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Woman with a lanyard around her neck talks to us in front of a background that has illustrations of school buses, apples, pencils, and scissors. Next to her are three illustrations, one of a man driving a school bus full of kids, one with a woman smiling and waving at us, and another of a woman tilting her head and smiling.

Woman leans over a bathroom sink and washes her hands. We can see her reflection in the mirror in front of her.

Woman wearing a purple dress talks to us as she leans on a glass table. Behind her are two TV screens, one showing the Satellite and Radar for the United States, and the other shows the satellite and radar for Florida with a hug blue H covering the state.

Man wearing a lab coat with a stethoscope around his neck talks to us and folds his hands together. Next to him is an illustration of a boy tucked in bed.

Still image from: Mind Frame: Suicide Prevention

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Digital illustration of a frowning girl beside an inset of the same girl posing with a hand on her hip and smiling confidently. Caption. But there's something wrong with this picture.

Teenage boy speaks to camera, face in shadow. Caption. It was never the same, even from the same person.

Painted statue of a policeman in full uniform kneeling next to a sitting German Shepherd police dog. The statue is inside a museum.

Cover of a storybook called, "Baby Sunshine's Safety Signs." There's a color illustration of a baby with curly black hair in a diaper and yellow shirt petting a brown and white spotted dog at a park.

Closeup of a preteen girl with curly dark hair in a pink shirt in a room with blue decor. She's holding up a smartphone in a purple case. Caption. So what if you lose it.

Computer screen shows a preteen girl with dark hair in a ponytail and a pink tank top walking next to a girlfriend while looking at an older cellphone in her hands. Caption. Sarah just got a text message from her mom that got her angry.

Illustration of a cat. Caption: Have you smelled the air? It's unbreathable!

Cartoon of a young boy with rosy cheeks and blue eyes wearing yellow pajamas while sitting in bed. Caption. Now we won't be able to play there.

Illustration of people crouching to look at water coming out of a pipe after the water has been processed. Caption: The station has almost totally cleaned the water.

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Busy road at twilight with several cars traveling with their headlights turned on. Caption. Patrice as Narrator. When should your lights be on?

Lightning branching across the sky. Caption: (female narrator) Lightning is a rapid discharge of electrical energy

Color illustration. Policeman with a dark moustache smiles at a friendly dog. Caption. Then Officer Buckle thought of his best safety tip yet.

Still image from: Once Upon a Time: Femicide (Spanish)

Man wearing a black winter coat and hat stands in the snow while holding up a white cane with a special attachment at the end.

Cartoon of Otto the Auto on a road. Otta is a red convertible car with white tires where the headlights look like eyes and the grill is a smiling mouth. Caption. I hope you'll be careful at times like that.

Otto the Auto drives from the right along a road lined by tall office buildings. Caption. Let's learn the right way to wear safety belts.

Closeup of smiling toddler with a pink shirt and light brown hair in pigtails holding a baby in a light pink onesie. The baby has a red rash on her cheeks. Caption. And on her body.

Man in raincoat and hat with words, "Downplay, Don't Fight Back, Shrug It Off", projected over image. Caption. Bullies don't like to pick on people who don't care.

Wide view of the side of a mountain almost entirely covered with snow with a few rocky areas emerging. Disappearing text reads, "Chapelco Resort, Argentina, 2012."

Still image from: Overview: U.S. Streets Are Dangerous. We Can Fix Them!

Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of a boy standing by a stream and looking up from a paper as a younger boy carries a rock over to him. Picture bubbles circle a tractor, spider, ant hill, and other things. Texts tells us that the boys are looking for things on a list.

Cartoon of two boys smirking and shaking hands. One holds a piggy bank. Caption. Pepín ha ahorrado junto con su amigo, Billy, para comprar.

Screenshot of a video chat between Dianna and another woman. The other woman has dark hair with the ends dyed blue and green, over the head headphones with her hands up as she speaks. Dianna appears in the lower left corner wearing silver headphones.

