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Within Science
Closeup of dried bean pods still on the plant. Caption: Beans grow inside pods that come in various shapes, sizes,
Farm To Market
Season 0 / Ep 4
10 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Green foliage with a pink flower overlooks the shoreline. Spanish captions.
15 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Still image from: Algae
9 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Flowering plants surrounding a sign that reads "the Edible Schoolyard" Caption: We call it the Edible Schoolyard
Nourish Short Films
Episode 48
3 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of a man wearing a waistcoat, hands on hips, standing next to a tree. Caption: The father of Arbor Day was J. Sterling Morton,
All About the Holidays
Episode 34
1 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: All About Trees
10 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Person wearing a shirt that says "staff" bends over a row of plants in a field. Caption: But also we're becoming much more vulnerable
Nourish Short Films
Episode 12
1 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man standing next to leafy plants. The soil has been cut away so that the root structure is visible. Caption: It's a cycle, and it's driven by energy from the sun.
Bill Nye The Science Guy
Season 2 / Ep 15
23 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Person speaking. Caption: there were over 100 varieties of tomatoes.
Nourish Short Films
Episode 44
1 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A person wearing a green shirt and an orange vest carrying a measuring stick works in a forest. Caption: I'm not stuck at a desk. My job changes.
Career Connections
Episode 51
3 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of the interior of a Venus flytrap's 2-lobed blade with green spikes. Caption. On each side of the trap are three trigger hairs.
13 minutes
Grade Level: 6 - 10
Recently Added
Still image from: Carolina Snaps: Angel Oak Tree
Carolina Snaps
Episode 1
59 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Seed pods growing on tree trunks. Caption: There are different varieties of cacao that vary in color
Farm To Market
Season 0 / Ep 6
10 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
A person holding a white metal hanging basket lined with moss. Caption: And hanging baskets -- you can line them with burlap or moss,
34 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Side closeup view of a flower with yellow petals, magenta veins, and yellow stamens. Text on image reads, "Core Biology. Plant Sciences."
Core Biology
Episode 1
28 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Closeup of an ear of corn on a dried-out cornstalk. Caption: corn is used as a major source of livestock feed.
Farm To Market
Season 0 / Ep 3
10 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Closeup of a huge pile of kernels of dried corn. Caption: making corn the number-one crop by weight.
Superlife
Episode 3
6 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Closeup of ripe cotton plant. Caption: Every day, we use cotton in countless ways.
Farm To Market
Season 0 / Ep 1
11 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
2 women sit at a circular table; 1 in mid speech. Table has a cluster of yellow fruit, pomegranate and ginger, bottles and jars in varying heights and widths, bottle of water, and a white product box.
Creative Living With Sheryl Borden
Season 66 / Ep 3
26 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of a rabbit eating a carrot, wearing pants and a shirt, sitting in a field of carrots.
9 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Two people with a box full of plants in pots. One plant is removed, and the woman is touching a leaf. Caption: There are insects that don't move.
Curiosity Quest
Season 3 / Ep 13
25 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Mostly red cranberries coming out of a chute into a large bin. Caption: They're red, ready to come off the vine,
Curiosity Quest
Season 4 / Ep 2
25 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Two men surrounded by plants. Both wear gloves and cowboy hats, one holds a plastic crate. Caption: Is it true about you waking up before the sun rises?
Curiosity Quest
Season 7 / Ep 4
25 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
Two people pick oranges off an orange tree. Caption: Four or five hundred oranges per tree.
Curiosity Quest
Season 5 / Ep 7
25 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Cyberchase: A Garden Is Born
Cyberchase
Season 13 / Ep 10
28 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Cartoon of a peg-legged sea captain talking to three kids and a bird. Caption: Thank Neptune you're here!
Cyberchase
Season 9 / Ep 1
28 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Cyberchase: Buzz and the Tree
Cyberchase
Season 13 / Ep 6
28 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Cyberchase cartoon. Matt, Jackie, Inez, Digit, and Buzz stand and watch Hacker who is smiling with both hands out to the side in a forest setting.
Cyberchase
Season 12 / Ep 8
28 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Cartoon character looking at a large blue flower. Caption: It will block the sunlight and drink all the water!
