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Chrome robot using 4 hands, each with 2 mallets, to play a wood xylophone against a white background.
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
Episode
3 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A woman. Caption: So we found a way to control prosthetic limbs.
Ask a Scientist
Episode 19
1 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Ocean wave cresting and crashing on itself against a blue sky background. Caption. "We need more points to capture the fine-scale structure."
Ask a Scientist
Episode 20
1 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Researcher Mark Mote, a man with short dark hair wearing a plaid shirt, talks in front of a large blue banner. A young woman is near him in the background. Caption. "And that can be as simple as telling it how to add numbers."
Ask a Scientist
Episode 10
51 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
Digital image of rays of light streaking outwards over repeating diagonal and horizontal rows of binary code.
Career Connections
Episode 52
3 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
Dark room with open blinds in the background emitting dim exterior lighting. In the lower left corner of the frame, a computer monitor displays a white background with gray text boxes and black lettering.
Career Connections
Episode 73
3 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Man wearing dark polo shirt looks forward and speaks to camera.
Career Connections
Episode 74
5 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Upper half of a blonde woman over a purple background next to a yellow circle that reads, "Part 1: The importance of being cyber literate." Caption. And how to use our online world effectively and safely.
When Am I Ever Going to Use This?
Episode 4
21 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a man with short black hair, square black glasses, and a white collared shirt talking. Caption. This program is divided into 2 parts.
When Am I Ever Going to Use This?
Episode 5
19 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Group of 4 teenagers seated around a table, some talking to each other, others writing on sheets of paper. Spanish caption. Y desde hace cuánto estás haciendo cómics?
Franja Metro (Spanish)
Episode 13
10 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Binary code raining on a dark background. Text reads, “From Computers to Artificial Intelligence: A History. 1952 to 1964.”
From Computers to Artificial Intelligence: A History
Episode 2
25 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Binary code raining on a dark background. Text reads, “From Computers to Artificial Intelligence: A History. 1964 to 1975.”
From Computers to Artificial Intelligence: A History
Episode 3
26 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Woman speaks to camera, gesturing out with 1 hand. Caption. As far back as I can remember.
Great Unsung Women of Computing
Episode 2
17 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman faces camera with an alert expression. Title card identifies her as Andrea Colaco, M, I, T Computer Science P, H, D, 2014. Caption. To get what we want.
Great Unsung Women of Computing
Episode 3
11 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
1 female and 2 male game characters stand on a grassy hill overlooking the island in the video game Fortnite. A circle is drawn over part of the island, with an arrow pointing back to the female character, with text that reads, "Fog and value."
Artrageous With Nate
Season 0 / Ep 39
6 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 6
Young man faces camera and gestures with his hands as he speaks. Behind him, a video game world with a scoreboard and mystery boxes.
4 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Man in a white hooded sweatshirt and glasses sits in a computer lab. He smiles and looks slightly off to the side.
Science Nation
Episode 68
2 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Nick News: Alternative Learning and AI Pros and Cons
Nick News
Season 3 / Ep 2
22 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Drone-view of a cityscape showing multi-story buildings, high rises, tall trees, and other structures receding into the distance. In the foreground, a green courtyard surrounds a white steepled clocktower that towers over everything.
Overview
Season 1 / Ep 10
9 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 10
Blonde woman wearing a black shirt looks at a man in front of a blue background with faint white question marks. White text at the bottom reads, "Presentation software." Caption. Let's ask you this.
When Am I Ever Going to Use This?
Episode 2
13 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Circuit board with red and black wire. Resistor and LED with positive and negative polarity are displayed. A schematic shows a diagram of the red wire as 5v red row, black wire and black row. Caption: the positive side of my power.
Qualcomm Thinkabit Lab
Episode 2
14 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman with long hair wearing a gray shirt looks down on something she's making with her hands on a counter. Behind her are hundreds of colorful items on shelves and in drawers. Caption. So, we're going to program a very simple example for these.
Qualcomm Thinkabit Lab
Episode 3
12 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Teacher speaking in front of a lecture hall full of students. Spanish captions.
Science And Technology (Spanish)
Episode 15
23 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Teacher leaning down to help a student at a computer. Spanish captions.
Science And Technology (Spanish)
Episode 16
26 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Person using a touch screen. Spanish captions.
Science And Technology (Spanish)
Episode 21
24 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Diagram showing a single computer connected to a cloud which is then connected to a large group of computers. Spanish captions.
Science And Technology (Spanish)
Episode 14
26 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Flat metallic card with irregular shapes cut out and printed text on the bottom. Spanish captions.
Science And Technology (Spanish)
Episode 3
22 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Computer model of spiral ribbon structures with hollow, hexagonal tubular structures. Caption: (male narrator) What's the best was to know a protein?
Science Nation
Episode 132
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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.
Science Nation
Episode 186
2 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Computer screen showing the aerial view of a multi-story building and thumbnail views of other buildings. Caption: It's part of a new computing concept
Science Nation
Episode 114
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Blurry black and white still of a man in a long trench coat with 1 arm raised.
Science Nation
Episode 178
5 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Two people standing at a counter checking in with a receptionist. Caption: So they joined a live donor kidney exchange program.
Science Nation
Episode 63
2 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Ceiling security camera footage showing store aisles. Caption: to track shoppers as they move in the store and create data
Science Nation
Episode 109
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person with a headset being placed on their head. Caption: (narrator) The headset he is wearing allows him to steer
Science Nation
Episode 194
4 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person watching a newscast on a laptop. Caption: most people rely on TV to make decisions as storms approach.
Science Nation
Episode 54
2 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
McCormick Northwest Engineering. The 2009 hurricane season heats up: Ana, Claudette, and Bill. McCormick studios. Caption: (narrator) This is a virtual newscast.
Science Nation
Episode 191
4 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Closeup image of a middle-aged man with a concerned expression on his face. Darkness surrounds him.
Science Nation
Episode 139
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Upper half of a blonde woman over a bright green background with a yellow circle in the top middle that reads, "Part 1. What are spreadsheets and when will I ever use them?" Caption. In Part 1, what are spreadsheets.
When Am I Ever Going to Use This?
Episode 1
13 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Young man seated in a school classroom looks just off camera. Caption. Taking notes, paying attention in class.
25 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Map of the United States covered in white bird icons from coast to coast. Caption: Today volunteers spot species and numbers each winter
The Crowd and the Cloud
Episode 4
56 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Cat standing in front of an automatic food dispenser. Caption: Their labor of love went from passion to prototype,
The Henry Ford Innovation Nation With Mo Rocca
Season 3 / Ep 25
20 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Man stands in front of a screen showing a cartoon bedroom and different kinds of video recording equipment. Text above bedroom reads, "Record video." Text above video equipment reads, "Supplies."
5 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Still image from: Uno Dos of Trace: The Artificial Intelligence Dunning-Kruger Problem
Uno Dos of Trace
Episode
15 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Computer screen showing a satellite map with population data. Caption: We can identify the number of people
Volcano Web Shorts
Episode 6
2 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Angled view of 2 female and 1 male teenager sitting in a row at a long table operating black desktop computers in a beige room. Caption. Are applied and used in a variety of settings.
When Am I Ever Going to Use This?
Episode 3
14 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Low-angle view of a steam engine pulling several open passenger cars across a tall wooden bridge with fall colored trees behind it and green hills beneath it. Caption. Planes, trains, automobiles, and boats?
Wow! I Never Knew That!
Episode 15
10 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12