Digital illustration of a teenage girl with a word bubble that reads, "Hi Alex," waving at a teenage boy with hearts above his head and a word bubble that reads, "Hello!" Caption. To impress his friends and girls in his class.

Cross section of water with a concentration of a substance in part of it. Caption: Blooms can also deplete oxygen from the water,

Black background with blurred light spots. Text on image reads, "Preventing Accidental Drug Overdoses."

Closeup of woman speaking to camera with a superimposed blue grid in the background. Caption. Becoming higher in athletic injury.

Man wearing goggles, valved face mask, face shield, and gloves. Caption. You come in contact with is contaminated.

Digital illustration of a bulletin board sticking out of a globe with a rectangle attached that reads, "Credit card" and another that reads, "High School, Maggie, 11 grade." Caption. Credit card and student I, D numbers.

Digital illustration of a teenage girl with a word bubble that reads, "Hi Alex," waving at a teenage boy with hearts above his head and a word bubble that reads, "Hello!" Caption. To impress his friends and girls in his class.

Gray C, G, I tug boat on the ocean at night in the rain with a small white airplane flying toward it. Caption. Hold on! I'm going to help you.

Front view of Florence, a C, G, I white ambulance with headlights that look like eyes and a mouth across the front bumper, parked by the entrance of a hospital. Caption. Hi. I'll be right back.

Front view of Sergeant Cooper, a C, G, I police car with black across the front and white on the sides, driving on a city street with a school bus and other vehicles in the background. Caption. I will show you what we do.

Side view of a red fire engine as it drives on a street with factory towers in the background.

C, G, I William Watermore the fire truck spraying water onto vehicle that's on fire. They are amongst power transformers in a power station in the middle of a city.

Teenage boy with black hair and a gray hoodie sweatshirt sits and turns to his right while talking. Another teenage boy in a red tee-shirt with dark hair sits behind him. Caption. It's a way they act how they've been treated.

Closeup of a teenage boy with dark hair talking in front of a teenage girl with long light brown hair, lipstick, and silver choker necklace looking toward him. Caption. People say, 'You want to go out?' And they say, 'Okay.'

Sepia tone image of a police officer in uniform leaning on his squad car near the right rear passenger door as he talks to a small crowd of teenagers. Caption, narrator talking. We'll cover why belonging to a gang.

Closeup of woman with short brown hair, red lipstick, hoop earrings, and a white collared shirt talking in front of several papers hanging from a cork board. Caption. School, or their parents.

Man walks towards a car stopped in the middle of the street with the driver's side door open and no driver. Caption. The trigger for this behavior may be something minor.

Woman leans back against a wall at home, holding her hands on her head with an exasperated facial expression. Next to her, a baby sitting on the floor. Caption. Man as narrator. Man is upstairs!

Black and white surveillance frame of a person wearing dark clothes and a backpack reaching down to open a door. Caption. To see through smoke and darkness.

Work shoe with sparks landing on ground in front. Caption. This program is concerned with keeping your feet safe.

Busy city street with trucks, several pedestrians, mopeds, and a man riding a bicycle in the middle of the street. Caption. There is little adherence to traffic laws.

Residential street with cars parked alongside the curb. Caption lyrics. Look out for someone you know you can cross with.

Beakers and test tubes with colored liquid. Caption: Some chemicals irritate and damage

Digital illustration of 3 smiling teenage girls in party dresses with their hands on their hips. Caption. They're having a great time.

Cartoon magnifying glass held over a 2-story white house. Caption. Synthesizer plays upbeat music.

Teenage girl with a concerned expression talks to a boy in the school hallway next to a row of lockers. Caption. Should I have told someone?

Screenshot of the desktop of an older Windows computer with a few windows open and a small box in the bottom right showing a preview of another window. Spanish caption. Estos ataques se realizan a través de información falsa.

Rows of computers with people at them. Spanish captions.

