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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.
#askMIT
Episode 3
2 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A butterfly sits on a metal head. Caption: can see regular color images and near infrared.
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
Episode 1
2 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A self healing reverse filter. On screen text, 1 centimeter. 1 time real time, 7 to 3 ratio, D I water to glycerol, 0.0083 M S D S. Caption: and it self heals after the object passes.
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
Episode 8
2 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A 360 view of the clouds and the tree tops. Caption: Clouds play a pivotal role in our planet's climate,
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
Episode 9
2 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
The illustration depicts the distress signals sent by the plant, when the caterpillar munches on its leaves. On screen text, Larva, Pieris rapae. Caption: Here's a caterpillar munching through a leaf.
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
Episode 10
2 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A graphical illustration of a star. Caption: reveal the inner workings of these rare stars,
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
Episode 16
2 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A group of people visiting an active volcano. Caption: scientists visited New Zealand's topol volcanic zone,
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
Episode 17
2 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A man with a shovel standing besides a water body. Caption: The team wants to see what other pollutants are recorded.
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
Episode 18
2 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Illustrations depict a cell placed above the graphene, which is illuminated by a light bulb. Caption: The more intense the light, the faster the cells beat.
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
Episode 2
2 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A biological skin and a bioinspired e skin. The e skin consists of synthetic layers instead of biological layers. Caption: work together to give our hands their extraordinary sensitivity.
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
Episode 20
2 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A diagram illustrates certain traits recurring in a grain plant. Caption: Those traits remain the same generation after generation.
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
Episode 21
2 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A needle engraved inside a downward opening capsule. Caption: This capsule contains a small biodegradable needle.
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
Episode 22
2 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A diagram illustrates a women talking to a man using a sign language translating device on her neck. The device says, My name is Jane. Nice to meet you. Caption: It translates full sentences without the need to pause.
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
Episode 23
2 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A fossil in a rock.`Caption: More than 50 species are brand new to science,
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
Episode 26
2 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Human hand movement being replicated in a screen. Caption: It can help athletes improve performance.
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
Episode 27
2 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A flying robot and a hummingbird. Caption: to decode the hummingbird hover for robotics.
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
Episode 29
2 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
illustration of Superman running. His spectacle is flying in the air. Caption: think superman and ant man combined, stronger than steel,
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
Episode 3
2 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Artificial sea grass on low wave velocity. Caption: researchers tested artificial seagrass.
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
Episode 30
2 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A satellite view of North America. A red arrow from the Pacific Ocean points to the coasts of Mexico. Caption: that influences the winter US jet stream.
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
Episode 4
2 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
The microscopic image of cement particles. Caption: This new concrete replaces cement with a composite binder.
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
Episode 5
2 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Two doctors discuss over the x ray of a human brain. Caption: could provide insights for the treatment.
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
Episode 6
2 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A new device that helps capture and release soft bodied animals. On screen text, Wyss Institute at Harvard University. Caption: It folds up into a 12 sided, almost round box,
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
Episode 7
2 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Three men walking through a cultivated field of green plants. Caption: Six generations of Romingers have been farming this land
9 Billion Mouths to Feed: The Future of Farming
Episode 2
10 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Sunflowers in foreground, modern multi-story buildings in the background. Caption: (narrator) Sustainability -- that's what it comes down to.
9 Billion Mouths to Feed: The Future of Farming
Episode 2
10 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Person in a lab holding a pipette behind a plexiglass shield and working. Caption: scientists are able to create seeds that solve problems.
9 Billion Mouths to Feed: The Future of Farming
Episode 4
10 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Two people working on an irrigation channel. Caption: to better protect the land that he loves to farm on.
9 Billion Mouths to Feed: The Future of Farming
Episode 3
10 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
A girl working in a swamp. Caption: I love doing conservation projects.
22 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Object flying in the sky attached to a tether. Caption: We can capture more energy with less wind.
10 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
People feeding dried hay to goats. Caption: How can we figure out how much energy is stored in this hay?
5 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Photo of deers captured in a photo trap.
4 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Double helix of DNA with two protein strands highlighted. One strand shows proteins A and T. The other strand shows C and G. Caption "methylation". Caption: attach to a gene and block access to it,
14 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 11 - 12
A man talks to a woman in an office setup. Caption: I think women make excellent C E Os.
