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Person at a computer looking at a projection of a wire frame human face on a screen. Caption: how robots interact with humans,
Science Nation
Episode 231
3 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Funnel with filter feeding into a receptacle. The fluid in the filter is dark and the filter is dirty. Caption: She's developing fluoride filtering devices
Science Nation
Episode 205
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Brightly colored tropical fish. Caption: how they work together to execute underwater maneuvers,
Science Nation
Episode 36
3 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Computer screen showing a bar graph and pie chart of energy consumption in watt-hours. Caption: showing me which devices are consuming the most energy.
Science Nation
Episode 186
2 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Tool emitting bright light cutting circles into wood. Caption: (narrator) Tools, including this laser cutter and wood router,
Science Nation
Episode 170
2 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Computer screen showing the aerial view of a multi-story building and thumbnail views of other buildings. Caption: It's part of a new computing concept
Science Nation
Episode 114
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Child sitting in a chair under bright lights looking at a small humanoid robot on a table some distance in front of them. An adult stands by. Caption: It doesn't overstimulate or overwhelm a child with autism.
Science Nation
Episode 78
2 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Semi-trailer with large cylindrical tanks labelled as Hydrogen, Compressed. Caption:(narrator) Hydrogen is hailed as the fuel of the future --
Science Nation
Episode 180
4 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Large industrial machine moving across a cultivated field. Caption: could precisely communicate an entire crop's water needs.
Science Nation
Episode 167
2 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Gloved hand holding two small dark discs. Caption: to bring ultra-high-temperature ceramics to marketplace.
Science Nation
Episode 44
3 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
3D graphic of a mostly cylindrical object with a rotor on top against a backdrop of grass and buildings. Caption: the brain's signal to control the quadcopter.
Science Nation
Episode 40
3 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Diagram of an orange sphere. Part of the shell of the sphere is removed to show the white interior. On the surface of the sphere are small, brightly colored spots. Caption: help protect against the toxins they make.
Science Nation
Episode 35
3 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Microscopic view of a hexagonal structure with arms hovering above a spherical object. Caption: Cell-sized micro grippers retrieve tiny objects,
Science Nation
Episode 95
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Rectangular robot with a screen at eye level. Caption: (male narrator) Meet CoBot, short for "Collaborative Robot."
Science Nation
Episode 76
2 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person with a device attached to their head behind and above their ear and a wire leading to a device that is affixed to the back of their ear. Caption: It's called a cochlear implant, and it helps me hear.
Science Nation
Episode 79
3 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Mosquito on a person's skin. Caption: it would scare them away.
Science Nation
Episode 91
2 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Computer diagram with icons representing two people. The previous paths of the people are also shown. Caption: A firefighter outfitted with a sensor
Science Nation
Episode 94
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Person with a control box in their hands standing next to a short, wide robot with legs. Caption: (narrator) Palmer sees broad applications for these smart legs:
Science Nation
Episode 21
3 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Dirty water with bubbles and PVC pipes. Caption: and reused again and again in a sustainable loop.
Science Nation
Episode 7
3 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Complex machinery with a platform. Caption: a treatment or vaccine for a particular patient.
Science Nation
Episode 41
2 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Robot with an arm moving bottles next to a sink. Caption: (male narrator) Here's how to take the drudgery from housework.
Science Nation
Episode 176
2 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Robotic arm placing a baseball hat on a water bottle. Caption: at Barrett Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
Science Nation
Episode 136
2 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Lizard walking in a clear Plexiglas box. Caption: This is a sandfish, and his slithering moves
Science Nation
Episode 97
2 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Ceiling security camera footage showing store aisles. Caption: to track shoppers as they move in the store and create data
Science Nation
Episode 109
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Setting sun as seen through tall wild grasses. Caption: to harness the sun's energy to make renewable fuels.
Science Nation
Episode 45
2 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
The sun seen closely enough to show the light and dark pattern of the surface. Caption: Their mission: put the heat of the sun to work,
Science Nation
Episode 31
3 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Several young people working on an object. Caption: the first all-female African-American RoboCup team.
Science Nation
Episode 171
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person in scrubs looking into an enclosed space while manipulating controls with both hands. Caption: (narrator) Surgeons like Yuh come here to test the robots.
Science Nation
Episode 147
2 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Computer screen showing a line graph of multiple measurements taken at different times. Caption: to add the ultra-fine layers of semiconducting materials
Science Nation
Episode 26
3 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person with a headset being placed on their head. Caption: (narrator) The headset he is wearing allows him to steer
Science Nation
Episode 194
4 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
McCormick Northwest Engineering. The 2009 hurricane season heats up: Ana, Claudette, and Bill. McCormick studios. Caption: (narrator) This is a virtual newscast.