View from security camera up high on a building looking down onto a city street during the day. Text on the recording reads, "February 12, 2013. March 16, 22, 52." Spanish caption, Cuentan con sistemas infrarrojos L, E, D.

Illustration of a person in a coat and hat holding an magnifying glass. Spanish captions.

Bolt of lightning arcing from cloud to ground. Caption: we all want up-to-the-minute information.

Computer screen showing the closeup of a human eye with crosshairs over the pupil. Caption: and nearly impossible to fool or spoof.

Woman with long blond hair looks at camera with her head tilted up slightly and her lips parted as she speaks. Shelves with books and file boxes fill background on the right.

Storm so strong it limits visibility while palm trees bend in the wind. Caption: Dropsondes have a huge impact on understanding hurricanes

Top view of a helipad at the top of a skyscraper. Caption: vulnerable to earthquakes, like in Downtown Los Angeles.

Concrete building with open walls. Wiring, cables, and other instruments are attached. Caption: with their shake test plans in mind.

City with closely placed buildings almost entirely destroyed, very few still standing. Caption: new design standards and building codes.

Closeup of a person from the waist down. Individual lifts a mattress beneath which cords are tucked into a pouch on the top of a box spring.

Circular turbines stacked two-high. People walk in front of them. Caption: designed this 15-foot-tall wall of wind, nicknamed, "WOW."

Computer diagram with icons representing two people. The previous paths of the people are also shown. Caption: A firefighter outfitted with a sensor

Graphic of streets outlined in various colors with letters and numbers assigned to the individual streets. Caption: to construct a street-by-street view of Sandy's devastation.

Lizard walking in a clear Plexiglas box. Caption: This is a sandfish, and his slithering moves

Satellite image of a hurricane. Caption: how storms impact cities and towns along our coasts.

Model building being pounded by waves. Caption: And when engineers pounded it with a mini-tsunami,

Person watching a newscast on a laptop. Caption: most people rely on TV to make decisions as storms approach.

Computer simulation of a fire moving through a forested area. Caption: to really mimic the real spread of the fire.

Body of water in shades of red, yellow, range, and pink showing heat gradients. Caption: navigating using thermal sensors to locate people in the water,

Closeup of a circuit board. Caption: The same platform can be used to monitor the environment.

Map with areas shaded in different colors and patterns. Some locations are identified with text and others have lines of various patters indicating potential behavior of the fire. Caption: Their software will generate behavior models of the fire,

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People working in a science lab. Caption: That's why it's important to follow basic safety rules.

Person wearing safety goggles and pouring something down the drain of a sink. A red circle with a line through it covers the container being poured down the drain. Caption: They cannot be washed down the drain

People wearing rubber gloves, plastic aprons, and protective goggles in a science classroom. Caption: It's vital to wear the right type of clothing for lab safety.

Cement cracked and broken down the center. Caption: Earthquakes cause rapid movement of the Earth's crust,

Two people looking at a laptop screen. Caption: When work begins, keep the MSDS close

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Still image from: SciShow Kids: Why Should You Wear Sunscreen?

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An animation of a mosquito biting a hand. On screen text, full belly, partial blood me. Caption: and she can lay the next generation of blood suckers.

Person in white work clothes looks at posted safety signs. Caption. And maintain a high level of safety awareness.

Closeup of 3 cell phone screens with displays of a smiling young woman, a yellow car, and a smiling young man. Caption. Female as Narrator. Or a cute guy.

Closeup on the mast of a ship with an American flag blowing in the breeze. Behind the ship, a bridge stretches across the water.

Digital illustration of a girl with awkward smile looking sideways at a thought bubble of a smiling boy with braces. Caption. That will be weird.

Closeup view of a middle-aged woman with an intense, challenging expression, speaking to a person standing in front of her who is in rear view and blurry. Caption. I am going to take her home.

Black and white closeup of a cracked, white concrete block wall with barren ground next to it. Text overlay reads, "What is human trafficking? Human trafficking is a crime involving the sale, trade or use of humans by coercion, force or fraud."

