SciShow
The Physics of Roller Coasters
Applied physics excites learners because it is about race cars, airplanes, and even roller coasters. Roller coasters are the focus of a video that focuses on the physics of roller coasters starting and stopping. It highlights the...
SciShow
Electromagnetism - Magnetic Force: The Four Fundamental Forces of Physics #4b
The magnets on a refrigerator are stronger than Earth's magnetic force. Watch a video that describes the fundamental force of magnetism. It relates magnetism to electricity and connects this to almost every type of electricity...
SciShow
Electromagnetism - Electrostatic Force: The Four Fundamental Forces of Physics #4a
An electrifying video explains the electricity portion of the electromagnetic force. It connects everything from lightning to static electricity. Diagrams and a visual aid assist in clarifying the role of electrons to the process to...
SciShow
So What Is the Higgs Boson?
This short video explains what the Higgs Boson is, how scientists knew to look for it, and how its discovery confirmed many of the theories that had been proposed over hundreds of years of physics.
DoodleScience
Electromagnets and Electromagnetic Induction
British electrician William Sturgeon invented the electromagnet in 1825, and it's come a long way since then! A video explains electromagnets and electromagnetic induction. It describes currents, magnetic fields, alternating currents,...
TED-Ed
If Matter Falls Down, Does Antimatter Fall Up?
Step into the strange world of antimatter with an entertaining, yet educational physics video. Follow along to see how recent developments in physics research have allowed scientists to begin learning more about these...
TED-Ed
How Quantum Mechanics Explains Global Warming
What do quantum mechanics and global warming have to do with each other? More than you might think. Surprisingly, this video explains how it's not the energy emitted from the sun that causes the problem, but how the infrared radiation...
Khan Academy
Four Fundamental Forces, Scale of the Universe, Cosmology and Astronomy
Fundamental interactions are the non-contact ways that elementary particles interact. Sal describes electromagnetism, strong interaction, and weak interaction as being mediated by the exchange of gauge bosons between particles.
Steve Spangler Science
Sun Sensitive Paper
Photo reactive paper is used to do art! You can order this type of paper, have learners place objects on it, and then set it out in the sunlight for a few minutes to create a print. A chemical reaction occurs, driven by light, to turn...
Curated OER
Electromagnets - How Can Electricity Create a Magnet?
If you wrap wire around a screw and run an electric current through it, you create an electromagnet. What once had no magnetic pull is then able to pick up other metal materials. Marshall Brain demonstrates this for the camera in the...
Curated OER
The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Did you know that the visible light wavelengths comprise only one inch of the electromagnetic spectrum that extends over 2,000 miles? Yet even the visible spectrum provides so much information. The Hydrogen spectrum is illuminated as an...
Curated OER
Intro to Generating Electricity
In a science lab environment, a fast-speaking teacher connects a circuit to an electromagnet, demonstrating how current is created. He then projects some animated images to further illuminate the process. The video would support your...
Curated OER
Electromagnetism 4: The Motor Principle
Did you know that electromagnetism can propel a motor? When electric current passes through a conductor in a magnetic field, a force is created which can be used to turn a motor. Cartoon animation and diagrams show you how! The video is...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Magnetic Field Created by Current Carrying Wire
Examine how a magnetic field can be created in a wire carrying current with this video. [9:41]
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Physics Videos: Magnets and Electromagnetism
Learn magnet basics and see how to make an electromagnet. [10:27]
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Electromagnetic Induction
The following video narrated by Paul Anderson explains how electromagnetic induction occurs when the magnetic flux of an object changes. The magnetic flux is product of the surface area perpendicular to the magnetic field and the...
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Electrostatic Induction
This video narrated by Paul Andersen explains how the charge distribution can be affected my electric forces produced by a charged object. In an insulator charges are fixed but in conductors the charges can move. Induction occurs when...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Electromagnetism: Electromagnet (Construction Tip)
A video demonstration showing how to efficient use the winding method with a drill. [3:00]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Battery & Electromagnetism
Watch the experiment in this video to learn information about electromagnetism.
Brightstorm
Brightstorm: Electromagnetic Induction
Educational video clip provides an explanation of electromagnetic induction. [5:24]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Electromagnetism: Electromagnet (Penny Powered)
Video lecture explores an electromagnet powered with a penny. [1:36]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: How to Make a Junk Guitar
A sound artist explains how to make a working electric guitar using only wood, bits of hardware, wire, a magnet, and a guitar string. Aired Mar. 05, 2010. [3:06]
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Make an Electromagnet
Learn how to make a simple electromagnet right at home. Length: 48 seconds
Crash Course
Crash Course Physics #33: Ampere's Law
This Crash Course Physics video [8:45] focuses on Ampere's Law. Hans Christian Oersted had just discovered the connection between electricity and magnetism. Meanwhile, a French physicist named Andre-Marie Ampere was experimenting with...