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Cartoon of a person straining to push a large log. Caption: You could supply the energy to push the log.

Still image from: Koalas for Kids

Still image from: Komodo Dragons for Kids

Still image from: Lab Six: Recycling (Spanish)

Still image from: Lemurs for Kids

A flooded neighborhood. Caption: living here, in the future's past.

Salamander blends in with the sand in its underwater habitat.

An aerial photo of the South African Continent. The western boundaries and the lower triangular region of the continent are highlighted. Caption: The forest is called the Darien Gap.

A map titled, Uso de la Tierra. The region depicted is divided into three segments. The larger segment is labeled, Cuenca. The group of smaller regio is labeled, Agricultura. The remaining region in between the first two regions is labeled, Bosque. Spanish Caption: Una oportunidad de crear planes de trabajo a largo plazo.

Illustration of a young girl tossing a chimpanzee into the air. Caption: Jane had a stuffed toy chimpanzee

People in an open-air enclosure standing around a table with paper and other objects on the surface. Caption: is that I am surrounded by really curious people,

People in an open-air enclosure standing around a table with paper and other objects on the surface. Spanish captions.

Pickup truck driving through a field, produce and a person riding in the back. Caption: Farmers add much to a community.

Illustration of a pocket of water below the earth's surface. Caption: The water tables are nourished by the seeping-down rains.

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Northwest Oystermania

Illustration of a tree with a face looking upset. Caption: I don't want to become a plank of wood!

Illustration of a spider on a light switch. Caption: Okay? And we're off.

Cartoon image of a child. Caption: You don't eat little children, do you?

Illustration of a cat. Caption: Have you smelled the air? It's unbreathable!

Illustration of two people floating on a platform and moving towards a waterfall. Caption: (Hanna) They disappeared into the waterfall.

Cartoon of a person speaking to a bird. Caption: There's no big rush. My boat's faster than his.

Illustration of a spider holding up a clothespin, surrounded by trash. Caption: All the useless things we buy turn up here.

Several people stand surrounded by bamboo and other foliage while a few look inside small vials. Caption: in the diversity of those millipede families

Large waterfall. Spanish captions.

Overhead view from the top of an incline showing a conveyor belt full of coal coming out from a mine. On the land above ground, heavy work vehicles drive on blackened ground.

Still image from: Nature Ninja Saves the Natural World

Indistinct light and dark green pattern. Caption: but the steep bluffs along the Apalachicola River

A diagram of an infected tree treated with a pesticide is labeled, protection strategies.

Still image from: Nick News: Cyberbullying, Robots, and Turtles

Still image from: Nick News: Fusion Tec, Emoji Fun, and #StopWillow

Still image from: Nick News: Gen Z in DC, Saving the Sea, and Seeing Nature

Still image from: Nick News: Kids and the Impact of Climate Change

Close up of a sign for the Pacific Marine Mammal Center open daily 10am-4pm. Gravel parking lot and paved road with vehicles in the background. Caption: Welcome to the Pacific Marine Mammal Center

Rows of large frozen fish on the ground with people walking between the rows. Caption: Almost all the world's catch ends up here.

Blue recycling truck unloads mixed recyclables onto an already massive pile of items inside of a large industrial shelter.

Still image from: Overview: Inside the Fight to Save an Ancient Forest

Still image from: Overview: Want to Solve Wildfires and Drought? Leave it to Beavers!

Still image from: Overview: What's Killing Florida's Corals?

Landscape view of a wind farm on a huge flat field. In the center foreground is a three-pronged wind turbine, while other wind turbines are interspersed behind it.

Still image from: Overview: Why the Fastest Place on Earth Is Disappearing

Landscape view of a sand dune dotted with grass and sea oats leading out onto the sandy beach and ocean, along which two people are walking alone.

Still image from: Pandas for Kids

Still image from: Paradise Polluted: Pacific Plastic

An oil drilling in the middle of a field. Caption: our nonrenewable resources are dwindling,

Two humpback whales swim in the deep waters. Caption: They were the most graceful things I've ever seen.

Circle around a drawing of a soda can appears above a circle around a drawing of a crushed can. Green arrows point from top to bottom on one side and bottom to top on the other side.

A polar bear is in its natural habitat. Caption: It's just an incredible experience.

Rolling sand dunes with powerlines in the foreground. Caption: Beneath these dunes lies 65% of all known oil reserves.

Person wearing a hard hat kneeling next to a metal fence working on something. Caption: (male narrator) Tamar's area of specialty is water engineering,

People in scuba gear placing and carrying metal cages at different places on the ocean floor. Caption: in various locations along the reef.

