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Physics

Lights and gauges with display screens cover the walls. Illustration of energetic reaction drawn on top. Caption: it releases a lot of energy in the form of heat.
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Episode 3
2 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Image of people raising their hands in the air at the top of a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags.
15 minutes
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Crash test dummy in the driver's seat of a vehicle. Caption: [tires squeal]
8 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Large plane taxiing on a runway. Caption: Propulsion is the power that moves something,
11 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Cartoon portrayal of Albert Einstein in a lab coat points to a chalkboard that says, “Albert Einstein.”
10 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Still image from: All the Answers: Solar Eclipses, Microwaves, Death Valley
All the Answers
Episode 24
19 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
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Still image from: All the Answers: The World Wide Web, the Great Wall, Horsepower
All the Answers
Episode 23
19 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Person speaking. Caption: So a nanometer would be ten to the minus nine meters.
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Episode 3
1 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person speaking. Caption: Nanoparticles have been used in sunscreens
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Episode 7
1 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person speaking. Caption: and work on it to manage those risks.
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Episode 4
1 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person speaking. Caption: We can apply an electric field or magnetic fields to them.
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Episode 5
1 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person speaking. Caption: about nanobots replicating and taking over the world.
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Episode 8
1 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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Person speaking. Caption: between one and one hundred nanometers.
Ask a Scientist
Episode 1
1 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person speaking and standing next to a poster board with "Control of matter at the nanoscale" surrounded by logos from different organizations. Caption: of matter at the atomic and molecular level.
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Episode 2
1 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person speaking. Caption: used for both doing diagnostics as well as theranostics.
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Episode 6
54 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A scientist sits and talks. Caption: So when you heat it up, it melts.
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Episode 15
1 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A galaxy fades out. Caption: The original galaxy would be gone.
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 6
2 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A huge mass of hot gas swirls into a star. Caption: that swirls onto the massive star.
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Episode 5
3 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of the earth revolving the sun. Caption: As the earth moved around the sun,
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Episode 13
2 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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illustration of asteroids revolving the sun and other planets. Caption: Asteroids, though, move across the sky at different rates.
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Episode 8
2 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of a wave striking an atom. Caption: The shortest wavelength light are gamma rays,
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 9
6 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of a woman talking to the Alien M51. Caption: You've got to move the earth back where it belongs.
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 10
4 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
The celestial image of a red starry surface. Caption: Where new stars are born,
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 2
2 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Animation of two galaxies colliding. Caption: they smash together with tremendous force.
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 11
1 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Image of Andromeda galaxy. Caption: is about 160,000 light years away.
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Episode 12
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
An image of the outer space. Caption: it's eventually blocks out all visible light.
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 4
2 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
An Illustration depicts the three positions of the universe. The difference between the first two and the last two positions is labeled, + 2 units. The difference between the first and last positions is labeled, + 4 units. Caption: the more the expansion pushes them apart.
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 1
2 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
An electromagnetic spectrum with a bright star over the infrared range. Caption: Hotter objects glow in visible light.
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 7
3 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
An illustration depicts the spiral structure of a galaxy. Caption: Many galaxies have a spiral structure,
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 14
1 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Sun and a red planet in outer space. Caption: we can tell what comprises the atmospheres.
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 3
3 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Irregularly shaped gaseous shape with bright stars glowing around and behind it. Caption: with the potential to explore our universe
13 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Multicolored streaks of light fading towards a single point in the center of the screen. Caption: Matter is made of up of tiny particles called atoms.
19 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Hollow glass tube with roughly diamond shaped object in the center surrounded by glowing light. Caption: you get the characteristic color of this purplish-blue.
Chemistry: Challenges And Solutions
Episode 3
28 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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Title text reads, “Atoms for Kids,” against a white background.
6 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
A man and woman have donned helmets and are about to enter a door. Caption: Richard, this is the bending fatigue test.
Break It Down
Episode 1
22 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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.
