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Pbs Kids: Animations: How Does a Fuse Work?
Narrated animation visually explains how a fuse protects a circuit. (30 secs)
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Pbs Kids: Animations: How Does a Solenoid Work?
Narrated animation visually explains how a solenoid uses a magnetic field to do mechanical work. (30 secs) Uses Quicktime.
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Pbs Kids: Animations: How Are Force and Torque Different?
Brief narrated animation that visually explains the difference between force and torque in relationship to the motion of an object. (30 secs) Uses Quicktime.
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Pbs Kids: Animations: How Does an Internal Combustion Engine Work?
Narrated animation that shows how an engine uses flowing air to draw fuel into a cylinder causing a spark to ignite the combustible mixture. ( 30 sec) Uses Quicktime.
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Pbs Kids: Animations: What Is Friction?
Narrated animation that visually explains how a dogsled uses friction to slow it or stop it. (30 secs) Uses Quicktime.
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Pbs Kids: Animations: How Does Welding Work?
Narrated animation that visually explains how welding uses intense heat to melt pieces of metal together. (30 secs) Uses Quicktime.
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Pbs Kids: Animations: How Does a Check Valve Work?
Narrated animation that visually explains how a check valve opens and closes to ensure that water flows only in one direction in a pipe. (30 secs) Uses Quicktime.
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Pbs Kids: Animations: Is It Square?
Narrated animation that visually explains three techniques for determining whether a rectangle really has square corners. ( 30 secs) Uses Quicktime Player and Java.
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Pbs Kids: Animations: How Do Cement and Concrete Differ?
Narrated animation that visually explains the difference between cement and concrete. ( 30 secs) Uses Quicktime.
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Pbs Kids: Animations: How Do String Length, Tension, and Gauge Affect Pitch?
Narrated animation that visually explains how a string's pitch is affected by its length, tension, and gauge. (30 secs) Uses Quicktime.
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Pbs Kids: Animations: What Is Pitch?
Narrated animation that visually explains how pitch depends on the frequency of vibrations. (30 secs) Uses Quicktime.
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Pbs Kids: Animations: What Is Sound?
Narrated animation that visually explains how an object vibrating produces sound. (30 secs) Uses QuickTime.
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Pbs Kids: Animations: What Is a Truss?
Narrated animation that visually explains what supports and distributes the load on a truss bridge. (30 secs) Uses Quicktime.
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Public Broadcasting Company: Henry V
This PBS series site is designed for teaching Shakespeare's history play "Henry V." Includes viewing strategies, discussion questions, and other learning features.
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Pbs Learning Media: Yorktown: The Siege Begins
This visually-rich re-enactment teaches about the events that initiated the siege at Yorktown and positioned the Colonial Army and its French Allies for a victory. [1:45]