Cyberchase
Season 11 / Ep 7
28 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Closeup of a sundew plant made up of long yellowish leaves and red tentacles, each with a sticky gland at the tip.
Deep Look
Season 7 / Ep 15
3 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A honey bee sucks nectar from a flower.
Deep Look
Season 6 / Ep 9
4 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a barely visible bee enveloped in a blurry light brown object.
Deep Look
Season 6 / Ep 15
4 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a light brown insect with a round flat body and short setae, or hair-like structures on its legs and mid-body.
Deep Look
Season 6 / Ep 12
4 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Carton insect with multiple legs and antennae. Caption: Du Iz Tak?
11 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Cartoon of a bear standing next to a tree with a beehive. A bee hovers in the air and holds flowers. Spanish captions.
Eco S.O.S. (Spanish)
Season 0 / Ep 25
11 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Still image from: Emily Graslie's Art Lab: Up Close with Backyard Pollinators
Emily Graslie's Art Lab
Season 1 / Ep 3
11 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Eons: How Plants Became Carnivores
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 22
9 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Slow moving current passes by a grouping of rocks partially covered with moss.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 6
9 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Hand holding a leaf. Almost entirely camouflaged on the leaf is an insect. Caption: with lots of moss on tree trunks and leaves
1 hours 42 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Color illustration of a personified purple cactus holding a blue flower. Title card reads, "Flower Talk, How Plants Use Color to Communicate."
15 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Closeup of a sunflower. Caption: A large sunflower head might produce 1,000 seeds.
Farm To Market
Season 0 / Ep 2
10 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
White birds with long legs stand next to a body of water surrounded by trees. Spanish captions.
10 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Closeup of a red, ripe strawberry surrounded by a few unripe strawberries. Caption: When the strawberries have achieved the proper color,
Farm To Market
Season 0 / Ep 7
10 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Waffles topped with sliced bananas and blackberries. Caption: Or mix fruit in with your waffles or pancakes.
23 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Flower, Lamb, and mushroom. Spanish captions.
10 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Children in a classroom setting standing around a desk with plants on it. Caption: (narrator) After a few weeks, the children look at the results.
14 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
Woman with shoulder-length brown hair parts her lips mid-speech in front of white bookshelves. Title card reads, "How Big Are Tree Genomes?"
6 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Illustration of a cell showing the cross section to expose the contents of the cell. Ribbon-like substance blankets the inner edge with spheres of various sizes suspended within. Caption: First, mitochondria take in molecules derived from food,
Inside The Living Cell
Episode 4
13 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Lush green vegetation as seen from the top of a hillside. Spanish captions.
Air: Climate Change (Spanish)
Episode 5
25 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A house plant. Caption: I decided to focus on plants for my new distressing techniques.
4 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: How Flowers Attract Insects
4 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: How Plants Grow for Kids
7 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: How to Draw a Corn Cob
6 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: How to Draw a Fir Tree
4 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: How to Draw a Vase of Tulips
5 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Woman with shoulder-length brown hair and lips parted mid-speech. Title card reads, "How Wildfires Become Wildflowers."
9 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: I Am Sequoia: A Pinecone's Adventure
11 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
Person handling tubes of materials stacked in metal shelves. Caption: We study endangered plants and how to conserve them.
I Can Be Anything I Want to Be A to Z
Episode 2
3 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Mushrooms.
I Contain Multitudes
Episode 2
8 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Color illustration of a grimacing man in straw hat and overalls. His two gloved hands pull a wincing sunflower from a small garden. Text overlay reads,"Suddenly, he reached over and yanked me out of the ground."
9 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Still image from: In Our Nature: Mutualism
In Our Nature
Episode 4
20 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Hand holding a plastic pint container of strawberries with a field in the background. Caption: On the farm we have 8-9 week strawberry season.
Nourish Short Films
Episode 53
1 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Map of the Southeast United States. Most of the coastline of Florida is highlighted in a narrow band. Matanzas Reserve is at the upper eastern edge. Black Mangrove historical range (approximate). Caption: If there is a sustained freeze, typically they will die.
