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Into the Outdoors

Into the Outdoors

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Part science lesson and part adventure, this series uncovers the stories behind sensible solutions to creating a better planet. Hosted by kids, they explore outdoor recreation, learn about agriculture, and put their scientific knowledge to the test.

3 quarter view of a girl and a boy wearing wide-brimmed hats and neckerchiefs. Girl holds out a fishing pole over a lake surrounded by vegetation.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 1
6 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Black and white illustration of a tree against a lime green background. Title card at top reads, "Abiotic Factors." To left is a rain cloud labeled, "Moisture." To right is a sun labeled, "Sunshine." Roots visible beside text reads, "Soil."
Into the Outdoors
Episode 2
6 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Closeup of Upper Midwest map with a blue stain covering southwest Wisconsin and a large fuchsia stain on Missouri. Title card reads, "The Driftless," with an arrow pointing toward blue stain.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 3
26 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Digital illustration. Macro depiction of a tick crawling on a cratered beige surface. Long, hair-like extensions surround it.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 4
7 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Interior of a dim ice cave with icicles hanging from ceiling. Man in background exits through brightly lit opening in cave.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 5
3 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Group of teenagers walk through forested area past a sign post that reads,"Ice Age National Scenic Trail."
Into the Outdoors
Episode 6
3 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Aerial view of a landscape marked by patches of vegetation, a meandering waterway, and plots of dry earth.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 7
24 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Closeup of a row of young plants sprouting out of soil in a vast field beneath blue sky.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 8
5 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Black and white illustration of a piebald dairy cow standing in tufts of grass against a white background.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 9
24 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Closeup of fish caught with hook in bubbling green water.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 10
26 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Digital illustration. 2 silhouetted figures stand on a boat and dip nets in water as 2 fish swim toward them. 2 poles extend from boat and dangle forked appendages into water.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 11
24 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Color illustration of pattern of yellow fish attached to hooks alternating with gray fish swimming in water. Dashed vertical lines split image into fourths. Title bar across top reads, "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter."
Into the Outdoors
Episode 12
8 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Man and boy stand at the edge of a large, blue, circular tank filled with water. More tanks fill background.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 13
6 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Split screen with closeup of a brook trout swimming in water on the left and a sturgeon swimming in water on the right.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 14
4 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
3 small figures in yellow life vests kayak away from camera beneath a canopy of trees.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 15
24 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Choppy river flanked by trees with leaves just beginning to turn to yellow and orange. A building peeks through trees in background.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 16
5 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
4 people hold pond nets and wade in river scattered with debris. Legs in green wading pants are in foreground. Title card reads, "A River Restored."
Into the Outdoors
Episode 17
7 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Black line drawing on blue background. Figure in kayak waves at a figure riding vehicle down hill in the distance. Fish swims in front of kayak with fin up. Title card reads, "A Water Pollution Solution. A Case Study in Success."
Into the Outdoors
Episode 18
10 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Middle-aged man in rain boots bends over and looks at an object as he stands at the edge of a small body of water with forest in background.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 19
4 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Black line drawing on light green background. Front end loader faces butterfly hovering above flower. Frog with tongue hanging out looks on. Title card at right reads, "Environmental Impacts of Sand Mining."
Into the Outdoors
Episode 20
6 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Closeup of a black container. Red, diamond-shaped label displays a white flame that reads, "Flammable liquid." Another label on right reads, "Hazardous waste."
Into the Outdoors
Episode 21
17 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Black line drawing on blue background. Man holds umbrella and looks up at stormy rain cloud. Silhouette of building beneath rain cloud in background. Title card reads, "Managing Stormwater Runoff. Non-point Pollution Solutions."
Into the Outdoors
Episode 22
4 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Black line drawing on light blue background. Figure drives machine that distributes water above ground. Man with flashlight surveys water dripping underground. Title card reads, "The Physics and Chemistry of Karst Topography."
Into the Outdoors
Episode 23
6 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Black illustration on light yellow background. Waterway changes from brown to green to blue as it runs from a cityscape, past a farm, and curves into a field.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 24