Science Nation
Episode 191
4 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person standing with a touch screen in their hands in front of a screen d9male) displaying 3D representations of the connections between spherical objects. Caption: (male) You can immerse yourself in your data in 3-D.
Science Nation
Episode 166
2 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Waves striking a man-made jetty of rock. Caption: could help solve the world's energy problems.
Science Nation
Episode 188
2 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Model of a human head being brushed by whiskers attached to wires protruding from a metal post. Caption: by a set of artificial wire whiskers,
Science Nation
Episode 193
4 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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,
Science Nation
Episode 22
3 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
A map with many locations highlighted. Caption: (narrator) The goal is to monitor for particulate matter pollution.
Science Nation
Episode 252
4 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: SciShow Kids: Real-Life Robots
SciShow Kids
Season 2015 / Ep 60
4 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Black and white photo of a complex machine. Caption: In the end, the assembly line changed the world.
Social Studies Video Vocab
Episode 23
3 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Still image from: Steve Forbes on Achievement: George Eastman
Steve Forbes on Achievement
Season 0 / Ep 11
3 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Steve Forbes on Achievement: Malcom McLean
Steve Forbes on Achievement
Season 0 / Ep 7
3 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Steve Forbes on Achievement: What Are the Traits of Great Achievers?
Steve Forbes on Achievement
Season 0 / Ep 1
1 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2215)
Teen Kids News
Episode 2215
17 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white television set. Caption: People couldn't get enough of television.
10 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
3D computer image of a partially destroyed skeletal structure. Caption: digital representations of skeletal anatomy
The Brain Scoop
Episode 43
7 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 11 - 12
Illustration of a woman squinting and sticking her tongue out as she uses an instant camera to photograph her friend, who raises her hands and appears nervous as if she does not know how to pose for a photo.
The Great List of Everything
Episode 1
2 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Diagram of a circular structure. Hyperloop - Etihad Towers Portal. Pod entrance and exit and passenger entrance and exit are marked. 120 Pod gates, 8,640 passengers per hour. Caption: It's a proposed method of high speed transportation
The Henry Ford Innovation Nation With Mo Rocca
Season 3 / Ep 24
20 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Still image from: The Henry Ford Innovation Nation With Mo Rocca: Inland Surf Park
The Henry Ford Innovation Nation With Mo Rocca
Season 4 / Ep 2
20 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Still image from: The Henry Ford Innovation Nation With Mo Rocca: Luxury Tree Houses
The Henry Ford Innovation Nation With Mo Rocca
Season 4 / Ep 1
20 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Illustration showing light reflecting off a concave mirror array and concentrating on a central pressure chamber. Caption: Allows us to sterilize surgical instruments.
The Henry Ford Innovation Nation With Mo Rocca
Season 1 / Ep 2
20 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Person at a computer screen which displays a three-rotor windmill. Caption: Build it out of a super strong nickel alloy.
The Henry Ford Innovation Nation With Mo Rocca
Season 1 / Ep 1
20 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Cat standing in front of an automatic food dispenser. Caption: Their labor of love went from passion to prototype,
The Henry Ford Innovation Nation With Mo Rocca
Season 3 / Ep 25
20 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Still image from: The Henry Ford Innovation Nation With Mo Rocca: Spinach Leaf Hearts
The Henry Ford Innovation Nation With Mo Rocca
Season 5 / Ep 2
20 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Still image from: The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation With Mo Rocca: Flyboard Air
The Henry Ford Innovation Nation With Mo Rocca
Season 5 / Ep 1
20 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Carved wooden levers. Caption: I want a fully operational Gutenberg-style one.
56 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 12
ASL
Cartoon of a person looking at a skeleton with the joints highlighted. Caption: It's not the bones themselves that let someone move.
The Magic School Bus
Season 2 / Ep 202
25 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
ASL
Students from the magic school bus shrunk to small size, climbing into an open cabinet. Caption: Look -- building materials!
The Magic School Bus
Season 3 / Ep 304
25 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
2 early model cars drive down a dirt road lined with trees.
The Men Who Built America
Episode 7
1 hours 24 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Painting of Civil War era military vessels in the water with smoke billowing from their funnels and an American flag in the distance.
1 hours 8 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Glowing filaments of light spiral around a rod in the dark. Luminous neon text reads, "The Nature of Invention."
50 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
The word "Technologie" spelled out in computer chips and cables. Spanish captions.
The Shape of the World (Spanish)
Episode 11
12 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Illustrated man reading large poster. Caption: The printing press meant books could be mass-produced.
