Crash Course
Light
All this talk about seeing the light... but, what is it, and how do we see it? Science students learn the basics of the nature of light in a narrated video that discusses concepts such as how light behaves, the electromagnetic...
Fuse School
Energy Levels and Electron Configuration
Electron location accounts for many properties of an element. A video lesson describes how to create electron dot diagrams. The instructor discusses electron shells and the number of electrons in each.
TED-Ed
How Does Your Smartphone Know Your Location?
When your smartphone tells you the weather of your current location or gives you directions to the nearest gas station, there's more going on that you might realize. Follow along with this short video as it explains how...
Steve Spangler Science
Light Sticks - Cool Halloween Science
The light sticks that trick-or-treaters carry at Halloween glow by the process of chemiluminescence, a chemical reaction in which electrons jump to a higher energy level. In this video, the variable of temperature is introduced to find...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Emission Spectrum of Hydrogen
An explanation of solving for proton energy using the Balmer-Rydberg equation with a focus on hydrogen. [10:50]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Quantum Numbers for the First Four Shells
An explanation of how to calculate the number of electrons and their orbitals for the first four shells. [12:37]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Neils Bohr: Lesson 3
This lesson will introduce the Bohr model of the atom as one where electrons exist in various, distinct energy levels/shells. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Neils Bohr."