Still image from: Stopping the Pain: Teenage Self-Injury

Closeup of woman, bent forward and speaking down at camera. Caption. We'll have fun. Come with me.

Partial view of a home with a long, wooden ramp leading to the front door. Patches of snow appear around the home. Caption. One can continue to stay in their own home.

Closeup of people clinking beer bottles in a crowded indoor space. Caption. My friends don't make me drink.

Closeup of a teenage boy facing camera as he looks down at rows and stacks of prescription bottles. Caption. When used for a long time.

Closeup of a teenage boy and girl sitting together on a couch as they look at each other, smiling and talking. Text on screen reads, "Flirting. Behaving as though you're attracted." Caption. In the past, flirting only existed in the physical world."

Black and white closeup of a male doctor smiling broadly at camera. He holds a lit cigarette as if in an advertisement. Text on screen reads, "Just what the doctor ordered!" Caption. Narrator. Even medical doctors promoted brands of cigarettes.

Man sits at a table and holds his fist over his mouth. A take-out burger is near him as another person's hand reaches for it. Text above man reads, "Is associated with fun, coolness and success." Text below reads, "Carlton Beer T, V commercial."

Digital illustration of a frowning boy glancing sideways and up at a thought bubble with a yellow question mark. Caption. What should he do now?

Still image from: Teaching in Room 9: Educational Fun--Hands-On Learning, Books, Animals, and More!

Teenage boy sits in the driver's seat in the shadows of a car, looking off camera while a person with their back to camera carries a bag outside the open passenger side door.

Middle-aged man sits in front of a bookcase and next to a computer monitor and keyboard. He is slightly turned away from camera as he speaks. He raises his right hand with the index, middle, and fourth fingers together to indicate the number 3.

2 teenage boys look towards camera as they stand in front of what appears to be a lifeguard boat. They are wearing life jackets and have orange whistles in their mouths.

Woman and a teenage boy stand in a submarine sleeping room looking at a section of bunk beds as they speak together.

Teenage girl dressed in a winter jacket stands next to an S, U, V. A Teen Kids News microphone is held in front of her mouth as she smiles and stands sideways. In the backdrop is a snow bank, brown grass and a 2-story house.

Closeup of a girl's calf stretched out on a grass lawn. The girl's hands massage her shin while another person flexes the girls' foot and supports her knee. Text below reads, "Stretch and massage."

Rear view of teenage girl sitting at a control panel in a room with equipment monitoring panels, switches, lights and racks from the mid-1900s. A man wearing a hard hat stands between the control panel and equipment panels as he speaks to the girl.

Young boy plays a game of foosball with a young man in an outdoor camp setting. Both are concentrating on the tabletop game while turning the handles, engaged in active but friendly competition.

Teenage girl sits at a newsroom desk as she looks and speaks to camera. A digital backdrop behind her has T, V news monitors with text on screen that reads, "Hooplaha. Life with a Smile." Text below her reads, "Coming up. Special Friendships."

Digital overlay of a white flag over a waving U, S flag. Text on the digital overlay reads, "Flag Facts" in bold text.

Woman pushes and a man pulls a cart filled with collapsed tables in what appears to be a school auditorium or gymnasium.

Teenage girl sits at a dining table as she looks at the camera, speaking. Her hands are folded on the table top in front of her. To her side is an open laptop displaying an image. Title card below her reads, "Christin" and Teen Kids News.

Closeup of Abraham Lincoln's young son, William "Willie" Wallace Lincoln. A black and white photo of the child with a black star in the lower left corner appears next to text which provides William's biography.

Side-by-side news-style Teen Kids News interview with a teenager speaking to a middle-aged woman. A text box below reads, "Anger. Dr. Susan Heitler, Psychologist."

Closeup of a teenage girl seated in a living room setting looking up and away from camera as she speaks.

