Instructional Video4:40
Real Engineering

The Spitfire's Fatal Flaw

10th - Higher Ed
In a battle between the Spitfire and the Messerschmidt, the Spitfire had one major problem. A Real Engineering video shows how the Spitfire airplane had a tendency to stall in negative gravity. Along the way, viewers learn about pressure...
Instructional Video2:04
MinutePhysics

Why Are Airplane Engines So Big?

9th - 12th
Why is the size of jet engines increasing? An entertaining video lesson describes the efficiency of jet engines. The narrator describes the poor design of an engine that is too small or too big and explains why it is more efficient to...
Instructional Video
University of Massachusetts

Science Out Loud: What Do Horses, Cars, & Planes Have in Common?

9th - 10th
Ever wondered what horsepower really means, and what horses have to do with other modes of transportation? Luke and Abhi take us behind how engines work in machines all around us, including the surprising ways that they're all related!...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Kids: Animations: How Does an Internal Combustion Engine Work?

3rd - 8th
Narrated animation that shows how an engine uses flowing air to draw fuel into a cylinder causing a spark to ignite the combustible mixture. ( 30 sec) Uses Quicktime.