Leafy green trees tower above others in front of a clear blue sky.

Front view of George, a C, G, I white garbage truck with headlights that look like eyes and a mouth across the front bumper exits a garage. Caption. I help keep this city clean.

Large truck dumping a load of trash into a landfill. Caption: What happens to it when we throw it out?

Empty glass and plastic bottles and cans. Caption: Figuring out ways to recycle our trash

Slide shows white text on a dark blue background that reads, "Recycling for Kids."

A diagram illustrates that the sea shell habitats filters the water and protect the shoreline.

Child sitting on the ground. Caption: then usually you can make a difference.

An aerial photograph. A line leads from Andros Island to N C coast and then to Prince Edward Island. A second line trace back from Pince Edward Island.

Old and somewhat deteriorated metal canisters stacked on plywood shelves. Caption: against lingering environmental pollution.

Still image from: Rhinos for Kids

Aerial view of an animal making its way through dense green trees. Text reads, "Sanctuary."

Closeup of a man with a stoic expression wearing vibrant yellow, red, orange, and white ceremonial regalia.

Large white polar bear laying on snow. Arrow pointing to fur with Caption: Thick Hide. there's an incredibly thick hide

Large sea turtle swimming down towards the ocean floor. Caption: All this makes them great swimmers,

Wolf in natural habitat. Caption: allowing steady pursuit of prey over long distances.

A cheetah walking across a barren, rock strewn landscape. Caption: It's the fastest animal on earth,

A channel of water blanketed by green spaces cuts its way through a big city. Spanish captions.

Person holding a small partially transparent cube with wires and other equipment attached. Caption: and are developing microbial fuel cells

Underwater view of billowing plume of pollutant. Caption: cleaning up oil spills and purifying water.

People in scuba gear above a coral reef holding a clipboard. Caption: tracking a coral killer.

Person pumping fuel into a vehicle. Caption: (narrator) And there you have it: synthetic diesel fuel.

People on the deck of a boat, one at a large winch. Caption: Their mission: to learn all they can about large lakes.

Microscopic view of tubular structures. Caption: (Saros) They can be early indicators of environmental change.

People standing by a muddy stream bed. One person holds something in his hand while another holds a net and looks at the find. Caption: (male narrator) Just another day at the office for biologist Vance Vredenburg.

Small red animal swimming in a tank. Caption: (male narrator) These tiny, red shrimp might be perfect pets.

Person's hand supporting a lobster underwater. Caption: (male) This animal is in the late stages of disease.

Person holding a cylindrical piece of ice. Caption: This one is based on the ratio of heavy to light hydrogen.

Green landscape with a hillside in the background. A small industrial installation is present. Caption: They don't know where to get information they can trust.

Native American man in a head dress and traditional clothing gesturing with his hands. Come straight, buffalo! Caption: This extraordinary film from 1930 shows "Plains indian sign language," or "Hand talk."

Earthworm in a person's hand. Caption: are actually invasive species.

Electrons in a microscope. Caption: You have to look at them using an electron microscope.

Floating metal measurement instrument in deep blue water. Caption: thrown overboard to analyze water samples

Closeup cross-section of a large tree with many rings. Caption: This is a cross-section of a redwood tree.

Aerial view of ice breaking apart as it flows onto land from an ice shelf. Caption: Ice flows from the land over the fjord,

Stacked shelves of cylindrical metal canisters. Caption: (Twickler) This freezer contains more than 10 miles of ice cores

Dirty water with bubbles and PVC pipes. Caption: and reused again and again in a sustainable loop.

Close up of dark, viscous fluid with small bubbles on the surface. Caption: and we can get those volatiles out of the water.

Smoggy city street crowded with vehicles. Caption: China is the 2nd largest energy consumer in the world,

A large tree with bright green leaves as seen from below. Caption: The forests are working overtime.

A cultivated vegetable garden with inmates and razor-wire-topped chain-link fencing in the background. Caption: science and scientists behind bars as well.

Magnified view of intricate metal work. Caption: creating a protective barrier.

Electrical meter box attached to the outside of a building. Caption: All the entries have to be zero-energy homes,

Person filling a glass from a faucet. Caption: our risk of contracting some form of cancer would go up.

People gathered around two troughs filled with water. One person is reaching into the water and two others are handling a small object. Caption: studies mussels' role in their environment.

Two water recycling machines. Caption: and take gray water recycling up a level.

An illustration of African penguins with the outline of Africa in the background. Caption: is undergoing a rapid and alarming decline. On screen text: Biodiversity news, Scientists save penguin chicks. African Penguin, Spheniscus demersus.

