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Calculating Percentage Mass
More than half of your body is made of water, but what percentage of you is made up of hydrogen? This video explains how to solve for percentage mass. It uses water as one example of solving for both hydrogen and oxygen.
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Sampling Techniques
Sampling techniques scientists use, including coning and quartering, as well as aliquots, are the focus of a video that also looks at homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures.
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Law of Conservation of Mass
New things are created all the time while others disappear, does the Law of Conservation of Mass mean your drone might be made out of dinosaurs? The 16th video in a series of 29 begins with a timeline of scientific discoveries related to...
Fuse School
Percentage Yield
Theory versus reality strikes again — only this time, scholars figure how close they come to each other. Video explains how to use the numbers for theoretical yield and actual yield to determine the percentage yield of various...
Bozeman Science
Waves
Calculating frequency is so easy it Hertz! The video begins by describing transverse and longitudinal waves, and then it explores their properties and applications. Finally, it applies this to the formulaic relationships between wave...
SciShow
Why Are There Bacteria In My Yogurt?
The process of making yogurt, starting with fresh cow milk, is the subject of a video that focuses on the importance of bacteria and the many different types of bacteria that can be used in yogurt making.
SciShow
9 Weird Ways Animals See the World
Chiton are mollusks that have no face, but have many eyes made from a component found in limestone. Here is a video that introduces nine ways animals see the world, including through rock eyes like chiton. Viewers learn about a vision...
SciShow
What Are Eye Boogers?
Human eyes have a tear film that covers them and helps clear away the dust that would otherwise impede your vision. The video explains what happens when the eyelid doesn't open and close enough to clear away the dust, like when you are...
SciShow
Tiny Extremophiles Living in Rocks!
From the hottest places on Earth to the coldest, from inside rocks to underground with no oxygen, this video details the extreme conditions under which living things are still able to survive.
SciShow
From Kepler to Webb: The History of the Telescope
The Hubble Telescope is approximately the size of a school bus, but the new Webb Telescope will be approximately the size of a tennis court. The history of the telescope, from its invention to to what it takes to make one, is the focus...
SciShow
Blazars Are A Thing
Blazars are one way of viewing a quasar. For many years, people believed these were separate things because they appear much different, but more recent research has proved this wrong. A video explains what each is, why we thought they...
Fuse School
How to Measure the Loss in a Reaction
How do you measure when a gas is lost? The 20th installment in a 29-part series explains how to determine if a gas has been lost in a chemical reaction. It continues by describing how to solve for the lost mass. Finally, it offers a...
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Theoretical Yield and Losses
Theory is when you know everything, but nothing works right. Video focuses on how to find theoretical yield and why the theory doesn't work in reality. It includes a practice problem for finding the theoretical yield and concludes with...
Fuse School
Atom Economy
Viewers of this short video learn how atom economy is calculate, why the information is important, and when people in the industry use the calculations.
Bozeman Science
Acids, Bases and pH
This resource must have a greater concentration of hydroxide ions than hydrogen ions because it makes pH seem basic. The video describes what happens on a molecular level to change the pH of a liquid and focuses on the importance of...
Bozeman Science
Limiting Reactants and Percent Yield
Viewers watch while the narrator explains limiting reactions through the familiar example of a recipe. He then describes why it is necessary to use moles to solve these problems rather than just relying on diagrams. The video ends...