Break It Down
Episode 2
22 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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A board with figures and a heavy object in the center bends downward in the center. Caption: You see that as the load increases, the bridge bends,
Bridge Design (and Destruction)
Episode 1
5 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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A board with interlocking triangular cutout supports running parallel to the board has figures on it and a heavy object in the center. The outermost edges of the triangular supports have buckled. Caption: The outer segments of the truss are the first to break.
Bridge Design (and Destruction)
Episode 2
4 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Animation of an area near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Leafless trees, homes, and power lines beneath an overcast sky. Caption. Everything is polluted and highly radioactive.
Butterfly Effect
Season 1 / Ep 8
25 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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Seen from above, a large cylindrical tube with a hatch in a pit surrounded by wooden supports and metal bars. Caption: model representations of sewer and river systems.
Career Connections
Episode 16
5 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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Computer screen displaying a grid-like diagram mapping connections between multiple points. Caption: and then we can apply loading to this structure,
Career Connections
Episode 79
5 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two glow sticks immersed in separate containers of liquid. One stick is glowing much brighter than the other. Caption: The one in hot water gets brighter
5 minutes 11 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
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 animation of a bird. Caption: Have you heard of the scientist, Georg Simon Ohm?
Circuit Playground
Episode 13
3 minutes 55 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
An illustration depicts a robot talking to a bird. Caption: This one is my favorite; it's quartz.
Circuit Playground
Episode 15
4 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Nighttime view of a city skyline. A beam of light shines forward from a building tower. Text on image reads, "Core Physics. Classical Physics."
Core Physics
Episode 1
35 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A nuclear bomb explosion with a bright yellow mushroom cloud above. Text on image reads, "Core Physics. Modern Physics."
Core Physics
Episode 2
30 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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Still image from: Crash Course Kids Physical Science: Astronaut Experiment
Crash Course Kids Physical Science
Episode 6
4 minutes
Grade Level: 3 - 6
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Still image from: Crash Course Kids Physical Science: Danger Falling Objects
Crash Course Kids Physical Science
Episode 5
3 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
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Still image from: Crash Course Kids Physical Science: Hunting for Properties
Crash Course Kids Physical Science
Episode 9
3 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Still image from: Crash Course Kids Physical Science: Material World
Crash Course Kids Physical Science
Episode 19
4 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
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Still image from: Crash Course Kids Physical Science: Oobleck and Non-Newtonian Fluids
Crash Course Kids Physical Science
Episode 21
4 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
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Still image from: Crash Course Kids Physical Science: Organizing Properties
Crash Course Kids Physical Science
Episode 17
4 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
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Still image from: Crash Course Kids Physical Science: Particles of Your World
Crash Course Kids Physical Science
Episode 8
3 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Crash Course Kids Physical Science: The Great Picnic Mix Up
Crash Course Kids Physical Science
Episode 13
4 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Still image from: Crash Course Kids Physical Science: What's Matter
Crash Course Kids Physical Science
Episode 7
3 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Still image from: Crash Course Kids Physical Science: What's My Property
Crash Course Kids Physical Science
Episode 18
4 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
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Still image from: Crash Course Kids: Normal Stuff in Not-So-Normal Places
Crash Course Kids Physical Science
Episode 22
4 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
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Still image from: Crash Course Kids: Wood, Water, and Properties
Crash Course Kids Physical Science
Episode 11
3 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
A roughly cube shaped space craft with a communications dish and two large rectangular solar panels flying through space. Caption: It wouldn't be possible without ion propulsion.
Crazy Engineering
Episode 6
3 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Cartoon of three people and bird looking at a piece of paper. Caption: It says, "Meet me at Merlin's Maze."
Cyberchase
Season 6 / Ep 4
28 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Shovel digging into gravel. Spanish captions.
10 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Glass beaker with clear liquid. Spanish captions.
14 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Person holding a paper cup with rubber bands and binder clips wrapped around a tubular object. Caption: (Nate) There's lots of ways of getting the straw into the potato.
Design Squad Nation
Episode 10
3 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 8
Cartoon character talking to a small flying insect. Caption: (Johan) Some animals' habitats are rivers, lakes, and ponds.
