Instructional Video
Museum of Science

Eie: Engineering Is Elementary: A Magnetic Personality

K - 1st
Students engage in several experiments to learn more about the properties of magnets.
Instructional Video
Other

Make Me Genius: How Electricity Is Made

3rd - 5th
In this animated cartoon video, kids learn about how electricity is produced and works. Electricity produced from coal and electricity produced by water is very clearly described. Also explained is the generation of wind energy with help...
Instructional Video
Museum of Science

Eie: The Attraction Is Obvious: Designing Maglev Systems Lesson 1

1st - 4th
Watch as a teacher introduces an engineering challenge with the story, Hikaru, where a boy from Japan, learns about transportation engineering as he attempts to design a small Maglev transportation system for his parents' toy store. [14:21]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Introduction to Magnetism

9th - 10th
An introduction to magnetism with this video. Become familiar with magnets and their poles and how they produce a magnetic field. [10:44]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Magnetic Force on a Proton Example (Part 2)

9th - 10th
This video builds off of part 1 where the radius of the circle traveled by the proton calculated by using the formula for centripetal acceleration. [10:39]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Magnetic Force on a Current Carrying Wire

9th - 10th
Find out how the formula F=ILB is derived in this video. Also, learn how to use the formula to calculate the force on a current carrying wire.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Spout Motor

3rd - 8th
This video goes inside a simple motor to see the components and learn how a motor works. [3:18]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Compass Interactions

9th - 10th
A short video doing a short experiment to see ff we float two identically magnetized needles they will always orient themselves in the same way. [0:45]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Are 2 Magnets Stronger Than 1?

9th - 10th
A video showing a resource that helps answer the question will the power of two magnets stuck together increase the overall force and why. [0:36]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Variable Resistor (Pencil)

6th - 8th
We use the inside of a pencil (graphite) to apply different 'lengths of pencil' to the circuit. What relationship do you observe between the length of graphite and deflection angle? Watch this video to find out! [1:27]
Instructional Video
Other

National Film Board of Canada: Science Please! Part 2

Pre-K - 1st Standards
Animated short films explain, with humor, the science of lightning, magnets, sound, the telephone, and related scientific fundamentals. [15:02]
Instructional Video
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Magnetic Powers of Different Magnets

Pre-K - 1st
The video demonstrates an experiment using magnets to recognize that different magnets have different strengths and uses. [0:57]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Listen to Variable Resistance

6th - 8th
Here we draw a line on a page and use it as a variable resistor in series with a speaker. What relationship do we hear? Does it sound linear? Watch and find out![1:11]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Series Load

6th - 8th
Why does the deflection change when an electromagnet is attached to the circuit? Does it matter what side of the electromagnet we test? Watch this video to find out. [1:11]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Compass: Which Way Is North?

6th - 8th
This video demonstrates the process of making a compass: How would you know which way is north if you had no reference? Can the direction of stroke alone tell you this? Are you sure? [1:00]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Compass Build (Stroke Direction)

6th - 8th
This video demonstrates the process of making a compass: Does the direction in which we stroke the needle determine the final orientation? [1:13]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Compass Build (Magnet Orientation)

6th - 8th
This video demonstrates making a compass: does it matter if we stroke the needle with the North vs. South pole of the magnet? Why? [1:06]