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Pbs Learning Media: Girls Explore It Careers: Inside Itest
BuildIT capitalizes on girls' inherent interest in design and communication technologies, engaging girls in hands-on, collaborative, real-world experiences as they progress through 3 stages - Apprentice, Journeygirl, and Specialist. Here...
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Pbs Learning Media: Robot Race
NOVA follows two teams as they push their engineering design skills to the limit to develop systems that allow cars to drive themselves. [5:52]
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Pbs Learning Media: Scientist Profile: Inventor
Eighteen-year-old inventor Ryan Patterson designed a sign language translator glove that works by sensing the hand movements of the American Sign Language and sending the data to a device that displays the words on-screen. The glove...
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Pbs Learning Media: Career Connections: Network Architect
Network architects do much more than connect wires. Hear from one who continues to look towards the future! [3:04]
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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...
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Pbs Learning Media: Career Connections: Sound Engineer
Many sound engineers creatively use technology to produce audio for music, radio, film, and television. To prepare for this career path, studying media arts and science would be beneficial. [5:38]
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Pbs Learning Media: Traffic Jam Part 7: Mission Accomplished
Students celebrate by watching the traffic flow smoothly at their intersection and reflect on the role computers play in helping to solve complex problems. This is part of a 7-part engineering design lesson. [1:53]
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Pbs Learning Media: Traffic Jam Part 6: Run a Simulation
Students utilize a computer simulation to help solve their problem of traffic light congestion. This is part of a 7-part engineering design lesson. [3:55]
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Pbs Learning Media: Traffic Jam Part 5: Make a Model
Students process and analyze data on traffic light congestion. This is part of a 7-part engineering design lesson. [3:31]
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Pbs Learning Media: Traffic Jam Part 3: Brainstorm
Students meet Dave Musicant, a computer science professor and explain that they want to try to reduce the amount of time they spend waiting at red lights at the intersection by their school. [3 min, 1 sec]
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Pbs Learning Media: Traffic Jam Part 2: Straight to the Source
Students visit their city's traffic management center, tour the traffic signal control room and meet with Nick Van Gunst, a traffic engineer who shows them that the city's traffic light system is controlled by computers. They learn that...