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Visual Learning Systems
The Structure and Behavior of Electrons in Atoms
This video explains the characteristics of electrons and their role in atoms. The concept of the electron cloud and energy levels is introduced, emphasizing their significance in determining an atom's interactions with other atoms. Atoms...
Visual Learning Systems
Introduction to Electric Charges and Atoms
In this video, we explore the concept of electrical charges and the basic structure of atoms. Through examples like static shocks and balloon experiments, we learn about protons and electrons, which possess positive and negative...
Visual Learning Systems
The Nature of Electricity: What Is Electric Charge?
This video describes the basic role that atoms play in creating electrical charges, as well as the nature and creation of static electricity. Various methods of charging are discussed, emphasizing the role that insulators and conductors...
Curated OER
Introduction to the Atom
Sal does a phenomenal job introducing students to the atom, and the history that goes along with how we understand and view atoms today. Students are introduced to the atomic number, and how elements are organized into the periodic table...
PBS
Science Fundamentals: Chemistry!
Chemical reactions are a part of almost everything in everyday life. A video presentation gives an introduction to chemistry by describing the basics of atomic structure and chemical reactions. Learners discover chemical reactions are...
Mystery of Matter
Mysteries of the Periodic Table, Part 1: A Reflection of the Atom
Properties of atoms are no small thing. A thorough video lesson describes properties of atoms and how they relate to the makeup of the periodic table. Learners review the relationship between subatomic particles and discover the...
Mystery of Matter
Into the Atom, Part 4: The Atom Splits
Scientific discord is part of the road to new discoveries. Scholars learn how scientists challenge each other to prove and explain their conclusions in the final lesson of the four-part series Into the Atom. The video lesson explains the...
Mystery of Matter
Into the Atom, Part 2: The Atom’s First Pieces
Could electrons really be as small as the numbers suggest? This is the hurdle for the initial study of electrical properties of elements. Learners view a video to follow the history of the science that led to the discovery of the parts...
Mystery of Matter
Into the Atom, Part 1: Atoms Have Parts
Finally mysteries are revealed! A thorough lesson shows how the scientific method helps to solve mysteries of now common elements. Young scientists watch the video presentation to gain a thorough understanding of how Madam Curie...
Mystery of Matter
Mysteries of the Periodic Table, Part 5: Isotopes
Idiosyncrasies caused by isotopes baffled scientists for more than half a century. Learners examine a thorough review of the historical discovery of isotopes in the fifth and final video in the series Mysteries of the Periodic Table....
American Chemical Society
What Are Isotopes? Chemistry Basics
Use animations to explain the concept of an isotope. Young scholars view a lesson from the Reaction series dedicated to isotopes. They learn what an isotope is and why they are important to complete a great back-to-basics lesson.
TED-Ed
What’s the Smallest Thing in the Universe?
Quarks have some interesting features—including their names! Young scholars learn about up, down, strange, charming, bottom, and top quarks in an engaging video presentation. The narrator begins with an overview of molecules and atoms,...
Physics Girl
What Are Quarks? Sugar Edition!
Even scientists don't really understand quarks! Learners watch as the instructor describes what scientists do know about quark particles and their interaction with each other. The lesson dispels myths that individuals may have about...
Socratica
Chemistry and Physics: History of the Atom (Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford, and Bohr Models)
How do we know so much about the atom? Explore the evolution of the atomic model through a video from an informative chemistry lessons playlist. The narrator describes how our view of atoms and subatomic particles has changed from...
American Chemical Society
Have We Found All The Elements?
You've always wanted to know why ytterbium is called ytterbium, haven't you? An engaging video investigates the discovery of elements throughout history. It posits the theory that we are close to having discovered all the elements.
JFR Science
Representing the Atom: Bohr, Rutherford and Lewis Diagrams
What's the best way to draw an atom? Well, that depends on what information you need to convey. Compare and contrast the atomic models of Bohr, Rutherford, and Lewis using a video from the JFR Science series. The resource shows the basis...
American Chemical Society
We Are Made of "Star Stuff"
Explore the validity of a famous quote by Carl Sagan, "We are made of star stuff." An episode of the ACS Reactions playlist explains how deteriorating stars became the origin of all the elements in our world. Learners consider different...
Veritasium
Atomic Rant
Quantum mechanics made the traditional model of the atom obsolete. The episode of the Veritasium playlist explains the location and behavior of an electron in an atom. Scholars learn the different shapes of orbitals electrons occupy.
Bozeman Science
PS1C—Nuclear Processes
Need some strategies for teaching nuclear processes that are sure to cause an explosion of learning in your classroom? Get all the essential background knowledge, plus tips for getting your point across in a thoughtful...
Teacher's Pet
Atomic Mass
Demonstrate the complex process of calculating a weighted atomic mass. Given the atomic mass of isotopes of a sample, the lesson instructor models the calculation. Multiple examples give learners the opportunity to review the process.
Teacher's Pet
The Nucleus
Explore the makeup of the atomic nucleus. A video lesson describes the subatomic particles of the nucleus. The instructor explains the connection between the mass and atomic numbers and the isotopes of an atom.
Teacher's Pet
Atoms
Discover the relationship between mass number, atomic number, and the makeup of the atom. The video instructor explains how to determine the number of each subatomic particle from the atomic and mass number. She demonstrates multiple...
Teacher's Pet
Acid-Base Theories
This is definitely not your basic acid-base resource! Science scholars compare acid-base theories in a brief video. Content includes properties of acids and bases, the principles of each acid-base theory, and the role water plays in...
Veritasium
What Are Atoms and Isotopes?
Atoms may make up everything, but what are they made of? The narrator asks patrons at a local park what atoms are in an interview-style video. He then creates an atomic model and adds a neutron to it, opening the discussion to isotopes.