Johan: The Young Scientist
Episode 5
12 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Cartoon character. Caption: We're going to Johan's world, yippee!
Johan: The Young Scientist
Episode 23
13 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Person in lab coat, gloves, and mask moving a large metal machine that is place above other complex metal machinery. Caption: Also key is state-of-the-art optical and laser technology:
20 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 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
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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
A lit match. Caption: Energy comes in many different forms.
19 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
Inside of industrial p0lant showing metal vats with complex metal tubing. Caption: We're liquefying the sugars out of the biomass.
15 minutes
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Closeup of red-hot charcoal on a grill. Caption: creating a fuel source that works but has problems.
Science Out Loud
Episode 11
3 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Gently arching bridge over a large body of water. Caption: but the Skye Bridge spans the equivalent distance
18 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
A lit match. Spanish captions.
13 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Mist in the air. Caption: It's called water vapor.
10 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
A person playing the piano. Spanish captions.
10 minutes
Grade Level: K - 3
Drawing of the sun and a person with a rock in between them obscuring the rays of light from the sun. Caption: Theoretically, observers would never know it's there.
Fast Draw
Episode 3
2 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Cartoon owl. Caption: I can show you a treasure.
Johan: The Young Scientist
Episode 13
13 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Person riding a bike and measuring 14.5 mph. Caption: Provided that the speed is kept constant,
15 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
People riding on a wagon pulled by two horses. Caption: Two horses add more force or pull the wagon.
20 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
Open aluminum can. Caption: This is because gas is rushing from an area of high pressure
14 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Turbulent water moving from an area of higher elevation to lower elevation. Caption: This is due to the fact that water continually cycles
20 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 10
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.
15 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Computer screen with a closeup image of an area of a person's body. Corresponding area is outlined on a diagram of the body. Caption: used to examine suspect skin conditions.
12 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
Gentle waterfall. Spanish captions.
9 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
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Still image from: Gravity for Kids
8 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Cartoon rocket with a stream of exhaust behind it. Caption: And that force pushes the rocket forward.
Elementary Energy
Season 0 / Ep 2
10 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 6
Glass beaker with a hand holding a clear rod to the bottom of the beaker. A bright light emanates from the bottom of the beaker. Caption: and moved into the modern age of chemistry.
Greatest Human Achievements
Episode 2
14 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Round transparent object magnifying a section of a cityscape. Caption: could make distant objects appear closer.
Greatest Human Achievements
Episode 1
24 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Illustration of objects moving from a chamber with disk shaped spiny structures to an empty chamber. Caption: Here, we force bacteria to move electrons
Green Revolution
Episode 9
5 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Hillside covered in solar panels. Caption: collecting the sun's energy
Green Revolution
Episode 7
5 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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.
Green Revolution
Episode 6
5 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Fine white tubes grow in the same direction. Caption: and carbon nanotubes grow like blades of grass.
Science Out Loud
Episode 4
3 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Cartoon characters talking. Caption: We need something that can make our dingy float.
Johan: The Young Scientist
Episode 24
13 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Swirl of red and yellow colors signifying waves of heat.
10 minutes
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Thermometer in a beaker of water reading almost 100 degrees. Spanish captions.
15 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Thin tubular object protruding from a machine casing descends perpendicular to a piece of wood laying horizontally below it. Caption: That's right; he's using a power tool called a drill.
10 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
A space observatory. Caption: The telescopes made images of the region.
11 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Metal shipping containers on the deck of a cargo ship. Caption: The ship's metal is more dense than water,
Science Out Loud
Episode 16
3 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Person speaking. Behind them is a graph, mathematical equations, and writing. Caption: and we want to apply that knowledge to robots.
Innovation Nation
Episode 1
23 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Person standing and working on something at waist level. Image of a computer screen. Caption: the team's given their robot the gift of vision.
Innovation Nation
Episode 6
23 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Young girl in business attire stands on a stage looking out and speaking to the audience.
