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Teenage girl with confused expression looks toward the cropped figure of a teenage boy in a school setting.

Young woman in a suit jacket lifts 1 hand chest height as she parts lips. Title card reads, "S. M. A. R. T. S equals specific. M equals measurable."

Young man in a collared shirt and necktie uses sign language with pointer fingers directed toward his face and his mouth open. Inset of another young man looks towards him with pursed lips. Title card reads, "Self-determination. Self-advocacy."

Inset of a young man signing with 1 hand in a fist and his thumb tucked between his fingers. The pointer finger on the other hand touches his wrist. Title card reads, "S. M. A. R. T. S equals specific. M equals measurable."

Young man in a collared shirt smiles, tilts his head slightly, and holds 1 fist up at his chest.

Young woman with a concerned expression on her face sits at an outdoor table and gestures toward a person sitting across from her.

Teenage girl and teenage boy sit in arm chairs next to one another. The girl uses sign language with both hands while the boy rests his chin on his hand and looks at her.

Teenage girl and teenage boy sit at a booth across from 1 another. The girl rests her elbows on the table and looks toward the boy who holds his fingers at his lips as the other hand rests on the tabletop. Text above the table reads, "Buffet."

Dolphin in the water with its head over the water line and mouth open while a person in a wetsuit out of the water reaches towards the dolphin. Caption: They can vocalize like this, listen:

Photograph of Charles Richter. Caption: who was the first to make measurements of ground motion

3D computer model showing structures with elevation information. Range is from 3 to -3km Caption: We also use physics to study deep inside the earth.

Ship with industrial equipment and a crane lowering something into the water. Caption: There are two seismometers named after me

Aerial view of a wide canyon cut through reddish-brown rock. Caption: When you live there, when you're from there,

Woman dressed in a police uniform with a badge on her chest talks to us. The background has different emergency vehicles, including an ambulance and a fire truck. Next to her is an illustration of a red fire truck.

Woman dressed in a police uniform with a badge on her chest talks to us. The background has different emergency vehicles, including an ambulance and fire truck. Next to her is an illustration of a gray building that’s meant to be an emergency operations center.

Man wearing scrubs and a stethoscope around his neck talks to us. The background has illustrations of thermometers and stethoscopes. Next to him is an illustration of a paper with a checklist and a red pencil.

Man wears a white shirt and a golden badge on his chest with a black strap across his torso that has a walkie-talkie on it. The background has illustrations of fire trucks, crosses, and stethoscopes. There’s a blue emoji that is frowning and crying next to him.

Man wears a golden badge on his chest with a black strap across his torso that has a walkie-talkie on it. The background has illustrations of fire trucks, crosses, and stethoscopes. Next to him is an illustration of a paper with a checklist and a red pencil.

Woman talks to us as she stands in front of a blue background with illustrations of stethoscopes, thermometers, and crosses. Next to her art are two illustrations, one of a group of kids walking in front of a school, and another of a woman watching over two young toddlers as they play.

Woman wearing a police uniform with a badge talks to us in front of a blue background with illustrations of ambulances, fire trucks, and crosses. Next to her is an illustration of a checklist on white paper and a red pencil.

Man wearing scrubs talks to us as he holds up an Otoscope, the device doctors use to look in ears.

Man stands outside next to a fire truck that has a ladder leaning against it.

Woman wearing a purple dress talks to us as she stands in front of a blue background with illustrations of suns, wind, and stormy clouds.

Man wearing a paramedic suit looks down at a gurney that has a big blue duffle bag on top of it. He stands in front of the back of an open ambulance. There’s an illustration of an oxygen mask next to him.

Woman wearing a police uniform with a star badge on her chest talks to us. The background has illustrations of police cars all over it. Next to her are three illustrations of a father and two children holding hands, a checklist with a red pencil, and a cell phone.

Woman with a lanyard around her neck talks to us in a classroom. Next to her is an illustration of a piece of paper that has “Darryl” and “a b c,” written on it with yellow and blue crayons resting on the paper.

Man wearing scrubs and a stethoscope around his neck talks to us. The background has illustrations of thermometers and stethoscopes.

Man wearing a paramedic suit talks to us as he stands in front of a blue background with illustrations of ambulances, stethoscopes, and crosses. Next to him are two illustrations, one of a pair of bandages, and another of an oxygen mask.

Woman wearing a purple dress smiles at us as she stands in front of a large map of the United States with all the major cities labeled and a radar that tracks rain.