In The Grass, On The Reef
Season 4 / Ep 4
2 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Area of high density wrack is mostly dry while low density wrack has standing water. Caption: They set up almost 100 plots comparing densities of wrack.
In The Grass, On The Reef
Season 4 / Ep 5
2 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person standing on the deck of the boat with a crab cage in their hands. Ecosystem Service Creating Jobs. Caption: marshes provide many of the same benefits as oysters.
In The Grass, On The Reef
Season 4 / Ep 1
2 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Open expanse of water dotted with small, flat grass-covered islands. Cedar Key, Florida. Caption: They pretty much lost all their mangroves.
In The Grass, On The Reef
Season 4 / Ep 6
1 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Infestation: Forests Under Attack
Infestation
Episode 4
47 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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
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
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
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
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 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
Clusters of delicate white flowers, some tinged with pink, at right and left foreground. Out of focus flowers are in background.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 60
5 minutes 22 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
Low shot looking up at tree trunks with bare branches spread out against blue sky.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 54
24 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Closeup of a field lined with rows of soybean plants beneath a bright sky.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 51
24 minutes 22 seconds
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
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
Closeup of vibrant green leaves. Caption: that form a network throughout the plant structure.
20 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
A scale shows world population. 2 billion people will be added by 20 50 to the 7 billion at present. A number, 2 X, is shown over the food crops, wheat and corn.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 8 / Ep 2
6 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
An aerial view of a canopy of trees.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 8 / Ep 1
10 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Sunlight is shining through in a forest with large number of trees.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 7 / Ep 17
5 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: It's Okay to Be Smart: The Surprising Reason We Eat Spicy Food
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 6 / Ep 19
5 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
A photo depicts many branches of a large tree.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 7 / Ep 24
8 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person holding an apple in one hand and pointing at a small object on the palm of their other hand. Caption: And here are the apple seeds.
Nourish Short Films
Episode 19
54 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Jamie Oliver, chef, and author, speaking. Caption: I got some salad seeds, kicked up the mud
Nourish Short Films
Episode 22
1 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Three small potted plants and a person speaking. Caption: These little babies are herbs.
Nourish Short Films
Episode 23
2 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Three glasses are filled with leaves. To the second glass, isopropyl alcohol is added. Caption: Next, cover the leaves in isopropyl alcohol.
4 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Beetle in larvae, pupae, and adult stage. Spanish captions.
14 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Close up of small, black insects on foliage with holes eaten out of it. A human finger is touching the edge of the leaf and is giant in comparison to the insects. Caption: They're tiny in size but have a huge appetite.
Four Seasons in the Garden
Episode 2
26 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: K - 6
Large tree being held in a large machine, one side trimmed to a flat edge. Caption: it passes a saw that slices off a board.
9 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Closeup of a plant seedling in soil. Caption: Food grows in soil, we eat the food
Nourish Short Films
Episode 28
57 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Field of corn at night with a person using large machinery to spray the crop. Caption: You can spray with herbicide and your crop will survive
Nourish Short Films
Episode 29
1 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Three people standing around an outdoor table covered in fresh-picked produce. Caption: they see the whole food chain.
Nourish Short Films
Episode 30
1 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Flat landscape with corn as far as the eye can see. Caption: For example, the American corn field is such a huge landscape
Nourish Short Films
Episode 31
1 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Magnified view of an orangish-red irregular shape. Caption: and seems to be feeding on microorganisms.
Microscopic Monsters
Episode 1
4 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Microscopic view of spherical green objects. Caption: we call the process photosynthesis.
Microscopic Monsters
Episode 2
4 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Illustration of trees growing on a mountain. Caption: Some of these forests grow on mountains.
Moko
Episode 48
5 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of heat rays moving from the Sun towards the Earth. Caption: Thus, the climate will change during the course of a year.
Moko
Episode 13
5 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of a map of the world centered on South America. Caption: The Amazon Forest is a region of great ecological importance
Moko
Episode 20
5 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of a barren landscape with rain falling. Caption (narrator) In tropical climates, there are only two seasons:
Moko
Episode 30
5 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of sand dunes. Caption: Water on the surface of the ground evaporates quickly
Moko
Episode 35
5 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Still image from: Monstrum: Killer Plants
Monstrum
Season 4 / Ep 11
12 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Aerial view of the Met Cloisters, a square building with a red roof, a large courtyard in the middle, and a tall tower in 1 corner. The building is surrounded by green trees and is near a body of water.
