Videos and Interactives

Supplement your classroom lessons with these fun and educational videos about the science of everyday life.

Everyday Invention

Inventing the Super Soaker

Engineer Lonnie Johnson discusses his invention of the Super Soaker water gun, what it means to be an engineer, and the idea that led to the Super Soaker.

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Brain Games

Discover scientific breakthroughs on the brink of changing life as we know it. Host Josh Zepps profiles methane gas on Mars, a video game that runs on brain waves, improvements in 3-D technology, and more.

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Preventing the Spread of Germs & Diseases

1918 Flu Epidemic

Researchers studying swine flu look back to the 1918 flu epidemic as an example of how quickly a virus can infect millions of people.

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Spread of H1N1

H1N1 swine flu first emerged in Mexico and quickly spread to the United States, Japan, and several countries in Europe.

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Food Safety

Exponents and Multiplication

The easiest way to understand exponents is to use the concept of repeated factors with multiplication.

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Food from Land Animals

Humans consume more food products from land animals than from fish.

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Fruits and Vegetables

Fruits and vegetables are an important part of the human diet. In the United States, most produce is grown on large farms.

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Sun protection

Greenhouse Effect

The greenhouse effect is the warming of Earth's atmosphere that occurs when the sun's energy interacts with certain gases in the atmosphere.

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What Are the Odds?: Skin Cancer

Professor Jeff Rosenthal breaks down the probability of fantastic events in an entertaining blend of mathematics, science, and popular culture.

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Wind-resistant Structures

Weather Patterns

Weather describes the condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place. Weather tells how hot or cold, wet or dry, stormy or calm it is in an area.

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Intelligent Skyscrapers

A Chicago architect uses research findings from Drs. Grabiner, Day, and Lakie to build a model skyscraper that can right itself after a hurricane.

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