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Counting Neutrons on the MoonFind out how scientists are using a neutron detector onboard a satellite to try to find water on the Moon in this video adapted from NASA. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
Video |
Defy Gravity! Balancing Balls on AirIn this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members use a hair dryer to balance a ball in a stream of air, seemingly defying gravity. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
K-8 |
Video |
Defy Gravity! Centripetal ForceHow can you keep a ball from falling out of a jar if the jar is upside down? Watch the ZOOM cast use centripetal force to meet this challenge. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
3-8 |
Video |
Defy Gravity! Upside Down Ping Pong BallIn this video segment, the ZOOM cast is challenged to keep a ping pong ball in a funnel while the funnel is held upside down, seemingly defying gravity. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-8 |
Video |
Density and Buoyancy: Experimenting with Club SodaIn this video segment adapted from ZOOM, the cast discovers that gas-filled bubbles act like life jackets for raisins, making them buoyant. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
K-8 |
Video |
Density and Buoyancy: Making Eggs FloatWhy does an egg float in salt water? Learn about density and buoyancy in this video segment adapted from ZOOM. Accessibility features: Caption |
K-8 |
Video |
Density and Buoyancy: Mixing Hot and Cold WaterWatch warm water float on top of cold water in this video segment adapted from ZOOM. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
K-8 |
Video |
Density and Buoyancy: Pouring Air into WaterThis video segment adapted from ZOOM offers a clever demonstration of buoyancy by showing how to pour a cup of air into a cup filled with water. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
K-8 |
Video |
Density and Buoyancy: Testing LiquidsWill a grape float in oil? Will a metal nut sink in corn syrup? Watch as the ZOOM cast tests the buoyancy of a variety of liquids and objects. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
K-8 |
Video |
The Deployable Energy AbsorberWatch how engineers stage a crash to test a new helicopter safety design technology in this video from NASA. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
Video |
Designing a Paper BridgeIn 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? Accessibility features: Caption |
3-8 |
Video |
Designing a Puff MobileThe 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. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
K-5 |
Video |
Designing a Roller CoasterThis video adapted from DESIGN SQUAD profiles Chris Gray, a mechanical engineer who uses his knowledge of energy transfer to design roller coasters. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
Video |
Designing a Roller CoasterIn this video segment adapted from ZOOM, the cast is challenged to design and test a roller coaster with loops, hills, and U-turns. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-5 |
Video |
Designing Balloon CarsCan the air in a balloon power a car? Watch students from Weston, Massachusetts, demonstrate their balloon car designs in this video adapted from ZOOM. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
3-8 |
Video |
Designing Electric Circuits: Door AlarmIn this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members design and build door alarms using a variety of materials, including aluminum foil, batteries, and buzzers. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-8 |
Video |
Designing Electric Circuits: Steadiness TesterIn this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members discover that metal is a good conductor of electricity as they play the steadiness tester game. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-5 |
Video |
Designing Future Cities: Alternative EnergyIn 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. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
3-8 |
Video |
Designing the Citigroup SkyscraperThis 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. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
3-8 |
Video |
Design Squad: Sound In this video segment adapted from Design Squad—a PBS TV series featuring high school contestants tackling engineering challenges—learn about the fundamentals of sound as student teams create percussive and stringed instruments for a local band.
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3-12 |
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