Museum Access
Season 1 / Ep 6
28 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Sign with gold lettering on a green background that reads, "New York Botanical Garden," hangs on a low fence surrounded by blooming red and orange flowers on a sunny day.
Museum Access
Season 1 / Ep 9
25 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of a person digging in a garden with a shovel. Caption: My mother has a garden.
10 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of two trees talking to each other. Caption: Well, you're in the forest, of course.
My Little Planet
Episode 12
5 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Illustration of a tree with a face looking upset. Caption: I don't want to become a plank of wood!
My Little Planet
Episode 13
5 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Illustration of a spider. Caption: We breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide.
My Little Planet
Episode 24
5 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Illustration of a person reaching to take something from a tree's hand. Caption: Take them and find a pretty spot to plant them.
My Little Planet
Episode 3
5 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Cartoon of a person pulling a plant out of the ground. Caption: Hey, be careful! Don't take it all.
My Little Planet
Episode 20
5 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
A woman seated at a desk in a suit jacket surrounded by books and preserved specimens. Inset picture: Bear-like creature - Caption: Beardogs! … They're a thing. As named, they resemble a mash-up for a bear and a dog.
Natural News From The Field Museum
Season 0 / Ep 6
6 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Nature Knows Best: Budding Ideas
Nature Knows Best
Season 2 / Ep 8
22 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A stream flows through a mountainous region. Caption: Canada Coastal Forest. Latitude, 50 degrees North. Longitude, 125 degrees West. Rainfall, 3000 to 5000 millimeters. Winter Temperature, minus 2 degrees Celsius.
Nature's Microworlds
Season 1 / Ep 7
29 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A diagram of an infected tree treated with a pesticide is labeled, protection strategies.
6 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Rolling hillside spotted with evergreen trees. Caption: lodgepole pine, that was introduced from North America
WildFIRE PIRE
Episode 3
3 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person placing produce in rows of cardboard boxes. Caption: Money goes directly to the farmer.
Nourish Short Films
Episode 45
1 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person standing in an open-air tent with boxes stacked on tables, some filled with produce. Caption: We wash and dry the seed,
Nourish Short Films
Episode 46
58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person speaking. Baskets of tomatoes in the background. Nigel Walker - Organic farmer. Caption: There's a lot of skill involved in growing these tomatoes.
Nourish Short Films
Episode 47
52 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person speaking. Caption: You're nourishing your whole environment.
Nourish Short Films
Episode 54
2 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a green, speckled fruit with a crack down one side. Caption: Like the almond, the walnut grows until the hull is split.
Farm To Market
Season 0 / Ep 8
10 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Closeup of terraced moss on a hillside with water dripping from it. Caption: early land plants most likely lived in moist environments.
20 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Overview: How the Blue Ridge Mountains (Almost) Lost Their Blue
Overview
Season 1 / Ep 1
6 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 10
Still image from: Overview: Unlocking the Mysteries of Autumn Leaves
Overview
Season 1 / Ep 4
7 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Illustration of a stalk of corn showing roots below ground and foliage above ground. Sun Light, CO2, and Sugar are above ground and Water is below ground. Caption: What vital gas is also given off in photosynthesis?
23 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A microscopic view of a leaf. The cells inside the cell membrane are labeled as Mesophyll cells. The cells lining the lower part of the leaf are labeled, Epidermal cells. Another bundle of cells islabeled, Vascular bundle. Caption: A leaf has many different types of cells.
10 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Photosynthesis, it's a crazy, complicated process.
1 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Photosynthesis
5 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Complex diagram showing ADP and Potassium on one side of a cell wall and ATP synthase moving through the cell wall to the other side. Caption: The enzyme uses energy from the backflow of hydrogen ions
Visualizing Cell Processes
Episode 3
14 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Field of green grass. Caption: Photosynthetic organisms are autotrophic,
19 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Stem and roots of a plant pressed against the wall of a glass jar. Caption: Roots and stems are sensitive to gravity.
