TED-Ed
From Mach-20 Glider to Humming Bird Drone
"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" This question guides Regina Dugan's exploration of amazing achievements in science and engineering that push the boundary of impossibility. From robotic hummingbirds and...
Real Engineering
What is Real Engineering?
See how engineering can change the world. Future engineers watch a video that explains the purpose of real engineering. They see how engineering affects architecture, agriculture, medicine, and other areas of everyday life.
Khan Academy
What is Inside a DVD Player? (5 of 5), Electrical engineering
You probably know that a laser is used in a DVD player, but how exactly does it work? The last of five videos explains the laser setup in the DVD player and how it transmits stored information. The video begins with a drawing and ends...
Khan Academy
Compare the Hair Dryer Motor to the One You Can Build
Could you build a motor for a hair dryer? Viewers of a short video watch as the narrator compares a hair dryer motor to an electric motor built from a kit. Each component of the hair dryer motor correlates to a component in the electric...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Automatic Door Opener
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, watch the design process in action as cast members create automatic door openers to open their bedroom doors while still lying down.
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Pbs Learning Media: How Would You Turn a Bolt in Space?
In this fast-paced NASA Brain Bites video, an astronaut demonstrates the impact of microgravity on the use of tools in space. [0:47]
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Pbs Learning Media: Robofly
Featuring slow-motion footage of insects in flight, this video adapted from NOVA explores the engineering challenge of designing a robotic aerial vehicle that flies like a bug.
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Pbs Learning Media: Building a Dam Like a Beaver
In this video segment from WGBH, children make a dam with dirt, sticks, and stones to try to stop the flow of water.
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Pbs Learning Media: Easy Fit Design
In this video produced for Teachers' Domain, Chi-An Wang, a mechanical engineering graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, describes her process when working with New Balance to design a new triathlon shoe.
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Pbs Learning Media: A House for Teddy Bear
In this video segment from WGBH, children experiment with cardboard and build a house for their stuffed animals.
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Pbs Learning Media: Fire Safety in High Rises
This video segment adapted from NOVA explains how the sprinkler revolutionized fire safety and also features developments in fire-safety design for high-rise buildings.
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Pbs Learning Media: Triangles: Designing a Newspaper Chair
Watch the ZOOM cast build a chair out of newspaper by making good use of the strength of triangles. [4:21]
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Pbs Learning Media: Exploring Windmill Design
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members are challenged to design a windmill that can be powered by a hair dryer. [3:38]
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Pbs Learning Media: Cyberchase: Design for Function
Cyberchase video in which the CyberSquad uses the design process to create an invention that will help them navigate some tricky terrain. Includes background reading and discussion questions. [3:52]
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Pbs Learning Media: Raising an Obelisk: An Engineering Puzzle
This video segment adapted from NOVA follows two teams as they each test a different engineering design in an effort to explain how ancient Egyptians raised a giant stone obelisk. [5:21]
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Pbs Learning Media: Building Simple Machines: Plant Quencher
In this video segment from ZOOM, Jillian explains how her simple machine uses marbles, levers, flowing sand, and a spinning wheel to water a plant. [1:16]
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Pbs Learning Media: Sharing Water Between Dams
In this video segment from WGBH, children figure out how to control the flow of water so it supplies two dams. [1:28]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Cell Phone Microscope
Researchers describe an portable fluorescent microscope they've built using a cell phone and inexpensive parts.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Himalayan Megaquake Building Earthquake Resistant Homes
Society needs to be innovative when it comes to designing homes in areas that may be impacted by natural disasters. One such area is the Gorkha region where a devastating earthquake killed thousands in 2015. Engineers developed a feature...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bit Zee Bot: 13. Why Does Bit Zee Need a Motor Controller?
This video outlines in simple terms why a motor controller is needed and what it does. [5:29]
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Khan Academy: Bit Zee Bot: 15. Attaching and Wiring Bit Zee's Motor Controller
In this video we show you how to attach and wire the L-298 motor controller board to Bit-zee's frame. [6:33]
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Khan Academy: Bit Zee Bot: 10. Improving the Battery Wires
In this video we upgrade Bit-zee' battery wires from 32 gage to 18 gauge. [3:17]
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Khan Academy: Bit Zee Bot: 12. Bit Zee's Motors
In this video we re-wire Bit-zee's motors to include longer wires and then we re-attach them to his frame. This video shows more detail than the previous motor video and it is shot in real time. This video also shows how to route the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bit Zee Bot: 16. Attaching Bit Zee's Arduino
In this video we show you how to connect Bit-zee's Arduino micro-controller to his frame. [5:04]