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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. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
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. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
Air Power: Experimenting with Balloons In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members experiment with the amount of air expelled first from a balloon, then through a straw attached to it, and see how both affect a balloon's behavior. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	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
Booming Sands This video segment, adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, presents basic concepts of physics behind "booming" sand dunes. See how surface tension affects potential and kinetic energy and how it all works together to create sound. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	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 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
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
Center of Gravity: Pencil Balance Watch the ZOOM cast learn about center of gravity by trying to balance a pencil on their fingers and noses. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	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
Defy Gravity! Centripetal Force How can you keep a ball from falling out of a jar if the jar is upside down? Watch the ZOOM cast use centripetal force to meet this challenge. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	3-8	Video
Defy Gravity! Upside Down Ping Pong Ball In this video segment, the ZOOM cast is challenged to keep a ping pong ball in a funnel while the funnel is held upside down, seemingly defying gravity. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	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
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 This video adapted from DESIGN SQUAD profiles Chris Gray, a mechanical engineer who uses his knowledge of energy transfer to design roller coasters. Accessibility features: Caption	5-12	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