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=Featured Movies= A Wildlife Refuge [|Watch the Movie] Near the Gulf Coast of Texas extends a 44,000-acre refuge full of alligators, armadillos, coyotes, and lots and lots of birds. Show your students the science and math wildlife biologists use to maintain a safe haven for these animals.
 * Running time 5:37 minutes.**

Close-Up: Indicator Species [|Watch the Movie] Indicator species are used as an early warning of pollution or degradation in an ecosystem. Take a closer look at this important part of a wildlife refuge.
 * Running time 1:51 minutes.**

Predicting the Weather [|Watch the Movie] From tornados to hurricanes and thunderstorms to climate change, these nine scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) are using math and science to better understand and predict severe weather systems. Inventing with Polygons [|Watch the Movie] Chuck Hoberman’s inventions are more than just technological marvels; they’re works of art. See how basic principles of geometry help him create extraordinarily strong, expandable structures. **Running time 2:29 minutes.**
 * Running time 5:19 minutes.**

Life Under the Ocean [|Watch the Movie] A marine biologist studies the jellyfish-like animals living at 3,000 feet below the surface, where it is cold, dark and quiet.


 * Running time 3:19 minutes.**

Building Custom Guitars [|Watch the Movie] Your students know what an electric guitar is--some probably play them--but do they know how a guitar is made? Whether it's the type of wood, the number of strings or the hundreds of choices in between, the custom guitar makers at Alembic use precision, care and skillful manipulation of numbers to craft some of the finest guitars in the world. Take your students inside the workshop!
 * Running time 5:09 minutes.**

Flowers by the Millions [|Watch the Movie] You buy a dozen roses - he buys 3 million! Plus 1,250 sunflowers, 4,000 irises, and 5,000 calla lilies. In fact, he buys more than 100 million flowers a year. Introduce your students to someone who works with really big numbers. **Running time 5:05 minutes.**

Growing Bugs [|Watch the Movie] "What? Growing bugs is a real job? And it requires math?!" Organic farmers depend on Jan Dietrick to supply them with good bugs that attack bad bugs. She depends on her knowledge of numbers to get the job done.
 * Running time 1:19 minutes.**

Horses in the Movies [|Watch the Movie] A Western wouldn’t be a Western without stampedes, stagecoaches, shoot-outs on horseback or simply cowboys riding into town. Meet Dave Rogers, a wrangler for Movin' On Livestock.
 * Running time 5:33 minutes.**

Tracking Lightning [|Watch the Movie] There are over twenty-five million cloud-to-ground lightning flashes strike in the U.S. every year. Meteorologists use a combination of math and science to track when and where they will strike. =Newsletter Sign Up= Get our latest movies and web updates first! Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter. ||  || = = =What Educators are Saying=
 * Running time 2:07 minutes.**
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