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The Elements: Forged in StarsThe story of how elements from lithium to uranium are created by stars is illustrated through animation and a hands-on periodic table in this video segment adapted from NOVA. |
6-12 |
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Franklin Chang-Díaz: Rocket ScientistThis video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW profiles Franklin Chang-Díaz, a scientist who is working on plasma-powered rockets and was NASA's first Latin American astronaut. |
6-12 |
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Gravity and the Expanding UniverseThis video segment, adapted from NOVA, traces the evolving history of theories about gravity and a force that may oppose it, along with our understanding of the impact of both of these forces on our expanding universe. |
6-12 |
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Island of Stability In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, follow scientists in their quest to understand how stable elements are made and how to create the elusive element 114.
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9-12 |
Video |
Light Particles Acting Like Waves: The Uncertainty PrincipleThis video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey uses a laser beam to demonstrate how light particles act like waves, illustrating Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle. |
9-12 |
Video |
Melissa Franklin: High Energy PhysicsThis video segment adapted from Discovering Women profiles Fermilab physicist and Harvard professor Melissa Franklin. |
9-12 |
Video |
Sound Waves Underwater: The Loch Ness MonsterThis video segment, adapted from NOVA follows a team of enthusiasts and scientists who attempt to find a trace of the Loch Ness monster by scouring the lake with sonar. |
6-12 |
Video |
String Theory: A New Picture of GravityThis video segment from NOVA describes the general theory of relativity and the theory of electromagnetism. |
6-12 |
Video |
String Theory: A Strange New WorldThis video segment from NOVA chronicles Einstein's quest to unify the forces of electromagnetism and gravity. |
6-12 |
Video |
String Theory: A Theory of Everything?This video segment from NOVA introduces the basic ideas behind string theory and looks at the quest for unification. |
9-12 |
Video |
String Theory: Gravity - The Odd Man OutThis video segment from NOVA describes the discovery in the 1930s of two forces in addition to electromagnetism: the strong nuclear force and the weak nuclear force. |
9-12 |
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String Theory: Newton's Embarrassing SecretThis video segment from NOVA chronicles Newton's theory of gravity and Einstein's discovery that contradicted it. |
6-12 |
Video |
String Theory: Science or Philosophy?This video segment from NOVA discusses the challenge of proving the scientific validity of string theory, in question because strings may be too small to ever be seen or detected, and therefore tested. |
9-12 |
Video |
String Theory: Strings to the RescueThis video segment from NOVA discusses the challenge of unifying the force of gravity and the forces described by quantum mechanics into a single theory of unification. |
9-12 |
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String Theory: The Quantum CaféThis video segment from NOVA relates the rise of subatomic physics in the 1920s and the development of the radical theory of quantum mechanics. |
9-12 |
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Taking Pictures of Things You Can't SeeDr. Chris Muhlstein explains the challenge of studying materials that are too small to see with the naked eye. The technique some scientists use to observe individual atoms is similar to the technique of using touch to find out the size, shape, and location of objects in a dark room. By using a very small, sharp sensor, scientists can create an image of atoms. |
6-12 |
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Using Nanoscience to Understand the Properties of MatterAtoms and molecules are the basic units of matter. The properties of matter that you can see and touch are dictated by the kinds of atoms and bonds that make it up. But if atoms are too small to see, how can scientists figure out their properties? The video shows some special tools that allow scientists to take pictures of and make changes to very tiny or nanoscale materials. |
6-12 |
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