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Browse results: Chemical Reaction and Electrons
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Atoms: The Space BetweenThis video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey takes a look at the scale of the atom and the tremendous amount of space between the electrons and the nucleus. If all this empty space exists in matter, how can any substance be solid? Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Capturing CarbonIn this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, a scientist, inspired by his daughter's science fair project, develops a synthetic "tree" to remove excess carbon dioxide from the air. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Electrophoresis and Gel AnalysisIn this animation produced by WGBH and Digizyme, Inc., see how molecules of DNA are separated using gel electrophoresis, and how this process enables scientists to compare the molecular variations of two or more DNA samples. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Fireworks! Lifting ChargeIn this video segment adapted from NOVA, learn how pyrotechnicians use common compounds to blast fireworks into the sky and give them shape. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Fireworks! Making ColorWhat 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 |
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Fuel CellsIn this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, hydrogen fuel cell cars promise pollution-free driving, but will we see them anytime soon? Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Global Warming and The Greenhouse EffectThis video excerpt from Race to Save the Planet discusses the greenhouse effect and global warming. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Global Warming: Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse EffectThis video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE demonstrates the physical property of carbon dioxide that causes the greenhouse effect. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Global Warming: The Hydrogen CarIs the hydrogen car the answer to global warming? This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE looks at the pros and cons of this developing technology. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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Global Warming: The Physics of the Greenhouse EffectThis video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE examines the
greenhouse effect, its role in keeping Earth habitable, and the industrial changes that have
led to an increase in the planet's average temperature. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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How Elements Form CompoundsThis video excerpt from NOVA: "Hunting the Elements" examines how elements come together in chemical reactions to form compounds. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
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Introduction to PlasticsLearn about the basic process of plastics production, and observe how monomers combine to form polymer chains, in this video segment adapted from Pennsylvania College of Technology and WVIA. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Light Particles Acting Like Waves: The Uncertainty PrincipleThis 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 |
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Making Cortisone From Plants This video segment adapted from NOVA is a dramatized story of chemist Percy Julian’s work to synthesize cortisone. Find out how a biological process, not a chemical one, proved the key to producing cortisone in bulk.
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6-12 |
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Quantum MechanicsAre electrons particles or waves? This video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey looks at the intense debate surrounding the understanding of electron configuration. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Radiometric DatingIn this video segment from A Science Odyssey, scientists explain how Earth's age was determined by examining the radioactive rocks in Earth's crust. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Snapshot of U.S. Energy UseThis video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE looks at American
energy consumption and the resulting production of greenhouse gases. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
3-12 |
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Solar Panels for Your HomeIn this video segment adapted from NOVA, take a look inside a solar panel to see how it works, and hear firsthand about the benefits from homeowners who are using this technology.
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6-12 |
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String Theory: The Quantum CaféThis video segment from NOVA relates the rise of subatomic physics in the 1920s and the development of the radical theory of quantum mechanics. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Synthesizing an Alkaloid In this video segment, adapted from NOVA, learn how chemist Percy Julian revolutionized chemistry by synthesizing the alkaloid physostigmine
from scratch—the first total synthesis of a chemical compound.
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9-12 |
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