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RESOURCE	GRADE LEVEL	MEDIA TYPE
Agony of Defeat Students are asked to explain how forces and motion affect the skier in the film.	6-12	Video
Alternative Energy Students are asked to explain what needs to be considered if alternative energy sources are to be used.	6-12	Video
Bang Students are asked to generate questions about fireworks that could be answered thorugh scientifice evaluation.	6-12	Video
Bird Flu Students are asked to explain how chickens might be involved in a potential bird flu outbreak.	6-12	Video
Bird in Flight Students are asked to explain the characteristics of the bird in flight and how adaptations would allow the bird to fly a particular way.	6-12	Video
Blast Off Students are asked to describe what these astronauts should investigate on a mission in space.	6-12	Video
Catch Me If You Can Students are asked to explain the predator/prey relationship and how it helps to maintain the balance of the ecosystems.	6-12	Video
Defying Gravity Students are asked how acceleration, mass, momentum and velocity are involved in mountain boarding.	6-12	Video
Diffusion Students are asked to explain the process shown as the red material is placed i nteh colorless liquid.	6-12	Video
DNA Spiral Staircase Students are asked to compare and contrast the staircase pictured to the DNA molecule.	6-12	Video
Earth and Moon Students are asked to compare and contrast the earth and the moon.	6-12	Video
Explosion Students are asked to explain how lava is involved in the rock cycle.	6-12	Video
Feel the Power Students are asked to explain how the sun is a major source of energy.	6-12	Video
Fish Behavior Students are asked to explain the advantages of a fish participating in a school.	6-12	Video
Garden of Eating Students are asked how poor weather conditions affect the cost of fruits and vegetables.	6-12	Video
Gases Students are asked to describe the reason the balloons rise and what that means for the gas properties.	6-12	Video
Give Me Some Space Students are asked to identify equipment and/or instruments used to explore the universe.	6-12	Video
Got Milk Students are asked to explain what would be used to measure the properties of a glass of milk.	6-12	Video
Health Students are asked to explain how advances in technology have affected people's health.	6-12	Video
Hurricane Students are asked why viewing weather phenomenon through space cameras is important.	6-12	Video
In this Together Students are asked to explain how a crane's parts work together to achieve the end result.	6-12	Video
Just for You Students are asked to explain how plants and animals may be classified as natural resources.	6-12	Video
Like Mother Like Son Students are asked to explain some of the inherited characteristics found in particular pairs of animals.	6-12	Video
Microscope Use Students are asked to explain why scientists need to adjust the position of objects under a microscope.	6-12	Video
Moon Movement Students are asked to explain why the moon appears in this particular form in the video clip.	6-12	Video
Now You See It Students are asked to identify ways to help these endangered or threatened species.	6-12	Video
Ouch Students are asked to explain how human actions have hurt the eagle and the sea turrtles.	6-12	Video
Out of Proportion Students are asked to explain how natural disasters affect environmental health.	6-12	Video
A Picture is Worth Students are asked to explain how XRay images communicate information.	6-12	Video
Pollination Students are asked to explain the relationship between a bee and a flower.	6-12	Video
Shed Some Light Students are asked to explain how water enters a watershed.	6-12	Video
Solar Flares Students are asked to explain how solar flares on the sun affect us here on earth.	6-12	Video
Solid as a Rock Students are asked to explain how the rock cycle affected rock formations in Pennsylvania.	6-12	Video
Space Travel Students are asked to explain why the astronauts in the video are floating and what problems this phenomenon creates for people that travel in space.	6-12	Video
Squid a Mollusk Students are asked to explain the characteristics that place a mollusk is in the phylum mollusca.	6-12	Video
Tornado Students are asked to explain how a tornado is formed and what a tornado does.	6-12	Video
Water Cycle Students are asked to explain how clouds participate in the water cycle.	6-12	Video
Wave Action Students are asked to explain the interactions between the ocean and the shore.	6-12	Video
Weather is Frightful Students are asked to explain how climate and extreme weather events affect people's lives.	6-12	Video
What a Pest Students are asked to identify issues related to integrated pest management and how they affect the environment.	6-12	Video

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