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Lifting with AirHow can you lift a heavy metal table using air? In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members succeed in lifting a table using their own breath and a few plastic bags. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
K-8 |
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Lightning!This video segment adapted from NOVA explains the mysterious force of lightning. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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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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Mapping Magnetic FieldsThis video adapted from NASA explains how a magnetometer determines magnetic fields around planets. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Melissa Franklin: High Energy PhysicsThis video segment adapted from Discovering Women profiles Fermilab physicist and Harvard professor Melissa Franklin. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Mitigating Climate ChangeIn this video segment adapted from Navajo Technical College, meet a chemistry professor who explains some of the core concepts connected to climate change: carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and emissions from energy use. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Mixing ColorsChildren learn the basics of mixing primary colors in this original animated video. Accessibility features: Caption |
Pre-K-1 |
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Motion and Relativity This video from the American Museum of Natural History illustrates how motion is described relative to a frame of reference, and how Einstein's special theory of relativity is needed to describe the motion of objects traveling near the speed of light.
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9-12 |
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Mystery Mud: Exploring Changes in States of MatterJoin a group of middle-school students on a visit to a laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where they experiment with "mystery mud" and learn about the relationships between magnetism, particle motion, and changes in the state of matter.
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3-8 |
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NanotechnologyLearn about the fundamentals of nanotechnology and its applications, in this video segment adapted from Pennsylvania College of Technology and WVIA. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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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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A New Theory of LightningIn this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, follow scientists as they test a new theory suggesting that lightning here on Earth is triggered by cosmic rays from far-away dying stars.
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6-12 |
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Newton's Third Law of Motion: Astronauts in Outer SpaceIn this video segment adapted from NOVA, NASA learns hard lessons from the first American attempt to do work while "walking" in space. The video also explores Newton's third law of motion. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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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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Nuclear Reaction: FissionThis video segment adapted from FRONTLINE looks at nuclear fission as an energy source that can be used to generate electricity. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Nuclear Reaction: MeltdownWhat happens when a nuclear reactor overheats? This video segment adapted from FRONTLINE looks at the nuclear reactor meltdown at Chernobyl, the worst accident of its kind. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Nuclear Waste: Yucca MountainWhat happens to nuclear waste? This video segment adapted from FRONTLINE explores the controversy surrounding the United States' first nuclear repository site. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Oil Contaminants Hidden from ViewThis video adapted from KTOO explores why the beaches of Latouche Island and Knight Island, Alaska, contain remnants of an oil spill and discusses its resulting impact on the Alutiiq community of Chenega Bay. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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The Origin of the ElementsThis video segment adapted from NOVA explains the origin of the elements and how scientists use unique element profiles to identify supernova types. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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