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Electricity and Magnetism

Within Science
Man sitting outside looks at us as he talks, gesturing with his hand forward as he speaks.
Archaeo-Tech
Episode 1
4 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Measurement device placed on a circuit powered by three AA batteries. Device shows 0.05 on the display. Caption: (Adabot) zero point zero five amperes.
Circuit Playground
Episode 1
3 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Person speaking. Illustration of a battery. Caption: A battery uses chemistry to create electricity.
Circuit Playground
Episode 2
7 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Illustration of a circuit board with a tubular object bridging two paths. Caption: In this circuit, I'm filtering power.
Circuit Playground
Episode 3
6 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Rectangular diagram with objects moving clockwise around the perimeter. Caption: Electrons flow through the diode in one direction,
Circuit Playground
Episode 4
2 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Machine labelled DS1052E Digital Oscilloscope with a wavy line across the screen and complex controls. Caption: We measure frequency in units called hertz.
Circuit Playground
Episode 5
5 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Person in a workshop holding a power cord with three prongs. Caption: The answer is these three-prong cables are grounded.
Circuit Playground
Episode 6
2 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Person and a robot in a workshop with a laptop in front of them. Caption: Hertz is how many times something happens per second.
Circuit Playground
Episode 7
3 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Closeup of a complex circuit board with capacitors and other structures. Caption: But ICs, well -- ICs can have lots of connections.
Circuit Playground
Episode 8
3 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Joules = force x distance. Caption: we multiply force and distance
Circuit Playground
Episode 9
3 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Person and a robot standing in front of shelves full of boxes. Caption: Kits? What's a kit?
Circuit Playground
Episode 10
5 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Robot and three LEDs. Caption: LEDs make much more sense now.
Circuit Playground
Episode 11
4 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Robot and bird with walkie-talkies in a workshop. Caption: It's not audio noise, it's electrical noise.
Circuit Playground
Episode 12
3 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
An illustration depicts a transistor, resistor, and an L E D. Caption: P C B stands for, printed circuit board.
Circuit Playground
Episode 14
3 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Crash Course Chemistry: Electrochemistry
Crash Course Chemistry
Episode 36
8 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Cartoon of three people and bird. The bird is holding a banana peel. Caption: Our solar power system is kaput!
Cyberchase
Season 9 / Ep 2
28 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
A reservoir of water with a dam at one end and water flowing out the other side. Caption: until it's needed by the electric plant.
Eco=Kids Explore
Season 2 / Ep 2
16 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
A circuit being powered by a large battery and causing a lightbulb to illuminate. Spanish captions.
14 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
ASL
Behind the headline, “Electricity,” we see electrical waves moving through illuminated power lines.
13 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
City sidewalk with well-lit buildings lining one side. Spanish captions.
14 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Industrial claw with giant magnet descending on a pile of trash. Caption: Pass an electric current through the coil,
14 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Powerline tower with numerous powerlines. Caption: reaches our homes and schools over cables and wires…
17 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
Linked hexagonal structures drawn on graph paper. Caption: Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms
Fast Draw
Episode 2
3 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Cartoon owl at the controls of a vehicle. Caption: It is a free source of light.
Johan: The Young Scientist
Episode 8
13 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Two technicians inspecting an installation. Caption: And I am an indoor electrical wireman.
I Can Be Anything I Want to Be A to Z
Episode 5
3 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Person at a wall of controls. Caption: when atoms are either joined together or split apart.
26 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 12
Person holding a magnet above a pile of metal shavings. Some of the metal shavings are adhering to the magnet. Caption: that exert a force on metal objects when they're nearby.
Design Squad Nation
Episode 7
3 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 8
Black and white illustration on wrinkled white background. A generating station connects to power lines, some outlined with neon pink zig zags.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 35
7 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Man in hard hat and yellow vest stands in tall grass beside a truck. Row of transmission towers cascades behind him. Another man in yellow looks up at green and red-leaved trees at right.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 37
8 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Men in yellow shirts and hard hats work at an electrical station. Cars, equipment, and grassy field occupy background.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 40
8 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Vague blue outline of North America is illuminated by flares of light.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 41
8 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Person placing a magnet to one side of the path directly in front of a ramp. A dotted line projects the path of an object that will move from the ramp and curve toward the magnet. Caption: Let's place the magnet somewhere to alter the marble's course.