17 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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."
Into the Outdoors
Episode 28
6 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Closeup of 2 plants in white tanks filled with water. Metal pipes curve over edge of tanks in a greenhouse setting.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 52
24 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
A diagram of a longitudinal wave. Waves transport energy.
1 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of a bird and a first-generation plane with ribbed wings. Caption: They become focused on flight.
Inventing Flight For Schools
Episode 1
13 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 8
Person with a blue cylindrical container in their hands. Caption: can also be released as a result of chemical reactions.
16 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 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
Rollercoaster with cars in the apex of loop. Spanish captions.
Invisible Science and Technology Surrounding (Spanish)
Episode 1
30 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Diagram of the wavelengths of light. The portion of the spectrum visible to the human eye is highlighted and it shows violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red. 7.5x10*14hz - 4.3x10*14hz. Spanish captions.
Invisible Science and Technology Surrounding (Spanish)
Episode 14
26 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Diagram of a circuit. Spanish captions.
Invisible Science and Technology Surrounding (Spanish)
Episode 3
27 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Person on stage playing a guitar with a machine measuring the vibration coming out of a speaker. Spanish captions.
Invisible Science and Technology Surrounding (Spanish)
Episode 5
28 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Illustration of a soccer ball with lines moving away at 90, 0, and 315 degrees. Spanish captions.
Invisible Science and Technology Surrounding (Spanish)
Episode 4
25 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Man sits and talks to us in a room with a bookcase with books and different knick-knacks on the shelf such as a Gundam toy, a mini globe, and a space rocket.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 8 / Ep 20
11 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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Diagram. A little human figure with two dotted lines and two crisscrossed lines that represent light. In the middle of the lines is an almond shape that is labeled, “Lens.” The dotted lines lead up to a dark vertical line that is labeled, “Sensor/Retina.” Next to the dark line is an upside down human next to a right side up human that is labeled, “What you see.” Text, “Bending Light.”
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 6 / Ep 8
8 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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Sixteen eyeballs, each with different eye color. Caption: Martin-Schultz scale.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 7 / Ep 9
5 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Many hot air balloons taking off into the sky.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 3 / Ep 10
5 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 10
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A graph plots pressure in Pascal’s versus temperature in degrees Celsius. The horizontal axis is marked at negative 5, 0, and 100. The vertical axis ranges from 1 kilo Pascal to 100 Mega Pascal’s in increments of exponents of 10. At 1 atmospheric pressure water is in solid ice at negative 5 degrees to 0 degrees, in liquid state from 0 degrees to 100 degrees Celsius, and in vapor form above 100 degrees Celsius.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 7 / Ep 29
7 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Digital illustration of an underground tunnel that goes from San Francisco to New York City.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 9 / Ep 4
11 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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A photo depicts many branches of a large tree.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 7 / Ep 24
8 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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An astronaut Don Pettit talks to host Joe Hanson. A rocket is seen in the background.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 7 / Ep 30
11 minutes 30 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
A C, G, I image of room with a floor that lights up. A red fire truck toy abuts a dark gray kettlebell weight marked, "Heavy." Behind that, a light blue semi-truck toy abuts a wooden car frame with another weight resting on top.
10 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 6
Complex matrix of spherical objects and a thermometer showing 0 degrees. Caption: and it changes from the liquid to a solid.
13 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Parallel strings with the top one vibrating. Caption: our fingers cause the strings to move or vibrate.
15 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Cartoon children on a playground. Caption: But kids like us play with simple machines every day.
Everyday Science for Preschoolers
Episode 6
1 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Slide shows yellow text in a white box against a sky blue background that reads, "Light."
7 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Light waves emitting from a lightbulb. Spanish captions.
16 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Bright glowing sphere against a blue sky. Caption: Ultraviolet technology is useful for some environmental issues,
14 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: LIGO: The Way the Universe Is, I Think
12 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person floating in a chamber with switches, buttons, and lights on the walls. Caption: One of the fun things about flying in space
23 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Longitudinal waves through three mediums solid, water, and air.
