Episodes in this Series
- 101. Science in Personal and Social Perspective: A Biofilm's Bio
- Explores the environmental implications of one of microbiology's hottest new tools: the biofilm.
- 102. Science in Personal and Social Perspective: At Your Own Risk
- Follows the members of a family as they identify and assess some of the physical, emotional, and psychological risks they face every day.
- 103. Science in Personal and Social Perspective: The Motion Potion
- Researchers at a sports kinesiology lab explain what happens to the body when a person exercises, and some famous young athletes explain why they love to be active.
- 104. Science in Personal and Social Perspective: From the Earth for You
- Greg explores the increasing demands on one of Earth's most finite and precious resources: water.
- 105. Science in Personal and Social Perspective: You and Me and UV
- The harmful and beneficial effects of ultraviolet radiation in the environment, from the damage it can cause skin to insects that use it to navigate.
- 201. Decisions Based on Science: A Zoo View
- A look at the history of zoos and their changing roles in their communities.
- 202. Decisions Based on Science: Extreme Weather
- The Tacklebox team visits the Weather Channel studios in Atlanta and the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Oklahoma to learn how weather is tracked and predicted.
- 203. Decisions Based on Science: Mastering the Skills of Decision-Making
- A one-hour professional development program for teachers exploring the steps of the decision-making process.
- 204. Decisions Based on Science: Tackle Trash
- Student reporters examine the environmental issues raised by the growing amount of waste humans create every day.
- 205. Decisions Based on Science: Your Burger and the World
- A look at how beef is produced and its place in the human diet includes visits to third- and fourth-generation cattle farmers as well as a physiologist at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center.
- 301. Topics and Issues in Environmental Science: Common Sense
- Greg and the student reporters explore the environmental issues associated with such "commons" areas as the ocean, the planet Mars, Antarctica, and space.
- 302. Topics and Issues in Environmental Science: Enviro Rules
- Rules adopted by governments and cultures to help people better manage the world's resources.
- 303. Topics and Issues in Environmental Science: Non-Native Invasion
- The number of non-native plants and animals in North America has risen dramatically with increases in global travel and commerce, and some of these invaders are putting ecological pressure on the natives.
- 304. Topics and Issues in Environmental Science: Spin on Sprawl
- The impacts of converting green space—forests and farmland—into residential and commercial neighborhoods.
- 305. Topics and Issues in Environmental Science: Student Solutions
- Spotlights groups of students who are working to protect and preserve natural resources in their communities.
- 401. Forces in the Environment: Erosion on the Move
- The team investigates the formation and relocation of soils at Niagara Falls, in the South Dakota Badlands, and in farm fields in Illinois and Kansas.
- 402. Forces in the Environment: Force of Floods
- The Channel Scablands, formed by the great Missoula floods, provide a spectacular example of how floodwaters can reshape topography.
- 403. Forces in the Environment: Glaciers: Movers and Shapers
- Examines the awe-inspiring force exerted by glaciers in shaping the landscape of North America.
- 404. Forces in the Environment: Rebirth in Fire
- Foresters, biologists, and the Tacklebox team examine fire as a force in the environment, its important ecological role, and the threat it poses to human population centers.
- 405. Forces in the Environment: The Earth: Work in Progress
- The forces released during earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and sinkhole formation can result in dramatic changes to Earth's surface, often redesigning local habitats.
- 501. Processes and Cycles in the Environment: Behind the Numbers
- Explores how changes in various biotic and abiotic organisms can lead to fluctuations in population.
- 502. Processes and Cycles in the Environment: Carbon: The Element of Surprise
- Illustrates both the fast and slow paths carbon takes from living to non-living things and back again.
- 503. Processes and Cycles in the Environment: Hypoxia: The O2 Blues
- Examines the effects of nutrient enrichment on the quality of waterways and the health of their plants and animals.
- 504. Processes and Cycles in the Environment: Rotten But Not Forgotten
- Focuses on the fundamental process of decomposition as an essential component in a balanced ecosystem.
- 505. Processes and Cycles in the Environment: The Aggravation of Accumulation
- Examines the process of bioaccumulation—the build-up of substances that can't be used or excreted in living tissue—and the effects of the bioaccumulation of synthetic chemicals on the food industry.
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