PBS Learning Media: Building Blocks

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This is an extensive set of short downloadable video segments that may be embedded free of cost into educational presentations. Of special interest to physical science and physics teachers are the sections on Engineering, Technology, and Earth/Space. The videos encompass a wide range of topics: energy-producing windmills, a smokestack releasing exhaust into a clear sky, the Mars Rover, an animation of a rotating DNA strand, time lapse of a starry night sky, a human egg being artificially fertilized, and much more.

The videos may be viewed online or downloaded as executable zip files. They may be freely used for educational purposes only.

Please note that this resource requires Quicktime.

https://oeta.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/bb/

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Astronomy - Astronomy Education Classical Mechanics - General Education Practices - Technology = Multimedia General Physics - Collections	- High School - Middle School - Elementary School - Informal Education	- Collection - Audio/Visual = Image/Image Set = Movie/Animation

Intended Users	Formats	Ratings
- Learners - Educators - General Publics	- video/quicktime - image/gif - image/jpeg - text/html	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

Access Rights:: Free access with registration
Restriction:: © 2010 WGBH Educational Foundation
May be downloaded for use only in educational settings. Mass dissemination is prohibited.
Keywords:: educational videos, movie, science videos, teaching tools, tools, video clips
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created October 20, 2010 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: August 19, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: July 31, 2007
Other Collections:: The Physics Front

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AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)

3. The Nature of Technology

3A. Technology and Science

6-8: 3A/M2. Technology is essential to science for such purposes as access to outer space and other remote locations, sample collection and treatment, measurement, data collection and storage, computation, and communication of information.

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=10425">WGBH Educational Foundation. PBS Learning Media: Building Blocks. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, July 31, 2007.</a>

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(WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, 2010), WWW Document, (https://oeta.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/bb/).

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PBS Learning Media: Building Blocks (WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, 2010), <https://oeta.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/bb/>.

APA Format

PBS Learning Media: Building Blocks. (2007, July 31). Retrieved May 2, 2025, from WGBH Educational Foundation: https://oeta.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/bb/

Chicago Format

WGBH Educational Foundation. PBS Learning Media: Building Blocks. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, July 31, 2007. https://oeta.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/bb/ (accessed 2 May 2025).

MLA Format

PBS Learning Media: Building Blocks. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2010. 31 July 2007. 2 May 2025 <https://oeta.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/bb/>.

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@misc{ Title = {PBS Learning Media: Building Blocks}, Publisher = {WGBH Educational Foundation}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {2 May 2025}, Month = {July 31, 2007}, Year = {2010} }

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