Curated Video
Exploring St Elmo's Fire
In this video, we explore the fascinating phenomenon of St Elmo's Fire, a glowing plasma that occurs during storms. We learn about its origins, which are rooted in the brave actions of a Christian saint, and delve into the science behind...
NASA
On a Mission: Season Two, Episode 7: Planet Asteroid
What’s in a name? Whether you call it a planet or an asteroid, missions that explore small worlds are always exciting.
Visual Learning Systems
Using Electricity: Moving Charges
This program explores the many important uses of electricity. The nature of electricity and the formation of electric current are highlighted. Special attention is also paid to safety and electricity. Concepts and terminology include:...
Curated Video
What is a Capacitor
What is a capacitor, in this short video we learn the basics of what a capacitor is so you can recognise them in circuit boards.
Flipping Physics
Magnetic Fields - Review for AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism review of magnetic fields including: the basics of magnetic dipoles, ferromagnetic and paramagnetic materials, the Earth’s B field, magnetic permeability, the magnetic force on a moving charge, the...
Flipping Physics
Introduction to Coulomb's Law or the Electric Force
Coulomb’s Law is introduced and compared to Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation. “Point Charge” is defined. Micro, Nano, and Pico prefixes are explained. Two basic example problems are solved. And a the fact that the electric force is...
Professor Dave Explains
Faraday’s Law
A couple hundred years ago, Michael Faraday discovered that a changing magnetic field produces an electric field. What is the relationship between these two fields and how can we calculate it? Faraday's law deals with any open or closed...
Curated Video
Capacitors Explained - The basics how capacitors work working principle
Capacitors Explained, in this tutorial we look at how capacitors work, where capacitors are used, why capacitors are used, the different types. We look at capacitors in Power factor and full bridge rectifiers to convert AC to DC.
Curated Video
Explaining Electrical Charging: Conductors, Insulators, and Electrostatic Phenomena
This video explains the difference between electrical conductors and insulators, and how insulators can be charged by friction. It goes into detail about the movement of electrons and how charges can be conserved. The video also...
Curated Video
Introduction to Electrical Charge and Current: Definition and Calculation
This video is a lecture on electrical charge and current, explaining how current is defined as the amount of electrical charge passing a given point in a circuit per second. The presenter discusses the factors that affect the size of...
Professor Dave Explains
Electric Charge and Electric Fields
What's the deal with electricity? Benjamin Franklin flies a kite one day and then all of a sudden you can charge your phone? There's a gap in conceptual understanding! Let's figure out what electricity is, exactly, and how it works.
Flipping Physics
Electric Charge, Law of Charges, and Quantization of Charge
The Law of Charges is demonstrated using a rubber balloon suspended from the ceiling. The net charge on an object via excess protons and electrons. Quarks as the constituent of protons and neutrons. Quantization of charge is...
TMW Media
Creating Greener Cars: Learn about electric vehicles
What are the advantages and disadvantages of electric vehicles?
What are some examples of electric cars currently available?
Creating Greener Cars, Part 3
Flipping Physics
Electric Charges and Electric Fields - Review for AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
My review of the entire AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism curriculum begins here with electric charge, the Law of Charges, Coulomb’s Law, conservation of charge, charging by friction, electric fields around point charges, the...
Visual Learning Systems
The Nature of Electricity: What Is Electric Charge?
This video describes the basic role that atoms play in creating electrical charges, as well as the nature and creation of static electricity. Various methods of charging are discussed, emphasizing the role that insulators and conductors...
Physics Girl
Avoid Electric Shock Getting Out of a Car!
Can you avoid static shocks? As part of a larger physics series, an electric video explains what a static shock is and why it happens. Then, the narrator offers an idea for reducing your shock when exiting a car. She also includes a few...
Physics Girl
DIY Lightning Experiment! Make a Shocking Capacitor
If you need a project to add a little spark to your physics class, why not build a capacitor? A video from a larger physics playlist demonstrates how a capacitor works and how to make one from easily sourced materials. As an added bonus,...
Socratica
What Is a Black Hole? Black Holes Explained
Black holes are not just events in sci-fi movies—they're part of real life! Learners experience the creation of a black hole as they watch an episode of the Socratica playlist. The presenter explains the creation and composition of...
American Chemical Society
What Do Electrolytes Actually Do?
Why is your sweat salty? An episode of the ACS Reactions series examines the role of electrolytes in our systems. The narrator explains how the salts of electrolytes work in the nervous system. When we lose those electrolytes through...
Veritasium
Sparks from Falling Water: Kelvin's Thunderstorm
Need a resource that illustrates the creation of electrical charge? The odds will ever be in your favor with a video from the Veritasium playlist! Science sleuths watch sparks fly from Lord Kelvin's rain shower experiment, where current...
Crash Course
Electric Fields: Crash Course Physics #26
Help your classes visualize the invisible. The 26th episode in a Crash Course physics playlist highlights the fields created by charged particles. Using examples and diagrams, the presentation demonstrates the magnitude and direction of...
Crash Course
Electric Charge: Crash Course Physics #25
Your classes are sure to get a charge out of this lesson! A video lesson explores positive and negative electric charges related to static electricity. The instructor then moves on to a discussion of charged particles in an atom. This is...
Be Smart
How Bees Can See the Invisible
What do bees use to get rid of tangles? A honey-comb! The video focuses on how bees instinctively find flowers — their eyes view the world differently than ours. They also seem to be guided by electric charges because the bees have a...