Crash Course
High Mass Stars
It's better to burn out than fade away! Viewers experience the birth of neutron stars and supernovae in a video that explains the life cycle of high mass stars. Learners see the conditions needed to produce these events, as well as...
Fuse School
3 States of Matter: Solids, Liquids and Gases
Start your states of matter unit off right with an engaging video! Before scholars can write and balance equations or predict products, knowledge of the three main states of matter is essential. The first in a 14-part series...
Fuse School
Limestone Cycle - Limestone, Quicklime and Slaked Lime
Calcium rocks! Well, in this case, calcium carbonate is a little more accurate. Part four in a series of seven, the video describes how the seashells of ages past compressed to form one of Earth's most useful sedimentary rock resources....
DoodleScience
Hydraulics
Introduce the basics of hydraulics with an informative video. It explains liquids, compression, force multipliers, and pressure. It concludes with examples of when hydraulics are used such as pistons, car brakes, landing gears, and car...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Train Truss Animation
This animated video segment from "Building Big" demonstrates how a truss bridge is designed to balance the weight of a train as it travels over it. [0:39]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Clifton Suspension Bridge
This video segment from "Building Big" illustrates the basic design principles of the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England. [2:00]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Arch Bridge
This video segment adapted from "Building Big" illustrates the strength of the arch in bridge design and construction. [1:47]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Zoom: Columns: Experimenting With Paper Cups
ZOOM video segment shows the cast experimenting to see if a several paper cups covered by a piece of cardboard can support the weight of a cast member. [3:03]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: A Grammy in Math
Joe talks with Kevin Short, a mathematician at the University of New Hampshire who shared in a Grammy award for work in restoring an historic recording of Woody Guthrie.
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Wavelength
In the following video Paul Andersen explains how the wavelength is the distance between oscillations in a wave. In a longitudinal wave this might be the distance between areas of compression. In a transverse wave it might be the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Physics: Bridge Design and Destruction! (Part 1)
This is a two part video that introduces the different types of bridges. The bridge types will be introduced in historical order from simple (beam and arch) in the first video to more complex (truss and suspension) in the second video....
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Tension & Ropes
A video lesson describing the forces of tension in ropes. [1:59]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Tension & Ropes
A video lesson describing how tension forces are related to ropes. [2:44]
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Iris: Gps Records Variable Deformation Across a Subduction Zone
Animation shows deformation in three zones above a subduction zone as recorded by GPS stations. [1:17]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bridge Design and Destruction! (Part 2)
This is a two-part video that introduces the different types of bridges. The bridge types will be introduced in historical order from simple (beam and arch) in the first video to more complex (truss and suspension) in the second video....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bridge Design and Destruction! (Part 1)
This is a two-part video that introduces the different types of bridges. The bridge types will be introduced in historical order from simple (beam and arch) in the first video to more complex (truss and suspension) in the second video....