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Still image from: Ranger Hamza's Eco Quest: Seeds
Ranger Hamza's Eco Quest
Episode 12
14 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
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Still image from: Ranger Hamza's Eco Quest: Water Lilies
Ranger Hamza's Eco Quest
Episode 17
14 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
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
Still image from: SciShow Kids: Dissect a Pumpkin
SciShow Kids
Season 2017 / Ep 80
4 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Still image from: SciShow Kids: Grow Your Own Potatoes
SciShow Kids
Season 2018 / Ep 23
4 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Still image from: SciShow Kids: How Does a Seed Become a Plant
SciShow Kids
Season 2015 / Ep 30
3 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Still image from: SciShow Kids: How Wildfires Help
SciShow Kids
Season 2016 / Ep 51
4 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Still image from: SciShow Kids: Like Fruit? Thank a Bee!
SciShow Kids
Season 2016 / Ep 41
3 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Still image from: SciShow Kids: Plants With Weapons
SciShow Kids
Season 2018 / Ep 31
3 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Still image from: SciShow Kids: What's the Difference Between Fruits and Vegetables?
SciShow Kids
Season 2015 / Ep 68
4 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Still image from: SciShow Kids: Where Do Bananas Come From--Botany for Kids
SciShow Kids
Season 2018 / Ep 50
4 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Still image from: SciShow Kids: Where Does Chocolate Come From?
SciShow Kids
Season 2017 / Ep 81
3 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Still image from: SciShow Kids: Why Do Leaves Change Colors in the Fall?
SciShow Kids
Season 2015 / Ep 57
3 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Still image from: SciShow Kids: Why Do Onions Make Me Cry
SciShow Kids
Season 2017 / Ep 70
3 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
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
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
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Still image from: Teaching in Room 9: Let's Learn About Plants and Segmenting Sounds Into Words
25 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
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
8 minutes 15 seconds
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
Still image from: The Brain Scoop: Indiana Sand Dunes
The Brain Scoop
Episode
17 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 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
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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 Electric Sheep: Culture and Knowledge Behind Mexican Gardens (Spanish)
The Electric Sheep (Spanish)
Episode 14
28 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: The Electric Sheep: Olotón Corn--An Outstanding Plant (Spanish)
The Electric Sheep (Spanish)
Episode 15
26 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Four men wear black suits, gold paper crowns, and bug eyeglasses as they sing together. Text reads, "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
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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
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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
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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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Students and their teacher from the magic school bus in standing in a jungle in front of a tree with white puffy blooms on the trunk. Caption: It's your cocoa tree, all right, Ms. Frizzle.
The Magic School Bus
Season 3 / Ep 311
26 minutes
Grade Level: 2 - 6
Closeup of white blossoms on a tree. Caption: Fruit tree blossoms are very similar to each other,
Four Seasons in the Garden
Episode 3
29 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: K - 6
Title card shows pale green pointy palm shapes intersecting and forming the background for the show's title, "The Outsider's Club."
The Outsiders Club
Season 1 / Ep 10
21 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Girl sits on a worktable with a friendly taunting smile directed at the boy standing near her. In the background, another kid is building something on the table using a drill and wood.
The Outsiders Club (Spanish)
Season 1 / Ep 10
21 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
A photo of the rose garden in the backyard of Buckingham palace.
The Queen's Garden
Episode 2
2 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
An aerial view of Buckingham palace.
The Queen's Garden
Episode 1
2 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A beekeeper and a scientist fully geared in protective suits move toward a bee rearing station.
The Queen's Garden
Episode
2 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A meerkat sitting in the sand. Caption: As part of the attempt to understand our world,
The Six Kingdom Classification
Episode 1
17 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Artwork of a seed planted in the ground. Caption: The tiny seed hasn't begun to grow yet.
11 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Plant sprouting from the ground. Caption: They sprout in less than a week.
Four Seasons in the Garden
Episode 1
29 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: K - 6
Blooming sunflower. Caption: Dicots, such as the sunflowers, are more common,
20 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Still image from: This Is How the Night Sounds: The Countryside in the City (Spanish)
This Is How the Night Sounds (Spanish)
Episode
29 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 8
Still image from: This Is How the River Sounds: Crystals Part 2 (Spanish)
This Is How The River Sounds (Spanish)
Episode
26 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 10
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Still image from: Through the Woods: Berries and Brambles
Through the Woods
Episode 3
3 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Two trees, their branches creating human faces. Caption: I'm just a green-collar guy trying to get his job done.
2 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
Tree growing in the middle of a field. Spanish captions.
11 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: K - 2
Closeup of a cluster of red, oval shaped berries. Caption: These fruits grow in clusters on small trees,
Farm To Market
Season 0 / Ep 9
10 minutes
Grade Level: K - 3
A sunflower is labeled, Dormancy, to sleep, and, Tropism, to turn.
1 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of a woman riding the bow of a ship and holding tulips while a throng of people stand beneath her. Caption: Some call this the first bubble economy.
Superlife
Episode 7
9 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Large blue machine rolling out 3 strips of metal into a long steel tube.
Untold
Episode 7
12 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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
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Still image from: Water Cycle Interactive
3 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
A photograph of plant soil. On screen text, germinating. Caption: Germination is the beginning of the growth of a plant embryo.
Way Cool Science
Episode 2
16 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Moss hanging from tree branches. Spanish captions.
14 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Closeup of pink flowers with water dripping from them. Caption: Plants also need water to survive.
10 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
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Still image from: What's Wild: Carnivorous Plants
What's Wild
Episode 3
5 minutes
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Still image from: What's Wild: Uncovering the Hidden Work of Mushrooms in SC
What's Wild
Episode 8
4 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Closeup of green wheat. Caption: A wheat head forms at the top of each stem of the plant.
Farm To Market
Season 0 / Ep 5
10 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Still image from: Wild Child: Nature's Playground--Scavenger Hunt & Art in Nature Challenge
Wild Child
Season 1 / Ep 5
23 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Green plant growing underwater. Caption: Hydrilla is an invasive species on a path of destruction.
Wild Chronicles
Season 3 / Ep 342
3 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
A horse with patchy fur, visible ribs, and a short mane grazing in a field. Caption: They were severely emaciated and debilitated
Wild Chronicles
Season 3 / Ep 342
4 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Several adult and baby pigs drink from a small waterhole. Caption: a javelina already has her piglets,
Wild Chronicles
Season 2 / Ep 216
5 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
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Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Carolinas
Xploration Awesome Planet
Season 3 / Ep 7
22 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Earth Communication
Xploration Awesome Planet
Season 7 / Ep 2
22 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Forests
Xploration Awesome Planet
Season 2 / Ep 16
21 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Glacier National Park
Xploration Awesome Planet
Season 3 / Ep 9
22 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Plants
Xploration Awesome Planet
Season 1 / Ep 5
21 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Trees
Xploration Awesome Planet
Season 7 / Ep 5
22 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Inside a lab, we see a scientist working with a green plant.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 3 / Ep 10
22 minutes
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of the spines on a plant. Caption: that they develop to deter predators.
You at the Zoo
Episode 1
4 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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