14 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Stalk of grain bent from the weight of the grain, yellow flowers in background. Spanish captions.
10 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Still image from: Plant Parts
7 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Ripe blueberries on the bush. Spanish captions.
15 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Ripe watermelon cut in half. Caption: The fruit helps protect the developing seeds.
20 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Seed catalog with seed packets of Zinna, Aster, Morning Glory, Cornflower, and Daisy. Caption: We order seeds from catalogs--
6 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Underwater view of seaweed. Spanish captions.
10 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Large pink poppies in bloom. Spanish captions.
9 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Towering forest of trees. Caption: We can admire the enormous variety of plants,
17 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
Character looking at an illustration of a cookie. Spanish captions.
Plaza Sésamo (Spanish)
Season 12 / Ep 1
25 minutes
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Split image of a small shoot of corn and a fully developed ear of yellow corn. Caption: could be the ancestor of maize.
17 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Protecting Forests and Enhancing Lives
4 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Two pumpkins, one being picked up by a gloved hand. Caption: Gather up the finished fruit, ripe and fully grown.
19 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 6
A child walking between mounds of ripe pumpkins. Spanish captions.
18 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 6
Still image from: Rainforests for Kids
9 minutes
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.
Real World Science
Episode 4
18 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Blue tropical fish eating something from a rock covered in plants. Caption: Consumers cannot produce their own food.
Real World Science
Episode 6
10 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Hands planting a seedling in the dirt. Caption: Plants grow just about everywhere.
Real World Science
Episode 13
12 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Microscopic image showing web-like structures and C shaped tubular organisms. Caption: (narrator) The soil itself is home to a vast number of tiny microbes,
Science Nation
Episode 9
3 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Underwater view of billowing plume of pollutant. Caption: cleaning up oil spills and purifying water.
Science Nation
Episode 82
2 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two small seedlings with their roots in the soil. Caption: optimally suited to survive and thrive.
Science Nation
Episode 99
2 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Two people moving a flat of plants. Caption: are reimagining the future of farming --
Science Nation
Episode 235
3 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Man walking and looking at trees. Caption: (narrator) Compared to many crops, trees are slow growers.
Science Nation
Episode 208
2 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Person picking up wood chips and putting them into a plastic bag. Caption: (Huber) Cellulose is basically stored solar energy
Science Nation
Episode 202
4 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Rocky shoreline with green algae coating some of the rocks. Caption: how the blooms affect fish stocks and oyster beds,
Science Nation
Episode 234
3 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Closeup cross-section of a large tree with many rings. Caption: This is a cross-section of a redwood tree.
Science Nation
Episode 127
2 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two scientists examining a plant. Caption: (narrator) Plant virologist Steven Lommel is in charge.
Science Nation
Episode 212
3 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
A large tree with bright green leaves as seen from below. Caption: The forests are working overtime.
Science Nation
Episode 61
2 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A cultivated vegetable garden with inmates and razor-wire-topped chain-link fencing in the background. Caption: science and scientists behind bars as well.
Science Nation
Episode 146
2 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two young girls looking at plants. Caption: teaching students hydroponic farming
Science Nation
Episode 215
3 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A large brown bird perched on a dead branch. Caption: Some birds are carnivores too.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 92
3 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
A female lion on a brown, grassy plain. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 86
3 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
Forested mountain side. Caption: Forests grow all over the world and are very important
Science Video Vocab
Episode 125
4 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Green clearing in a forest. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 114
4 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Field of sunflowers. Glucose. Caption: The food they produce is called glucose.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 88
3 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
Field of wildflowers. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 82
4 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
Pine Reproduction 101. Pine tree, a male pinecone, and a female pinecone. Female pinecones have a long protrusion from the center and pine needles around the edges. Caption: Each tree has female pine cones and male pine cones.
Seasonal Science
Episode 4
1 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of a Venus flytrap with a fly caught in one of the traps. Caption: and the predatory carnivorous Venus flytrap, of course.
