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Real World Science

Real World Science

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Students will gain background on key concepts in science. Each title includes hands-on exercises aimed at engaging students in the processes and skills that are essential to scientific discovery and learning.

Large truck dumping a load of trash into a landfill. Caption: What happens to it when we throw it out?
Real World Science
Episode 1
13 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
A person washing a window with a sponge. Caption: What's the weather outside your window today?
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Episode 2
14 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Iceland as seen from above. Mostly green with a few central patches of ice and snow. Caption: Iceland is an oceanic island
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Episode 3
16 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Person hiking up a rock trail with mountains behind and tropical flowers along the path. Caption: That's because ecosystems are all around us.
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Episode 4
18 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Two rectangular batteries with positive and negative leads. Caption: An automobile battery is an example of a wet cell.
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Episode 5
20 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 9
Blue tropical fish eating something from a rock covered in plants. Caption: Consumers cannot produce their own food.
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Episode 6
10 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
A person holds two magnets over a lid with metal particles in the bottom. Caption: A magnet pulls iron particles towards it,
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Episode 7
19 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Giraffe eating foliage from a treetop. Caption: Every habitat is different.
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Episode 8
15 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Illustration of the Earth with a glowing aura and streaks of light. Caption: Today, we'll explore a strange and invisible force
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Episode 9
15 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
The planets of our solar system in a line. Caption: We'll begin with Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun.
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Episode 10
22 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
The sun with a chaotic surface and a glowing ring. The glowing ring is labelled as the corona. Caption: extremely hot outermost layer of the Sun.
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Episode 11
13 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Illustration of the Earth with a section cut away showing the crust as a thin layer and the mantle as a thicker layer beneath the crust. Caption: Rocks found in the mantle are pressed tightly together,
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Episode 12
16 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Hands planting a seedling in the dirt. Caption: Plants grow just about everywhere.
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Episode 13
12 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Illustration of the Earth and the layers of the atmosphere. In order from closest to farthest: Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere. Caption: and the top layer is called the exosphere.
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Episode 14
16 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Fossilized outline of a fish in stone. Caption: and eventually turns to stone.
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Episode 15
15 minutes
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Doctor injecting patient in their upper arm. Caption: To prevent the flu, many get the flu vaccine.
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Episode 16
11 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Earth as seen from space. Caption: However, such changes take place gradually.
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Episode 17
20 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Clear water in a pebbled riverbed. Light reflects off the surface of the water. Caption: In this case, you see how light passes through an object
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Episode 18
16 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Two people at a kitchen counter. Three plastic cups containing liquid sit in front of them. Caption: The water with no salt froze in 15 minutes.
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Episode 19
18 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Closeup of a tick on a leaf. Lyme Disease. Caption: Ticks are carriers of Lyme disease.
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Episode 20
13 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8