1 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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
Bright blue analog kilogram food scale against a white background. The red pointer is at 600 kilograms.
15 minutes
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Closeup of water in a glass. Caption: In boiling, vaporization takes place
15 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 12
Puffy white clouds. Cumulus clouds. Caption: Cumulus, Latin for "heap,"
15 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Complex matrix of spherical objects next to a thermometer reading slightly above zero degrees. Caption: A low temperature indicates that the particles
23 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 10
Person standing on a round platform holding a wheel. Caption: so the question is, "Why am I spinning?"
MIT Physics Demos
Episode 2
2 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
People in a lab setting, filming an explosion that is occurring in a container. Caption: It dissipated the energy better and didn't explode.
MIT Physics Demos
Episode 1
2 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Illustration of water with an arrow indicating a current moving through the water parallel to the surface. Caption: There are two types of marine currents.
Moko
Episode 24
5 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Map of the Eurasian continent and pacific islands, as well as the Indian and Pacific oceans. Caption: (narrator) A monsoon is the name for a meeting of winds
Moko
Episode 29
5 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of trees growing on a mountain. Caption: Some of these forests grow on mountains.
Moko
Episode 48
5 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of low, round huts with a person walking through them. Caption: Arriving home, Moko saw that the moon was there in the sky.
Moko
Episode 5
5 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of a rainbow against the sky. Caption: What a surprise, the rainbow was back!
Moko
Episode 6
5 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of cold air near the ground and warm air at higher elevation. Caption: Winds are born between these air zones.
Moko
Episode 9
5 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of clouds in the sky. Caption: (narrator) Thunderstorms occur when it's hot and humid near the ground,
Moko
Episode 17
5 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of a bird's head over a landscape with a winding river and some hills. Caption: you'll arrive back where you started, having circled it all."
Moko
Episode 18
5 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of brightly colored coral and plant life with tropical fish swimming through it. Caption: Coral reefs look like giant, underwater gardens
Moko
Episode 22
5 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of the Sun and planets closest to it, including Earth, shedding bits of bright light. Caption: Solar wind is very hot and blows across all the planets
Moko
Episode 23
5 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of the Sun, moon, and Earth. Caption: and the moon circles around the earth.
Moko
Episode 25
5 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of water with a circular shape outlined beneath the surface. Caption: (narrator) Blue holes are deep, underwater wells.
Moko
Episode 26
5 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of a map of the world. Caption: Cenotes are found in North America and Central America,
Moko
Episode 27
5 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of a barren landscape with rain falling. Caption (narrator) In tropical climates, there are only two seasons:
Moko
Episode 30
5 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of water running up against a rocky cliff. Caption: (narrator) As you've probably noticed, ocean water is salty.
Moko
Episode 34
5 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of sand with an arrow moving from the sky across the image. Caption: This is called quicksand.
Moko
Episode 36
5 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Image of a layer of ice above liquid water. Caption: This is called sea ice.
Moko
Episode 37
5 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of a strong wind blowing leaves across a hilly landscape. Caption: The stronger the wind, the louder the sound.
Moko
Episode 42
5 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of a large amount of snow sliding down a hillside. Caption: It's not a very rapid avalanche, but it's very solid.
Moko
Episode 43
5 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of a person on a hilltop facing a series of bigger mountains. Caption: (narrator) This phenomenon is called an echo.
Moko
Episode 45
5 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of a few trees as seen through extremely thick snow. Caption: During a blizzard, winds can exceed 40 kilometers per hour.
Moko
Episode 51
5 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of heavy rain and a dark sky with a large funnel shaped cloud over water. Caption: (narrator) Cyclones, hurricanes, and typhoons are harsh
Moko
Episode 52
5 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of an island breaking the water line with a larger volume of the island under water. Caption: These are called volcanic islands.
Moko
Episode 50
5 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
The surface of the moon in relief against the black background of space. Caption: volcanic activity also ceased as the moon's interior cooled.
20 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Person on skis in a crouched position. Motion: change in position. Caption: This skier was in motion.
