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Instructional Video3:16
PBS

Career Connections | CNC Die Shop Machinist

For Students 6th - 12th
Ever wonder where they get all those little parts that go into machines that make stuff? Welcome to the world of the Computer Numerical Control (CNC) die shop machinist. A short video looks at the training and education required for a...
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Instructional Video3:59
PBS

Career Connections | Chemical Engineer

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Like chemistry? Like math? Like research? A short video explains how scholars can combine those interests into a successful career as a chemical engineer. The chemical engineer featured in this episode is flush with success.
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Instructional Video4:54
PBS

Career Connections | Bookkeeping and Accounting

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Keeping track of the finances is the job of the accountant and the bookkeeper. Find out what skills add up to make it in the world of ledgers and numbers.
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Instructional Video5:49
PBS

Career Connections | Automotive Sales Representative

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Know what you're selling. That's the key piece of advice from a man who has been an automotive sales representative for over 30 years. Rather than a car salesman, the automotive rep's job is to provide auto manufacturers with the parts...
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Instructional Video5:29
PBS

Career Connections | Auto Factory Worker

For Students 6th - 8th
Like putting things together? Painting? Working with robots? A short video outlines three fields in which workers in the automobile industry can specialize and the education and skills required.
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Instructional Video6:56
PBS

Career Connections | Art Auctioneer

For Students 6th - 12th
Going once, twice, sold! A short video introduces viewers to the world of auctioneering. The skills, education, and training required are all detailed.
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Instructional Video3:45
PBS

Career Connections | Agricultural Inspector

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
See what the buzz is all about! A short video details what it is like to be an agricultural inspector who specialized in apiaries. 
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Instructional Video4:06
PBS

Career Connections | Biomedical Engineer

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Interesting in both engineering and medicine. Then a career in biomedical engineering is for you. The narrator of a short video introduces viewers to his work with developing devices that monitor different signals that the body generates.
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Instructional Video5:40
PBS

Career Connections | Architect Sports Planner

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Part of the thrill of sports is getting to see competition in person at an athletic facility or stadium. Find out what it takes to become a sports venue architect with a short video that features an architect who designs such venues.  
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Instructional Video6:01
PBS

Career Connections | Animator

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Hey, kid! How'd you like to work in television? Commercials? Movies? Advertising? Video games? Check out this video that's all about what it takes to become an animator.
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Instructional Video4:03
PBS

Career Connections | Advertising Director

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Being an advertising director requires more than the ability to craft ads for products and services. The president of an advertising, design, and marketing agency details what he believes are the skills essential to becoming an...
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Instructional Video2:36
PBS

Career Connections | Advanced Manufacturing Engineer

For Students 6th - 12th
Imagine engineering robotic assembly machines! That's one of the many tasks taken on by advanced manufacturing engineers. A PBS video explains what it takes to be a manufacturing engineer in the auto industry.
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Instructional Video4:45
PBS

Career Connections | Accounting/Auditor

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Have a head for numbers? Does preparing tax returns, auditing business plans, and finances, and keeping clients compliant with current tax law so like fun? A senior manager informs viewers about what it takes to be a tax accountant.
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Instructional Video3:32
TED-Ed

What Is Juneteenth, and Why Is It so Important?

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
A short TEDEd video details the history of Juneteenth celebrations, the events of June 19, 1865, and the importance of Juneteenth celebrations.
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Instructional Video0:19
American Museum of Natural History

Ask a Scientist About Microbes

For Students 6th - 12th
Microbes are the focus of 10 brief videos that showcases microbiologist Susan Perkins, who answers questions about how, what, where, and why.
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Instructional Video1:06
PBS

Pitch and Frequency | UNC-TV Science

For Students 5th - 12th Standards
Musicians and physicists unite for an activity that explains frequency using the guitar as an example. Scientists view an animated video defining frequency and explore pitch changes. During the activity, tension changes on guitar strings...
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Instructional Video1:14
PBS

Categorizing Matter | UNC-TV Science

For Students 5th - 12th Standards
Take the difficulty out of classifying matter with an easy-to-follow activity that makes distinguishing between pure substances and mixtures simple. Scholars explore how matter is grouped between two categories—pure substances and...
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Instructional Video1:03
PBS

Cellular Respiration | UNC-TV Science

For Students 6th - Higher Ed Standards
Find out why Earth hangs in a delicate balance between cellular respiration and photosynthesis with a compact activity. Biologists compare and contrast cellular respiration with photosynthesis by examining the functions and products of...
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Instructional Video8:33
American Museum of Natural History

Pondlife: Our Tiny Neighbors

For Students 6th - 12th
Three episodes explore pondlife with microbiologist Sally Warring from the American Museum of Natural History. Videos give scholars an up-close look into the microbes that live among pond scum, algae, and moss while the host offers...
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Instructional Video1:25
PBS

Volume and Amplitude | UNC-TV Science

For Students 5th - 12th Standards
Future physicists pump up the volume while discovering the world of sound waves. Group members learn about the qualities of sound waves, the relationship between energy and sound volume, and the definition of amplitude while viewing an...
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Instructional Video1:12
PBS

Tropism and Dormancy | UNC-TV Science

For Students 6th - Higher Ed Standards
Since plants can't move to a better environment, they have their own way of dealing with less-than-ideal conditions. A quick animation provides learners with an overview of the strategies plants use to adapt within their environments....
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Instructional Video1:15
PBS

Protists | UNC-TV Science

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Humans are made of trillions of cells while protists are composed of just one. Individuals use the video lesson to examine how these unicellular organisms eat, move, reproduce, and excrete waste with a single cell. The video is short but...
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Instructional Video1:06
PBS

Solar Eclipse Animation | UNC-TV Science

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
All locations during a solar eclipse are not equal. Whether in the umbra, penumbra, or outside range, between two and five solar eclipses happen each year. With an engaging video, young scientists learn eclipse vocabulary as well as view...
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Instructional Video1:11
PBS

Solar Eclipse: Awesome Totality

For Students 6th - Higher Ed Standards
The next solar eclipse will happen soon, but it's unlikely humans will be able to see it. A video lesson gives a brief overview of the scientific history of the solar eclipse. Pupils learn how Einstein connected a solar eclipse to his...