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Acid Mine Drainage and Precipitates In this video, environmental scientists measure the pH of water to detect acid mine drainage from an abandoned coal mine and then demonstrate how metals present in acid drainage fall out of solution as precipitates when a basic substance is added to the water. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Controlling Water Run-off This video shows how the environmentally friendly design of the Visitor Center at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest near Louisville slows down water run-off and helps to control non-point-source water pollution, conserve water, and prevent soil erosion Accessibility features: Caption	4-12	Video
Environmental Impact of Acid Mine Drainage This video shows how acid mine drainage from an abandoned coal mine has affected Wildcat Branch in Kentucky's Daniel Boone National Forest. Because the creek has a very acidic pH of 2.9, most organisms cannot survive there, and Wildcat Branch is essentially dead. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Reusing Wastewater This video demonstrates how peat filtration beds at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest near Louisville, Kentucky purify and conserve wastewater and eliminate one cause of non-point-source water pollution. Accessibility features: Caption	4-12	Video
The Geology of Coal In this video, a geologist describes how coal, a sedimentary rock, was formed when organic materials piled up in swamps millions of years ago. Over time, heat and pressure transformed the buried materials into forms of coal that cause acid mine drainage when exposed to oxygen. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
High-Sulfur Coal and Acidic Water In this video, a geologist measures the pH of water after high-sulfur coal from a Kentucky coal mine has been added to it. This test demonstrates that the sulfate salts found on the coal’s surface cause the water to become much more acidic. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Rain Gardens This video shows how a rain garden at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest near Louisville, Kentucky slows down the flow of water from the forest’s parking lot and helps prevent soil erosion. Accessibility features: Caption	4-12	Video
Mycoremediation This video explores the process of mycoremediation: planting fungi such as oyster mushrooms to mitigate non-point-source water pollution caused by oil, gasoline, and other toxic substances. Accessibility features: Caption	4-12	Video
Restoring Lower Rock Creek This brief video describes how Lower Rock Creek’s location between two National Wild and Scenic Rivers caused Kentucky environmentalists to choose the creek as a target for acid mine drainage remediation. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Acid Mine Drainage Remediation In this video, an environmental technologist visits an abandoned coal mine in Kentucky to talk about how a remediation system (a series of settling ponds and treatment cells) is neutralizing the acid drainage flowing from the mine and keeping it from damaging a creek downstream. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Applying the Scientific Method This video provides a real-life example of the scientific method: testing hypotheses about which plants will grow most successfully on a green roof in Kentucky. Accessibility features: Caption	4-12	Video
Results of Acid Mine Drainage Remediation In this video, a biologist visits Rock Creek in Pulaski County, Kentucky to show how acid mine drainage remediation has increased the stream’s pH from acidic levels to almost neutral. Although the ecosystem has not been completely restored, many species have returned to Rock Creek. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Stream Restoration This video explores how Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest near Louisville, Kentucky has restored a channelized or straightened stream to its original meandering path, thereby improving the stream’s water quality and creating a better habitat for wildlife. Accessibility features: Caption	4-12	Video
Aquatic Insects In this brief video, a biologist talks about the macroinvertebrates (typically aquatic insects) that form the basis of food webs in healthy Kentucky streams. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Detached Wetlands This video depicts a detached wetland, a small pool that forms beside a shallow meandering stream when it overflows its banks. These wetlands are important breeding grounds for the invertebrates that live in and beside streams Accessibility features: Caption	4-12	Video
Agricultural Technology Student: Farming & GPS/GIS Learn how agricultural technology is changing farming, and one student's life, in this video adapted from Pathways to Technology. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Agricultural Technology Student: Water Management & GPS/GIS See one adult student's experience attending community college, studying agricultural technology, and discovering career opportunities, in this video adapted from Pathways to Technology. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Allison Bolinger: Spacewalk Flight Controller and Trainer In this video from Design Squad Nation, NASA spacewalk flight controller and trainer Allison Bolinger teaches astronauts how to work outside their spacecraft. Accessibility features: Caption	4-8	Video
Arch Bridge This video segment adapted from Building Big illustrates the strength of the arch in bridge design and construction. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Are Computers Intelligent? This video excerpt from NOVA: “Smartest Machine on Earth” explains why computers can be so good at chess. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Ask an Engineer Explore some of the wonders of modern engineering in this video from the Sciencenter in Ithaca, New York. Hear a diverse selection of engineers explain how things work. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Associate Scientist Andres Berrio In this video segment produced for Teachers' Domain, Andres Berrio, an associate scientist at Biogen Idec, discusses what he has done to succeed in the biotechnology field. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