20 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
Two people riding horses while someone walks beside them. Caption: And how do things move?
10 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
ASL
Slide shows smeared equations written in chalk on a backdrop to text that reads, "Newton's First Law."
5 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Slide shows smeared equations written in chalk on a backdrop to text that reads, "Newton's Laws."
9 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
ASL
Slide shows smeared equations written in chalk on a backdrop to text that reads, "Newton's Second Law."
5 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Slide shows smeared equations written in chalk on a backdrop to text that reads, "Newton's Third Law."
4 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Vehicles on a city street. Summary The first law and moving objects. Caption: The first law is sometimes called the law of inertia.
26 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Planet Earth with nebulous green and blue light coming towards it. Caption: except that they travel at different speeds
14 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Split screen video. On the left, a man stands in a yard with a portable controller, operating a drone. On the right, a blurry view of mountains, pines, and rock captured by drone.
Overview
Season 1 / Ep 8
7 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
The periodic table of elements. A grid with letters representing each element. Spanish captions.
10 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: K - 2
Water with chunks of ice floating in it. Caption: Freezing and melting are physical changes.
12 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
White ball with craft eyes sits on top of a red, plastic pedestal. 1 side of the ball has its outer layer torn away and exposing the ball's inner core. It appears to have been damaged by some type of impact.
Physics 101
Episode 1
23 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Dianna wears a navy shirt with red, yellow, and pink stripes on the wrists and shoulders. She sits behind a large piece of paper and holds a black marker. A colorful background with science items on a shelf is behind her, and equations appear on screen.
Physics 101
Episode 3
22 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Overhead view of a person's hands demonstrating how to solve a physics problem related to rotation on a large blue sheet of paper.
Physics 101
Episode 15
25 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A C, G, I graphic of a spaceship made in the shape of a planetary ring rotates around a brown planet. The side closest to the planet looks like oceans with clouds and green continents, and the other side looks like a spaceship with glowing lights.
Physics 101
Episode 7
25 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Aerial closeup of 2 arms. The left has a pink sleeve, the right has a red sleeve and uses a black marker to write on a large sheet of paper. The paper shows an X, Y axis with Y axis labeled Force in Newtons and X axis labeled X in meters. Next to this, a drawing that looks like a spring coil.
Physics 101
Episode 10
25 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Host Dianna Cowern, a blonde woman in a red sweater and black scarf, smiles as she holds an old, large book up. Text on screen reads, "Newton's Principia, Original Manuscript," and an arrow points at the book.
Physics 101
Episode 12
22 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
In front of a blurred-out shot of this video's set, text reads, "Very Useful Trick. When any two objects collide elastically and energy is conserved, then the difference in their two velocities before the collision equals the negative of the difference between the two velocities after the collision."
Physics 101
Episode 13
24 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Video host looks at us while sitting at a table with physics equations written on a large sheet of paper. Behind her, the set is decorated with a modular shelf holding scientific models, floating equations, and hanging gears.
Physics 101
Episode 18
27 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Aerial closeup of 2 arms wearing denim sleeves with white stars. The right hand uses a large black marker to write on a large sheet of paper. The paper reads, "Energy and work" and has various physics equations.
Physics 101
Episode 9
28 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Man is suspended in the air by a clump of large balloons over a crowd of people. There are multiple desert towers and rock features in the distance behind them. Text on screen reads, "David Blaine," with an arrow pointing to the man.
Physics 101
Episode 5
24 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Aerial closeup of 2 arms in light blue sleeves over a paper. The right hand writes on a large sheet of paper with a thick black marker. The paper reads, "Equation of motion. Y equals Y sub 0 plus V sub 0, T plus 1/2, A, T sup to the power of 2."
Physics 101
Episode 2
22 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Man wearing a gray winter hat, a dark gray hoodie, black snow pants, and red gloves snowboards down a snowy ski slope on a foggy day. A yellow snow making machine and a little building with a red roof are nearby.
Physics 101
Episode 6
20 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12