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Green Energy This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K describes renewable and non-renewable energy sources and the benefits and drawbacks of each. It provides some ideas about how you can personally conserve energy. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
4-6 |
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Shaundra Bryant Daily In this video from Science City, Shaundra Bryant Daily, an electrical engineer, describes a software program she developed to help girls reflect on their emotions, and how her two passions—science and dance—are connected.
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6-12 |
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Hoover DamThis video segment from Building Big: "Dams," demonstrates the basic principals at work in the Hoover Dam, a concrete gravity dam that also makes use of the properties of the arch. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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Hoover Dam and Hydroelectric PowerHow does a dam generate electricity and what are the environmental impacts of operating these mammoth structures? Find out in this video segment adapted from Building Big. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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A House for Teddy BearIn this video segment from PEEP and the Big Wide World, children experiment
with cardboard and build a house for their stuffed animals. Accessibility features: Caption |
K-2 |
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How Do You Get to the Moon?This video, adapted from NOVA, showcases the competing engineering plans designed for landing a person on the Moon for the first time. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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How Do You Keep Lemonade Cool?This video segment adapted from FETCH!™ shows contestants experimenting with different materials to see which is the best insulator and thus best able to keep the lemonade at their stand cool for customers. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-8 |
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How Would You Turn a Bolt in Space?In this fast-paced NASA Brain Bites™ video, an astronaut demonstrates the impact of microgravity on the use of tools in space. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-8 |
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Hubble's Expanding UniverseThis 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 |
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The Impact of Technology: CarsThis video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey looks at the invention of the automobile and the development of mass production. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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The Impact of Technology: NylonThis video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey looks at the invention of nylon. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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The Impact of Technology: SocietyThis video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey considers modern technology's impact on society. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Inflatable Moon HabitatVisit an inflatable habitat designed for astronauts to live in on the Moon in this video adapted from NASA 360. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Inspector Detector ChallengeIn this video from Design Squad Nation, kids design and build magnetic-field detectors and use them to find hidden magnets. They also learn how NASA uses magnetometers to learn what is going on inside a planet or moon. Accessibility features: Caption |
4-8 |
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Investigating a Suspension BridgeIn this video segment adapted from ZOOM, the cast builds a suspension bridge from a couple of chairs, some cardboard, and rope. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-8 |
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Invisible Force ChallengeIn this video from Design Squad Nation, kids design and build systems that use magnets to control the speed and direction of a rolling ball. They also learn how NASA uses gravity to direct a spacecraft. Accessibility features: Caption |
4-8 |
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It's Cool to Be a Civil EngineerWho decides how massive structures like skyscrapers are made? This video segment adapted from Thinking Big, Building Small showcases the job of a civil engineer. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
3-8 |
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Kid Designer: A Comfortable Cardboard ChairFollow along in this video segment from ZOOM as 13-year-old Nick explains how he came up with a design, tested materials, and constructed his own cardboard chair. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
3-12 |
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Kid Inventor: Tennis Ball Picker-UpperTired of bending down to pick up those runaway tennis balls? Leang can help you out with his handy invention in this video segment from ZOOM. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
K-5 |
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Kid Inventor: Newspaper CrankIn this video segment from ZOOM, Andrew demonstrates how his invention helps him get ready for his paper route. Accessibility features: Caption |
K-8 |
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