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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Wind Power

For Students 9th - 10th
How can we make wind power available for all communities? This video explores how windmills can generate electricity for our society. [2:33]
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Instructional Video
Science for Kids

Science Kids: Physics Videos: Wind Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about wind generators before you make a model windmill for yourself, watch it in action and then calculate its power output. [9:56]
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Instructional Video
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Green Revolution: Wind

For Students 9th - 10th
Kathryn Johnson, an electrical engineer, studies large utility-scale wind turbines, and looks at how to make the turbines more efficient in order to capture as much of the wind's energy as possible. Other scientists are working with...
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Instructional Video
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Talks: William Kamkwamba: How I Harnessed the Wind (Asl Translation)

For Students 9th - 10th
In his TED Talk, young inventor William Kamkwamba of Malawi discusses how he created a windmill in order to provide power and energy to his community during a time of famine. This American Sign Language translation is 10 minutes, 42 seconds
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Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Designing Future Cities: Alternative Energy

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, visit a class as they design a city of the future that will use solar, wind, and water power to fuel its economy. [2:12]
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Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Energy Sources

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment illustrates a variety of energy sources used to generate electricity, some of which are in use and some of which are under exploration. [6:09]
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Instructional Video
National Geographic

National Geographic: Energy 101: Wind Turbines

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how improvements in are being made with capturing wind power with this video discussing modern wind turbines. Includes teacher resources for learning. [2:16]
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Instructional Video
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: The Road to the New Energy Economy: Wind Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Science Foundation and Discover Magazine hosted a congressional briefing series examining what steps must be taken to ensure clean, abundant wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energy for America's future. [40:53]
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Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Energy Lab Videos

For Students 9th - 10th
NOVA labs presents this series of 8 videos that focus on energy consumption, and smarter ways to transport, store, and use energy.
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Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course World History: Humans and Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Join substitute host Stan Muller to learn about energy and humanity, featuring ideas put forth by Alfred Crosby in his book Children of the Sun. Historically, almost all of the energy that humans use has been directly or indirectly...
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Instructional Video
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Green Revolution

For Students 3rd - 8th
Videos on different forms of alternative energy and various green initiatives, e.g., green roofs.
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Instructional Video
Bozeman Science

Bozeman Science: Renewable Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Paul Andersen discusses the technology, advantages and disadvantages of six sources of renewable energy; biomass, hydroelectric, solar, geothermal wind, and hydrogen. He also explains how changes in the storage and flow of energy in our...
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Solving the Storage Problem

For Students 6th - 8th
Although we've found ways to generate electricity from renewables, storing energy for future use isn't so easy. Why is this, and what strategies are engineers using to solve the storage problem? [2:26]
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Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Psu Center for Sustainability: Energy Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
This short video illustrates the alternative forms of energy used by the Center for Sustainability at Penn State University to generate electric power: solar, wind, and biodiesel. [1:58]
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Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Engineering #30: Engineering Challenges of Renewable Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you know why renewable energy sources are so important? Investigate hydropower, wind, geothermal, and solar power with this video. Also learn about some of the challenges with these energy sources, and how engineers are working to...