Design Squad Nation
Episode 6
3 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 8
Diagram of a circuit. Spanish captions.
Invisible Science and Technology Surrounding (Spanish)
Episode 3
27 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Cartoon of a person straining to push a large log. Caption: You could supply the energy to push the log.
Elementary Energy
Season 0 / Ep 1
10 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 8
Cartoon character talking. Caption: Why is this compass and that magnet pointing here?
Johan: The Young Scientist
Episode 2
11 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Boat on the water. Caption: The bamboo battens also held the sail taut,
23 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Rectangular objects with one end labeled N and the other labeled O emitting half-ovals of wavelengths. Caption: or push each other away.
16 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Flat horseshoe magnet. Curved top is red with silver magnetic pole ends. One pole is labeled N.
17 minutes
Grade Level: K - 4
Underwater view of tangles of nets floating stationary. Caption: nets cause extensive damage to the ecosystem
2 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A magnet film is placed on the surface of an electronic device, which results in the appearance of a specific pattern on the magnet film.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 2
6 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Cartoon of two characters sitting on a couch. Caption: It comes from an electric generator.
Johan: The Young Scientist
Episode 18
13 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Circuit board with red and black wire. Resistor and LED with positive and negative polarity are displayed. A schematic shows a diagram of the red wire as 5v red row, black wire and black row. Caption: the positive side of my power.
Qualcomm Thinkabit Lab
Episode 2
14 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two rectangular batteries with positive and negative leads. Caption: An automobile battery is an example of a wet cell.
Real World Science
Episode 5
20 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 9
Illustration of the Earth with a glowing aura and streaks of light. Caption: Today, we'll explore a strange and invisible force
Real World Science
Episode 9
15 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
A person working on a machine. Caption: in the presence of a large magnetic field,
Science Nation
Episode 247
4 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 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
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
Three blade wind turbine as seen from below. Caption: Wind turbines are mounted on high towers.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 140
3 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Recently Added
Still image from: SciShow Kids: Fun With Magnets
SciShow Kids
Season 2017 / Ep 72
4 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Person holding a screw touching a paper clip. Caption: then this screw should be able to generate a magnetic field.
5 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Illustration shows a woman holding a traditional and an efficient light bulb in each hand and looking toward her friend, who leans over to flip the light switch off with an angry look on her face.
The Great List of Everything
Episode 4
2 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person holding an object near a compass. The arrow on the compass points towards the object. Spanish captions.
The House Of Science (Spanish)
Episode 1
26 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 5
Outlet extender on a wall with several cords leading to it. 1 outlet has an additional 2-prong extender with a grounding receptacle plug that does not have a space to plug in.
13 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A large dam spanning across a lake. Caption: It's the world's largest hydroelectric dam.
22 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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
Graphic of a dissected teal battery with a plus sign and text that reads, "positive electrode," at the top and a minus sign and text that reads, "negative electrode," at the bottom. Next to it is a green cylinder labeled, "electrolyte."
Untold
Episode 6
14 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Conductor hooked up to a battery. Spanish captions.
9 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Two brick magnets being pushed together. Spanish captions.
9 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
ASL
Yellow horseshoe magnet clings to a rod above text that reads, "What is a Magnet for Kids."
5 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Two conductors attached to objects. Caption: but conducts electricity when it's very hot.
Science Out Loud
Episode 14
4 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Illustration of a tube with some internal structures and a rod through the center. Caption: When you make the generator turn,
Elementary Energy
Season 0 / Ep 3
10 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 6
Random objects placed on a table. Caption: Let's experiment to see what'll stick to a magnet
Everyday Science for Preschoolers
Episode 8
1 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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