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Spraying ice removing solution on a sheet. Caption: Just spray on and the ice that forms slips away.

Object flying in the sky attached to a tether. Caption: We can capture more energy with less wind.

Still image from: All the Answers: Airplanes, Fencing, Solar Energy

Still image from: All the Answers: Tornadoes, Wind Energy, Batteries

Title text reads, “Biomass & Biofuel,” against digital drawings of corn stalks.

A man and woman have donned helmets and are on a x ladder. Caption: That's the machine that turns it into slabs of steel.

A burning ship. Caption: On the 22nd, it sinks to the bottom of the gulf of Mexico.

Still image from: Carbon Cycle

Illustration of person in hardhat and overalls. Caption: Solar Installation Companies. We are working with solar installation companies.

Four people in reflective vests and hardhats install a very large solar panel in an array of other solar panels. Caption: They're expensive. They use a lot of material.

Still image from: Careers: Electrician for Kids

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.

Person speaking. Illustration of a battery. Caption: A battery uses chemistry to create electricity.

Illustration of a circuit board with a tubular object bridging two paths. Caption: In this circuit, I'm filtering power.

Rectangular diagram with objects moving clockwise around the perimeter. Caption: Electrons flow through the diode in one direction,

Machine labelled DS1052E Digital Oscilloscope with a wavy line across the screen and complex controls. Caption: We measure frequency in units called hertz.

Person in a workshop holding a power cord with three prongs. Caption: The answer is these three-prong cables are grounded.

Closeup of a complex circuit board with capacitors and other structures. Caption: But ICs, well -- ICs can have lots of connections.

Joules = force x distance. Caption: we multiply force and distance

Robot and three LEDs. Caption: LEDs make much more sense now.

An animation of a bird. Caption: Have you heard of the scientist, Georg Simon Ohm?

An illustration depicts a transistor, resistor, and an L E D. Caption: P C B stands for, printed circuit board.

Illustration of Earth. Midlatitude jet stream (cool) at the top of the globe and Subtropical jet stream (warm) close to the equator. Both move clockwise. Caption: it is a powerful band of winds known for bringing winter storms

Still image from: Crash Course Chemistry: Electrochemistry

Still image from: Crash Course Chemistry: Energy and Chemistry

Still image from: Crash Course Chemistry: Hydrocarbon Power!

Still image from: Crash Course Chemistry: Nuclear Chemistry (Part 2)

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Life Science: Fabulous Food Chains

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Life Science: The Dirt on Decomposers

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Space Science: Here Comes the Sun

Still image from: Crash Course World History II: Humans and Energy

Still image from: Cyberchase: The Belly Bowl

Earth with a thin halo labeled as greenhouse gases. Caption: Greenhouse gases are mostly water vapor and carbon dioxide.

Earth as seen from space with the Sun visible behind it. Caption: (male narrator) All across the planet,

Cartoon of a woman sitting at a desk with an open book in front of her. Spanish captions.

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.

Person in a hard hat looking at a pressure gauge attached to industrial pipes. Caption: You can't build a plant just anywhere.

A large bank of solar panels. Photovoltaic cells. Caption: Or on a smaller scale by using photovoltaic cells.

Illustration of a windmill. Caption: which spins a generator to create electricity.

Still image from: Emily's Science Lab: Create Your Own Hovercraft - UFO Science Experiment

Still image from: Emily's Science Lab: Disappearing Act

Still image from: Emily's Science Lab: Exploding Witches Brew

Still image from: Emily's Science Lab: How to Make a Solar Oven

A lit match. Caption: Energy comes in many different forms.

Gloved hands placing insulation in between ceiling beams. Caption: and easier to manipulate in the attic.

Earth at night as viewed from space. A network of glowing light is visible in unpopulated areas across the globe. Caption: of electricity to light our cities and power our economy.

Industrial smokestack releasing pollution into the air as seen from below. Caption: And most people worry about environmental pollution

A lit match. Spanish captions.

Two power cords plugged into a wall outlet. Caption: We also use electrical energy every day

Still image from: Food Chain for Kids

Text reads, "Fossil Fuels," over a photo of a red and gray oil well in an open field.

$Map of the western U,S, with fracking icons in Southern California, central and eastern Colorado, and eastern Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.$

Digital illustration of a cross section of land showing a wavy pattern of soil types with a black stripe labeled Niobrara 6,800 feet below the surface.

