Crash Course
Building a Desalination Plant from Scratch: Crash Course Engineering #44
An essential part of engineering is engineering design. Today we’ll see how design synthesis helps you put together the components of a process and decide what techniques are needed to solve your problem. We’ll explain the need test...
Wonderscape
The Thrills of Physics: Understanding Roller Coaster Energy
Explore the law of conservation of energy and how it applies to the exhilarating experience of roller coasters. This video explains how gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy interact and transform throughout a roller coaster...
Curated Video
Water Shortages: Exploring Physical and Economic Scarcity
In this segment, students explore water scarcity, understanding its two main forms: physical and economic scarcity. Through compelling examples, they grasp the challenges communities face in accessing clean water. From drought-prone...
Curated Video
Clean Water for All: The Power of Water Filters
In this segment, viewers explore the innovative world of water filtration technology and its crucial role in addressing water scarcity. Through vivid explanations, students uncover how water filters function as a "big net" to remove...
Curated Video
Water Scarcity: Understanding the Four Root Causes
In this segment, viewers uncover the four primary causes of water scarcity, from limited availability to contamination and poor management practices. Through engaging examples, students grasp the interconnectedness of these factors and...
Curated Video
“Turn Off the Water!” Music Video
“Turn Off the Water” is an energetic, upbeat song showcasing some simple ways kids can be part of the solution right now - at home and at school - simply by turning off the water when they're not using it. Use this song to introduce the...
Curated Video
Thirsty Planet: Exploring Water Scarcity
In this introductory segment, host Bobby Donohue introduces water scarcity and the need for clean drinking water. He highlights challenges faced by communities without access to clean water and discusses innovative solutions. The segment...
Curated Video
Castaway Water - Part 2
While searching for JP's secret lair, the Boneheads are shipwrecked on an uncharted desert isle. The castaways realize it is the very island where JP is about to unleash a terrible storm that will rain down pollution over the entire...
Curated Video
The Water Cycle: Water’s Endless Journey Across Planet Earth
In this segment, students delve into the water cycle, exploring evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection. Through vivid descriptions and relatable analogies, viewers understand how water transforms from liquid to vapor...
Upayan Mathkari
Functional Modeling for a Blender (Engineering Design Fundamentals)
Video goes over technique of functional modelling to represent complex systems.
Science Buddies
Build a Paper Airplane Launcher
Here's a challenge: Try throwing a paper airplane by moving just your wrist (don't move your elbow or shoulder). It's hard, isn't it? How could you get a paper airplane to fly far if you can use only a short distance to launch it? Try...
Science Buddies
Build a Wind-Powered Car
Is that a sailboat or a sail...car? Design and build a toy car powered by the wind in this fun engineering project!
SciShow
Great Minds: Filippo Brunelleschi
The first modern engineer earned the title by winning a competition to build a dome. A video focuses on the work and life of Filippo Brunelleschi, who invented an entirely new way of constructing buildings, including new designs,...
TED-Ed
What's the Difference Between Accuracy and Precision?
While often used interchangeably, the distinction between accuracy and precision is critical for many scientific endeavors. Discover the importance of consistency for precise results, and the need for accuracy in the field...
TED-Ed
The Real Story Behind Archimedes' Eureka!
Can a boat the size of a palace possibly float? Discover how a king and a famous Ancient Greek mathematician named Archimedes answered this question, and explore the history behind Archimedes' principle and how a law of physics...
Lesson Planet
EdTech Tuesday: BirdBrain Technologies with Tom Lauwers
"Computer science and engineering design are things that all students will need to engage with as early as possible..." You'll be inspired to see what Roboticist Tom Lauwers of BirdBrain Technologies, LLC, is doing for education,...
Bonneville
How to Build a Turbine
Here is a six-minute video of a pair of electrical engineers that illustrate how to build a wind turbine. A list of materials is provided, along with general guidelines for your class. Use this to introduce turbine design to your...
Bonneville
How to Build a Motor
Electrical engineers entertain and explain how to construct an electromagnet-driven motor. Kellie and Mike, the hosts of the show, are enthusiastic teachers that will help introduce a project that you likely include in your middle school...
Bonneville
The Great Marble Drop
Mike and Kellie, a team of electrical engineers, demonstrate how to to design a contraption that accurately drops a marble onto a target. The materials needed and general instructions are provided on the website or via a downloadable...
PBS
Career Connections | Tire Designer
Rolling down the highway, we rarely think about our tires until one goes flat or when we have to replace worn ones. Then it's off to the store to pick replacements, selecting ones from the endless variety offered by the store. But who...
PBS
Career Connections | Industrial Designer
There ought to be a tool for that! Industrial designers meet the challenge of designing new tools that accomplish tasks. A short video introduces viewers to a designer who crafts tools for musical instruments.
PBS
Career Connections | Structural Engineer
Images of buildings collapsing underscore the importance of the role of structural engineers, the people who design the skeleton that safely supports a building. A short video shows the many design tools such engineers use to create...
PBS
Career Connections | Software Developer Dayton
Like coding and 3-D design, like working with computers and with people? A career as a software developer might be in your future. Find out what's involved by watching a short video narrated by a software developer.
PBS
Hot Shots and Hot Jobs: Powering Up with Renewable Energy
Imagine being a part of the hot new field of renewable energy! A short video details a few of the many job opportunities for those interested in the infrastructure of the systems that provide the power we use daily.