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Here you'll find all the videos in the Science NetLinks collection aimed at elementary school students. Learn about interesting science careers from interviews with scientists, discover the beauty of our solar system, and explore what it means to be a citizen scientist. From videos about insects to advice on how to prepare for a science fair, you'll be sure to find something educational and entertaining.
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K-12 | Video
In this short video from AAAS & Science NetLinks, you'll see the many ways science has impacted your life.
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3-12 | Video
Learn how to turn your ideas into inventions through inspiration, education, and iteration.
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3-12 | Video
The video highlights the work of icons like astronaut and chemical engineer Mae Jemison, the first woman of color to go into space, as well as Percy Julian, a pioneer in synthesizing materials from plants, including a glaucoma drug from beans, a firefighting foam from soy protein, and an arthritis treatment still used to treat millions of patients today.
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3-12 | Video
Unlike whales and other ocean mammals, sea otters have no blubber. Yet they're still able to keep warm in the frigid Pacific waters. The secret to their survival? A fur coat like no other.
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K-12 | Video
This video takes a brief look three unsung women scientists, like the one who saved the U.S. space race.
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4-12 | Video
This video form the National Eye Institute provides a simple introduction to the science of optical illusions.
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K-12 | Video
In the first of a series of live 2010 BioBlitz BobCasts, host Bob Hirshon arrives at the BioBlitz staging area and provides a short video tour of the people gathering there.
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K-12 | Video
AAAS' Bob Hirshon talks with John Francis of National Geographic about the 2010 BioBlitz and what participants experience there.
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K-12 | Video
AAAS's Bob Hirshon and a small team of volunteer “fish counters” head out on a boat trip to a turtlegrass bed and coral reef.
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K-12 | Video
A Biscayne National Park Ranger working at the 2010 BioBlitz takes us on a tour of mangrove trees.
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K-12 | Video
In this final BobCast video, we hear from a group of college students who collect and identify marine algae, better known as seaweed.
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K-12 | Video
In the first of a series of live 2011 BioBlitz BobCasts, host Bob Hirshon explains what the BioBlitz is all about.
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K-12 | Video
In this video, AAAS's Bob Hirshon talks with a team from the University of Arizona who are hunting for fungi that spend their entire lives inside plants.
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K-12 | Video
In this video, middle-school students work with entomologists to find desert insects that are attracted to light.
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K-12 | Video
In this video, a student from Baker University discusses tardigrades (water bears) and their unique features.
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K-12 | Video
In this video, we see kids play "Literary Roulette."
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K-12 | Video
When invasive plants threaten to upset critical natural habitat, who can you call? Jamie Evans, National Park Service biologist at Rocky Mountain National Park.
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K-12 | Video
Bob Hirshon interviews Dr. Michael Raupp, an entomologist, about the 2013 emergence of the Brood ii 17-year periodical cicadas.
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3-12 | Video
Learn how to play Classify It!, the latest Android and iOS app from Science NetLinks.
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3-12 | Video
John Dabiri, a biophysicist at the California Institute of Technology, discusses jellyfish, submarines, blood flow, and wind farms.
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3-12 | Video
Astronomer Michael Brown discusses the solar system's bodies and his role in the demotion of Pluto from planet to dwarf planet.
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3-12 | Video
This video features an interview with author Loree Griffin Burns at the 2013 AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.
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3-12 | Video
This video features Loree Griffin Burns reading a chapter from her book, Citizen Scientists.
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3-5 | Video
This video features the Marbled Murrelet, a small, Pacific seabird listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in California, Oregon, and Washington. The murrelet was the last bird species in North America to have its nesting site discovered in 1974. These birds nest in old-growth, redwood forests but spend most of their lives out on the ocean.
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K-12 | Video
The panel discussion on the "Next Generation Science Standards: Moving from the Framework to the Classroom," focuses on the changes the new standards for K-12 students would bring and how states, schools, and teachers would implement them.
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3-12 | Video
Michael Benson discusses the Planetfall art exhibition.
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5-12 | Video
High school senior Kevin Temmer created this animated short on how to take part in a science fair as part of the International Baccalaureate program at Land O'Lakes High School.
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K-12 | Video
This time-lapse video takes a look at the 17-year life cycle of the magicicada.
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3-12 | Video
This NASA documentary celebrates 50 years of extravehicular activity (EVA) or spacewalks that began in 1965 and continue to this day.
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3-12 | Video
What is a watershed? Learn about watersheds with this clip from Surfrider Foundation's educational video "From Sea to Summit: A Journey through the Watershed."
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3-12 | Video
In this segment of Science XPlained, Dr. Ainissa Ramirez discusses how the strings in a tennis racket--often made of synthetic or natural materials--make the important topspin shot possible.
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K-5 | Video
The friendly crabs in this video will help you understand tsunamis and how to be better prepared if you're ever in a coastal tsunami area.
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3-12 | Video
This is a video of Vicki Cobb's acceptance speech of the 2012 SB&F Lifetime Achievement Award.
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3-12 | Video
This video provides a brief explanation of a watershed.
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K-12 | Video
This video from the National Wildlife Federation follows naturalist David Mizejewski as he discusses why it's important to plan gardens with wildlife in mind.
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