A large cylindrical machine set into the floor with various equipment attached to the round openings at either end. A walkway surrounds the mass of equipment. Caption: Gas turbines earn their excellent worldwide reputation.

Closeup of a hand handling a small, green plant in a densely populated patch of similar plants. Caption: How do green roofs change how a building transfers heat?

Hillside covered in solar panels. Caption: collecting the sun's energy

Illustration of a windmill 100 meters tall receiving air current next to a much taller structure receiving a much larger air current. Caption: The beauty of wind turbines is that they're 100% clean.

Cartoon owl at the controls of a vehicle. Caption: It is a free source of light.

Thermometer in a beaker of water reading almost 100 degrees. Spanish captions.

Semi-truck with a tank labeled "Milligan Bio-Tech Canola based dust suppressant." Caption: The idea caught the attention of Milligan Bio-Tech.

Science lab equipment with reserviors and tubing. Caption: Microorganisms in nature turn CO2 into fuel.

Person standing in a shop with crowded shelves and some machinery. Caption: The idea came to me when I was a teenager:

Person at a wall of controls. Caption: when atoms are either joined together or split apart.

Person stands behind metal rectangle that frames a diagrammed kernel of corn. Parts of kernel labeled, "Starch and Protein," "Starch and Gluten," and "Germ." Text to side reads, "62 percent starch. 20 percent protein. 15 percent water. 4 percent oil."

Black line drawing on light blue background. Grimacing fish points up towards broken chain and extraction equipment. Title card reads, "Cracking Hydrocarbon Chains and Environmental Concerns."

Red tractor collects corn dumped from green grain combine harvester in background.

Black and white illustration on wrinkled white background. A generating station connects to power lines, some outlined with neon pink zig zags.

Black illustration on aqua blue background. Man in hard hat frowns and rests chin in hand while holding a conical flask in other hand. Question mark floats above him. Title card reads, "Serious Science. Decoding the Science of Crude Oil."

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.

Men in yellow shirts and hard hats work at an electrical station. Cars, equipment, and grassy field occupy background.

Black illustration. Cyclic diagram begins with a corn plant at the top. From there, arrows connect to an ethanol refinery, fuel pump, and person driving a car emitting a red puff cloud labeled, "C, O, 2." A green arrow labeled C, O, 2 points to the corn.

Closeup of golden french fries in bubbling cooking oil.

Bearded man in safety glasses looks at a jar of transparent liquid as he holds it up in a lab setting.

Rows of black barrels labeled, "Crude Oil." Title card reads, "Crude is a homogenous, unrefined mixture of, Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel, Fuel Oil."

A diagram of a longitudinal wave. Waves transport energy.

Diagram of a circuit. Spanish captions.

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: Can Algae Fuel Our Cars?

Cartoon of a person straining to push a large log. Caption: You could supply the energy to push the log.

Longitudinal waves through three mediums solid, water, and air.

Still image from: Make48: Beloit, WI / The Lincoln Academy 2023

Person on skis in a crouched position. Motion: change in position. Caption: This skier was in motion.

Illustration of a spider on a light switch. Caption: Okay? And we're off.

Cartoon of a person speaking to a bird. Caption: There's no big rush. My boat's faster than his.

Just below the surface of the water, a whale is in the process of rolling over itself on its side.

Person in a yellow jumpsuit standing next to a large piece of industrial equipment. Caption: The reactor structures suffer the corrosive effects

Blue recycling truck unloads mixed recyclables onto an already massive pile of items inside of a large industrial shelter.

Landscape view of a wind farm on a huge flat field. In the center foreground is a three-pronged wind turbine, while other wind turbines are interspersed behind it.

Cartoon of two characters, eyes wide. Caption: (both) Ranger Bob!

Cartoon of two characters sitting on a couch. Caption: It comes from an electric generator.

Rolling sand dunes with powerlines in the foreground. Caption: Beneath these dunes lies 65% of all known oil reserves.

Waves at sunset looking towards an industrial platform held above the water. Caption: Worldwide, it makes up about a third of the energy supply.

Earth as seen from space. Caption: (narrator) Planet Earth is awash in renewable energy.

Rocket flying above Earth's atmosphere. Caption: and a liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen upper stage.

Two rectangular batteries with positive and negative leads. Caption: An automobile battery is an example of a wet cell.