Seasonal Science
Episode 5
2 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person shaking seeds out of the head of a plant into their hand. Caption: Even the smallest seed contains everything needed to grow
14 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
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Still image from: Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke: Pine Cones
Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke
Episode 9
1 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Long grasses and shrubs. Caption: More than 100,000 natural compounds occur in plants,
Science Out Loud
Episode 10
3 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Venn diagram with a red circle on the left labeled, "Causes harm" and a blue circle on the right labeled, "Not from here." An arrow labeled "Invasive Species" points to a purple area where circles overlap.
Spot on Science
Episode 6
5 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Cartoon of 2 amoebas smiling and leaning in from opposite sides of the screen. Title card at center reads, "Flower Reproduction in Angiosperms."
The Amoeba Sisters
Episode
8 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Cartoon of 2 amoebas smiling and leaning in from opposite sides of the screen. Title card at center reads, "Photosynthesis."
The Amoeba Sisters
Episode
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Cartoon of 2 amoebas smiling and leaning in from opposite sides of the screen. Title card at center reads, "Plant Structure and Adaptation."
The Amoeba Sisters
Episode
9 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman is signing in front of a 2-page view of a storybook illustration of a big tree, a deer, a fawn, and a gray squirrel. Story text appears on screen.
5 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Green Apples hang from an apple tree. Caption: Pero tan solo observar la diversidad de esas manzanas.
The Botany of Desire
Episode 4
2 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Apples hang from an apple tree. Caption: This, scientists say, is the apple's genetic home.
The Botany of Desire
Episode 2
1 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A poster for Washington state apples displays apples with a caption apple a day. Only the finest. Caption: an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
The Botany of Desire
Episode 5
2 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Red earthworms. Caption: are more likely to develop resistance.
The Botany of Desire
Episode 8
9 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A vast agricultural land with varieties of plants laid in strips. Caption: It's a botanical version of Noah's Ark.
The Botany of Desire
Episode 3
1 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A sketch of a man with a hat holding a plant. Caption: Narrator, John Chapman was born in 1774 in massachusetts.
The Botany of Desire
Episode 1
5 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A farmer carries a small pouch in his field. Caption: Heath farms without using toxic chemicals.
The Botany of Desire
Episode 7
3 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A hamlet in a Peruvian Valley. Caption: the potato plant around 8,000 years ago.
The Botany of Desire
Episode 6
2 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Litchens are found on a rusty car door. Caption: What caught their attention was the abundance of lichens,
The Brain Scoop
Episode 62
1 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Green leafy foliage partially covering the ground. Caption: was this carpet of baby Kankakee mallows.
The Brain Scoop
Episode 38
7 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
The Kankakee Mallow flowers have bloomed at the apex of the plant. Caption: From extinction to several feet tall.
The Brain Scoop
Episode 47
8 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Dried red-leafed plant with a cluster of long, pointed leaves. Caption: Poinsettias are another delightful botanical accent
The Brain Scoop
Episode 15
4 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Illustration of a boy pouring a bucket of water onto a small tree. Caption: Liam began to feel like a real gardener,
10 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
Still image from: The Fly Guys Song
1 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Leaves and branches on a tree. Photosynthesis. Caption: In photosynthesis, trees take in carbon dioxide,
27 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
Two people talking while standing among numerous bonsai plants in a greenhouse. Caption: where do you want to grow this tree?
17 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Two people talking while standing in a greenhouse surrounded by potted and hanging plants. Caption: We're using a pot with a moistened soilless mix
21 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Two people talking while standing in a greenhouse surrounded by potted and planted plants. Caption: Soak the soil and let it drain away?
21 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A metal spout inserted into the bark of a tree with a bucket hanging to catch the discharge. Caption: will flow freely from the towering trees,
21 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person holding an object near a compass. The arrow on the compass points towards the object. Spanish captions.
The House Of Science (Spanish)
Episode 1
26 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 5
Brown lizard with red spots wearing a collar, standing on a rock. Caption: (Ms. Frizzle) Why, that's a collared lizard!
The Magic School Bus
Season 1 / Ep 107
25 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
Cartoon of a plant with a face in a yard. Caption: I am hungry but not for people food.
The Magic School Bus
Season 3 / Ep 310
25 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
Students on the magic school bus. Caption: Two things make me sneeze -- pollen and pepper.
The Magic School Bus
Season 1 / Ep 111
25 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
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