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What and Why | Let's Tackle Scientific Problems | Junior High School Science | Only One Earth | Science Club | Whiz Bang Science | Maths Wonderland | Digital Pictorial Book - Nature in Japan - | Experiments Are Fun | Pythagora Switch | Pythagora Switch II | Pythagora Switch III | Pythagora Switch IV | Let's Get Movin' | Science Sleuth | ABU Voyage to the Future | The Science Station | We Love Science | Joule & Professor Watt | Wonderful Science | KIDS SURVIVAL SCHOOL | What Can We Do? Our Planet’s Future | Listen to the Earth | The Power to Save Lives in Disasters | Let's enjoy Math with Barky the Dog | LIFE IS A CHALLENGE | Bravo to Music! | TAKE TECH | Viewpoint Science | Story Land | Endless Wonders | TEXICO |

SERIES Viewpoint Science | Try Drawing It

ED301704Education

描いてみる [NHK]

|Length : 10 |Year : 2017

The star of this episode is the zebra. What do a zebra’s stripes look like? Can you draw them from memory? After you try, look at a picture of a zebra—the stripes are probably more complicated than you think!

SERIES Viewpoint Science | Make a Hypothesis

ED301703Education

仮説を立ててみる [NHK]

|Length : 10 |Year : 2017

Two boxes that weigh the same. Each one has two plastic bottles of water inside. We put an empty box under one of these boxes. Now, which stack is heavier?

SERIES Viewpoint Science | Try Looking Inside

ED301702Education

中を見てみる [NHK]

|Length : 10 |Year : 2017

What’s a strawberry like on the inside? We asked people on the street. Did they come up with the right answer? We open up a strawberry and find out.

SERIES Viewpoint Science | Try Making It

ED301701Education

作ってみる [NHK]

|Length : 10 |Year : 2017

We try and make an ant out of clay and wire. Could you build an ant, without looking at a picture?

SERIES TAKE TECH | TAKE TECH

ED281600Education

テイクテック [NHK]

|Length : 10min. x10 |Year : 2016

Take Tech is an educational program for children from upper elementary school to high school designed to foster familiarity with everyday technology.
The focus is technology we depend on in our daily lives, such as products found in people’s homes, information systems and machines. Why were they created, and how do they work? Each episode features one key tech, and explains its mechanism and function in an easy-to-understand way. The program closes with a “Question” segment that encourages viewers to do some independent research to sum up what they’ve learned.

(1. Control the Flow)
How does a flush toilet work? This episode goes inside the tank of a toilet to trace the flow of water.

(2. Transmit the Power)
Hand mixers are used in home cooking, but how do the beaters spin so fast? Take a look inside at the different parts and see how they operate.

(3. Convert to Heat)
Hair dryers are handy for drying hair in a jiffy. But how do they blow warm air? This episode examines the mechanism step by step.

(4. Amplify the Signal)
Talk into a microphone and your voice comes out from a speaker, loud and clear. Find out how the mic, speaker and amplifier work together to make sounds louder.

(5. Measure the Time)
Open the back of a watch, and an array of intricate parts comes into view. This episode explains how a watch accurately measures time, down to the second.

(6. Capture the Light)
Today, snapping a photograph is as easy as picking up a smartphone. Explore the technology that allows cameras and smartphones capture images of what we see.

(7. Organize Information)
Shine a red light on a product’s barcode, and data such as the price appear. This episode introduces the technology for reading barcodes, and explains how they’re used to organize information.

(8. Control the Motion)
Insert a coin into a vending machine, press a button, and it dispenses a product. Take a close-up look at what goes on inside.

(9. Meeting the Target)
In Japan, bathtubs are equipped with a unique system for controlling water temperature and volume. Find out how it heats the water to the set temperature and fills the tub.

(10. Cut With the Wedge)
Scissors allow us to cut all kinds of shapes, such as circles and squares, freely and precisely. This episode examines the simple but remarkable technology that makes this possible.

1. Control the Flow
2. Transmit the Power
3. Convert to Heat
4. Amplify the Signal
5. Measure the Time
6. Capture the Light
7. Organize Information
8. Control the Motion
9. Meeting the Target
10. Cut With the Wedge

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