ATE Internships and Co-ops In this video adapted from ATETV, learn how Bristol Community College promotes internships and co-ops to prepare students for work in technology-related careers. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Automatic Door Opener In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, watch the design process in action as cast members create automatic door openers to open their bedroom doors while still lying down. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
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. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	K-8	Video
Bioengineering Body Parts In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, scientists discuss their attempts to grow human body parts in a jar. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Biomanufacturing Supervisor In this video adapted from Connecticut's College of Technology/Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing, hear firsthand about what it’s like to be a biomanufacturing supervisor, making products that help save people's lives. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Biomedical Technician Training In this video adapted from ATETV, hear from a medical electronics engineering technology student about how she is improving her math, science, electronics, and communications skills in her community college program. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Biotechnology: Production Support Associate Learn how a community college degree in biotechnology led one woman to a career in helping to treat cancer, in this video excerpt from Pathways to Technology. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Biotechnology Student Profile Follow a high school student who is exploring the field of biotechnology by taking community college classes and job shadowing in this video segment adapted from Pathways to Technology. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Biotechnology: Training & Careers Learn what biotechnology is and what careers are available in the field, in this video excerpted from Pathways to Technology. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Biotechnology: Upstream Processing Associate In this video excerpted from Pathways to Technology, watch how one woman happily spends her days looking for a protein to help treat cancer, thanks to her community college degree in biotechnology. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Brain Trauma Find out how serious head concussions can be in this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Breaking Point: Testing Tensile Strength This video excerpt from NOVA’s "Making Stuff: Stronger" and accompanying demonstration illustrate the toughness and tensile strength of Kevlar® and other everyday materials. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Building a Cleaner Battery This video excerpt from NOVA’s "Making Stuff: Cleaner" and accompanying activity guide for grades K–8 introduce students to the design and use of batteries and the rapidly developing science of clean energy and clean materials. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Building a Dam Like a Beaver In this video segment from PEEP and the Big Wide World, children make a dam with dirt, sticks, and stones to try to stop the flow of water. Accessibility features: Caption	K-2	Video
Building Simple Machines: A Glass of Milk, Please In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, the cast shows how the 34 steps in their Rube Goldberg invention use everything from gravity to carbon dioxide gas in order to accomplish one simple task: pouring a glass of milk. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
Building Simple Machines: Plant Quencher In this video segment from ZOOM, Jillian explains how her simple machine uses marbles, levers, flowing sand, and a spinning wheel to water a plant. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
Building the Alaska Oil Pipeline This video segment adapted from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE tells the story of how environmentalists, Alaska Native peoples, and engineers concerned about the effects of permafrost challenged plans for the Alaska oil pipeline. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Building the Channel Tunnel How do you build a tunnel 32 miles long -- under water? This video segment adapted from Building Big, follows the construction of the Channel Tunnel (nicknamed "Chunnel"), the engineering wonder that connects England to France. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
The Business of Bioplastics This video excerpt from NOVA’s "Making Stuff: Cleaner" and accompanying demonstration introduce students to the production and importance of bioplastics, or plastics made from plant or animal products. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Can a Computer Fly an Airplane? This video excerpt from NOVA shows how the computer system on the A330 airplane can fly the plane safely without a human pilot. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Capturing Carbon In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, a scientist, inspired by his daughter's science fair project, develops a synthetic "tree" to remove excess carbon dioxide from the air. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Carbon-Fiber Car of the Future In this video segment adapted from NOVA, find out how cars made of a material stronger than steel and half the weight can help combat climate change. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Careers in Plastics Learn about opportunities for working in the growing field of plastics, including the emerging area of "green" technologies, in this video segment adapted from Pennsylvania College of Technology and WVIA. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
China’s Innovative Past This audio segment from PRI's The World Science Podcast explores the roots of China's creative past and examines why China, a country that over 1500 years came up with some of the most important inventions the world had ever seen, might have lost its innovative edge to the West. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Audio
