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Although plants use photosynthesis to create the sugars that they use for food, they do need certain complementary nutrients from the soil. Over time these nutrients can become depleted (especially in soil used for agriculture) and for plants to continue to grow in these fields fertilizer must be added to the soil. This video showcases how that fertilizer is produced and applied so that plants can continue to feed the world. This is a set of questions to accompany the episode Modern Marvels - F

This is a set of questions to accompany the video Plants Behaving Badly: Murder & Mayhem. That video can be found at https://archive.org/details/Plants_Behaving_Badly/Plants+Behaving+Badly+1of2+Murder+%26+Mayhem.mp4Carnivorous plants — sundews, flytraps, and pitchers — are revealing new behaviors to researchers. Carnivorous plants have featured in many sci-fi films over the years, but the reality turns out to be far stranger than the fiction. Watch as these plants attract and devour insects t

This is a set of questions that focus on the physics of roller coasters and other thrill rides at amusement parks. That video can be found at https://youtu.be/4FvGQBUvEg0Roller coasters use the principles of physics to provide thrills for riders. Riders experience positive and negative g-forces and the mixture of these two is used by ride designers to create exciting experiences. Extreme speeds, circular motion, and rides that twist and spin like never before all contribute to these amazing att

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's All About Birds website is an amazing resource for teaching about birds. One of the best parts is the interactive Bird Anatomy that can be found at https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/features/birdanatomy/This activity uses that interactive webpage to highlight structures and adaptations that birds have (besides feathers) that allow them to fly. Students will see that aspects of the skeletal, muscular, respiratory, circulatory, and digestive systems all contribute

Do you need a diagram for learning the anatomy of the (lower) respiratory system? Students will label the following terms on a diagram. alveolibronchibronchiolescartilage ringsepiglottislarynxlungstrachea

This is a set of questions that goes with the Talk Turkey to Me episode of The Incredible Dr. Pol. The video can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w3JxyFvYg8. This Thanksgiving, the birds are calling all the shots at Pol Veterinary Services when Charles adopts three turkeys that are on the run. Dr. Pol also treats a horse with an injured hoof, some rambunctious llamas, and rescued Great Danes. Watch as Dr. Pol uses veterinary techniques to treat turkeys, llamas, dogs, horses, and c

Are you looking for a way to connect your radioactivity unit of chemistry or physics to the real world? Emphasize the medical applications! Radiation and radioisotopes can be used in a wide range of medical applications from diagnostics to treatments. This web quest asks students to look at how radioactivity is used to diagnose disease and treat various cancers, plus some of the safety concerns of the technologies. There are a few questions that ask about nuclear equations and half-life of isoto

Explore the technology and techniques used to harvest many of the crops that feed and clothe the world. This is a set of questions to accompany the episode Modern Marvels - Harvesting.That video can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KebnHpNXV0k. This video shows how many crops are harvested. It also talks about how the technology used to harvest crops has changed over time. Although not every crop and harvesting technique can fit in one video, this video does manage to cover the foll

This is a collection of video guides for episodes of Modern Marvels. Each episode is focused on growing, harvesting, and processing various agricultural crops. Each video is available online. There is a link to each video on the individual product pages.

This is a set of questions that focus on the video Fermentation, Preservation, and Exploration from the series The History of Food. The video showcases how fermentation is common in food and how these foods shaped civilizations. That video can be found at https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/200021492/s01-e03-fermentation-preservation-and-explorationFermentation, a natural cellular process, causes certain foods that would otherwise spoil quickly to be able to be stored long-term. In the days before

This is a set of questions to accompany the documentary Prehistoric Worlds.That video can be found at https://1drv.ms/v/c/2f6532188166cebf/IQBx8peyW8vTQYXIv3ToOwPNAaYVoYrRutbI78GcjxcAU4E?e=KFOAM0Take a trip through the history of life on Earth. You'll see that at different times catastrophic events wiped out almost all life, but some survived. These survivors would go on to dominate the following periods of geologic time. Starting in the late Ordovician Period, this video shows how life has ch

Are strawberries actually berries? No. But botanically speaking things like tomatoes and grapes are! This activity gets students to classify 25+ fruits based on their botanical characteristics. The categories of fruit include: berrieshespiridiumspeposdrupespomes"others" - such as aggregate fruits and multiple fruitsThis product includes an informational handout, an activity sheet for students to do the classification, and a PowerPoint and note sheet that can be used to go over the material as a

This activity has students determine the electron configuration for 24 different elements and then identify the valence electrons. They use the number of valence electrons to complete the color by number activity. Since I cover the topic of electron configuration and valence electrons near Halloween each year, I made the coloring activity Halloween themed. This would make a great sub plan.

This is a set of questions to accompany the video A Brief History of Geologic Time by PBS Eons .The video can be found at https://youtu.be/rWp5ZpJAIAEBy looking at the layers beneath our feet, geologists have been able to identify and describe crucial episodes in life’s history. These key events frame the chapters in the story of life on earth and the system we use to bind all these chapters together is the Geologic Time Scale. This brief video (~12 minutes) offers a quick introduction to the

Collisions are constantly occurring throughout the universe. Whether it is asteroids and comets colliding with planets or whole galaxies merging together, nowhere in the universe is safe. This resource can be used to cover the physics of these collisions as well as the connections to Earth Science - including astronomy and geology. This set of 24 questions goes along with the Cosmic Collisions episode of the History Channel's program, The Universe. The video can be found online at https://www

This is a collection of video guides for episodes of Modern Marvels. Each episode is focused on animal science - animal husbandry, livestock production, companion animals, meat/milk, animal byproducts, etc. Each video is available online. There is a link to each video on the individual product pages.

Whether you are covering ornithology in a zoology class or simply want your kindergartners to have something to color, this simple coloring page can be used for just that. Featuring a blue jay, (American) robin, sparrow, and cardinal this is a nice coloring page featuring birds that many children might see in their own backyard or schoolyard.

Petroleum (crude oil) is a mixture. To isolate all of the useful products from petroleum, separation techniques that rely on the different properties of the components are employed. During the manufacturing and recycling of these petroleum-based byproducts, understanding physical and chemical properties is also necessary. Separation techniques such as distillation help turn crude oil into thousands of products we use every day. See how oil is used to manufacture Rubber, Plastic, Nylon, Aerosols,

Power is a measure of the rate at which work is done. In this video we will see where the term “horsepower” comes from for describing power and how engineers test engines to be sure that the power rating they advertise is accurate. We’ll also see various engines that generate large amounts of power in dragsters, hydroplanes, and large container ships. Finally, we’ll see the power needed to send rockets to space and how power plants generate electricity (electrical power). This is a set of questi

This is a collection of video guides for episodes of Modern Marvels. Each episode is focused on chemistry... See how acids are used in industry, watch elements be used to manufacture items, and witness salt and fertilizer's impact on our modern world. Each video is available online. There is a link to each video on the individual product pages.