Still image from: SciShow Kids: How Plastic Hurts the World

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Make Your Own Recycled Bird Feeders

A veterinarian checks a sea turtle placed on a towel.

People standing on the edge of a tide pool holding a large net. Caption: carefully navigate around the tide pools

Still image from: Sea Rescue: Double Jeopardy

Manatee in shallow water with people standing around it. Caption: It was a really neat thing to watch.

Heron standing on a rock on the edge of the water. Caption: and that's how they catch fish.

A pair of marine seals swimming in sea.

Manatee swimming. Caption: IT'S WAY TOO COLD FOR THIS SUBTROPICAL SPECIES.

Still image from: Sea Rescue: Something to Write Home About

Two toads, one light brown, the other darker brown with light spots. Caption: Maybe temperatures got too warm for these toads.

A photo of a small harbour.

Oil drilling platforms in the ocean with many ships in the water around them. Caption: but they can make money because of our energy policy.

Men in hard hats and yellow vests sort through a long bin of recyclables in a warehouse setting.

A handful of white birds with long legs cluster together near the edge of a pond. Caption: a second migratory flock of whooping cranes.

Sea turtle diving around coral. Caption: they are important havens of biodiversity…

Coral of various shapes and a range of colors. Caption: and these are the corals we call "super corals."

Person swimming over a coral reef in shallow water. Caption: of biology that exists on the coral reef.

Close up of a frog's face and eyes. Caption: Now we are at 2,820 species of animals and plants.

Person at a cash register in a store filled with people and produce. Caption: Local, sustainable, as always, everything is organic.

Person kneeling on the ground next to a pile of dark material. Caption: which sells fashion items made from recycled garbage.

Still image from: Teaching in Room 9: How to Recycle Our Trash and Brush Our Teeth

Still image from: Teaching in Room 9: Recycling for Our Planet

Game screenshot shows a smiling robot standing with pink, yellow, and blue boxes highlighting its legs, arms, and head. On the right panel is a selection of multicolored, interlocking shapes with various emoticon faces.

Life-size Star Wars X-Wing fighter, made from Legos, under a canopy, flanked on either side by Rebel fighters in orange jumpsuits and Stormtroopers in white armor.

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2024)

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2031)

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2034)

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2110)

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2119)

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2215)

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2216)

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2222)

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2223)

Green Apples hang from an apple tree. Caption: Pero tan solo observar la diversidad de esas manzanas.

A poster for Washington state apples displays apples with a caption apple a day. Only the finest. Caption: an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A farmer carries a small pouch in his field. Caption: Heath farms without using toxic chemicals.

Map centered on the island of Borneo. Caption: I was the only one working on an area near Borneo,

Person in a lab setting holding the body of a bird. Bird prep. Caption: about changes in species over time.

Person standing next to a platform with two taxidermized elephants. Caption: (Emily Graslie) Carl and Delia Akeley's Fighting African Elephants

A person holding a handful of mollusks that are tagged with unique ids. Caption: That's good for the future of that species

Person sitting in the bow of a canoe that is butted up against a riverbank. Dr. Lesley De Souza. Caption: She's a conversation scientist and ichthyologist.

Close up of insects pinned to a board. They have green stripes down their backs. Caption: This is the largest collection at the museum.

Green leafy foliage partially covering the ground. Caption: was this carpet of baby Kankakee mallows.

Sarcophagus covered in faded paint. Caption: a male from the 25th dynasty, about 2,700 years ago,

Two people standing in front of a mural. One holds a printout of a photograph. Caption: One of Carl Akeley's photos. The beautiful bunch of aloe.

Person turning the page of a book with detailed illustrations. The turning of the page. Caption: revealing a new page every week,

The Kankakee Mallow flowers have bloomed at the apex of the plant. Caption: From extinction to several feet tall.

A large ship is in the water piping fossil fuels. An expanded view from the ship depicts a man researching in a lab setup. Caption: What happens over the last 70 million years.

A large ship floating in the water. Caption: The new ship is built by a shipyard in Washington,

Yellow bins of large fish. Caption: (male narrator) These are Atlantic cod,

Calm, wide river flowing through a green tree lined plain.

A tortoise with its head and feet pulled into its body. Caption: (Berry) The tortoise tells us so much

Flock of large birds landing on the shore and in the water. Caption: the wildlife simply adapts to the new conditions.

Still image from: The Hunt: Living With Predators

Cartoon of a small, shrimp-like animal among a school of others. Caption: Pardon me, I'm a krill. We eat plankton!

Indigenous person sitting in the bow of a canoe on the water with the jungle in the background. Caption: And that's when the whole thing started getting bigger and bigger,

People on the magic school bus wearing rain hats. Caption: Ahh. The sweet smell of swamp gas.

