Process Technology Student: Chemical & Refinery Process Technician

Learn about the field of process technology and how it can lead to a career in chemical plants and refineries, in this video adapted from Pathways to Technology.

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Process Technology: Training & Careers

Learn about the field of process technology in this video excerpted from Pathways to Technology.

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Programming a Robot

In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad breaks down an action into a series of steps in order to program a robot to do what they need it to do.

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Quality Control Microbiologist

In this video produced for Teachers' Domain, go behind the scenes with a quality control microbiologist and find out why this job is so important to drug manufacturing.

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Quantus

This original animation from KET introduces Pythagoras’ belief that “all is number.” The virtual world of computer animation shows how the movement and shape of computer characters can be described with numbers, or “quantified.”

Radio Waves & Electromagnetic Fields

In this interactive simulation adapted from the University of Colorado's Physics Education Technology project, explore how a radio transmitter broadcasts electromagnetic radiation.

Rapid Prototype Modeling

Students in the emerging field of rapid technologies describe how they quickly turn designs into 3-D models and discuss their career goals in this video adapted from ATETV.

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The Real C.S.I.

In this video segment from QUEST, learn about a specific area of forensics and how it is applied to areas of immigration.

Reroofing Your Uncle's House

This interactive activity adapted from the Wisconsin Online Resource Center challenges you to plan, measure, and calculate the correct amount of roofing material needed to reroof a house.

Research Assistant Sandra Bustamante

In this video produced for Teachers' Domain, meet Sandra Bustamante, a university research assistant who started her career with a biotechnology certificate and is now using nanotechnology—rather than needles—to deliver vaccines.

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Reverse Evolution Machine

In this video adapted from KQED's QUEST, learn how scientist David Haussler is using biotechnology to reconstruct ancient genomes in an effort to find out how animals have evolved over time.

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Road Signs Gallery

This collection of still images depicts various types of road signs and represents one form of research an engineer might conduct to design a road sign effectively.

Robofly

Featuring slow-motion footage of insects in flight, this video adapted from NOVA explores the engineering challenge of designing a robotic aerial vehicle that flies like a bug.

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Robot Race

In this video segment adapted from NOVA, cars drive themselves. Teams of designers using different technologies compete for a two-million-dollar prize to see which unmanned vehicle will make it to the finish line first.

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Segway Technology: What's Newton Got to Do with It?

What do the laws of physics have to do with engineering? Find out in this video segment featuring inventor Dean Kamen and his inventions, the IBOT and the Segway.

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A Simple Fiber-Optic Communications System

Learn about rise-time analysis in fiber optic communications systems in this video from the ICT Center.

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A Simple Fiber Numerical Aperture Measurement

Learn about measuring the numerical aperture of an optical fiber in this video from the ICT Center.

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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.

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Smart Power Grid

This video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW provides an overview of the existing United States power grid, and envisions a "smart" power grid that would prevent problems, such as blackouts, and reduce energy waste and pollution.

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Space Shuttle Era: Booster Recovery Divers

Climb aboard NASA’s solid rocket booster recovery ships to see how divers retrieve the space shuttle’s solid rocket boosters after they separate from the shuttle and splash down into the ocean, in this video from NASA.

Space Shuttle Era: External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters

In this video from NASA, see how the shuttle’s external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters work together to lift the 4.5 million-pound orbiter into space.

Stem Cells Breakthrough

In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, follow the scientific process that led to a revolutionary method for creating stem cells without the use of human embryos.

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Studying the Antarctic Sea Floor

Studying life on the seafloor beneath Antarctica's thick ice is a major challenge for ecologists. Learn about a new device that can reach those icy depths in this video segment adapted from WomenInAntarctica.com.

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Super Salmon

This video segment from FRONTLINE/NOVA: "Harvest of Fear" explores genetic modification of salmon and possible consequences.

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Synthetic Biologist Karmella Haynes

In this video produced for Teachers' Domain, meet researcher Karmella Haynes, a synthetic biologist who is using biotechnology to create living "devices" that help visualize how cancer develops.

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Technology Over Time

This interactive activity adapted from A Science Odyssey offers a historic tour of technologies common in homes from 1900 to 2010.

Teens for Safe Cosmetics

In this video adapted from Earth Island Institute's New Leaders Initiative, meet a high school student who worked to enact a state law to make cosmetics safer, after she learned they contained toxic chemicals linked to cancer.

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Testing the Quality of Wheat Products

This interactive activity adapted from Montana State University shows how various wheat products used in the food industry are tested to make sure they have the desired physical and nutritional characteristics.

Therapeutic Uses of Stem Cells

This interactive activity adapted from the HHMI Outreach Program at Harvard University explores the many potential uses of stem cells to treat and cure disease.

Tissue Engineering

In this video segment from Design Squad, see where medical science meets tissue engineering in an implantable device designed to help people suffering from liver disease.

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Tracking Polar Bears

In this interactive activity adapted from the USGS Alaska Science Center, track the movements of a polar bear as it migrates across the changing Arctic sea ice and compare the paths of four different polar bears.

Transforming Competent Cells

Learn how to perform a bacterial transformation by splitting and mixing competent cells, and then adding a ligated plasmid in this video produced by WGBH.

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Transforming the Future of Flight

In this video segment adapted from NASA, learn how engineers are transforming the future of flight by designing airplanes based on principles found in nature.

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Triangles and Arches in Architecture

This collection of still images features two of the most important shapes in architecture: the triangle and the arch.

Triangles: Designing a Newspaper Chair

Watch the ZOOM cast build a chair out of newspaper by making good use of the strength of triangles.

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Triangles: Designing a Straw Bridge

In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, the cast tries to design and build a bridge made out of drinking straws that will support the weight of 200 pennies.

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Triangles: Testing the Strength of a Gumdrop Dome

Can a dome made of gumdrops and toothpicks support the weight of a stack of books? To find out, watch this video segment adapted from ZOOM.

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Unclogging a Column

This video produced by WGBH demonstrates how to redistribute the resin in a column if there is particulate matter blocking the sieve.

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Using an Electrophoresis Box

This video produced by WGBH shows how to prepare an agarose gel for electrophoresis.

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Water Treatment Technician

Take a tour of a water desalination plant and learn more about how saltwater is turned into fresh drinking water in this video adapted from ATETV.

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Ways of Navigation

This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, describes three different ways that people have navigated the oceans.

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Welding

In this video segment adapted from Pennsylvania College of Technology and WVIA, take a closeup look at different types of welding, and hear about the high demand for new welding talent.

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Welding Supervisor

In this video segment adapted from Pennsylvania College of Technology and WVIA, get a behind-the-scenes look at a Toyota manufacturing plant with a manufacturing specialist who oversees robotic welding cells.

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Wind Energy Technology

In this video adapted from ATETV, find out more about the career training available for the growing industry of wind energy technology.

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Windmill Gallery

This collection of still images features a variety of windmills and turbines.

A World Without Humans

This video segment from Nature: "Radioactive Wolves” explores the 1986 meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and its consequences upon the landscape, wildlife, and human population of what has come to be known as the “Exclusion Zone.”