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DCMP creates and streams accessible educational media to serve 7.5 million students, develops new technologies, and more through this ED grant. This includes the creation of high-quality captioning, audio description, and American Sign Language interpretation.

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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.

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.

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.

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

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,

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Person talking with an inset picture of a laboratory. Caption: People usually think science happens in the lab.

Gauge in a vehicle with a range of 0 to 8. The indicator is at 1 and the gauge is labeled RPMx1000. Caption: How do electric vehicles compare with other cars?

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?

Orange explosion throwing debris. Caption: And it contains a lot of energy.

Illustration of objects moving from a chamber with disk shaped spiny structures to an empty chamber. Caption: Here, we force bacteria to move electrons

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.

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.

A diagram of a longitudinal wave. Waves transport energy.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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,

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

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,