Cartoon of people standing, one talking on a cell phone. Caption: I plugged it in, and it went kablooey!

Students and their teacher from the magic school bus standing in front of a landfill piled high with trash. Caption: (Wanda) How am I ever going to find my soldier in that mess?

Students and their teacher from the magic school bus in standing in a jungle in front of a tree with white puffy blooms on the trunk. Caption: It's your cocoa tree, all right, Ms. Frizzle.

Student from the magic school bus underwater in scuba gear. Caption: Now let's clean up this place.

Silhouettes of a flock of geese fly above bare branches in a peachy pink sky.

Girl smiles and poses, pointing toward the sign posted behind her, which reads, "John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park," and features paintings of turtles, fish, and coral.

Girl smiles and poses, pointing toward the sign posted behind her, which reads, "John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park," and features paintings of turtles, fish, and coral.

Blonde-haired woman wearing glasses and a white chef's shirt speaks to someone off-screen from inside a professional kitchen.

Blonde-haired woman wearing glasses and a white chef's shirt speaks to someone offscreen from inside a professional kitchen.

Downward angled view of a child holding a teal-colored paddle, standing on a white sandy shore.

Girl wearing a blue life vest grasps the pole of a paddle with both hands, standing on the beach. Paddleboards, mangroves, and boats are visible behind her.

Boy holds up a fabric net while talking. In the background, the thick sloping trunks of cypress trees emerge from still water.

Boy holds up a fabric net while talking. In the background, the thick sloping trunks of cypress trees emerge from still water.

Shallow tub of water holding a few dozen round white discs with small pieces of coral on top of them.

Boy smiles and a girl shakes hands with a bearded man who stands near a table full of tiny circular concrete molds. Behind them, two staffers wearing Mote Marine Laboratory shirts work at the sinks.

Handful of blackish-brown triangular shark teeth varying in size piled up on a mat.

Boy and girl lean over a steep grass-covered riverbank examining the contents of small drawstring bags.

Title card. Pale green palm shapes recede with the show's title, "The Outsider's Club," as the next video segment starts to appear.

Three people drive up to a grass-covered sand dune on the beach in a red golf cart.

Two kids in yellow jumpsuits stand on either side of an adult as he unfolds a bright green fire shelter.

Man wearing sunglasses and a bright yellow button-down shirt shows a folded-up fire shelter to two kids who are clad in yellow jumpsuits. Behind them, a fire truck is parked on the grass.

Two puppets singing. Spanish captions.

A puppet standing in a staged bathroom. Spanish captions.

Photo of bees near an artificial beehive.

Two people walking past a large group of horseshoe crabs. Caption: (woman) We really do have a crab line tonight.

Still image from: The Water Cycle for Kids

Three old black and white images of men. Caption: (narrator) Roosevelt and Burroughs traveled to Yellowstone in 1903.

A painting of cactus along a stream and a mountain range in the background. Caption: A whole ecosystem disruption can come from this barrier.

A horse jumps out from the open door in a trailer. Another horse is seen inside the trailer. Caption: and now is undergoing this large scale restoration effort.

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Water conservation."

Two lions laying in the grass. Caption: Once we find a group of lions,

A walrus poking its head out of ice water. Caption: (female) It's neat to see something so big, so caring.

Very close up view of microplastics. Caption: Microplastics that as less than five millimeters long--

Artwork of a bird and fish. Caption: animals often mistake plastic debris for food and eat it.

Artwork of plastic water bottle, trash bags, straws, and plastic bag. Caption: We find plastic everywhere,

Five people picking up trash. Caption: and participate in shoreline cleanups.

A net floating in water tangled in plastic. Caption: We call that derelict fishing gear,

An illustration of a trash bin with its side on the road on a rainy day. Caption: rainwater can move the trash into storm drains.

Two trees, their branches creating human faces. Caption: I'm just a green-collar guy trying to get his job done.

Closeup of a turtle with its head lifted and a Wild Adventure Girls label in the bottom corner. Title text reads, "The Great Turtle Rescue!"

A man standing next to a large skeleton of a sea creature. Spanish Caption: Ese fascinante animal

A group of people attending to a turtle. Spanish Caption: tomamos en cuenta la captura y recaptura,

A school of small fish swimming underwater. Spanish Caption: Luego, cuando llegan a su madurez vuelvan a Japon,

A raod near the sea shore. Spanish Caption: y manejmos por toda la costa de Mexico

A turtle swimming underwater. Spanish Caption: Tenemos las flotas de palangreros internacionales,