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100's Day

100's Day

What does 100 look like? Sound like? Feel like? In this video from Curious George, explore the many ways to measure 100 things.

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K-2

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Acids and Bases: Cabbage Juice Indicator

Acids and Bases: Cabbage Juice Indicator

In this video segment, the ZOOM cast demonstrates how to use cabbage juice to find out if a solution is an acid or a base. OER Level

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3-8

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Acids and Bases: Making a Film Canister Rocket

Acids and Bases: Making a Film Canister Rocket

In this video segment, ZOOM cast members mix different amounts of baking soda and vinegar to see which combination produces the most carbon dioxide for launching a film-canister rocket. OER Level

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K-5

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Acids and Bases: Testing Rocket Cars

Acids and Bases: Testing Rocket Cars

In this ZOOM video segment, cast members make bottle rocket cars using lemon juice and baking soda, and experiment with different ways of launching the cars. OER Level

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3-8

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Acids and Bases: Testing Rockets

Acids and Bases: Testing Rockets

What happens when you mix baking soda and lemon juice? Watch the ZOOM cast launch a rocket using kitchen chemistry. OER Level

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3-8

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Atomic Arrangements in Solids

Atomic Arrangements in Solids

This video/animation asks the question "So if the same molecules are in the solid, liquid, and vapor forms of water, why are their properties so different?" The properties of a material are affected not just by the kinds of atom in it, but also by how they are arranged, and how free they are to move around. Forms of carbon are introduced, from graphite to buckyballs.

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6-12

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Atomic Structure of an Alloy

Atomic Structure of an Alloy

Learn about the atomic structure of bronze, a copper alloy, in this video excerpt from NOVA: "Hunting the Elements." OER Level

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6-12

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Balloon Brain: Designing a Helmet

Balloon Brain: Designing a Helmet

In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members are challenged to design protective headgear for a water balloon using what they know about the properties of the materials available. OER Level

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K-8

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A Boat That Floats

A Boat That Floats

In this video from Curious George, children build boats out of everyday materials and then predict and observe whether the boats sink or float.

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K-2

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The Chemistry of Makeup

The Chemistry of Makeup

In this video from DragonflyTV, join Jazi and Danielle as they experiment with different combinations of everyday ingredients in order to create and test batches of lip gloss.

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5-8

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Cooking Cookies with Solar Power

Cooking Cookies with Solar Power

In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, two solar cookers are tested against a control to see which can cook a "s'more" faster. OER Level

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K-8

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Helium Is Boring

Helium Is Boring

In this video adapted from the National Science Center, observe a demonstration to discover how helium gas is inert and hydrogen gas is reactive. OER Level

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3-8

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Mystery Mud: Exploring Changes in States of Matter

Mystery Mud: Exploring Changes in States of Matter

Join 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. OER Level

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3-8

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States of Matter

States of Matter

This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K explains and gives examples of the 4 states of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. OER Level

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4-6

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Testing Insulators: Ice Cube in a Box

Testing Insulators: Ice Cube in a Box

Watch the ZOOM cast discover which insulator -- newspaper or aluminum foil -- is better at keeping an ice cube frozen longer. OER Level

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K-5

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Using a Compass to Find Your Way

Using a Compass to Find Your Way

Kelsey and Ryan show how to use a compass as they race through their orienteering course in this video segment from ZOOM. OER Level

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3-5

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Using Salt to Melt Ice

Using Salt to Melt Ice

How can you pick up an ice cube with a string? Watch this video segment adapted from ZOOM to see how salt can help. OER Level

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K-8

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The Value of Copper

The Value of Copper

This video excerpt from NOVA: "Hunting the Elements" examines copper's many uses and how its price is an economic indicator. OER Level

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6-12

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Volume and Shapes

Volume and Shapes

If boxes have different shapes but are made from the same number of identical blocks, do they have the same volume? Explore properties of shape and volume in this video from Curious George.

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K-5

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