucalyptus forest habitat, having a stomach to digest this plant that is normally poisonous to other animals. Chris and Martin learn how Koalas have a pouch in their mouth to store extra eucalyptus leaves in case they need to travel in times of danger when they try to get Koala Balloon safely out of the Australian Outback, and back to her habitat. (2:18)
Found by Mrs Jefferies in Kangaroos, Koalas, Wallabies
April 9, 2012 at 10:50 PM
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These ants are in the business of "landscaping". This video shows how leafcutter ants cut through leaves and other flora easily. 02:06)
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November 27, 2012 at 10:12 AM
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Sal Khan offers three statements which he leaves for you to decide which one is true. (06:28)
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July 20, 2012 at 06:58 PM
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Capturing Carbon
From pbslearningmedia.org, produced by WGBH Educational Foundation
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This video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW explains how geophysicist Klaus Lackner and two engineers, Allen and Burton Wright, teamed up to develop a technology to capture an important greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide (CO2), in the air. Modeling their design after a tree—and one of Lackner's daughter's science experiments—the team tested different materials, configurations, and coatings that together would act as leaves do to remove CO2 from the air. However, instead of mimicking photosynthesis, their process uses a manufactured fabric that attracts CO2and pulls it out of the air for subsequent storage. (5:23)
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April 19, 2012 at 10:13 PM
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This video explains how to close your speech. When your audience leaves you want to give them something to remember, you can summarize what you said, have a call to action, or give them some information. A strong opening and a strong ending makes a really great speech. Public speaking is a great activity for kids of all ages. This video is of good quality and appropriate for elementary, middle and high school students.
Found by Barb in Tips For Kids
August 15, 2009 at 09:12 AM
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This short video gives excellent real life, close up footage of a Coco-de-mer seed traveling to another island. The awesome coco-de-mer is a giant of the plant world; this palm has the longest leaves and the largest and heaviest seeds of any plant in the world. The tall slender trunk may tower up to 34 metres in height, bearing at its crown a mass of palm fronds. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between nature and the classroom. (0:21)
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February 16, 2012 at 10:54 PM
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God's Fingerprint→ The Fibonacci Sequence - Golden Ratio and The Fractal Nature of Reality "Fibonacci numbers are of interest to biologists and physicists because they are frequently observed in various natural objects and phenomena. The branching patterns in trees and leaves, for example, and the distribution of seeds in a raspberry are based on Fibonacci numbers. (13:54)
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September 17, 2017 at 10:36 AM
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Pitcher Plant
From arkive.org, produced by arkive.org--BBC History
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This short video gives excellent real life footage of a Pitcher Plant in its natural environment. Nepenthes lowii is one of the most unusual pitcher plants of theNepenthes genus, a group of spectacular carnivorous plants equipped with large, modified, pitcher-shaped leaves that trap and digest small organisms. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between nature and the classroom. (1:22)
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March 28, 2012 at 12:26 PM
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This very short video gives excellent real life footage of bees pollinating a Coco-de-mer Palm plant. Students will enjoy the close up views and sound of the bees as they pollinate the plant. The awesome coco-de-mer is a giant of the plant world; this palm has the longest leaves and the largest and heaviest seeds of any plant in the world. The tall slender trunk may tower up to 34 metres in height, bearing at its crown a mass of palm fronds. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between nature and the classroom. (0:15)
Found by porter1526 in Coco-de-mer
February 16, 2012 at 10:27 PM
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This short video gives excellent real life footage of leaf-cutter ants in their natural environment. Atta cephalotes is a leaf-cutting, fungus-growing ant, with one of the most fascinating and complex social systems known to science. Colonies of this leaf-cutter ant species contain millions of individuals, making it possibly the most dominant invertebratein Central and South America. Students will enjoy seeing close up shots of the leaf-cutter ants doing their daily tasks of cutting leaves. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between nature and the classroom. (Less Than 2 Minutes)
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January 17, 2012 at 10:29 PM
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This video segment from Between the Lions features an animated poem about gardens by Lilian Moore that is rich with vocabulary. The poem tells about all of the grand things that happen as a garden grows, and it all happens without a sound. All text appears on screen. Featured vocabulary includes: garden, grow, seeds, roots, earth, leaves, stems, ground, pea pods, fatten, growing, reach, heaves, and unfurl. This video segment provides a resource for Fluency, Vocabulary, Language and Vocabulary Development, and Phonological Awareness. (0:38)
Found by Mrs Jefferies in American
March 26, 2012 at 11:46 PM
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This very short video gives excellent real life footage of two badgers gathering leaves and sticks to take to their den. Students will enjoy this close up view of these creatures. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between nature and the classroom. (00:25)
Found by porter1526 in Badgers
December 27, 2011 at 10:51 PM
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