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In this video excerpt from NOVA: "Hunting the Elements," New York Times technology columnist David Pogue investigates the radioactive elements located at the bottom of the periodic table. Learn about the process of nuclear fission and to see a demonstration of what happens inside a nuclear reactor.

A Fission Chain Reaction | Hunting The Elements | Grades 6-8, 9-12 Science Teaching and Lesson Resources In this video excerpt from NOVA: "Hunting the Elements," New York Times technology columnist David Pogue investigates the radioactive elements located at the bottom of the periodic table. Learn about the process of nuclear fission and to see a demonstration of what happens inside a nuclear reactor.....

Algorithms are designed to make medicine more accurate. But when race is factored in, they can worsen inequality.

How Algorithms Decide Who Gets a Kidney Clinical algorithms are meant to guide doctors toward better care – but do they?

Learn about the evolution of whales and the discovery of an ancestral whale fossil with traits that indicate that it could live both on land and in water with this video from NOVA: When Whales Could Walk.

Evidence of Whales That Lived on Land and in Water | NOVA | Grades 6-8 Science Teaching and Lesson Resources Learn about the evolution of whales and the discovery of an ancestral whale fossil with traits that indicate that it could live both on land and in water with this video from NOVA: When Whales Could Walk. Use this resource to provide students with an opportunity to construct an explanation for where...

Learn about real-time data collection and models used to forecast flooding, and their limitations, with these videos from NOVA Superfloods. Use this resource to provide students with opportunities to engage in an argument about the value of flood warning systems using evidence from the videos.

Flood Modeling, Predictions, and Warnings | NOVA | Grades 6-8 Science Teaching and Lesson Resources

Explore how creative inspiration may be more accessible when the part of the brain that makes conscious decisions is less active with this video excerpt from NOVA: Your Brain.

What Does Creativity Look Like in the Brain? | Your Brain | Your Brain | Grades 6-8, 9-12 Science Teaching and Lesson Resources Explore how creative actions may be easier when the part of the brain that makes conscious decisions is less active with this video excerpt from NOVA: Your Brain. Use this resource to provide opportunities for students to think about what it means to be spontaneously creative and to use evidence and...

Explore ice in the solar system and learn how ice on Earth is important to living things with this video from NOVA Solar System: Icy Worlds. Use this resource to provide students with opportunities to model why ice is important for life on Earth.

Why Is Water Ice on Earth Important? | NOVA | Grades 9-12 Science Teaching and Lesson Resources

Remains—particularly teeth—reveal that two species of mammoth once lived in what is now Southern England. These bones could have belonged to some of the last surviving steppe mammoths in Britain.

The Mammoth Species You've Never Heard Of These bones could have belonged to some of the last surviving steppe mammoths in Britain.

Learn how changing ocean and air temperatures may result in more intense rainfall and flooding with this video from NOVA Superfloods. Use this resource to provide students with opportunities to develop a model to explore the relationship between temperature and rainfall.

How Ocean and Air Temperatures Affect Storm Intensity | NOVA | Grades 6-8, 9-12 Science Teaching and Lesson Resources

Don't miss NOVA Science Trivia at Aeronaut Brewing Company on Monday, June 8th at 8PM! Get ready for creative categories that test your knowledge of science, from the depths of the universe to the history of science and more!

After this orangutan sustained a gnarly facial wound, he did something kind of human-like. Scientists say they have, for the first time, observed a primate in the wild treat an open wound with a medicinal plant.

First ape ever seen using medicinal plant to treat wound After this orangutan sustained a gnarly facial wound, he did something kind of human-like.

Learn about advances in prosthetic arms using artificial intelligence with this video excerpt from NOVA: A.I. Revolution. Use this resource to provide students with opportunities to recognize how training data affects the functionality of A.I. and to communicate the benefits and drawbacks of advanced prosthetics.

Using A.I. to Improve Prosthetic Limbs | NOVA | Grades 6-8, 9-12 Engineering & Technology Teaching and Lesson Resources Learn about advances in prosthetic arms using artificial intelligence with this video excerpt from NOVA: A.I. Revolution. Use this resource to provide students with opportunities to recognize how training data affects the functionality of A.I. and to communicate the benefits and drawbacks of advance...