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Accidental Discoveries This segment from Swift: Eyes through Time traces the history military officers and engineers discovering a strange phenomenon in the sky that astronomers now know are gamma-ray bursts. Accessibility features: Caption	5-8	Video
Astronomy Theories This video segment from Swift: Eyes through Time deals with the advancement of science through changing existing ideas, refuting outdated theories, and incorporating new findings. Accessibility features: Caption	5-8	Video
Cooking Cookies with Solar Power In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, two solar cookers are tested against a control to see which can cook a "s'more" faster. Accessibility features: Caption	K-8	Video
Detecting Life on Other Planets In this video from NOVA scienceNOW, learn how scientists detect potential signs of life on distant planets. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity What happens when you approach the speed of light? This video segment adapted from NOVA follows one of Albert Einstein's thought experiments and his quest to find the answer. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Einstein's Thoughts on the Ether Do light waves travel through the ether like waves on a lake travel through water? In this video segment adapted from NOVA, a young Albert Einstein grapples with this question while examining the speed of light. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
The Electromagnetic Spectrum: FRONTLINE This video segment adapted from FRONTLINE introduces the electromagnetic spectrum and explains how the various types of electromagnetic waves are distinguished by the amount of energy each wave carries. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
The Electromagnetic Spectrum: NASA From radio waves to gamma rays, this video segment from NASA introduces the seven categories of the electromagnetic spectrum and how each type of radiation is part of our everyday lives. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Fireworks! Making Color What gives a fireworks display its brilliant blue, green, and red colors? Learn how pyrotechnicians give fireworks color in this video segment adapted from NOVA. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Galileo's Telescope The invention of the telescope helped change our understanding of the universe. This video segment adapted from NOVA looks at Galileo's contribution to this technology. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Gamma-ray Burst Theories This video segment from Swift: Eyes through Time introduces and explains theories of the origin of gamma-ray bursts. Accessibility features: Caption	5-8	Video
How Light Travels In this video segment adapted from Shedding Light on Science, observe demonstrations of the fundamental idea that light travels in straight lines. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
Hubble's Expanding Universe This adapted video segment, using footage from NOVA and NASA, examines Edwin Hubble's work and how his findings laid the foundation for the Big Bang theory. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
$The Index of Refraction and Snell’s Law$ The Index of Refraction and Snell’s Law Learn about the index of refraction and Snell's law in this video from the ICT Center. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
$Interference and Diffraction$ Interference and Diffraction Learn about interference and diffraction in this video from the ICT Center. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
Laser Tag In this video adapted from QUEST, take a ride along with South San Francisco police officers and learn about the latest high-tech tools used in traffic law enforcement. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Laser Waterfall In this video from the Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations, observe how a laser beam is trapped in a water jet because the light reflects against the surface of the water. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
LED and Transmitter Characteristics Learn about fiber optic transmitters in this video from the ICT Center. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
LIDAR 3D Mapping See how researchers create 3-D maps of planets by using LIDAR (light detection and ranging) instruments in this video adapted from NASA. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Light and Color This video segment adapted from Shedding Light on Science illustrates the dispersion of light through a prism and how raindrops refract sunlight to form rainbows. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Light and the Law of Reflection This video segment adapted from Shedding Light on Science demonstrates the law of reflection by showing how light energy is reflected off both smooth and rough surfaces at predictable angles. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Light Particles Acting Like Waves: The Uncertainty Principle This video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey uses a laser beam to demonstrate how light particles act like waves, illustrating Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Light Years This video segment adapted from Shedding Light on Science describes how astronomical distances can be measured in units of light-years, and how the finite speed of light allows astronomers to study how the universe looked long ago. Accessibility features: Caption	5-12	Video
Looking Back in Time This video segment of Swift: Eyes through Time provides concrete examples to explain the concept that distance in space equals distance in time. Accessibility features: Caption	5-8	Video
$Observing Refraction of Light$ Observing Refraction of Light This video segment adapted from Shedding Light on Science illustrates how light changes speed, and thus direction, in a process known as refraction. Accessibility features: Caption	5-12	Video
Photodetector and Receiver Characteristics Learn about fiber optic receivers in this video from the ICT Center. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
Shadow Tricks Discover how you can use the properties of sunlight to create shadows in this video from Curious George. Accessibility features: Caption	K-5	Video
A Simple Fiber-Optic Communications System Learn about rise-time analysis in fiber optic communications systems in this video from the ICT Center. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
A Simple Fiber Numerical Aperture Measurement Learn about measuring the numerical aperture of an optical fiber in this video from the ICT Center. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
Solar Car In this video from DragonflyTV, follow the investigation of Isaac and Anjali as they record, measure, and analyze data about how the Sun's position in the sky affects a solar-powered car's speed. Accessibility features: Caption	4-8	Video
Solar Power This video segment from Vegas PBS shows the largest solar power system to date in the U.S. and explains how solar power can serve the needs of large-scale facilities and benefit the environment. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Speed of Light This video segment adapted from Shedding Light on Science uses historical illustrations and everyday examples to show that light has a speed and does not travel instantaneously. Accessibility features: Caption	5-12	Video
String Theory: Newton's Embarrassing Secret This video segment from NOVA chronicles Newton's theory of gravity and Einstein's discovery that contradicted it. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Telescope Girl In this video segment from ZOOM, 12-year-old Katy gives people in her neighborhood a glimpse of the moon through a 10-inch reflecting telescope she built herself. Accessibility features: Caption	K-8	Video