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American Experience Teacher Page
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12

The American Experience teachers area offers over 1500 features from more than 110 American Experience websites that include timelines, primary sources, teacher guides, maps, galleries, interactives, video, and more.

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Will Coastal Cities Be Under Water? There's a Map for That
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12

Will coastal cities be flooded by 2020? By 2050? As many as 3.7 million U.S. residents in 2,150 coastal areas could be battered by damaging floods caused by global warming-induced storm surges.  Check out this interactive map from PBS NewsHour.

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Video
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How Do Plants get Energy?
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

This video segment from NOVA explores the history of plant biology and sheds light into our present-day understanding of photosynthesis.

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Video
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Super Mario Brothers as Surrealist Art?
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12

We all know the Mario Brothers, but have you ever stepped back and tried looking at those games from a fresh perspective? They're bananas! There are armored turtles who stand on their hind legs and steal princesses! There are bullets with faces. We make a case for Mario's inclusion into a canon of art wider than "Video Game." Idea Channel examines Super Mario Brothers in a new light: as a surrealist work of art.

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NOVA: Power Surge
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12

Can emerging technology defeat global warming? From solar panel factories in China to carbon capture and storage facilities to massive wind and solar installations, NOVA reveals the surprising technologies that may turn the clock on climate change. Are we finally on the brink of a green-energy power surge?


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Time Team America: Fort James, South Dakota
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12

In 1865, a unit of cavalry soldiers was sent west to keep peace between incoming settlers and the Sioux Indians. The soldier built Fort James. This video explores how archeologists are uncovering new research and historical data.


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Kitchen Chemistry

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