Ask a Scientist
Episode 16
1 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of the northeast coast of North America and a yellow cylindrical sub with fins sending and receiving signals from an orbiting satellite. Caption: What are we finding when we go below the waves?
57 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Adult man and woman with a child between them. The man and the woman are each contributing one chromosome to the child. Caption: half from your mother and half from your father.
23 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A photo of an estate.
4 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Closeup of tongs picking up a small piece of mold off bread contained in a glass jar. Caption: I'll take some bread mold and let it work.
3 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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 seven story pump house. Caption: Its ultimate destination is this seven story pump house,
Break It Down
Episode 0
22 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Diagram showing two pairs of dogs resulting in two dogs, each with shorter legs. Caption: so dogs with shorter legs were selected and bred.:
Superlife
Episode 2
8 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A gray seal. Caption: Gray seal pups, thick with blubber, dot the island.
46 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Tall, angular, light colored buildings with a wide central open-air walkway. Caption: What they created is alive and working today.
Cathedrals of Culture
Episode 2
26 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Two matches, one unlit, the other with the tip burned and extinguished. Chemical change. Caption: This is an example of a chemical change.
11 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 6
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
A spider in the center of a web with double helix DNA strands in the background. Caption: the relationship between changes in spider genomes
2 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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
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
Scientists working in a lab. Caption: What's distinctive about scientific knowledge?
Core Concepts in Psychology
Episode 2
5 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Task A. Two columns with the words red, blue, green, orange, brown, black, and yellow written in the corresponding color but different order. Caption: (boy) Red, blue, green, orange, brown, black, red, yellow,
Core Concepts in Psychology
Episode 3
3 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Close up of a brown and white bunny in a cage. Caption: has been carried out on nonhuman animals.
Core Concepts in Psychology
Episode 4
6 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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
Closeup of a huge pile of kernels of dried corn. Caption: making corn the number-one crop by weight.
Superlife
Episode 3
6 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Map of the United States with NE, IA, KS, MO, AR, OK, NM, and TX marked. Pawnee, OK is at the epicenter of a circle indicating an earthquake. Caption: A 5.6 magnitude earthquake northeast of Oklahoma City.
5 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A cylindrical space craft with equipment and antennas protruding from it in relief against a large grayish-brown planet with rings in the background. Caption: We'll shoot between Saturn and its rings.
Crazy Engineering
Episode 8
3 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A rectangular space craft with a large, flat round disc pointed towards the planet earth, visible in the background. Caption: We've launched hundreds into low Earth orbit for years.
Crazy Engineering
Episode 3
2 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A hexagonal space craft with three much larger wings equally spaced around the hexagonal base flying in space with the planet Jupiter in the distant background. Caption: Juno's going to Jupiter to learn about how it was formed.
Crazy Engineering
Episode 1
3 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A roughly rectangular space craft with two solar wings approaches a much larger round spacecraft surrounded in petal-like protrusions. Caption: The one in space will be tens of meters.
Crazy Engineering
Episode 2
4 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Rocky, flat, barren landscape with a large planet covered in bands of color on the horizon and a star in the distance. Caption: where life might be found in our own solar system
2 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Illustration of a fish with toxicity entering from the water and through the mouth. Caption: which accumulate more toxin from the smaller fish they eat
Science Out Loud
Episode 13
3 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 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
People sitting at a table with paper spread in front of them and people working in a science lab. Caption: Engineers apply principles of science and mathematics
10 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Two power cords plugged into a wall outlet. Caption: We also use electrical energy every day
9 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
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
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
Illustration of interconnected objects coming apart where light hits. Caption: The light causes the short chains to disassemble
Fast Draw
Episode 4
3 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A man with a pole collecting something off a large rock on the ground. Caption: He's collected scorpions in over two dozen countries
Fast Draw
Episode 1
5 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Person stirring a white liquid in a large pot. Caption: While we're waiting for that to heat,
Food Science Experiments
Episode 5
8 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Milk, ice cream, butter, ranch dressing. Caption: These are all oil-and-water mixtures that don't separate:
Food Science Experiments
Episode 1
6 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person marking a spot near the lip of a round plastic container. Caption: Combine 1 pound of sugar with 1/2 gallon of water
Food Science Experiments
Episode 2
9 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
People standing side by side in a line. Caption: Step 3. Pass Potato 2 around room for all students to handle. Place in a resealable plastic bag (slightly moist) and set aside.
