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The Six Kingdom Classification, Part 2: Protista, Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, & Domains (2004)

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The key concepts in Part 1 are briefly reviewed. Organisms in the Protista Kingdom are virtually all single-celled. Most are heterotrophic, some are autotrophic like algae, a few like euglena are both. Most reproduce asexually, but occasionally some also sexually which produces genetic variation and long term evolutionary benefits.

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00:19
The Six Kingdom Classification, Part 2: Protista, Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, & Domains

The Big Bang (2003)

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The astronomer Hubble laid the foundations of the Big Bang Theory of the universe in 1929 when he found that distant galaxies were receding from the earth. The theory holds that the origin of our universe was some 14 billion years ago in a cataclysmic explosion of radiant energy of unknown cause, which formed into atomic particles of hydrogen and helium.

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High
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00:23
The Big Bang

Mitosis (2006)

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Mitosis in plant and animal cells

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High
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00:10
Mitosis

Protists, Part 1: The Amoeba, The Paramecium (2006)

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Protista Kingdom, the amoeba, the paramecium

In the six kingdom classification, the Protista Kingdom contains all single celled organisms which are eukaryotic, meaning which have a nucleus. They are called protists.

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High
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00:12
Protists, Part 1: The Amoeba, The Paramecium

Choking in the Fast Lane (2006)

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Power Play Series: Part 1

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High
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00:52
Choking in the Fast Lane

Energy (2006)

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Power Play Series Part 2

When man made the first primitive tools that helped him to shape and control his surroundings he discovered an important secret - the value of energy. It would give him power to develop an entire world.

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High
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00:52
Energy

Fossil Fuel (2006)

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Power Play Series Part 3

The western world has built its affluence on fossil fuels. Our addiction to coal and oil is no longer healthy neither for mankind nor the planet. So the question is, how do we replace fossil fuels?

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High
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00:52
Fossil Fuel

Protists, Part 2: Euglena, Plasmodial Slime Mold (2006)

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Euglena is a protist whose behavior is both plant-like and animal-like (protozoan). Structures Like a mobile protozoan, its structures include a flexible outer membrane called a pellicle (not a plant-like rigid cell wall), and a flagellum for locomotion).

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High
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00:09
Protists, Part 2: Euglena, Plasmodial Slime Mold

Harassment Workshop

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Viewers hear from their peers about diverse forms of harassment that are all-too-common on many school campuses. Real teens discuss their experiences with bullying, intimidation, exclusion from a social group, verbal abuse, name-calling, sexual harassment, hazing and Internet harassment also known as cyberbullying.

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High
Harassment Workshop

Don't Be a Bully (2005)

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This dramatic program helps young teens identify a wide range of bullying behaviors, understand why it's wrong, and find healthy ways to seek empowerment.

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00:17
Don't Be a Bully

Real People Eat Right! Have a Healthy Body Image (2005)

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Ultra thin models, skinny sitcom stars, and overdeveloped muscle men are the images that constantly bombard young teens, promoting the unrealistic aesthetic to which they aspire. At the other end of the spectrum is an increased rate of obesity in our nations children.

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Elementary
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00:25
Real People Eat Right! Have a Healthy Body Image

End the Silence: Stop the Bullying (2001)

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This program shows teens that they are not powerless in the face of bullying when they decide to join together and end the silence.

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Middle
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00:27
End the Silence: Stop the Bullying

The Rumor Mill: How Do You Know It's True? (2005)

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Middle schools can be rumor mills where improbable stories and outright lies are passed on from one student to another until a lie is accepted as truth and fiction as fact. Reputations can be ruined and a situation can escalate out of control. This program challenges young people to assess information and take what they hear with a healthy dose of skepticism.

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Middle
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00:14
The Rumor Mill: How Do You Know It's True?

Silent on the Sidelines: Why We Ignore Bullying (2005)

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Video program will help teens see what can happen when the group decides to exert its power and not tolerate bullying behavior.

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Elementary
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00:24
Silent on the Sidelines: Why We Ignore Bullying

Portion Control: Seeing the Healthy Way to Eat

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Using the power of video to its best advantage this program teaches teens how to choose the right food portions for their body type and metabolism and to visualize these portions in memorable ways. Nationwide, teenagers have become accustomed to eating “supersized.” This is a major factor in the obesity epidemic affecting teens today.

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Middle
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00:22
Portion Control: Seeing the Healthy Way to Eat

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