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Module One: Biology
Module Two: Ecology
Module Three: Physics
Module Four: Chemistry

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MODULE ONE: BIOLOGY

Section One:

The Cell
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Description: How it Works, From cell to organism

Translation an Protein Synthesis
Product ID: DA_BIO34
Description: How coded genetic information in DNA is transcribed into proteins in cytoplasm

Comparison of Mitosis and Meiosis
Product ID: DA_BIO23
Description: Comparison of Mitosis and Meiosis

Section Two:

Mendelian Genetics
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Description: The work of Gregor Mendel

Introduction to Classical Genetics and Monohybrid Crosses
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Description: Outlines the principles which form the basis of classical genetics

Alternate Patterns of Inheritance
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Description: Examines patterns of human inheritance

Gene Technology Part 1
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Description: Understanding genetics. Past, present and future

Gene Tech in Agricultural
Product ID: CV_gen2NA
Description: What are the benefits and risks

Gene Tech Tapes Pt 4
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Description: Interviews on the ethics of medical genetics

Gene Tech Tapes Pt 5
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Description: Interviews on the ethics of agricultural genetics

Genetics and Reproduction
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Description: Genetic diseases to designer Babies

Section Three:

Body Systems
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Description: Explained through dissection and animation


MODULE TWO: ECOLOGY

Section One: Ecosystems

Biophysical Environment
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Description: Ecosystems and Interactions

Biosphere Cycles
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Description: This video explores the Earth's biosphere by examining the pathways and cycles that maintain it

Ecological Niches
Product ID: CV_EnicNA
Description: The river prairie plains of Northern Africa

Population Changes, Density and Chaos
Product ID: DA_BIO43
Description: Explains population growth cycles and outlines the factors that affect density

Population Management
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Description: Foxes, kangaroos, and bringing back the Thylacene

Energy Converters
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Description: How energy must be converted for activity and life functions to occur

Energy from the Sun
Product ID: DA_CC11
Description: Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are examples of potential energy changes

Section Two:Life Cycles

Air, Water Vapor & Weather
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Description: A rain cloud, the sun, the air and thunderstorms (grades 8-10)

Impact of Development
Product ID: CV_PeopNA
Description: A new mine in Papua New Guinea

Section Three: Interactions between Climate,Soil and Organisms

Fragile Ecosystems
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Description: Palau's coral reefs at risk

The Pond
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Description: Community Ecology in action

World Water Resources
Product ID: CV_WwatNA
Description: Sample studies of China, Israel and Australia

Wetlands
Product ID: CV_WetlNA
Description: Home bush Bay, Sydney; A case study

Rock Platforms
Product ID: CV_RockNA
Description: Study of an ecosystem

Coastal Dunes
Product ID: CV_DuneNA
Description: Ecology and Rehabilitation

Coastal Landforms & Management
Product ID: CV_CoasNA
Description: Part A: Sand Budget; Part B: Erosion of Rock

Coastal Processes and Landforms
Product ID: CV_UkcoNA
Description: How wave action and geology shape our coasts

Section Four: Managing the Environment

Impacts of Globalization
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Description: The nations of the world are becoming more connected and interdependent

Impacts of Tourism
Product ID: CV_ITOUNA
Description: Economic, environmental, social and cultural

Population and World Resources
Product ID: CV_PWORNA
Description: How the earth supports its people and their activity

Sustainable Design
Product ID: CV_sdesNA
Description: Smart car, wind-up power and remarkable pencils

Sustainable Development
Product ID: CV_ZeroNA
Description: Zero Emissions - A small agri-business in Fiji uses brewery waste

Sustainable Urban Living
Product ID: CV_SurbNA
Description: A South American Case Study

Water Supply in Canada
Product ID: CV_WscaNA
Description: Dams, pipes and usage.


MODULE THREE: PHYSICS

Section One: Electricity

Electricity
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Description: How it Works - How/Why electrons move and what we can do with them

Electromagnetism
Product ID: CV_EmagNA
Description: Electric fields, EM fields, motor effect

Electromagnetic Induction
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Description: Part 2 of electromagnetism

Electromagnetic Forces
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Description: The concept of electromagnetism is introduced and investigated

Section Two:Force and Work

Work=Force x Distance
Product ID: CV_WorkNA
Description: Exploring the concept of work

Work and Energy
Product ID: DA_PHW01
Description: Examines the principles of work, power and energy

Simple Machines (Senior)
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Description: Force varies but work is constant

Harnessing Energy
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Description: Several energy-transfer situations that harness energy

Section Three: Movement

Hitting the Ball
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Description: The biomechanics of several different sports

Vectors
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Description: Displacement, force, momentum, acceleration, etc.

Physics of Fun
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Description: Fun parks, Circuses and Stunts

Physics of Motion
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Description: Displacement, velocity and acceleration

Physics of Car Crashes
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Description: Work=FxD, Kinetic energy, stopping distance

Collisions
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Description: Energy, force, momentum, and vectors

Two-Dimensional Collisions
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Description: Explores the concept of conservation of momentum in two dimension


MODULE FOUR: CHEMISTRY

Water, Structure
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Description: Water is a polar molecule, attracted to both positive and negative charges

Separating Mixtures
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Description: Sieving, gravity, chromatography and more

The Nature of Matter
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Description: Atomic Structure

Chemistry of Carbon
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Description: A very versatile atom

The Periodic Table
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Description: Reviews Mendeleev's periodic table and the theory of the nuclear structure of the atom

An Introduction to Oxidation and Reduction
Product ID: DA_CC15
Description: A historical perspective of oxidation and reduction using examples of reactions

Ferrous Metals
Product ID: CV_FerrNA
Description: Choosing the right alloy; strength vs. hardness

Non-Ferrous Metals
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Description: Properties, processes and uses

Water: The Highway of Life
Product ID: DA_SS06
Description: The ability of water to dissolve substances

Acids and Bases Defined
Product ID: DA_CC37
Description: Empirical definitions of acidic, basic and neutral solutions

Explaining the pH/pOH Scale
Product ID: DA_CC39
Description: A definition of pH and how it is calculated

Plastics
Product ID: CV_PlasNA
Description: Properties and Uses

Plastics in Manufacturing
Product ID: CV_PimaNA
Description: Injection, rotational and blow molding, vacuum and pressure forming

Introduction to Thermochemical Changes
Product ID: DA_CC01
Description: Thermochemical changes as it relates to physical, chemical and nuclear changes

Ionic & Covalent Bonding
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Description: Electronigativity, conductivity network, shapes

Bonding Between Atoms
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Description: Bonding Between Atoms

Bonding Between Molecules
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Bonding Between Molecules