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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
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
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
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
Design Squad: Sound In this video segment adapted from Design Squad—a PBS TV series featuring high school contestants tackling engineering challenges—learn about the fundamentals of sound as student teams create percussive and stringed instruments for a local band. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	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
Einstein's Thoughts on the Ether Do light waves travel through the ether like waves on a lake travel through water? In this video segment adapted from NOVA, a young Albert Einstein grapples with this question while examining the speed of light. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Electricity This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K explains some electrical vocabulary and follows the route of electricity from its generation to the home. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
The Electromagnetic Spectrum: FRONTLINE This video segment adapted from FRONTLINE introduces the electromagnetic spectrum and explains how the various types of electromagnetic waves are distinguished by the amount of energy each wave carries. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
The Electromagnetic Spectrum: NASA From radio waves to gamma rays, this video segment from NASA introduces the seven categories of the electromagnetic spectrum and how each type of radiation is part of our everyday lives. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	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
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
Everyday Radiation How much radiation are we exposed to every day? Find out in this video segment adapted from FRONTLINE. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Experimenting with a Glass Xylophone In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, the cast investigates how the pitch of sound changes when they strike a variety of glasses filled with different amounts and types of liquids. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	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
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
Glass Breaking with Sound In this video adapted from the Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations, learn how a glass beaker vibrates at a specific frequency and how resonance can force it to shatter. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Global Warming: Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE demonstrates the physical property of carbon dioxide that causes the greenhouse effect. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Global Warming: The Developing World This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE looks at the future of global warming as developing nations, including India and China, increase their need for energy. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Global Warming: The Hydrogen Car Is the hydrogen car the answer to global warming? This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE looks at the pros and cons of this developing technology. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Global Warming: The Physics of the Greenhouse Effect This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE examines the greenhouse effect, its role in keeping Earth habitable, and the industrial changes that have led to an increase in the planet's average temperature. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Green Energy This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K describes renewable and non-renewable energy sources and the benefits and drawbacks of each. It provides some ideas about how you can personally conserve energy. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Hana's Japanese Drums In this ZOOM video segment, join Hana as she learns traditional Japanese drumming with her Taiko group. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	K-8	Video
$The Index of Refraction and Snell’s Law$ The Index of Refraction and Snell’s Law Learn about the index of refraction and Snell's law in this video from the ICT Center. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
Infrared: More Than Your Eyes Can See In this video segment adapted from NASA, astronomer Michelle Thaller introduces the world of infrared light and demonstrates how infrared cameras allow us to see more than what the naked eye can perceive. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Inside an Explosion From afar, an explosion may seem like one of the most incredible examples of chaotic interaction. But once you look closer, as in this video from QUEST, you will find that large-scale explosions require very precise interactions to occur in just the right sequence. Accessibility features: Caption	8-12	Video
$Interference and Diffraction$ Interference and Diffraction Learn about interference and diffraction in this video from the ICT Center. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
Kid Musician: Mexico's Guitar Town Visit with Andres during fiesta time at Paracho Michoacan, Mexico's "guitar town". As Andres shows in this video segment from ZOOM, guitar music goes beyond simple sound vibrations. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	K-5	Video
Laser Tag In this video adapted from QUEST, take a ride along with South San Francisco police officers and learn about the latest high-tech tools used in traffic law enforcement. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Laser Waterfall In this video from the Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations, observe how a laser beam is trapped in a water jet because the light reflects against the surface of the water. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
LED and Transmitter Characteristics Learn about fiber optic transmitters in this video from the ICT Center. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
Levers: Raising the Moai on Easter Island In this video segment adapted from NOVA, a team of archaeologists and engineers explores different uses of the lever by recreating the engineering feats of the ancient Easter Island peoples. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
LIDAR 3D Mapping See how researchers create 3-D maps of planets by using LIDAR (light detection and ranging) instruments in this video adapted from NASA. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Lightning! This video segment adapted from NOVA explains the mysterious force of lightning. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Light Particles Acting Like Waves: The Uncertainty Principle This 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	Video
Mitigating Climate Change In 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	Video
Nuclear Reaction: Fission This 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	Video
Nuclear Reaction: Meltdown What 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	Video
Nuclear Waste: Yucca Mountain What 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	Video
Photodetector and Receiver Characteristics Learn about fiber optic receivers in this video from the ICT Center. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
The Physics of Baseball In this video adapted from QUEST, discover that some of the rules of physics and baseball are one and the same. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Pitch: Making Guitars Watch the rubber bands vibrate on homemade guitars in this video segment adapted from ZOOM as cast members talk about pitch and demonstrate how to make a cereal box instrument. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	K-5	Video
Pitch: Straw Kazoo This video segment, adapted from ZOOM, explores the different sounds that a simple drinking straw can produce when you cut the straw and blow into it. Accessibility features: Caption	K-5	Video
Pitch: Super Sounding Drums This video segment, adapted from ZOOM, explores sounds made by homemade drums of different sizes, shapes, and materials. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
Pitch: Water Trombone This video segment, adapted from ZOOM, demonstrates how to use a drinking straw and a bottle full of water to make low- and high-pitched sounds. Accessibility features: Caption	K-5	Video
Radon Radiation The biggest source of environmental radiation might be in your home. Find out more in this video segment adapted from FRONTLINE. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Raising an Obelisk: An Engineering Puzzle This 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	Video
Robo Arm Challenge In 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	Video
A Simple Fiber-Optic Communications System Learn about rise-time analysis in fiber optic communications systems in this video from the ICT Center. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
A Simple Fiber Numerical Aperture Measurement Learn about measuring the numerical aperture of an optical fiber in this video from the ICT Center. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
Simple Machines This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K lists, describes and shows examples of the 6 simple machines and how they make work easier. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Smart Bridges In 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	Video
Snapshot of U.S. Energy Use This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE looks at American energy consumption and the resulting production of greenhouse gases. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption	3-12	Video
Solar House In this What's Up in the Environment? video segment, an electrical engineer in Virginia and his 13-year-old son explain how they produce electricity in their home. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	5-9	Video
Solar Paint Your Roof In this video segment adapted from NOVA, see how nanotechnology might be used to create a new, cheaper way to produce solar electricity for the home. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Solar Panels for Your Home In this video segment adapted from NOVA, take a look inside a solar panel to see how it works, and hear firsthand about the benefits from homeowners who are using this technology. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Solar Power This video segment from Vegas PBS shows the largest solar power system to date in the U.S. and explains how solar power can serve the needs of large-scale facilities and benefit the environment. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Sound and Solids: Listening Stick This video segment, adapted from ZOOM, explores how sound waves travel differently through air than through solids like a yardstick, a baseball bat, and a golf club. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	K-8	Video
Sound and Solids: Stereo Hangers This video segment, adapted from ZOOM, explores how sound waves travel differently through solids than through air, in this case, a metal clothes hanger. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	K-8	Video
Sound and Solids: Visualizing Vibrations In this video segment, adapted from ZOOM, a tuning fork's vibrations are made visible as ripples in a bowl of water. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	K-8	Video
Sound Waves Underwater: The Loch Ness Monster This video segment, adapted from NOVA follows a team of enthusiasts and scientists who attempt to find a trace of the Loch Ness monster by scouring the lake with sonar. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Telescope Girl In this video segment from ZOOM, 12-year-old Katy gives people in her neighborhood a glimpse of the moon through a 10-inch reflecting telescope she built herself. Accessibility features: Caption	K-8	Video
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. Accessibility features: Caption	K-5	Video