Food Science Experiments
Episode 4
5 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Three people standing. One person is chewing something. Caption: Step 3. When you unplug your nose, you should experience the flavor of mint as it rushes through the olfactory nerve.
Food Science Experiments
Episode 6
2 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Measuring cup with 350ml of popcorn. The soft starch inside the popcorn becomes inflated and spills out.
Food Science Experiments
Episode 3
7 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Young child reaching into a container being offered by an adult. Caption: they'll select a small number to study.
19 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A group of scientists catch a gray seal in a net.
4 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Gloved hands working with petri dishes covered in a variety of materials. Caption: (narrator) We always look for better ways to get energy we need.
Green Revolution
Episode 5
6 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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?
Green Revolution
Episode 1
6 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Orange explosion throwing debris. Caption: And it contains a lot of energy.
Green Revolution
Episode 4
6 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 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
Illustration of a horse with its nose pointed towards the ground. In this position the pupil of the eye is parallel to the ground. Caption: It would enhance the effective field of view
3 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 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
Three different sized wheels lined up together. Caption: You can change the wheel size, the wheel diameter,
How to Do a Science Fair Project
Episode 3
4 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Diagrams of what food ants may prefer. Caption: Include pictures of yourself in action,
How to Do a Science Fair Project
Episode 6
3 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Four different styles of winged planes. Caption: Do this for all wing designs, then compare your distances
How to Do a Science Fair Project
Episode 4
4 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Graph of pulse rate and consumption of water. Caption: There might be one person that doesn't quite fit the trend.
How to Do a Science Fair Project
Episode 5
6 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Digital airplane. Caption: The airplane goes through a different medium.
How to Do a Science Fair Project
Episode 2
3 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Diagram of creating a science fair project. Caption: Did you prove of disprove your hypothesis?
How to Do a Science Fair Project
Episode 1
2 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
An illustration of an ice core with years labeled, from top to bottom, 0, 10, 100, 1000, 10000, and 100,000.
Ice Cores: Unlocking Past Climates
Episode 5
5 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Igloos and tents are built on a glacier.
Ice Cores: Unlocking Past Climates
Episode 2
6 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Science lab equipment with reserviors and tubing. Caption: Microorganisms in nature turn CO2 into fuel.
Innovation Nation
Episode 3
22 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Close up of a black insect with translucent black wings and black antenna. Caption: our killer can locate her victims remotely.
28 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Close up of a yellow Labrador dog on a leash. Caption: They are clones, copies of the same dog.
Superlife
Episode 1
9 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Building on the banks of a river. A sensor is connected to machinery in the house and measures the river, sending information to a satellite. Caption: The stream gauges record the vertical rise or drop
12 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 11 - 12
Close up of head and shoulders of a manatee swimming under water. Caption: USGS
3 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Hand holding a small shiny piece of metal being measured with a ruler. Caption: Next, we investigated the process of measuring
10 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Small spherical object in relief against a red glowing background. Caption: It's the closest planet to our sun,
4 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A black, waist high horse wearing a bridle and halter is being held by a person standing next to it. Caption: the miniature horse has become a popular pet
Superlife
Episode 4
10 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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
Several people stand surrounded by bamboo and other foliage while a few look inside small vials. Caption: in the diversity of those millipede families
Natural News From The Field Museum
Season 0 / Ep 5
5 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A woman seated at a desk in a suit jacket surrounded by books and preserved specimens. Inset picture: Bear-like creature - Caption: Beardogs! … They're a thing. As named, they resemble a mash-up for a bear and a dog.
Natural News From The Field Museum
Season 0 / Ep 6
6 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Closeup of a mosquito with proboscis piercing human skin. Caption: When a mosquito infects a person with dengue virus,
3 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Part of a space craft as seen from space. Caption: But are the risks to the astronauts acceptable?
54 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
3 people with hats, backpacks, and cameras and several horses, some with riders, hike up a dirt trail on a mountain amongst various flora in the fall. Caption. The mountains of Baja.
