Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Carbon Fiber Car of the Future

9th - 10th
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, find out how cars made of a material stronger than steel and half the weight can help combat climate change. [5:01]
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Creative Design Process: Lesson 1

9th - 10th
In this lesson, you get an overview of the creative process. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Creative Design Process."
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Kids Design Squad: Cardboard Playhouse

K - 1st
Have you ever built a slide out of cardboard? Watch as Nate engineers a playhouse for his son, Calvin. [5:23]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Engineer Profile: Simon Bahr

9th - 10th
Simon Bahr, an engineer at The Boeing Company, explains lift and describes the safety testing that planes go through before they are allowed to fly. Bahr relates lift to the sensation you feel when you stick a hand out the window of a...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Zach Kaplan Digital Manufacturing Revolution

9th - 10th
Zach Kaplan, CEO of Inventables, discusses how the revolution of digital manufacturing and desktop publishing can impact a new generation of entrepreneurs. [3:46]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Simple Solutions: The Engineering Design Process

9th - 10th
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...
Instructional Video
Other

Career Foundry: The Design Thinking Process (Explained by an Expert)

9th - 10th
This video explores Design Thinking which is both an ideology and a process. It's all about solving complex problems in a user-centric way. Design Thinking was created as a way of taking the processes and approaches that designers use...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Costumes

9th - 10th
This video is an overview of the process Imagineers at Disney go through to design costumes for characters and workers. [5:26]
Instructional Video
Bozeman Science

Bozeman Science: Developing Possible Solutions

9th - 10th
In this video, Paul Andersen explains how many possible solutions are developed in the design process. As many solutions to the problem are identified using a brainstorming process. These solutions are compared to the specific...
Instructional Video
Other

The Strategy Group: Design Thinking in 90 Seconds

9th - 10th
This animated video explains how organizations can use design thinking to delight their customers. Designers first do research into the customer base and immerse themselves in their world. They then come up with creative ideas that will...
Instructional Video
Other

Sprouts: The Design Thinking Process

9th - 10th
Design Thinking is a 5-step process to come up with meaningful ideas that solve real problems for a particular group of people. The process is taught in top design and business schools around the world. It has brought many businesses...