Curated Video
Rocket Trajectory: Why Do Rockets Curve Instead Of Going Straight Up?
Rockets follow a curved path rather than a straight line because their main objective is to enter Earth's orbit using as little fuel as possible. To get into orbit, a rocket must tilt onto its side and gradually increase the tilt until...
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Natural Resources: Nonrenewable Resources
Everyday we use natural resources. This series of programs introduces students to the importance of natural resources in our lives. Renewable and nonrenewable resources are differentiated with examples illustrating each. The positive and...
Curated Video
Measuring Entropy Changes through Calorimetry Experiment
The video discusses how to measure entropy change in chemical reactions through an experiment using calorimetry. It explains the concepts of exothermic and endothermic reactions and how to calculate heat energy change. The equipment used...
Curated Video
Understanding Energy Transfers with Sankey Diagrams
This video is about Sankey diagrams and how they can be used to represent energy transfers in a system or process. The video uses examples such as a car engine and a light bulb to explain how energy can be transferred and wasted in...
ProTeachersVideo
KS3/4 Science: Banging Chemistry: Fireworks
Explosive experts Dr Jacqueline Akhaven, senior lecturer at Cranfield University, and Research Officer Dr Alex Contini explain the explosive chemical and physcial reactions behind the spectacular fireworks we all love to watch. They do...
Science360
Fuel Cell Efficiency - Science of Innovation
To operate and function efficiently, machines of all shapes and sizes need a source of energy. A series of innovations is helping to make energy conversion within fuel cells as efficient as possible.
Science360
Fuel Cell Efficiency - Science of Innovation
To operate and function efficiently, machines of all shapes and sizes need a source of energy. A series of innovations is helping to make energy conversion within fuel cells as efficient as possible. Provided by the National Science...
Curated Video
Energy Resources and Their Advantages and Disadvantages
This video is a lecture on energy resources, explaining where the energy that humans use in their everyday lives comes from. The video first presents the energy consumption statistics of the world in 2016, detailing the percentage of...
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Air Traffic “Win-Win” Wins NASA Software of the Year: Podcast
A feature from NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on September 1, 2017.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The New Attraction of Five-Year Plans
In part 3 of INET's interview with Orville Schell, he says that due to political gridlock over global problems, Western societies may start eyeing China's idea of a five-year plan with envy.
Science360
Power - Science of Speed
850 horses all lined up--that's how much power a NASCAR Sprint Cup engine has. The engine's job is to convert the energy in fuel to speed. NASCAR engines do it faster and more efficiently than passenger car engines.
FuseSchool
Anaerobic Respiration in the Muscles
Ever wondered why feel all stiff the day after doing lots of exercise, in order for you to contract your muscles they need the energy that is released in respiration. However, when you're doing heavy exercise for a long time the muscles...
FuseSchool
Properties of Sulfur
Sulfur is the 16th element of the periodic table, and is a non-metal. In its elemental form it is a bright yellow crystalline solid at room temperature. In this video we are going to look at the basic physical and chemical properties of...
FuseSchool
Economic, Environmental & Social Effect of Biofuels
Learn the basics about the economic, environmental and social effects of biofuels as part of the fuels chapter within environmental chemistry.
Curated Video
Atmospheric Pollution: Types, Effects, and Control Measures
This video is a lecture presentation that focuses on atmospheric pollution, discussing the effects of different types of pollution on the environment and living organisms. The lecturer covers the biological consequences of pollution...
Science360
FIRE IT UP! 'BLUE WHIRL' FIRE TORNADO BURNS CLEANER FOR REDUCED EMISSIONS
In episode 63, Jordan and Charlie discuss the 'blue fire whirl,' a type of fire whirl that could lead to beneficial new approaches for reducing carbon emissions and improving oil spill cleanup. Fire whirls, otherwise known as fire...
FuseSchool
Properties of Hydrogen
Hydrogen is a gas at room temperature, and is the first element in the periodic table. It has the chemical symbol H, but is usually found as a diatomic molecule of H2. It reacts with oxygen to form water. Hydrogen is a colourless,...
Curated Video
Introduction to Fuel Cells: Advantages and Disadvantages
The video discusses fuel cells, which use hydrogen as fuel and react it with oxygen to produce only water, hence not emitting any greenhouse gases. Several methods of producing hydrogen, including steam reforming and electrolysis, are...
After Skool
You ARE What You Eat
In this animation, we examine the phrase, "You are what you eat". It's a phrase used around the world and throughout history, but how much scientific truth is there to back this statement up?
FuseSchool
What Is Carbon Neutral and Biofuels
Learn the basics about carbon neutral and biofuels, as a part of environmental chemistry. Coal, oil, natural gas, shale gas and gas from fracking are fossil fuels formed hundreds of millions of years ago from living things that got...
NASA
NASA | Human Consumption of NPP
On Dec. 14, 2010 NASA Goddard researchers will conduct a press briefing at the American Geophysical Union Fall 2010 meeting, entitled, "Satellite Supported Estimates of Human Rate of NPP carbon Use on Land: Challenges Ahead." In the...
Next Animation Studio
How a nuclear plant works
A nuclear power plant creates energy that turns water into steam. The steam turns a turbine that is connected to a generator that produces electricity. Meanwhile, the steam is converted back to water and returned to the reactor core....
FuseSchool
Making Bio Fuels
Can you name some fuels that can be burned to generate energy? Coal, oil, and gas are probably the first that comes to mind. In this video, we’re going to look at another special type: biofuels. The fossil fuels coal, oil, and gas can...