Ordinary Extraordinary Junco
Episode
1 hour 32 minutes
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Water with chunks of ice floating in it. Caption: Freezing and melting are physical changes.
12 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Streak of light across a night sky with a change in height of 15m and a length of 217m. Caption: If we know the distances and the time the shutter was open,
6 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 11 - 12
A person jogging on a path. Exercise. Caption: Aerobic exercise, also called cardio,
Psychology Concepts
Episode 2
10 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Two people at a kitchen counter. Three plastic cups containing liquid sit in front of them. Caption: The water with no salt froze in 15 minutes.
Real World Science
Episode 19
18 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Reliability & Validity. Reliability - the consistency of the findings. Validity - measuring what we set out to measure. Caption: what we set out to measure.
3 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Two bicyclists on a city street with vehicles. Caption: Specifically, motion dynamics.
6 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person holding a small mechanical device with leg-like structures and a circuit board. Caption: is it can jump higher and faster
3 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person pointing to a spot on an image made of pixelated yellow to indigo spots. Caption: The USGS provides ready access to natural science information
8 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Geometric block with holes. Caption: It's time to print something, well, a lot harder: metal.
Science Nation
Episode 219
3 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Brightly colored bird with a beak almost as large as its body. Caption: You'd think it would be too beak-heavy to fly.
Science Nation
Episode 200
4 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
ASL
A parent sitting with their baby. Caption: All babies have innate sensitivity to all languages.
Science Nation
Episode 211
3 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Toddler leaning against a blue background under bright lights while an adult stands by. Caption: to learn more about healthy child development,
Science Nation
Episode 69
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Bat held down by cardboard restraint, pinning wings to body. Caption: how these highly-specialized creatures navigate their world.
Science Nation
Episode 233
3 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
White bird with gray speckles nesting on the ground. Caption: they check nests, count eggs, and keep records
Science Nation
Episode 151
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Monarch butterflies on foliage. Caption: In monarchs, they study a parasite.
Science Nation
Episode 65
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two people wearing dark glasses in front of a wall of monitors displaying geometric objects. One person holds a device with four glowing orbs on legs in his hand. Caption: envelop a viewer in a 3-D virtual world.
Science Nation
Episode 52
2 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
People on the deck of a boat, one at a large winch. Caption: Their mission: to learn all they can about large lakes.
Science Nation
Episode 102
2 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
People lined up outside a mobile health clinic. Caption: How can we get to the families that need help?
Science Nation
Episode 241
3 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person standing at a control board with reels of tape. Caption: The good old days of reel-to-reel aren't over yet.
Science Nation
Episode 236
3 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Two small seedlings with their roots in the soil. Caption: optimally suited to survive and thrive.
Science Nation
Episode 99
2 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Fog rising off a lake. Caption: (narrator) The team watches a switch in progress on Swan's Island.
Science Nation
Episode 214
3 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Person wearing a cap covered in wires while manipulating controls which guide something on the computer screen in front of them. Caption: how brain circuitry controls how we move.
Science Nation
Episode 37
3 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Top view of a helipad at the top of a skyscraper. Caption: vulnerable to earthquakes, like in Downtown Los Angeles.
Science Nation
Episode 238
3 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Hands of an elder person. Caption: (narrator) It worked to steady his shaky hands.
Science Nation
Episode 246
4 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Concrete building with open walls. Wiring, cables, and other instruments are attached. Caption: with their shake test plans in mind.
Science Nation
Episode 112
3 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
City with closely placed buildings almost entirely destroyed, very few still standing. Caption: new design standards and building codes.
Science Nation
Episode 47
2 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A beach. Caption: (Dabiri) we're very interested in how the ocean works.
Science Nation
Episode 253
3 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Man walking and looking at trees. Caption: (narrator) Compared to many crops, trees are slow growers.
Science Nation
Episode 208
2 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Person pointing at the ground. Caption: study the ants as an invasive species
Science Nation
Episode 66
2 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Small rabbit in the snow. Caption: (Shipley) In the winter, it might eat 99% of its diet in sagebrush.
Science Nation
Episode 225
3 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Aerial view of a building with plants covering most of the surface area of the roof. Caption: (man) It's a roof of living plants.
