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Crash Course

Fluids at Rest: Crash Course Physics #14

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Keep the knowledge flowing in your physics classroom! An in-depth video lesson discusses the characteristics of fluids. The narrator includes Pascal's Principle and Archimede's Principle as well as buoyant force. This is the 14th lesson...
Instructional Video3:57
3Blue1Brown

Snell's Law Proof Using Springs

9th - 12th Standards
Does light always travel in a straight line? The narrator of a short video discusses the path light travels when going between different mediums and points out that light will want to travel on the path that minimizes the travel time....
Instructional Video4:04
Fuse School

Extraction of Oxygen and Nitrogen from Liquid Air

9th - 12th
Discover the process for extracting gases from the air. A 35-part lesson series continues with a discussion of fractional distillation. The instructor explains how to cool air to a liquid state and then slowly warm the air to collect...
Instructional Video3:39
Be Smart

Whose Air Do You Share?

6th - 12th
Take a deep breath before watching this video from PBS Digital Studios that models for viewers how humans are connected through the air we share. The video explores how small the earth's atmosphere is compared to the rest of Earth.
Instructional Video2:52
Be Smart

Why Does the Wind Blow?

6th - 12th
When you tell people you know why the wind blows, it won't be a bunch of hot air. In the video from PBS Digital Studios, viewers learn how wind is a consequence of differences in air pressure. Along the way, the video covers the Coriolis...
Instructional Video3:31
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Crash Course Kids

Four Spheres Part 2 (Hydro and Atmo)

3rd - 8th
What are the other two spheres on Earth? The hydrosphere and atmosphere, of course! This is the focus of a video that explains what makes up the hydrosphere and atmosphere.
Instructional Video3:19
TED-Ed

How Heavy Is Air?

7th - 12th Standards
It's amazing how easy it is to forget that every second of our lives we are being pushed on by an uncountable number air molecules. Explore with your class the concept of air pressure and how it affects our bodies, the earth's...
Interactive3:12
Scholastic

Study Jams! Air Masses & Fronts

4th - 8th
Four types of air masses interact in the atmosphere above the US. The collision of these air masses forms a front, which, in turn, creates our weather. Concepts are explained by Sam and RJ, thus preventing a snowball fight. Your class...
Instructional Video3:16
Curated OER

Ultimate Table Trick Challenge

5th - 10th
There's a lot going on here: air pressure changes, inertia, and chemical reactions. All of this occurs in 60 seconds time! As an end of the year physical science assessment, consider showing this video clip and then having learners write...
Instructional Video3:16
Steve Spangler Science

Ultimate Table Trick Challenge

5th - 10th
There's a lot going on here: air pressure changes, inertia, and chemical reactions. All of this occurs in 60 seconds time! As an end of the year physical science assessment, consider showing this video clip and then having learners write...
Instructional Video0:47
Steve Spangler Science

Straw Through Potato - Sick Science! #062

6th - 9th
Push a straw through a potato using air pressure. This is a good for modeling how air pressure works.
Instructional Video0:57
Steve Spangler Science

Heavy Newspaper - Sick Science! #025

7th - 12th
Here is an unforgettable demonstration of the power of air! Because the column of air is about 250 miles or 400 km tall, its weight on a sheet of newspaper is enough to hold a stick in place as you smack the other end to break it....
Instructional Video9:45
Steve Spangler Science

Steve Spangler on The Ellen Show April 2008

9th - 12th
Several concepts are explored with Steve Spangler on the Ellen DeGeneres show. Combustion, air pressure, and polymers demonstrations are done, but very little scientific explanation is offered. At the end of the year, your could have...
Instructional Video3:11
Steve Spangler Science

Egg in a Bottle...The Tricky Way - Cool Science Experiment

5th - 12th
A teenaged Jack Spangler demonstrates how reducing air pressure in a bottle can pull a boiled egg inside. Then dad does a similar demonstration using liquid nitrogen to reduce the air pressure. Even though the result is the same, the...
Instructional Video1:37
Bill Nye

Bill Nye The Science Guy on The Atmosphere

5th - 8th
Only a minute and a half long, this video discusses how air acts as an insulator and why air higher in the atmosphere is colder than it is down closer to Earth's surface. He defines the lapse rate and shows how to calculate it. Because...
Instructional Video3:11
SciShow

What is Wind?

6th - 8th
Hank Green teaches how differences in air pressure, attempting to reach equilibrium. are what causes wind to blow. He also mentions Earth's rotation and the Coriolis effect. Have your class watch this video as a review to your lesson on...
Instructional Video1:51
Curated OER

STEMbite: Atmospheric Pressure

6th - 8th
Mr. Vanden Heuvel is in the bathroom again! This time he examines the strength of atmospheric pressure with a classic demonstration of filling a glass with water in the sink to reveal the column that fills the glass. Then he places a...
Instructional Video1:55
Bill Nye

Bill Nye The Science Guy on Pressure

5th - 8th
Dive deep with air pressure as Bill shows how it keeps liquid from entering an upside down beaker when placed underwater. Then watch a rock music video about pressure. If you are putting together a PowerPoint on fluid pressure, you may...
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Science for Kids

Science Kids: Experiment Videos: Paper Folding Experiment

6th - 8th
Watch as the MythBusters team put the famous myth that you can't fold paper any more than seven times to the test. [3:53]
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PBS

Pbs Kids Clubhouse Adventures: Clubhouse Theme: What Is Weather?

Pre-K - 1st
Abby Brown, KIDS Clubhouse Adventures co-host, loves to help kids have fun while learning! In this segment, Abby teaches kids about the weather. Kids learn to observe the air and sky as well as a thermometer in order to evaluate the...
Instructional Video
Science for Kids

Science Kids: Experiment Videos: Proving Co2 Is Heavier Than Air

5th - 9th
Check out this cool science experiment video to see proof that carbon dioxide is heavier than air. [1:12]
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Minute Earth

Minute Earth: Our Atmosphere Is Escaping!

9th - 10th
Find out why the two lightest elements are the only two gases that escape Earth's atmosphere. [2:17]
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SciShow

Sci Show Kids: What's the Dirt on Dirt

5th - 8th
Investigate dirt and why just about everything on the planet depends on it! This video explores soil's properties. Learn how soil is a mixture of minerals, water, air, and organic matter. [3:43]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lung Introduction: Inhaling and Exhaling

9th - 10th
Find out exactly why air goes in and out of the lungs. [12:59]