Curated Video
How Alternators Work
How does a car alternator work? learn from the basics where we use the alternator and how alternators work.
Next Animation Studio
Windstalk concept clean energy project
The windstalk is a concept design by New York design firm Atelier DNA as a possible clean energy generation project for Abu Dhabi's Masdar City. The proposed windstalk farm would consists of more than one thousand 180-foot-tall carbon...
Bloomberg
Iberdrola, Honeywell CEOs on Powering Sustainability
Jun.22 -- Ignacio Galán, Chairman and CEO, Iberdrola and Darius Adamczyk, Chairman and CEO, Honeywell speak with Bloomberg’s Kailey Leinz at the Qatar Economic Forum, powered by Bloomberg.
Veritasium
World's First Electric Generator
Michael Faraday built the first electric generator more than 180 years ago. People on the street explore the same concepts pupils do while watching the informative video. An explanation of the scientific principles behind magnetism,...
PBS
Hot Shots and Hot Jobs: Powering Up with Renewable Energy
Imagine being a part of the hot new field of renewable energy! A short video details a few of the many job opportunities for those interested in the infrastructure of the systems that provide the power we use daily.
PBS
Proportional Scaling
It is not as simple as scaling. MIT researchers explain that a micro engine cannot just be a proportional scaling of a working larger engine. The Math at the Core: Ratios resource compares the proportions involved with the surface area...
PBS
Solar Power
One day's worth of sunlight can supply everyone on Earth with electricity for a year! Why, then, do we find ourselves in an energy crisis? Shine a light on solar energy with a short lesson and video. As part of a larger energy unit from...
PBS
Toward a Smarter Grid
Did you realize that the latest innovations in technology get their electrical power from a system that's 100 years old? Help pupils make sense of the power grid using a short video and related questions. The lesson, part of NOVA's...
Fuse School
Incineration of Waste and Electricity
Is incineration the answer to waste management challenges? A comprehensive lesson explores the advantages and disadvantages to incinerating waste. Scholars learn methods of incineration and the uses of the biproducts of the process.
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,...
DoodleScience
Non-Renewable Energy Resources
What is a fossil fuel and why is it important? The video explains fossil fuels as an energy source and how they may be harmful to the environment. Nuclear energy is an alternative with its own implications.
Curated OER
Energy from Coal
Beginning with unrelated scenes of strip-mined land, power plants, and deserted towns, this video stimulates viewers to rethink the types of energy we use. This impactful presentation has no narration, only clips from the mining process....
Curated OER
Fossil-Fuelled Electricity - How it Works
Thermal power is electricity generated by the burning of fossil fuels. Through a series of video clips and computer animations, youngsters learn about how coal is used to produce useful electricity. The website provides quizzes that are...
Curated OER
Science Fair Project - Electric Pulse Motor
As a complex project, it's ideal for your older learners. Discuss electric currents and solar energy before building the motor to preload information. While sound is not included here, the steps are described through text and visual...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: Thermodynamics: Energy Conversion in Generating Electricity
This lesson is an introductory topic in thermodynamics, on the conversion of energy. The aim of this video is to support students in visualizing the conversion of energy and its importance in real world applications. [24:07]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Hoover Dam and Hydroelectric Power
How does a dam generate electricity and what are the environmental impacts of operating these mammoth structures? Find out in this video segment adapted from Building Big. [3:53]