Science Nation
Episode 159
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of an energy source on a grid. Caption: and will power more than 650 homes.
Science Nation
Episode 210
3 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
3D model of the connection of polymers. Caption: the molecules that gave rise to the first polymers of life,
Science Nation
Episode 28
3 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Two insects on a plant. Caption: insects, usually males, have some signature moves:
Science Nation
Episode 222
3 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Electrons in a microscope. Caption: You have to look at them using an electron microscope.
Science Nation
Episode 228
3 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Cooling lava turning into stone. Caption: Kilauea is one of the longest currently-erupting volcanoes.
Science Nation
Episode 213
5 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person holding a duckling. Caption: So we study how Mom's actions effect these little guys.
Science Nation
Episode 152
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Circular turbines stacked two-high. People walk in front of them. Caption: designed this 15-foot-tall wall of wind, nicknamed, "WOW."
Science Nation
Episode 74
2 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
3D graphic of a human skull. Red latticework joins the area just under the eye sockets to the top of the jaw. Caption: to one day rebuild faces and lives.
Science Nation
Episode 55
2 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Person wearing a cap with wires and sensors attached while looking at a computer screen. Caption: by studying how brain regions interact,
Science Nation
Episode 105
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person walking on a treadmill with sensors attached to their legs. Caption: (narrator) What if you could alleviate pain by changing your stride?
Science Nation
Episode 75
2 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Stacked shelves of cylindrical metal canisters. Caption: (Twickler) This freezer contains more than 10 miles of ice cores
Science Nation
Episode 64
2 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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
Man looking at leaves in a stream. Caption: They're looking at stream health,
Science Nation
Episode 218
3 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman loading a jug onto a cart. Caption: If we can lower the cost of the filtration,
Science Nation
Episode 220
3 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
An Illustration depicts the bone grafting at the ball and socket joint. Caption: a 3 D printed shoulder customized to spec just for her.
Science Nation
Episode 245
3 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A large ship with equipment and sensors on the deck. Caption: Fourteen years in the planning and construction stages,
Science Nation
Episode 59
2 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Screen displaying power consumption for individual appliances, over a 7-day period, for the total month, and other metrics. Caption: How do we provide users with fine-grained information
Science Nation
Episode 240
3 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A computer drive. Caption: to build out a wide-ranging, urban-sensing project
Science Nation
Episode 223
3 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Glowing orb of a star surrounded by green, nebulous light. Stereo COR1 B. Caption: will suddenly be ejected into interplanetary space.
Science Nation
Episode 232
3 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Close up of dark, viscous fluid with small bubbles on the surface. Caption: and we can get those volatiles out of the water.
Science Nation
Episode 72
2 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Two scientists examining a plant. Caption: (narrator) Plant virologist Steven Lommel is in charge.
Science Nation
Episode 212
3 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Person adjusting objects on a table next to a mechanical object with legs. Caption: (Rus) My goal is to make robots more capable, more autonomous--
Science Nation
Episode 57
2 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Solar panels on a roof top. Caption: But even now, they say solar energy is ready for prime time.
Science Nation
Episode 216
3 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A large tree with bright green leaves as seen from below. Caption: The forests are working overtime.
Science Nation
Episode 61
2 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Small mechanical objects with wings. Caption: And so began the creation of the Robobee,
Science Nation
Episode 71
2 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A rock arch in Utah. Caption: of these spectacular geological landmarks.
Science Nation
Episode 244
3 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A cultivated vegetable garden with inmates and razor-wire-topped chain-link fencing in the background. Caption: science and scientists behind bars as well.
Science Nation
Episode 146
2 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man releasing water into the air from a pump. Caption: equivalent to a major storm,
Science Nation
Episode 226
4 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Young girl in front of an aquarium. Caption: (narrator) The SciGirls are working together as citizen scientists,
Science Nation
Episode 14
3 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
Sea slug crawling on the sea floor. Caption: in the nervous systems of slugs and other animals.
Science Nation
Episode 207
2 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A snake with eyes covered. Caption: this snake strikes its prey with pinpoint precision.
Science Nation
Episode 56
2 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a smiling man wearing a suit jacket and glasses. He looks beyond camera in a room with an old computer monitor in the background.
