Teacher Resources

- Designates Resources for Elementary ONLY.

• Ready-To-Go Lessons
  • Mimicry and Camouflage   
• Classroom Activities
  • Resources and the Environment
    • What Do You Know About Resources?   
    • Resources and Animals   
    • Resources: Natural to Man-Made   
    • Food: From Natural to Processed   
    • The Banana: Natural to Processed   
    • Create a Lasting Water Cycle   
    • What Can Happen to Water in a Human Environment?   
    • Create a Pollution Detector   
    • Match Animals to Their Environment   
    • Humans Construct Their Environment   
    • Where Has Your Chair Been?   
  • Water
    • How Do Liquids Behave?   
    • What Dissolves in Water?   
• Teacher Guides
  • From Outerspace to Innerspace
    • Sleep and Daily Rhythms
    • Muscles and Bones
    • Food and Fitness
• Student Materials
  • Micromatters
• The Body Explained

  The Body Explained, with Cassius Bordelon, PhD, is a light-hearted video production that answers common questions about how the human body works. Segments generally run one minute and are designed to help capture students' attention and curiosity.

  • Why Do Our Ears Pop?

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  • Do Hair and Fingernails Grow After You Die?

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  • What Causes Your Stomach to Growl?

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  • Why Does Your Nose Run When You Cry?

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  • What Makes Our Teeth Chatter When We Get Cold?

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  • Why Do We Sneeze?

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  • Sleepy Legs

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  • What Causes Goose Bumps?

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  • What Causes Hiccups?

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  • What Causes an Ice Cream Headache?

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  • What is That Little Thing That Hangs Down in the Back of Your Throat?

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  • Why Do Onions Make You Cry?

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  • What Causes Blushing?

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• TV Healthline Previous Issues

  TV Healthline offers short up-to-date news stories, ranging from medical breakthroughs to general tips on staying healthy. Segments generally run about 90 seconds.

  • Bariatric Surgery

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  • Breast Cancer Prevention

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  • DNA Microarrays Help Detect Fetal Genetic Disorders

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  • Smith-Magenis Disease

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