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Mind-Controlled Robotic ArmThis NOVA scienceNOW video shows a quadriplegic move a robotic arm with her mind, an incredible feat in brain science. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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A Nanotube Space ElevatorIn this video adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, find out about the discovery of a new building material, the carbon nanotube, whose physical properties could theoretically enable the creation of a 22,000-mile elevator to space. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Nanowires and the Ever-Shrinking MicrochipThis video excerpt from NOVA’s "Making Stuff: Smaller" and accompanying demonstration introduce students to small, thin wires, called nanowires, that may help make computers and electronics even smaller in the future. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
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Next-Generation Space SuitsIn this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, MIT engineer Dava Newman is working to replace today's bulky, inflated space suits with a radical, sleek design that may one day allow astronauts to walk easily on Mars. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Off-Road EngineeringThis video segment adapted from Pennsylvania College of Technology and WVIA shows students designing and building a rugged off-road vehicle for an automotive engineering competition. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Outsmarting OobleckThis video excerpt from NOVA’s "Making Stuff: Smarter" and accompanying activity for grades K–8 help students investigate some “smart” materials that respond to forces or changes in their environment in unusual ways. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
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Pantheon DomeThis video segment adapted from Building Big: "Domes" illustrates how the design of the Pantheon Dome emerged out of another form, the arch. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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Plastic Race Car CompetitionHigh school students learn about plastics technologies as they design and build car bodies for a remote-control race car competition in this video segment adapted from Pennsylvania College of Technology and WVIA. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Raising an Obelisk: An Engineering PuzzleThis video segment adapted from NOVA follows two teams as they each test a different engineering design in an effort to explain how ancient Egyptians raised a giant stone obelisk. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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Rapid Prototype ModelingStudents in the emerging field of rapid technologies describe how they quickly turn designs into 3-D models and discuss their career goals in this video adapted from ATETV. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Remotely Operated VehiclesIn this video adapted from the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center, learn how some students are putting to work both technical skills as well as "soft" skills, such as teamwork and problem solving, in creating underwater remotely operated vehicles. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Revealing the Origins of LifeLearn how scientists explore the chemistry behind the first life on Earth and discover one way it may have arisen from simple chemicals and natural pathways, in this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Robo Arm ChallengeIn this video from Design Squad Nation, kids design and build controllable mechanical arms and use them to lift objects and play games. They also learn how NASA uses robotic arms on many of its missions. Accessibility features: Caption |
4-8 |
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RoboflyFeaturing slow-motion footage of insects in flight, this video adapted from NOVA explores the engineering challenge of designing a robotic aerial vehicle that flies like a bug. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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RoboSnailIn this video segment adapted from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a team from the Mechanical Engineering Department studies snail movement for inspiration that may lead to new forms of robotic locomotion. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Segway Technology: What's Newton Got to Do with It?What do the laws of physics have to do with engineering? Find out in this video segment featuring inventor Dean Kamen and his inventions, the IBOT and the Segway. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Shape Shifters: Shape-Memory Alloys and PolymersThis video excerpt from NOVA’s "Making Stuff: Smarter" and accompanying demonstration teach students about revolutionary shape-memory materials. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
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Simple SolutionsAmy Smith is an engineer who designs simple and inexpensive solutions to real-world problems. This video produced for Teachers' Domain features her innovative design for testing the safety of drinking water in the developing world. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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Smart BridgesIn this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, learn about engineering innovations that could help detect a bridge's structural weaknesses before they become dangerous. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Soft Landing ChallengeIn this video from Design Squad Nation, kids model NASA’s airbag landing system. They design and build protective covers made of balloons to protect an egg dropped from a height of three feet. Accessibility features: Caption |
4-8 |
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