Science Nation
Episode 148
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A water body. Caption: More people and more buildings mean more strain on the system.
Science Nation
Episode 250
3 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person holding a smartphone displaying "Galaxy Cluster - The universe is filled with galaxies. 2 billion light years". Caption: It was easier to read than a paper or a book.
Science Nation
Episode 20
3 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Inflatable object passing through a narrow opening in a solid wall to inflate on the other side. Caption: We call these vine robots because they grow
Science Nation
Episode 237
3 minutes 2 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
Four soldiers in a desert. Caption: in Kevlar-like body armor.
Science Nation
Episode 206
3 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Closeup of a green, circular plant with a white center. Caption: have the ability to make diesel-like fuels.
Science Nation
Episode 50
2 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Large spider with variegated legs crawling on a person's fingertip. Caption: The silk is from golden orb weaver spiders.
Science Nation
Episode 164
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Spinach leaves suspended from the mouths of plastic bottles over clear liquid. Caption: It was a chance to exercise his innovator's mindset.
Science Nation
Episode 239
2 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
SupraSensor measuring tool. Caption: to detect nitrate fertilizer in soil.
Science Nation
Episode 209
3 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person holding a lid. Caption: sees bio-inspired surfactants gaining market share,
Science Nation
Episode 217
3 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A device strapped on a man's hand. Caption: That device strapped to his arm is a sweat biosensor.
Science Nation
Episode 251
3 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Illustration of human body. Caption: Enzymes, antibodies, even our muscles are all protein based.
Science Nation
Episode 249
3 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Large grey bird perched on the edge of a cage door. Caption: (male narrator) This is Griffin, an African grey parrot.
Science Nation
Episode 125
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Satellite image of a hurricane. Caption: how storms impact cities and towns along our coasts.
Science Nation
Episode 229
3 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Small furry animal perched on two legs in woody scrub with no leaves. Caption: This is the Arctic ground squirrel.
Science Nation
Episode 16
3 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Cross section of a sheet of ice on a rock shelf. The ice has a pool of melted water that travels from the surface, down to the rock, and then to the ocean. Caption: for 100,000 years are now undergoing dynamic changes.
Science Nation
Episode 58
2 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two people sitting at computer screens while a person on stage plays a wind instrument. Caption: to teach the computer to play the clarinet too.
Science Nation
Episode 153
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person pointing at fabric. Caption: Try these biomedical textiles on for size.
Science Nation
Episode 221
3 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Two water recycling machines. Caption: and take gray water recycling up a level.
Science Nation
Episode 230
3 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Magnified view of a pink, shiny, ridged tube. Caption: These bacteria are resilient to the acidic world
Science Nation
Episode 172
2 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Three young women sitting at a table. Caption: She said the all-girls summer camp builds confidence.
Science Nation
Episode 197
5 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
An electromagnetic spectrum is superimposed on the image of a galaxy. The visible spectrum is highlighted. Caption: A radio wave is a part of the electromagnetic spectrum,
Science Nation
Episode 248
4 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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,
Science Nation
Episode 242
3 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 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
People working in a science lab. Caption: That's why it's important to follow basic safety rules.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 115
3 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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
Science Video Vocab
Episode 113
2 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 116
4 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person placing one edge of a cover slip onto a glass slide. Place cover slip onto slide. Caption: Touch one side of the cover slip to the slide.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 109
2 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person weighing a beaker on a triple beam scale. Caption: The triple beam balance may only be accurate to the nearest gram.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 111
2 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Diagram describing water. Caption: It uses arrows to emphasize the connections
Science Video Vocab
Episode 66
3 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Two people looking at a laptop screen. Caption: When work begins, keep the MSDS close
Science Video Vocab
Episode 112
2 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A chalkboard with math equations. Caption: and has not been disproved becomes a theory.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 12
4 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Two people sitting on a couch and talking. Caption: A black hole is a region of space and time
Scientists & Engineers On Sofas (And Other Furnishings)
Episode 6
7 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Two people sitting in a booth at a restaurant. Caption: It relates so well some fundamental human behavior.
Scientists & Engineers On Sofas (And Other Furnishings)
Episode 2
8 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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