Man wearing a paramedic suit talks to us as he stands in front of a blue background with illustrations of stethoscopes, ambulances, and crosses.

Woman wearing a police uniform talks to us in front of a blue background that has police badges and police cars on it. Next to her is a golden star badge that has “Police state,” written on it.

Woman wearing a police uniform with a star badge on her chest talks to us. The background has illustrations of police cars all over it. Next to her are three illustrations of a father and two children holding hands, a checklist with a red pencil, and a cell phone.

Woman with a lanyard around her neck talks to us in front of a background that has illustrations of school buses, apples, pencils, and scissors. Next to her are three illustrations, one of a man driving a school bus full of kids, one with a woman smiling and waving at us, and another of a woman tilting her head and smiling.

Woman wearing a purple dress talks to us as she leans on a glass table. Behind her are two TV screens, one showing the Satellite and Radar for the United States, and the other shows the satellite and radar for Florida with a hug blue H covering the state.

Man operates front loader at a construction site. Caption. Backhoe chugging and whirring.

Old red fire truck that looks like an early car from the 1920s in a museum.

Man in a white hooded sweatshirt and glasses sits in a computer lab. He smiles and looks slightly off to the side.

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Black and white image of woman walking arm and arm with 2 men. Caption. She's troubled and struggles with that.

Man stands beside a jeep with a pop-up roof in a field below light brown hills. Text reads, "Nomadic Workers."

3 doctors in white coats, 2 women and 1 man, meet in a hospital hallway. Caption. Johnson as narrator. Mary Harding is a critical care nurse.

Black and white frame shows a man wearing personal protective equipment bending over while wielding an axe near a tree in a field as a tall fire burns in the background.

Woman wearing an apron looking at a laptop computer on a kitchen counter. Caption. It's important to be highly detailed in this process.

Person looking at a slide in a microscope. Caption: And this is a biochemistry lab.

The wing of an airplane in the clouds. Caption: (narrator) The best way to study the atmosphere is to be there.

2 men in suits and 1 woman sit around a conference table talking. There are various papers, booklets, food items, and office supplies on the table and a projector screen in the background.

Person in a lab coat and gloves putting on protective glasses. Caption: For Rommie, being a chemist was just the beginning.

Two people walking next to rows of industrial tanks with piping and gauges. Caption: planning the scale-up of a new product.

Person in a lab coat and gloves pointing something out on a small white object. Caption: A lot of the science is a gradual progression,

Multiple shiny skyscrapers against a blue sky seen from below looking up.

A person's hand reaches over 2 large, metals rings toward a small rectangular metal object sitting on a black pedestal in the middle of a machine. The machine is lit up in blue, green, and pink.

Person wearing a hard hat kneeling next to a metal fence working on something. Caption: (male narrator) Tamar's area of specialty is water engineering,

Brunette woman with a ponytail sits on a stationary bike in an exercise lab while looking at a blonde woman wearing black scrubs and holding a clipboard. Caption. To really help them optimize their hydration and nutrition.

People in scuba gear placing and carrying metal cages at different places on the ocean floor. Caption: in various locations along the reef.

Person looking at a computer screen. Caption: We're looking at a 3D model of an early VacPac

Rear view of woman with brown hair walking with a blonde woman away from camera down a hospital hallway. Another woman with black hair wearing scrubs looks at a tall, complex shelving system with another blonde woman.

An X-ray of human ribs and a few vertebrae.

Teen girl and teen boy wearing black Qualcomm Labs shirts sit at a shiny black desk in front of a room filled with colorful objects. Caption. Take it away, Team!

Woman points at a screen with a series of radiology images. Caption. These visionaries work within the field of radiology.

Female technician touches a sonogram to a pregnant woman's stomach. Both look towards a computer screen. Caption. And we work very closely with the sonographer.

Storybook excerpt shows illustrations show young women designing clothes, writing at a desk, dressed in a pilot uniform in front of a plane, checking an x-ray, and sailing a ship. Text tells us about many different jobs that girls can do.

Side view of man wearing a collared shirt under a beige sweater squatting as he touches the door of a white vehicle that is not yet fully assembled. Caption with Darcy as narrator. Now, you were talking about paint.

Closeup of a young man with short, dark, curly hair wearing a yellow and black plaid shirt in front of a tan background. Caption. Do you think you could explain to us the process of writing?

