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Science Experiment: Magnets and Paper Clips
We continue exploring a magnetic field. Alex could not stop laughing every time he picked up bunch of paperclips in the air. This simple science experiment takes no time to set up but there is something very attractive to children about it.
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5 Science Experiments Using Ping Pong Balls
If you have ping pong balls or table tennis balls at home, you should try these 5 fun science experiments with your children.
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Investigating the Emission and Absorption of Infrared Radiation Based on Surface Nature
The video discusses experiments that investigate how the emission and absorption of infrared radiation depend on the nature of the surface. The experiments involve using copper beakers with different painted surfaces and measuring the...
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Pbs Learning Media: Density and Buoyancy: Mixing Hot and Cold Water
Watch warm water float on top of cold water in this video segment adapted from ZOOM. [3:22]
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Pbs Learning Media: Defy Gravity! Balancing Balls on Air
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members use a hair dryer to balance a ball in a stream of air, seemingly defying gravity. [3:21]
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Pbs Learning Media: Density and Buoyancy: Making Eggs Float
Why does an egg float in salt water? Learn about density and buoyancy in this video segment adapted from ZOOM. [3:02]
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Pbs Learning Media: Using Salt to Melt Ice
How can you pick up an ice cube with a string? Watch this video segment adapted from ZOOM to see how salt can help. [1:40]
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Pbs Learning Media: Defy Gravity! Centripetal Force
How can you keep a ball from falling out of a jar if the jar is upside down? Watch the ZOOM cast use centripetal force to meet this challenge. [2:54]
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Pbs Learning Media: Defy Gravity! Upside Down Ping Pong Ball
In this video segment, the ZOOM cast is challenged to keep a ping pong ball in a funnel while the funnel is held upside down, seemingly defying gravity. [4:34]
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Pbs Learning Media: Triangles: Testing the Strength of a Gumdrop Dome
Can a dome made of gumdrops and toothpicks support the weight of a stack of books? To find out, watch this video segment adapted from ZOOM. [2:31]
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Pbs Learning Media: Glider Boy
Meet 12-year-old Jesse, the designer of dozens of gliders, in this ZOOM video segment. Some of his gliders fit in your hand, while others can only be stored in the garage. Watch his gliders go and learn why they fly. [2:50]
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Pbs Learning Media: Pitch: Water Trombone
This video segment, adapted from ZOOM, demonstrates how to use a drinking straw and a bottle full of water to make low- and high-pitched sounds. [1:11]
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Pbs Learning Media: Designing a Paper Bridge
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members make a bridge from a single piece of paper. Will it be strong enough to hold a hundred pennies? [3:41]
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Pbs Learning Media: Density and Buoyancy: Testing Liquids
Will a grape float in oil? Will a metal nut sink in corn syrup? Watch as the ZOOM cast tests the buoyancy of a variety of liquids and objects. [4:22]
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Pbs Learning Media: Investigating a Suspension Bridge
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, the cast builds a suspension bridge from a couple of chairs, some cardboard, and rope. [2:52]
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Pbs Learning Media: Sound and Solids: Listening Stick
This video segment, adapted from ZOOM, explores how sound waves travel differently through air than through solids like a yardstick, a baseball bat, and a golf club. [1:46]
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Pbs Learning Media: Experimenting With a Glass Xylophone
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, the cast investigates how the pitch of sound changes when they strike a variety of glasses filled with different amounts and types of liquids. [5:07]
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Pbs Learning Media: Density and Buoyancy: Experimenting With Club Soda
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, the cast discovers that gas-filled bubbles act like life jackets for raisins, making them buoyant. [2:06]
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Pbs Learning Media: Columns: Experimenting With Balloons
Watch the ZOOM cast find out how many balloons filled with air and then with water are required to support the weight of a cast member. [4:38]
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Pbs Learning Media: Air Power: Experimenting With Balloons
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members experiment with the amount of air expelled first from a balloon, then through a straw attached to it, and see how both affect a balloon's behavior. [2:22]
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Pbs Learning Media: Designing Electric Circuits: Steadiness Tester
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members discover that metal is a good conductor of electricity as they play the steadiness tester game. [1:39]
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Pbs Learning Media: Designing Electric Circuits: Door Alarm
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members design and build door alarms using a variety of materials, including aluminum foil, batteries, and buzzers. [3:47]