24 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Bright yellow Black-eyed Susans grow in foreground with purple flower plants in background.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 25
8 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Person stands behind metal rectangle that frames a diagrammed kernel of corn. Parts of kernel labeled, "Starch and Protein," "Starch and Gluten," and "Germ." Text to side reads, "62 percent starch. 20 percent protein. 15 percent water. 4 percent oil."
Into the Outdoors
Episode 26
9 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Bearded man in safety glasses looks at a jar of transparent liquid as he holds it up in a lab setting.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 27
4 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Black line drawing on light blue background. Grimacing fish points up towards broken chain and extraction equipment. Title card reads, "Cracking Hydrocarbon Chains and Environmental Concerns."
Into the Outdoors
Episode 28
6 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Aerial view of excavators and other equipment working on both sides of a ridge of sand.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 29
24 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Rendering of a small, flowering plant that sprouts out of dirt. Grass and blue sky in background. Title card reads, "Photosynthesis."
Into the Outdoors
Episode 30
4 minutes
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Black and white illustration of a soybean plant with visible roots and pods hanging at stem. 2 chemistry compounds identify nitrates as some of the chemical compounds in the soil
Into the Outdoors
Episode 31
24 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Man in visor wades in thigh-deep river water as he fishes. Trees at water's edge fill background.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 32
58 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Aerial view of a silo complex. Paved roadways and plots of green grass run through and around it.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 33
5 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Closeup of a man in a yellow polo with furrowed brow and lips parted mid-speech. Field of corn beneath a cloudy sky in background.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 34
15 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Black and white illustration on wrinkled white background. A generating station connects to power lines, some outlined with neon pink zig zags.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 35
7 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Black illustration on aqua blue background. Man in hard hat frowns and rests chin in hand while holding a conical flask in other hand. Question mark floats above him. Title card reads, "Serious Science. Decoding the Science of Crude Oil."
Into the Outdoors
Episode 36
5 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Man in hard hat and yellow vest stands in tall grass beside a truck. Row of transmission towers cascades behind him. Another man in yellow looks up at green and red-leaved trees at right.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 37
8 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Red tractor collects corn dumped from green grain combine harvester in background.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 38
4 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Black illustration. Cyclic diagram begins with a corn plant at the top. From there, arrows connect to an ethanol refinery, fuel pump, and person driving a car emitting a red puff cloud labeled, "C, O, 2." A green arrow labeled C, O, 2 points to the corn.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 39
8 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Men in yellow shirts and hard hats work at an electrical station. Cars, equipment, and grassy field occupy background.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 40
8 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Vague blue outline of North America is illuminated by flares of light.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 41
8 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Rows of black barrels labeled, "Crude Oil." Title card reads, "Crude is a homogenous, unrefined mixture of, Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel, Fuel Oil."
Into the Outdoors
Episode 42
23 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Closeup of golden french fries in bubbling cooking oil.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 43
5 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Bird with orange head and black body perches on branch amid tangle of broken branches.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 44
5 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
2 brown and white-feathered Ospreys rest on a large nest of twigs beneath a clear blue sky.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 45
6 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Flock of large birds fly low to the ground with wings outstretched as they approach a body of water.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 46
5 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Elk graze and relax in a field of dry grass beneath an evergreen-covered hill.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 47
24 minutes
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Color illustration of early humans wearing animal skins and carrying spears through a mountainous, snow-covered landscape.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 48
26 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Low shot of 2 teenagers in hats drawing bows as they aim arrows off frame. 2 men stand behind them. Trees and hills occupy background at right.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 49
26 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Color illustration of a squirrel curled up in a ball with its eyes closed. It rests on a nest of green, brown, and red beside a handful of acorns.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 50
4 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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