This episode unravels some of the foundational chemistry that affects everything on planet earth.
Today, thousands of communities across the country face the challenges of removing outdated dams that threaten to fail.
So they wrestle with the questions of how to remove these old dams and how can dammed rivers be restored?
This episode reveals how one community struggled to discover the real worth of their river, then worked through the social, emotional and scientific aspects of removing their dam.
Watch this program and you’ll also see how they used similar emotion in science to help in restoring an ecosystem that had been impounded for over 100 years.
Full Video
RElated Content
Into National Marine Sanctuaries
The earth's oceans are home to thousands of species of marine life, from tiny plankton to enormous humpback whales. The Great Lakes' contain more than six thousand...
A River Reborn
Rivers are like arteries, bringing life to the region surrounding them, washing away waste, purifying the environment with their biotic and abiotic processes. Just...
How Healthy Markets Sustain Forests
How can forest product markets support healthy forests? Learn how sustainable management practices and strong markets for wood products help conserve forests, benefit...
Savvy Sustainability
So what exactly is this "sustainability" stuff? Discover the answers by watching the four parts of this science show and reading the information below. And to take this...
Reconnecting Rivers & Invasive Species
Maybe it's only natural that us humans rarely think about how our actions today might impact others or the environment 100 years later. That was especially true back in...
Chemistry of Life
This episode unravels some of the foundational chemistry that affects everything on planet earth. It begins with the primary conversion of simple chemicals into complex...
Predator in Paradise
It’s hard to believe that an invasive species, a prehistoric throwback that’s been around for 340 million years could devastate the largest freshwater system and...
The Ottaway, A River Reborn
This page offers a chance for you to see the entire Emmy-winning film in HD. It also provides link to the classroom educational films and lesson activities related to...
Know Your H20
Why do 3 million people in the WORLD die each year of water-related diseases? Discover the answers by watching the four parts of this science show and reading the...
Protecting Forests, Enhancing Lives
In Protecting Forests, Enhancing Lives two girls examine the perception that clear cutting forests is destroying the natural environment by visiting forests and...
Tags
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12 | CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12 | CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.11-12 | CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.L.6 | CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.SL.6 | CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.SL.7 | CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.SL.8 | CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.SL.9-10 | CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.W.6 | CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.W.7 | CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.W.8 | CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.W.9-10 | CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.WHST.6-8 | CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.WHST.9-10 | HS-ESS3 | HS-ESS3-3 | HS-ESS3-4 | HS-ESS3-6 | HS-LS2 | MS-ESS3-3 | MS-ESS3-4 | MS-LS1 | MS-LS2
