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Paxi – The Red Planet (ESA)

K to 3, Grades 4 to 6

In this European Space Agency's video, follow Paxi on his journey to Mars, where he will explore the planet's dry river beds, volcano, and polar ice caps. (5:06 min.)

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Paxi - The Solar System (ESA)

K to 3, Grades 4 to 6

Join Paxi on a journey through our Solar System, from the rocky inner planets close to the Sun, past the giant planets to the freezing edge, the home of comets. (5:18 min.)

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A Flower Has Been Grown In Space For The First Time

Grades 4 to 6, Grades 7 to 9

Astronaut Scott Kelly has posted images of the first ever flower grown in space. (1:05 min.)

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Chris' Kitchen Part Deux: Space Spinach Strikes Back

Grades 4 to 6, Grades 7 to 9

Chris Hadfield demonstrates how spinach is rehydrated in preparation for a meal on the ISS. (1:20 min.)

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Life in space: Food!

Grades 4 to 6, Grades 7 to 9

Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk and Belgian astronaut Frank De Winne discuss the different types of foods available on the ISS during their 2009 mission. (5:07 min.)

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Cycles of Matter and Energy Transfer (from Bozeman Science)

In this video Paul Andersen explains how matter moves from the environment into living organisms and back into the environment. Food webs are used to show how matter and energy move through organisms. Ecological pyramids show that matter and energy are lost as they move from producers to consumers.

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They Might Be Giants - Photosynthesis (official video)

Grades 4 to 6

A song about photosynthesis. (1:58 min.)

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Time Lapse - Tomato Plant

K to 3, Grades 4 to 6, Grades 7 to 9, Grades 10 to 12

High Definition time lapse of three tomato plants sprouting and growing. The days listed in the bottom left corner of the screen are days since planting. The text in the bottom right indicates when the plants were watered. (1:13 min.)

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Plant Reproduction in Angiosperms

Grades 10 to 12

Simple explanations of flower parts, pollination, and double fertilization in angiosperms. (8:04 min.)

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NOVA | The Weather on Mars

Grades 7 to 9

Is the weather on Mars anything like the weather on Earth? NOVA asked Vicky Hipkin from the Canadian Space Agency, who was part of the recent Phoenix Mission to explore conditions on the Red Planet.

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How Astronauts Grow Plants In Space

Grades 4 to 6, Grades 7 to 9

Recently, astronauts were able to grow and eat lettuce in space! How was this possible?

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Space Station Live: Lettuce Look at Veggie

Grades 7 to 9

As the International Space Station crew gets ready for the first on-orbit tasting of space-grown lettuce, NASA Commentator Lori Meggs talks with Paul Zamprelli of Orbitec, the company that developed the Veggie greenhouse with an eye toward supporting future deep space missions beyond Earth orbit.

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Space Station Live: Cultivating Plant Growth in Space

Grades 7 to 9, Grades 10 to 12

NASA Commentator Lori Meggs speaks to researchers about Advanced Plant experiments on the International Space Station, in which they have already learned a great deal—and gotten some interesting surprises—about how plants grow in space.

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How Does A Seed Become A Plant?

K to 3, Grades 4 to 6, Grades 7 to 9

Jessi and Squeaks show you how a tiny seed -- like the kind you eat in your trail mix! -- grows into a big plant!

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Germination

Grades 7 to 9

In this video, discover the crucial factors in seed germination and learn how scientists are researching these factors to produce crops more quickly.

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