Instructional Video0:57
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Chile eruption: How volcanic ash stops a jet engine

12th - Higher Ed
Chile has raised its alert status to the highest level after a volcano began erupting on Saturday. The 3,000-meter Copahue volcano, located in Argentina's Neuquen Province, began spewing ash into the air on Saturday morning. Planes...
Instructional Video0:49
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How volcanic ash stops a jet engine

12th - Higher Ed
This animation explains how volcanic ash, when sucked into a jet engine, can clog up the turbine blades, causing the engine to stall.
Instructional Video1:00
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Jet stream getting faster, causing more powerful storms

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists used powerful computers to calculate the speed of high-altitude jet streams as long ago as 1871. They then used these computer models to come to some shocking conclusions.
Instructional Video1:05
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Chinese warplanes practice cutting Taiwan off from US help

12th - Higher Ed
China ups the pressure even more by invading Taiwan’s airspace from three sides.
Instructional Video1:12
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The next Concorde: Aviation startup to test prototype of supersonic airliner

12th - Higher Ed
Nearly 17 years after the Concorde’s last flight, a U.S. aviation startup is about to test a prototype for the next supersonic commercial passenger jet. <br/>
Instructional Video1:06
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U.S. sends large F-22 force to counter China

12th - Higher Ed
Dozens of F-22 stealth fighters are deploying to the western Pacific as tensions with China increase daily.
Instructional Video1:07
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F-35s to strike from rough jungle airstrips in Pacific

12th - Higher Ed
The US military is preparing for what could happen if China launches military strikes to take out its major runway facilities in the Pacific region.
Instructional Video4:13
Fun Kids

Spelling Song - Vehicles

Pre-K - K
Let's learn to sound out and spell 3 letter words! Sing along with us and learn to spell these vehicle names. After we sing and practice together, can you spell them by yourself?
Instructional Video1:30
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Boeing’s two new airliner families: S vs XXL

12th - Higher Ed
Boeing’s 737 MAX family of jets have finally been cleared to fly again in the US, following a worldwide ban that started 20 months ago. Boeing is also preparing to roll out its giant new 777x airliners.
Instructional Video1:09
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China turning South China Sea into electronic dead zone

12th - Higher Ed
Satellite images show that China has dramatically increased its electronic warfare installations in the waterway.
Instructional Video6:59
NASA

NASA | We Did All That in 50 Years!

3rd - 11th
Humans have always looked up at the sky. They used astronomy to track time, orient their cities, decide when to plant their crops, and even based their religious practices on their celestial world. But there was much more to learn.<br/>
Instructional Video1:05
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Ukraine’s MIG killer: how the Stinger missile works

12th - Higher Ed
The Stinger missile system is the world’s most legendary MANPAD, or Man-Portable Air Defense System, and the U.S. is sending many to Ukraine.
Instructional Video1:10
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Climate change to push North Atlantic jet stream northward

12th - Higher Ed
If this weather-controlling air current moves northward, the U.S. and Europe are in for centuries of nasty weather.<br/>
Instructional Video1:10
Next Animation Studio

Twenty years later: why the 9/11 twin towers collapsed

12th - Higher Ed
The two skyscrapers were both designed around two vertical systems that were held together by a weaker horizontal link.
Instructional Video1:08
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Alien life might be making methane on Saturn’s moon

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists found that Enceladus’ gas plumes contain unexpected amounts of methane, and methane is usually produced by living organisms.
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University of Nottingham

Sixty Symbols: Symbols of Physics and Astronomy: Propulsion Efficiency

9th - 10th
A University of Nottingham physicist explains how a jet engine works, and demonstrates a jet engine's propulsion efficiency using a water-propelled rocket made from a soda bottle. [6:01]
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Learn Engineering

Learn Engineering: Gas Turbine Engine: How It Works

11th - 12th
A video investigating how a gas turbine engine produces power and thrust force in an aircraft. [4:27]