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Did you know that Antarctica has a glacier that bleeds red? (At least, that’s what it looks like.) Five stories high and emerging from the Taylor Glacier in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, Blood Falls seeps into an ice-covered body of water called Lake Bonney. It’s one of the continent’s most enigmatic natural features and has fascinated scientists for decades.

Antarctica Has a “Bleeding” Glacier | NOVA PBS Did you know that Antarctica has a glacier that bleeds red? (At lea...

Explore how animals play a role in growing forests by spreading seeds, and learn about their impact on the ability of forests to store carbon, with these videos from NOVA Secrets of the Forest. Use this resource to provide students with opportunities to ask questions for investigation about the role of animals in restoring degraded forests.

How Animals Help Plant Forests | NOVA | Grades 6-8 Science Teaching and Lesson Resources Explore how animals play a role in growing forests by spreading seeds, and learn about their impact on the ability of forests to store carbon, with these videos from NOVA Secrets of the Forest. Use this resource to provide students with opportunities to ask questions for investigation about the role...

What does a 🐓 have in common with a 🦖?

A lot! Learn about fossil evidence for the evolution of birds with this video from NOVA Dino Birds. Use this resource to provide students with opportunities to construct an evidence-based explanation for the claim that birds are modern-day dinosaurs.

Birds Are Dinosaurs | NOVA | Grades 6-8 Science Teaching and Lesson Resources Learn about fossil evidence for the evolution of birds with this video from NOVA Dino Birds. Use this resource to provide students with opportunities to construct an evidence-based explanation for the claim that birds are modern-day dinosaurs.

Learn about rust and the damage it causes to vehicles and infrastructure, with this video from NOVA Out of Our Elements. Use this resource to develop a model of the chemical reaction of rusting and to provide opportunities to make a claim about the impacts of rust.

Why Does Metal Rust? | Out of Our Elements | Out of Our Elements | Grades 9-12 Science Teaching and Lesson Resources

Managing money can be hard. In NOVA's Financial Lab, students learn about built-in biases that often keep us from making smart decisions, and practice overcoming them by taking care of their pet through three fun and challenging mini-games.

NOVA Financial Lab | Grades 9-12 Social Studies Teaching and Lesson Resources

Is summer slide a given? Or are there ways to prevent students from losing important progress in academic skills – such as reading – during the summer months when there are fewer resources and less guidance to support them?

How to Minimize Summer Slide

Explore how web browser cookies collect data and learn how to avoid them with these video excerpts from NOVA: Secrets in Your Data. Use this resource to provide students with opportunities to recognize how cookies collect data and how to control what data they want to share.

Browser Cookies Collect Information | NOVA | Secrets in Your Data | PBS LearningMedia

Talking, singing, even dancing — they all trace back to a rare superpower: vocal learning. But humans aren’t the only animals that have it. Neuroscientist Erich Jarvis has spent his career decoding the mysterious ability to imitate sounds, a key ingredient in spoken language.

Interview: The Animal Translator With Erich Jarvis Can animals talk? Neuroscientist Erich Jarvis reveals why some species might be closer than we think.

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!

Show off your science trivia chops, drink some delicious local brews, and win fun prizes! No registration is required for this free event, but we recommend getting to the brewery early to get a good seat!

Learn how increasing ocean temperatures and the fishing industry threaten the survival of North Atlantic right whales with this video excerpt from NOVA: Saving the Right Whale. Use this resource to provide students with opportunities to identify evidence that human activities impact North Atlantic right whales.

Threats to Whales and Potential Solutions | NOVA | Grades 9-12 Science Teaching and Lesson Resources Learn how increasing ocean temperatures and the fishing industry threaten the survival of North Atlantic right whales with this video excerpt from NOVA: Saving the Right Whale. Use this resource to provide students with opportunities to identify evidence that human activities impact North Atlantic r...