Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Solderless Spout Bot: 3 Rd Graders Build Robots
Mrs. Rowhani's third graders learn about matter and energy by building a Spout bot with Khan Academy. [4:06]
Museum of Science
Ei E: Thinking Inside the Box: Designing Plant Packages Lesson 3 Part 1
Students determine the needs of the plant and the consumer for which they are designing their plant packages. [13:38]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Are Computers Intelligent?
Learn how computers can be programmed to beat the greatest human chess masters. Computers can use their understanding of the rules of chess to plan many more moves ahead than humans can. But when computers bring that kind of...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Magnetic Microbots
New York Times technology columnist David Pogue visits the Institute of Robotics at ETH Zurich, where materials scientists are designing a microbot that can travel into a human eye to treat a type of blindness. [2:49]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Technology Dissection
What happens when you combine "technology" and "dissection?" At the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, AL, kids find out, by taking apart electronic gadgets to learn how they work. Kids can then put them back together or make new...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Will 3 D Printing Change the World?
Much attention has been paid to 3D Printing lately, with new companies developing cheaper and more efficient consumer models that have wowed the tech community. They herald 3D Printing as a revolutionary and disruptive technology, but...
PBS
Pbs: Simple Solutions: The Engineering Design Process
In this video, mechanical engineer Amy Smith explains the design process for an innovation that enables people in isolated villages to determine whether their water supplies are free of dangerous bacteria. Included are teaching tips and...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Engineering for Success by Building on Failure
A new book explores why engineers should pay close attention to past failures when designing a new bridge or plane. [13 mins. 26 secs.]