Why does an egg float in salt water? Learn about density and buoyancy in this video segment adapted from ZOOM.
Watch warm water float on top of cold water in this video segment adapted from ZOOM.
This video segment adapted from ZOOM offers a clever demonstration of buoyancy by showing how to pour a cup of air into a cup filled with water.
Will a grape float in oil? Will a metal nut sink in corn syrup? Watch as the ZOOM cast tests the buoyancy of a variety of liquids and objects.
This video segment from NOVA: A Desert Place describes the physical characteristics and organisms that define the desert biome.
This video segment from Outdoor Nevada examines threats to the desert tortoise population.
In this video segment adapted from Design Squadí_í_íŹa PBS TV series featuring high school contestants tackling engineering challengesí_í_íŹlearn about the fundamentals of sound as student teams create percussive and stringed instruments for a local band.
In this video segment adapted from Design Squadí_í_íŹa PBS TV series featuring high school contestants tackling engineering challengesí_í_íŹstudents employ the concepts of tension and compression to build a suspension bridge without the aid of power tools.
In this video segment adapted from Design Squadí_í_íŹa PBS TV series featuring high school contestants tackling engineering challengesí_í_íŹstudents employ the concepts of tension and compression as they build a truss bridge without the aid of power tools.
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad designs an invention that will help them cross a swamp and also reach the top of a tall cliff.
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members design and build door alarms using a variety of materials, including aluminum foil, batteries, and buzzers.
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members discover that metal is a good conductor of electricity as they play the steadiness tester game.
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members make a bridge from a single piece of paper. Will it be strong enough to hold a hundred pennies?
This video from Nature offers a description of desirable traits in beef and dairy cattle.
In this video segment from Nature, scientists question how animals mysteriously survive natural disasters.
In this video from NOVA scienceNOW, learn how scientists detect potential signs of life on distant planets.
Students practice data collection by gathering data within the classroom on common causes of allergies. They examine and interpret data charts on national trends in allergies.
An expert describes the carbon composition of diamonds, as well as the conditions necessary for diamond formation in this video segment from Nature.
This Nature video offers an introduction to the socio-economic value of diamonds.
This video segment from Greater Boston examines whether environmental toxins may be to blame for a rare skin disease.