2 chefs in white chef's jackets and hats stand at a counter. 1 holds a small dish in their hands while the other stirs something in a bowl. 4 other chefs stand in the background. Caption. Now we're gonna take some black pepper.

Woman with curly blonde hair and a green shirt sings into a hanging microphone while looking at a paper on a music stand in a recording booth. A young man looks on in the background. Caption. Diamond earrings that make the woman who wears them.

Crowd of people walks along a partially shaded campus path with large trees and a flag along the side. A building appears in the background. Caption. Around about 35,000 of those students are undergraduate students.

Closeup of a woman with long dark hair wearing a white coat and a stethoscope around her neck as she sits and talks in an examination room. Caption. And then we watch the interviews with our faculty advisor.

Blonde woman in a black blazer stands in front of a diploma on a white wall talking to someone off screen. Caption. For persons with disabilities.

Woman with brown curly hair wears a red collared shirt and sits in a beige chair in a small room, with a larger room with lots of tables and chairs visible through an open door. Caption. You're a career planner. How would you help me?

Empty glass and plastic bottles and cans. Caption: Figuring out ways to recycle our trash

Old and somewhat deteriorated metal canisters stacked on plywood shelves. Caption: against lingering environmental pollution.

Man faces camera and gestures in sign language, 1 finger pointing straight out, other hand pulled into his body.

Color illustration. Termite with antennas and sharp teeth wearing a red shirt. Caption. Who ever heard of a termite who wanted to be an architect?

Robot with logos for NASA and GM. Caption: that we developed to assist astronauts in space

Overhead view of 4 preteens sitting at a long peach color table while doing school work. Water bottles, papers, books, and other school supplies line the table. Caption. And can you please finish the science review?

Angled view of 2 men, both with dark hair and 1 wearing a hooded jacket, sitting in beige office chairs at a long table near windows as they operate desktop computers. Spanish caption. Y al final de esa reunión.

View from the cockpit of a race car. Spanish captions.

Person in scrubs handling medical equipment. Spanish captions.

Teenage girl sits at a desk and looks at an open laptop while a woman standing beside her looks down at the laptop screen.

Young men sit at rows of desks in a school setting. Some lean forward and write in notebooks.

Young girl in front of an aquarium. Caption: (narrator) The SciGirls are working together as citizen scientists,

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

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Biologists--Scientists Who Love Life

Still image from: SciShow Kids: What Do Astronauts Do?

Young man with blond hair and bandana sits behind a drum set, smiling and raising his drumsticks up. Caption. Bob Hiltermann, drummer, Beethoven's Nightmare.

Closeup of a woman wearing a face mask and fingerless gloves as she paints on a tan canvas. Abstract artwork hangs on the walls around her.

Closeup of a brown horse in a red harness staring directly into camera. Caption. When we help them, you can see their happiness.

Boy glances down and away from camera with hands folded at his temple. A row of children behind in the faded background. Caption. When they don't understand something.

Digital illustration shows two side-by-side linear drawings of a brain. On the left, two sections on the brain are highlighted with light blue, while one section is highlighted on the other brain. In the same shade of blue, text reads, "Empathy."

People look at purple and white flowers on display in a sunny plant nursery.

Woman in a hard hat and yellow vest slings a wrench over her shoulder as she looks away from us towards a metal truss bridge. Text reads, "Someone Builds the Dream."

Deep etched image of a piece of shale against a turquoise background. Title card reads, "Shale. From the late Devonian period about 420 million years ago. Formed from bottom of prehistoric sea."

Cartoon of a garbage truck pulling up to a dumpster. Caption: The garbage truck?

Person at a cash register in a store filled with people and produce. Caption: Local, sustainable, as always, everything is organic.

Man dressed in an open collar dress shirt and suit jacket sits at a desk in an office. He looks to the side of camera as he leans forward and speaks, as if he trying to explain something.

Rear view of a man moving items from a cart in a warehouse setting. Caption. That want to invest in you.

Man sits at a task table with 3 large monitors displaying flowcharts and images. He studies the monitor in front of him which appears to be some kind of production control system.

View of a glassed-in medical test room. Test tube trays are lined up on a table. Behind them is a medical machine with sleeves extending down in what appears to be the same number of test tube tray spaces. Text on tube trays read, "Stats. Unspun."

Still image from: Talking Jobs: Can We Turn a Side Hustle Into a Career?

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Teen girl looks out the window of a vehicle at a group of five of her peers standing together outside of a building.

