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Pbs Kids Design Squad: Cardboard Playhouse
Have you ever built a slide out of cardboard? Watch as Nate engineers a playhouse for his son, Calvin. [5:23]
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Pbs Kids Design Squad: What Is an I Beam?
Do you know what an i-beam is? Watch as Nate explains this important building tool and demonstrates its use. [3:22]
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science of Innovation: Smart Concrete
When carbon fiber is added to concrete, it becomes an electricity conductor and a stress sensor, which may allow engineers to identify problems in a building's structure before anything is outwardly visible. [5:23]
Crash Course
Crash Course Engineering #26: Skyscrapers, Statics, and Dynamics
"What if you were on a high floor of a skyscraper and the building started swaying?" This video looks at the designs of structures. Explore statics and dynamics, static equilibrium, forces, and torques, and how free body diagrams can...
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Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Winging It
Explore structural science as Ruff Ruffman uses his new service, called "Ask Ruff First" or "ARF, to build a topple-proof birdbath. [4:45]
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Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Eye of the Hamster
Explore structural science as Ruff Ruffman uses his new service, called "Ask Ruff First" or "ARF, to entertain a bored hamster. [4:26]
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Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Ruffman Escapes!
Explore structural science as Ruff Ruffman uses his new service, called "Ask Ruff First" or "ARF, to find out if you can build a chair from a newspaper. [4:59]
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Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Building Is a Breeze
Explore structural science as Ruff Ruffman uses his new service, called "Ask Ruff First" or "ARF, to help kids looking for a way to keep their mini-golf tower from tipping over in the wind. [5:00]