A person holds two magnets over a lid with metal particles in the bottom. Caption: A magnet pulls iron particles towards it,

Person holding a small partially transparent cube with wires and other equipment attached. Caption: and are developing microbial fuel cells

Person pumping fuel into a vehicle. Caption: (narrator) And there you have it: synthetic diesel fuel.

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.

Person picking up wood chips and putting them into a plastic bag. Caption: (Huber) Cellulose is basically stored solar energy

Illustration of an energy source on a grid. Caption: and will power more than 650 homes.

Semi-trailer with large cylindrical tanks labelled as Hydrogen, Compressed. Caption:(narrator) Hydrogen is hailed as the fuel of the future --

A line of ants carrying pieces of leaf larger than their bodies. Caption: leafcutter ants maintain a complex society.

Solar panels on a roof top. Caption: But even now, they say solar energy is ready for prime time.

Smoggy city street crowded with vehicles. Caption: China is the 2nd largest energy consumer in the world,

Electrical meter box attached to the outside of a building. Caption: All the entries have to be zero-energy homes,

Setting sun as seen through tall wild grasses. Caption: to harness the sun's energy to make renewable fuels.

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,

Closeup of a green, circular plant with a white center. Caption: have the ability to make diesel-like fuels.

Waves striking a man-made jetty of rock. Caption: could help solve the world's energy problems.

Person standing at the top of a wind turbine. Caption: to see if they can handle 300-foot heights.

Field of grain like plants. Caption: such as ethanol and propanol.

A container of BioFuel. Spanish captions.

A hand pumping gas into a car. Caption: Chemical energy is in gasoline, and is used to power motors.

Up close view of an industrial battery. Spanish captions.

Derrick pumping oil. Caption: The oil is then pumped out of the ground.

A man golfing. Caption: Potential energy is changed back to kinetic energy

Rings around an atom. Spanish captions.

A crane demolishing a building. Caption: An object can store energy as the result of its position.

A man using a bow and arrow. Spanish captions.

Plants growing through the dirt. Caption: All plants use the sun's energy to make their own food.

Yellow sun setting over a desert. Spanish captions.

A hand drum being played. Caption: Sounds are produced when an object vibrates.

Close up view of man strumming guitar. Spanish captions.

Ornate floor tile with a pendulum swinging above. Caption: A pendulum is an example of translational motion--

Close up views of atoms. Spanish captions.

A needle scratching measurement onto paper. Caption: Earthquakes are measured on a seismograph.

Wave crashing in the ocean. Spanish captions.

Three blade wind turbine as seen from below. Caption: Wind turbines are mounted on high towers.

Blurry image of 2 kangaroos jumping past tufts of trees. Title card reads, "Shedding light on energy, Episode 3. Energy efficiency."

Hand holds laboratory tongs with flaming object over a baking sheet sitting on a stove. Title card reads, "Shedding light on energy, Episode 1. Forms of energy."

First law of Thermodynamics. Caption: So delta U equals Q minus W.

An illustration of the sun and earth in space. On screen text, Find the weight of the pizza pie on the sun. w = m g. Caption, weight equals mass times acceleration due to gravity.

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2110)

Closeup of a ship's bow surrounded by gray ocean. Title card reads, "The Arctic's Changing Climate and Economics."

Person at a computer screen which displays a three-rotor windmill. Caption: Build it out of a super strong nickel alloy.

Cartoon of people standing, one talking on a cell phone. Caption: I plugged it in, and it went kablooey!

Pit crew station filled with tires at a racetrack. Caption: Friction is necessary for breaks and tires to work.

Race car on a track. Caption: Front downforce gives you front grip,

Blurry photo of a city. Spanish captions.

Closeup of 2 hands cupping water under a running faucet.

A large dam spanning across a lake. Caption: It's the world's largest hydroelectric dam.

Still image from: Uno Dos of Trace: Fusion Breakthrough

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."

Illustration of the sun sending heat into space and that heat hitting the Earth. Caption: So how is the sun able to heat the earth?

Illustration of a tube with some internal structures and a rod through the center. Caption: When you make the generator turn,

Digital rendering of objects shows a square block at the end of a stick propped up on a tall rectangular block. An arrow pointing up at an angle along the stick from the square block.

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Earth Power

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Future Energy

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Master Designer

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