Clean Coal? Explore the challenges facing the deployment of clean coal technology in this video segment adapted from FRONTLINE: "Heat." Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Collecting Data Below the Earth's Surface This video segment adapted from Discovering Women demonstrates how scientists use sound waves to collect data about the structure of Earth's crust. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Columns: Experimenting with Paper Cups In this video segment from ZOOM, the cast experiments to see if a bunch of paper cups covered by a piece of cardboard can support the weight of a cast member. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	3-8	Video
Columns: Hillary's Neighborhood In this video segment from ZOOM, Hillary, from Randolph, MA, takes us on a tour of the columns in her neighborhood. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	K-8	Video
Composite Materials for Space Discover why engineers use composite materials to build spacecraft prototypes in this video segment adapted from NASA 360. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Computer Game and Simulation Technology Find out more about the cutting-edge field of simulation and computer game development in this video adapted from ATETV. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Converting to Biodiesel Meet a college student whose class project to turn cooking grease into diesel fuel resulted in converting bus fleets to biodiesel, in this video from Earth Island Institute's New Leaders Initiative. Accessibility features: Caption	5-12	Video
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. Accessibility features: Caption	K-8	Video
Counting Neutrons on the Moon Find 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
The Deployable Energy Absorber Watch how engineers stage a crash to test a new helicopter safety design technology in this video from NASA. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Design for Function In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad designs an invention that will help them cross a swamp and also reach the top of a tall cliff. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	3-5	Video
Designing a Paper Bridge In 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 Mobile The 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 Coaster In 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 Cars Can 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: Steadiness Tester In 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 Energy In 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 Swimming Prosthetics for a Dancer In this video segment adapted from DESIGN SQUAD, teams of high school kids use the engineering design process to build specialized prostheses for a double-amputee dancer who performs underwater. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Designing a Wheelchair for Rugby In this video segment adapted from DESIGN SQUAD, teams of high school kids use the engineering design process to build an automated wheelchair to help a U.S. Paralympic athlete train. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Down to the Core Challenge In this video from Design Squad Nation, kids design and build devices that can extract a core sample from a potato “asteroid.” They also learn how samples give NASA scientists insight into solar system objects. Accessibility features: Caption	4-8	Video
Drafting and Graphics Engineering In this video adapted from ATETV, hear firsthand from an engineering technology graphics student about her plans to work with an architect after she completes her community college program. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Drilling to Antarctica’s Rock Core In this video adapted from ANDRILL, find out how geoscientists get through more than a dozen football fields of ice and water in order to study the rock and sediment beneath Antarctica. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
Eduardo Torres-Jara In this video from Science City, meet Eduardo Torres-Jara, a postdoctoral associate in electrical engineering and computer science at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab. He describes his work on innovative robots that use tactile feedback to locate and grasp objects. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Eco Electronics In this video adapted from DESIGN SQUAD, meet engineers who help protect the environment by recycling and using biodegradable materials. Accessibility features: Caption	5-12	Video
Electric Girl Anna loves electricity. Watch her construct a homemade flashlight and show off her new, electrifying hairdo in this video segment from ZOOM. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
Electronic Gadgets Two kids learn some surprising facts about the parts in their computer game, in this animated video from LOOP SCOOPS. Accessibility features: Caption	1-4	Video
Electrophoresis and Gel Analysis In this animation produced by WGBH and Digizyme, Inc., see how molecules of DNA are separated using gel electrophoresis, and how this process enables scientists to compare the molecular variations of two or more DNA samples. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Eluting Red Fluorescent Protein From the Column This video produced by WGBH demonstrates how to properly elute a red fluorescent protein after it has been bound in a chromatography column. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Energy Audit Technology Watch students as they conduct an energy audit on a home and gain hands-on experience for a career in the green energy industry, in this video adapted from ATETV. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Engineering Biofuels In this video segment adapted from KQED's QUEST, find out how synthetic biologists use the techniques of metabolic engineering and directed evolution to make more effective biofuels. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Engineering for the Red Planet In this video segment from NASA, robotics researcher Ayanna Howard uses engineering to improve the intelligence of robots in space exploration. