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Converting to Biodiesel

Converting to Biodiesel

Meet a college student whose class project to turn cooking grease into diesel fuel resulted in converting bus fleets to biodiesel, in this video from Earth Island Institute's New Leaders Initiative. OER Level

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5-12

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The Deployable Energy Absorber

The Deployable Energy Absorber

Watch how engineers stage a crash to test a new helicopter safety design technology in this video from NASA. OER Level

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9-12

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Design for Function

Design for Function

In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad designs an invention that will help them cross a swamp and also reach the top of a tall cliff. OER Level

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3-5

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Designing a Paper Bridge

Designing a Paper Bridge

In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members make a bridge from a single piece of paper. Will it be strong enough to hold a hundred pennies? OER Level

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3-8

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Designing a Puff Mobile

Designing a Puff Mobile

The air you exhale can power a puff mobile. Watch as the ZOOM cast races their air-powered designs to see which design features are the most successful. OER Level

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K-5

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Designing a Roller Coaster

Designing a Roller Coaster

In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, the cast is challenged to design and test a roller coaster with loops, hills, and U-turns. OER Level

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3-5

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Designing Balloon Cars

Designing Balloon Cars

Can the air in a balloon power a car? Watch students from Weston, Massachusetts, demonstrate their balloon car designs in this video adapted from ZOOM. OER Level

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3-8

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Designing Electric Circuits: Door Alarm

Designing Electric Circuits: Door Alarm

In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members design and build door alarms using a variety of materials, including aluminum foil, batteries, and buzzers.

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3-8

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Designing Future Cities: Alternative Energy

Designing Future Cities: Alternative Energy

In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, visit a class as they design a city of the future that will use solar, wind, and water power to fuel its economy. OER Level

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3-8

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Designing Swimming Prosthetics for a Dancer

Designing Swimming Prosthetics for a Dancer

In this video segment adapted from DESIGN SQUAD, teams of high school kids use the engineering design process to build specialized prostheses for a double-amputee dancer who performs underwater. OER Level

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6-12

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Designing the Citigroup Skyscraper

Designing the Citigroup Skyscraper

This video segment adapted from Thinking Big, Building Small shows how a structural engineer overcame the challenge of building New York's Citigroup skyscraper over a church.

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3-8

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Designing a Wheelchair for Rugby

Designing a Wheelchair for Rugby

In this video segment adapted from DESIGN SQUAD, teams of high school kids use the engineering design process to build an automated wheelchair to help a U.S. Paralympic athlete train. OER Level

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6-12

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Down to the Core Challenge

Down to the Core Challenge

In this video from Design Squad Nation, kids design and build devices that can extract a core sample from a potato “asteroid.” They also learn how samples give NASA scientists insight into solar system objects. OER Level

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4-8

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Drafting and Graphics Engineering

Drafting and Graphics Engineering

In this video adapted from ATETV, hear firsthand from an engineering technology graphics student about her plans to work with an architect after she completes her community college program. OER Level

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9-12

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Drilling to Antarctica’s Rock Core

Drilling to Antarctica’s Rock Core

In this video adapted from ANDRILL, find out how geoscientists get through more than a dozen football fields of ice and water in order to study the rock and sediment beneath Antarctica. OER Level

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3-8

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Eduardo Torres-Jara

Eduardo Torres-Jara

In this video from Science City, meet Eduardo Torres-Jara, a postdoctoral associate in electrical engineering and computer science at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab. He describes his work on innovative robots that use tactile feedback to locate and grasp objects. OER Level

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6-12

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Easy-Fit Design

Easy-Fit Design

In this video produced for Teachers' Domain, Chi-An Wang, a mechanical engineering graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, describes her process when working with New Balance to design a new triathlon shoe.

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3-12

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Eco Electronics

Eco Electronics

In this video adapted from DESIGN SQUAD, meet engineers who help protect the environment by recycling and using biodegradable materials. OER Level

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5-12

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Electric Girl

Electric Girl

Anna loves electricity. Watch her construct a homemade flashlight and show off her new, electrifying hairdo in this video segment from ZOOM. OER Level

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3-8

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Engineering Biofuels

Engineering Biofuels

In this video segment adapted from KQED's QUEST, find out how synthetic biologists use the techniques of metabolic engineering and directed evolution to make more effective biofuels. OER Level

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9-12

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