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Electricity and Magnetism

Still image from: All the Answers: Solar System, Light Bulb, Chemical Reactions!
All the Answers
Episode 1
19 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Man sitting outside looks at us as he talks, gesturing with his hand forward as he speaks.
Archaeo-Tech
Episode 1
4 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Measurement device placed on a circuit powered by three AA batteries. Device shows 0.05 on the display. Caption: (Adabot) zero point zero five amperes.
Circuit Playground
Episode 1
3 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Person speaking. Illustration of a battery. Caption: A battery uses chemistry to create electricity.
Circuit Playground
Episode 2
7 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Illustration of a circuit board with a tubular object bridging two paths. Caption: In this circuit, I'm filtering power.
Circuit Playground
Episode 3
6 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Rectangular diagram with objects moving clockwise around the perimeter. Caption: Electrons flow through the diode in one direction,
Circuit Playground
Episode 4
2 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Machine labelled DS1052E Digital Oscilloscope with a wavy line across the screen and complex controls. Caption: We measure frequency in units called hertz.
Circuit Playground
Episode 5
5 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Person in a workshop holding a power cord with three prongs. Caption: The answer is these three-prong cables are grounded.
Circuit Playground
Episode 6
2 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Person and a robot in a workshop with a laptop in front of them. Caption: Hertz is how many times something happens per second.
Circuit Playground
Episode 7
3 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Closeup of a complex circuit board with capacitors and other structures. Caption: But ICs, well -- ICs can have lots of connections.
Circuit Playground
Episode 8
3 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Joules = force x distance. Caption: we multiply force and distance
Circuit Playground
Episode 9
3 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Person and a robot standing in front of shelves full of boxes. Caption: Kits? What's a kit?
Circuit Playground
Episode 10
5 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Robot and three LEDs. Caption: LEDs make much more sense now.
Circuit Playground
Episode 11
4 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Robot and bird with walkie-talkies in a workshop. Caption: It's not audio noise, it's electrical noise.
Circuit Playground
Episode 12
3 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
An illustration depicts a transistor, resistor, and an L E D. Caption: P C B stands for, printed circuit board.
Circuit Playground
Episode 14
3 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Still image from: Crash Course Chemistry: Electrochemistry
Crash Course Chemistry
Episode 36
8 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Cartoon of three people and bird. The bird is holding a banana peel. Caption: Our solar power system is kaput!
Cyberchase
Season 9 / Ep 2
28 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
A reservoir of water with a dam at one end and water flowing out the other side. Caption: until it's needed by the electric plant.
Eco=Kids Explore
Season 2 / Ep 2
16 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
A circuit being powered by a large battery and causing a lightbulb to illuminate. Spanish captions.
14 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
ASL
Behind the headline, “Electricity,” we see electrical waves moving through illuminated power lines.
13 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
City sidewalk with well-lit buildings lining one side. Spanish captions.
14 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Industrial claw with giant magnet descending on a pile of trash. Caption: Pass an electric current through the coil,
14 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Powerline tower with numerous powerlines. Caption: reaches our homes and schools over cables and wires…
17 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
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3 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 8
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Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Episode 37
8 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Men in yellow shirts and hard hats work at an electrical station. Cars, equipment, and grassy field occupy background.
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Episode 40
8 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Vague blue outline of North America is illuminated by flares of light.
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Episode 41
8 minutes 57 seconds
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Person placing a magnet to one side of the path directly in front of a ramp. A dotted line projects the path of an object that will move from the ramp and curve toward the magnet. Caption: Let's place the magnet somewhere to alter the marble's course.
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Episode 6
3 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 8
Diagram of a circuit. Spanish captions.
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Grade Level: 9 - 12
Cartoon of a person straining to push a large log. Caption: You could supply the energy to push the log.
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10 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 8
Cartoon character talking. Caption: Why is this compass and that magnet pointing here?
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11 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Boat on the water. Caption: The bamboo battens also held the sail taut,
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Grade Level: 7 - 12
Rectangular objects with one end labeled N and the other labeled O emitting half-ovals of wavelengths. Caption: or push each other away.
16 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Flat horseshoe magnet. Curved top is red with silver magnetic pole ends. One pole is labeled N.
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Underwater view of tangles of nets floating stationary. Caption: nets cause extensive damage to the ecosystem
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A magnet film is placed on the surface of an electronic device, which results in the appearance of a specific pattern on the magnet film.
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Cartoon of two characters sitting on a couch. Caption: It comes from an electric generator.
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Circuit board with red and black wire. Resistor and LED with positive and negative polarity are displayed. A schematic shows a diagram of the red wire as 5v red row, black wire and black row. Caption: the positive side of my power.
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14 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Person holding a screw touching a paper clip. Caption: then this screw should be able to generate a magnetic field.
5 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Person holding an object near a compass. The arrow on the compass points towards the object. Spanish captions.
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Episode 1
26 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 5
Outlet extender on a wall with several cords leading to it. 1 outlet has an additional 2-prong extender with a grounding receptacle plug that does not have a space to plug in.
13 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A large dam spanning across a lake. Caption: It's the world's largest hydroelectric dam.
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24 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 9
Graphic of a dissected teal battery with a plus sign and text that reads, "positive electrode," at the top and a minus sign and text that reads, "negative electrode," at the bottom. Next to it is a green cylinder labeled, "electrolyte."
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14 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Conductor hooked up to a battery. Spanish captions.
9 minutes 50 seconds
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Two brick magnets being pushed together. Spanish captions.
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