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Engineering Technology: Electronic Maintenance Engineer See what an electronic maintenance engineer does to keep his factory running smoothly, in this video adapted from Pathways to Technology. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Engineering Technology: Value Engineer In this video adapted from Pathways to Technology, learn how one woman's community college education helped her transition to a career in laser technology, working on night-vision products. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Jennifer Hannaford In this video from Science City, meet Jennifer Hannaford, a forensic scientist. She describes the steps to recover and analyze fingerprints to help solve crimes. She also discusses common attributes between art and science. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Environmental Justice: Opposing a Toxic Waste Incinerator In this video segment adapted from Earthkeeping: "Toxic Racism," learn how farm workers and farm owners formed a rare alliance in an effort to block the use of an incinerator in their Latino community by suing a major corporation for environmental discrimination. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Epigenetics In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, learn how what you eat, drink, or smoke may affect the instructions your epigenomes send to your genes, and as a result, change how your DNA is expressed. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Erick Ordoñez: Materials Engineer In this video from Design Squad Nation, NASA materials engineer Erick Ordoñez explains how he makes sure that the materials NASA sends into space are problem-free. Accessibility features: Caption	4-8	Video
Kerri-Ann Richard In this video from Science City, Kerri-Ann Richard, an environmental engineer, describes how she became interested in the field and why it is important to clean up the environment by removing contaminants from soil and ground water. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Ethanol Biofuel In this video segment adapted from NOVA, learn about one scientist's idea for using biotechnology to make ethanol a more efficient alternative to gasoline. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Exploring Windmill Design In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members are challenged to design a windmill that can be powered by a hair dryer. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
Field Service Engineer Meet a field service engineer and hear about his work, education, and internship experiences, in this video adapted from ATETV. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Fire Safety in High Rises This video segment adapted from NOVA explains how the sprinkler revolutionized fire safety and also features developments in fire-safety design for high-rise buildings. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Firth of Forth Cantilever Bridge This video segment from Building Big: "Bridges" demonstrates the basic design of a cantilever bridge by looking at Scotland's Firth of Forth Railway Bridge. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Forensic DNA Analysis This video segment from NOVA: "The Killer's Trail" investigates the potential for DNA evidence to solve murder cases, even those from the distant past. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Fracking In this video segment adapted from Need to Know, learn about the controversial method of extracting natural gas known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and how some residents who live near drill sites are concerned that it's polluting their water. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Franklin Chang-Díaz: Rocket Scientist This video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW profiles Franklin Chang-Díaz, a scientist who is working on plasma-powered rockets and was NASA's first Latin American astronaut. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Fusion: Testing the First Hydrogen Device This video segment adapted from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE features original footage of the U.S. test of the first hydrogen device, code-named "Mike", that would trigger thermonuclear fusion. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Fusion: The Hydrogen Bomb Just after World War II, nuclear scientists turned their attention from fission to fusion. This video segment adapted from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE looks at the beginnings of thermonuclear power generation. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Galileo's Telescope The invention of the telescope helped change our understanding of the universe. This video segment adapted from NOVA looks at Galileo's contribution to this technology. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Genetically Engineering the Avian Flu In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, learn about a radical biotechnology experiment aimed at figuring out how to stop the avian flu virus. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Genetic Engineering and Working with DNA In this animation produced by WGBH and Digizyme, Inc., see how bacterial plasmids are engineered to clone or express genes that code for proteins such as human insulin. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Geothermal Power This video segment from Vegas PBS shows the important role geothermal energy systems can play in making a more energy-efficient and greener building. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Germany Phases Out Nuclear Power This video excerpt from FRONTLINE: "Nuclear Aftershocks" explores the debate behind Germany's decision to phase out its nuclear energy program and revert back to coal as “the bridge” that will eventually allow greater reliance on renewable energy. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Glider Boy Meet 12-year-old Jesse, the designer of dozens of gliders, in this ZOOM video segment. Some of his gliders fit in your hand, while others can only be stored in the garage. Watch his gliders go and learn why they fly. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	K-8	Video