Timeblazers
Season 3 / Ep 14
24 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 9
Young girl walking out of a door. Caption: I'm taking it to the experts-- the post office.
Timeblazers
Season 1 / Ep 12
24 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 9
Man writing with a quill in a candle lit room. Caption: Matter of fact, he studied and studied and studied.
Timeblazers
Season 2 / Ep 13
24 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 9
A bear laying across train tracks with two people standing above it. Caption: Train robberies were a big problem in the Wild West.
Timeblazers
Season 1 / Ep 10
24 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 9
Man holding a wooden bucket. Caption: helped spread a terrible plague
Timeblazers
Season 1 / Ep 3
24 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 9
A train in a subway station. Caption: the subway uses electricity to keep rolling.
Timeblazers
Season 1 / Ep 4
24 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 9
Angled view of a large, brown wooden ship with many oars and several ropes hanging down from tall masts while sailing on open water.
Where Did It Come From?
Episode 1
44 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Biomimicry
Xploration Awesome Planet
Season 7 / Ep 8
22 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Master Designer
Xploration Awesome Planet
Season 7 / Ep 10
22 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Electricity
Xploration DIY Sci
Season 2 / Ep 6
22 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
At a science fair, a teenager presents an experiment to two students at a table.
Xploration DIY Sci
Season 3 / Ep 3
22 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Inside a science museum, we see an inflated parachute above a gated-off machine. In the background is a large dinosaur skeleton.
Xploration DIY Sci
Season 3 / Ep 2
22 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Inside a crowded theater, we look over the heads of hundreds of people towards a lit-up stage.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 4 / Ep 2
22 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Xploration Earth 2050: Drones
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 2 / Ep 8
22 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Futuristic robot sits at a virtual desk, typing at a virtual keyboard in front of an arched screen display.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 4 / Ep 11
22 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Disk-shaped robots play soccer on a green table designed like a real soccer field.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 3 / Ep 12
22 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Xploration Earth 2050: Future of Learning
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 2 / Ep 16
23 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Student sits in a dark room in front of a computer monitor that displays a split screen of technical data.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 4 / Ep 9
23 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Screen displays a jagged white line of close-together sound waves against a black background.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 3 / Ep 1
21 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
In a dark room, a student converses with a hologram of a holocaust survivor.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 4 / Ep 8
22 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
At an easel on a desk, we look over the shoulder of a man as he sketches a detailed drawing of a human skull.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 4 / Ep 13
22 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Peering through the helmet of an elaborate space suit, a scientist experiments with magnetic poles.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 3 / Ep 8
22 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Futuristic compact teardrop-shaped green vehicle on three wheels drives on the street amongst traffic.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 3 / Ep 4
21 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Realistic rendering of a human heart and its arteries are displayed on a computer screen.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 3 / Ep 7
22 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Xploration Earth 2050: How Things Are Made
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 2 / Ep 17
22 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Three people in space suits walk through the red desert of a Mars simulation. Each carries a large box on their backs, labeled with a distinct number.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 4 / Ep 4
21 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
We see a crowded street full of people talking, riding motorcycles, and walking in a third-world country.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 3 / Ep 3
22 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Inside a high-tech lab, we see a humanoid robot with a gold helmet, holding out its hand. On its chest are emblems for NASA and GM.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 4 / Ep 6
22 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
From above, we see a simple white tennis shoe on a dark-colored carpet.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 4 / Ep 10
22 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two silver metal cylinders sit side by side, each on top of a piece of foam. One is flawless, the other is riddled with tiny holes.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 3 / Ep 6
22 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Public works facility stands under a cloudy sky.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 3 / Ep 11
22 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Xploration Earth 2050: Robot Revolution
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 2 / Ep 13
22 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Inside a simulation room, we see a white vehicle floating slightly above the floor.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 3 / Ep 9
22 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Smiling boy holds a device. Behind him is a row of adults wearing shirts labeled “STEM.”
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 4 / Ep 7
22 minutes
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Students wearing protective eyewear use handheld 3D technology.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 3 / Ep 2
22 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
In a dark room, a person walks in front of a row of screens displaying Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 3 / Ep 5
22 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Close-up of a machine in a makerspace.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 3 / Ep 13
22 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
In a grassy field, we see rows of solar panels angled toward the sun.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 4 / Ep 12
21 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: Future of Space Exploration
Xploration Outer Space
Season 2 / Ep 9
21 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: NASA Spinoffs
Xploration Outer Space
Season 2 / Ep 2
21 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: Surviving in Deep Space
Xploration Outer Space
Season 4 / Ep 3
22 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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