Closeup of a man looking to the side in a library setting. He wears a sage green collared shirt with a white tee-shirt underneath and smiles. Behind him are books on study carrels and library shelving. Caption. But you don't have to whisper whisper.

Woman stands next to a clothing rack of black clothing. Caption. But we do offer incentives and rewards for V, I, P customers.

Women smile and stand as they look around a factory with lots of electronics. Another woman works seated in the background.

Woman wearing a red New Mexico State T-shirt talks with someone offscreen, sitting at a lab bench, where sample tubes, various containers, and equipment can be seen.

A monkey sitting on a rock. Caption: Now the kooky chimpanzee

A child wearing a harness next to a woman. Caption: here at the Kennedy Space Center.

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Body stress."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Bullying."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "chemical hazards."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Confined space safety 1."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Confined space safety 2."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Drugs and alcohol."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Duty of care."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Electrical safety."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Emergency exits."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Emergency procedures."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Eye safety."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Fire prevention."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "First aid."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Forklift safety."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Handheld power tools."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Hazard management."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Hazardous chemicals."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Hearing conservation."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Hot work."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Impact of accidents."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Infection control."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "KISS for safety."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Lifting and carrying."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Lockout."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Machinery."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Manual handling."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Mobile phones."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "PPE."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Risk management."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Safe driving."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "SWMS."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Safety rules."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Safety tips."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Slips trips and falls."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "State of mind."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Stop think plan."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Stress."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Well being."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Working at heights."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "You are the driver."

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Rights and responsibilities."

Man seated behind a desk gestures in sign language, taping an index finger to the top of the opposite hand. Caption. After you've completed a tough project?

Illustration image of a satellite. Caption: Juno is an unmanned deep-space mission

Still image from: Transforming Cities and Youth Through Architecture: Kionna Walker and the Next Great Architects

Color illustration. Person reaching for a metal trash can.

Woman gestures with her hands while speaking to us, standing before a digital background with an illustration of a man wearing gray pants, a red shirt, and sneakers.

Worried woman sits at a desk with a laptop in an office. She gives a wary look toward a smart speaker with three speaking bubbles floating above it. The first reads, “Order completed.” The second reads, “Tracking completed.” The third reads, “Invoicing completed.”

A person looking up at a pair of primates in the trees. Caption: That's why scientists are interested in studying them.

Trace is standing with his right shoulder facing the book shelf. Caption: A la the Scully effect, which is just the best, but is it real.

Slit screen of a person in a virtual reality suit and the computer representation of her body. Caption: It actually recognizes my skeleton based on these different markers.

A swiftly moving river. Caption: more demand for water, greater impacts,

Police man with dress cap walking and looking backwards as he shines a flashlight towards a car window. Caption. And get them on the right track.

Metal ball with electricity arcing to the metal leads on a fluorescent light. Caption: as we explore the fascinating topic of science.

Woman seated next to a boy, both facing camera, for a recorded interview. Caption. Shows six distinct personality types.

Woman's face staring off camera. Caption. It was my job to supervise the floor staff.

Side view of a girl wearing a white shirt and dark pants talks into a microphone in a dimly-lit room. A projector screen is on the wall behind her and there is another one on the wall to her left. Light streams in from an open door on the wall to her left.

Young woman wearing a red apron stands behind an office desk reaching out a hand in front of her. Displayed products and office supplies are visible nearby. Caption. We are able to shape people's work attitude and work ethic.

Huge, blazing hot wildfire consumes several pine trees as it emits dark gray smoke. Caption. When fire moves, it gets up in the crowns and jumps.

On a split screen, a man stands inside an archeological dig site, his arms wide open. On the right side is a digital art depiction of a green dinosaur, standing on its back legs. Below it is the text, “Allosaurus.”

Underwater photo. From below, we look up at a seaweed forest in an ocean, racing up toward the sunlight. Text reads, “Macrocystis.”

Woman wearing a black turtleneck speaks to camera in a retail store setting. Title card below reads, Erin Kennedy, Director, Commercial Properties, Northstar at Tahoe. Caption. 80% of people that work in a store, a restaurant.

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Environmental Engineers

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Man sits at a desk reviewing a document in front of seven differently colored vials of liquid, labeled one through seven.

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Title text reads, “You're the Boss. Starting Your Business.”

Title text reads, “You're the Boss. Looking Ahead: Exiting Your Business.”

Title text reads, “You're the Boss. Managing Your Business.”

Title text reads, “You're the Boss. Planning Your Business.”