Compilation of 2 images including a title card that reads, "Better Safe than Sleepy." Below the title is a closeup of a teenage boy smiling and looking away from camera. His image is next to a family in a car, parents in the front seat and 2 children in the back seat, all wearing seatbelts.

Medium shot of a middle-aged woman seated outdoors in front of a wrought iron fence with green shrubs poking through. She looks at camera with a pursed mouth ready to speak.

Closeup view of a seated teenage girl resting her chin on her folded hands. She looks directly into the camera with a serious expression. She wears a winter coat with fur-like edging.

Closeup of a teenage girl being interviewed. A Teen Kids News microphone is held in front of her mouth. She looks and speaks towards an interviewer who is off camera.

Senior woman being interviewed in a lobby area. Her brow is furrowed as she looks downward with a concerned expression while speaking into a microphone. Text on the microphone reads, "Teen Kids News."

Closeup of discarded plastic water bottles resting on rocks together with the ocean in the distance. A photo overlay of a white paper drinking straw appears next to the bottle photo.

Closeup of a police office at night speaking through a car window and shining a flashlight towards the driver. His eyes are staring at the driver and his mouth is open. Visible inside the car are the driver's arm and hand holding the steering wheel.

Title card on blue background reads, "Rob's Test Tips. Answer Out of Order. It's O, K to Guess. Best Way to "Bubble In."

Girl sits up in bed and opens her mouth to speak. She holds a doll in her lap and a stuffed bear rests next to her.

A photo montage of black and white and sepia toned World War 2 era photographs of soldiers, families, friends and closeups of women and children.

Digital transparent model of the human brain, spine, and neurological system. Text title next to the model reads, "Concussions," with a bullet list that reads, "Headache. Nausea. Dizziness. Blurred Vision. Memory Loss."

Small group of people exit a brick building through a blue doorway.

Close-up of a car dashboard with a digital display screen. A girl wearing a red shirt is superimposed over this image with a ghostly blue glow.

Old conical metal water tower on the roof of a large brick building.

Three log-cabin-style structures in a row next to each other, near a paved driveway and white house, and backing up to a wooded area. Caption reads: "FightersHeaven.com."

Base of the Washington Monument in Washington DC, surrounded by a circle of American flags and fencing.

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Digital illustration of a girl with a frantic expression, her mouth is open with a word bubble that reads, "Mom!" in capital letters. T, V screen in the background reads, "Game Over." Caption. She ends the game and tells her mom.

Closeup of microscope lenses, 1 lens shining light on a transparent slide.

An amoeba sister presents the lab attire wheel of wisdom. The wheel of wisdom has five sections, which contain the following articles. A shoe, a face with a long ponytail, a safety glass, a pair of gloves, a bag with straps.

Person seated at a desk reviewing papers. Caption. Be suspicious of letters that do no have a return address.

Person holding a silvery rock with geometric chunks on top and white and silver crystalline structures on the bottom. Caption: So this one looks like pyrite, but it's called arsenopyrite.

Two people looking at a computer screen. Caption: who has researched various aspects of hominid evolution.

Dried red-leafed plant with a cluster of long, pointed leaves. Caption: Poinsettias are another delightful botanical accent

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Cartoon of a woman carrying three cats. Caption: Datoh, Donna, and Dee Dee,

Still image from: The Electric Sheep: A Tiny and Big Danger--Nanotechnological Contamination (Spanish)

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Closeup of a tractor hauling load of metal. Spanish caption. La mayoría de los operadores de equipo.

Close up of a young woman with curly brown hair opening her mouth mid-speech. Caption. And see people are liking it, and it feels good.

Boy wearing a lime green helmet leans over while mountain biking through a park.

Boy stands up on his bike as he rides through a park with trees, grass, and sand dunes.

Illustration of a car frame. Caption: The chassis is made from steel tubing,

Three men, one wearing a vest being lit on fire. Caption: it forms a char a carbon shell around the fiber.

A simulation of a car crash on a wall. Caption: Gregory Earle, When a car hits it, the wall deforms and moves.