SciShow
The 5,000-Year-Old Mystery of Ancient Egyptian Perfume
The ancient Egyptians were masters of embalming the dead, but they left no record of the ingredients in their balms and perfumes. Luckily, modern chemistry is unlocking those secrets. And it's telling us a lot more about their culture...
TED Talks
Mary Lou Jepsen: Could future devices read images from our brains?
As an expert on cutting-edge digital displays, Mary Lou Jepsen studies how to show our most creative ideas on screens. And as a brain surgery patient herself, she is driven to know more about the neural activity that underlies invention,...
Be Smart
What Color is the Universe?
When you stare up at the night sky, you might think that the universe is really black, but that's just because our eyes aren't sensitive enough to see the billions and billions of multicolored stars out there. Ever wonder why certain...
Crash Course Kids
The Great Picnic Mix Up
So you know that iced tea you like so much? Or that sweet soda drink? They're actually a few different things combined to make a new thing. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about all the different mixtures, solutions,...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How do we separate the seemingly inseparable? - Iddo Magen
Your cell phone is mainly made of plastics and metals. It's easy to appreciate the process by which those elements add up to something so useful. But there's another story we don't hear about -- how did we get our raw ingredients in the...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The science of macaroni salad: What's in a mixture? - Josh Kurz
What's in macaroni salad? Break down the pasta, mayonnaise, vinegar, mustard, vegetables, etc., and you're left with a bunch of molecules. Josh Kurz uses a delicious recipe to exemplify three types of mixtures (solution, colloid and...
Bozeman Science
Matter
Mr. Andersen gives a brief description of matter. The five states of matter are also discussed.
Crash Course Kids
Chemical Changes
We've talked about mixtures and solutions, solutes and solvents, but what about things that can't be undone? What about Chemical Changes? Would it surprise you to know that baking a cake is a Chemical Change? Or striking a match? In this...
Crash Course Kids
The Science of Lunch
Even an empty lunch sack is useful to science. You can examine it and come up with some traits. In this episode, Sabrina chats about things like malleability, hardness, conductivity, and magnetism. And all with lunch! This first series...
Curated Video
Factpack: Elements, Compounds, Mixtures
Definitions and examples of three distinct chemical classifications: elements, compounds and mixtures. Chemistry - Atoms And Bonding - Learning Points. A Twig FactPack Film. Open a discussion on what has been already learnt in a topic,...
Curated Video
Forensics: Chromatography
Find out how chromatography can be used to create the chemical 'colour fingerprint' of a substance. What are the two chromatography methods and how are they used to solve crimes? Chemistry - Atoms And Bonding - Learning Points....
Curated Video
Felt Tip Chromatography
We use chromatography to see what colours make up the ink in different coloured felt tip pens. Different coloured dots are drawn on a piece of chromatography paper and this is lowered into a chromatography jar containing water. We watch...
Curated Video
Forming Iron Sulfide
We examine the different properties of iron and sulfur when they are mixed and when they are chemically combined. When iron and sulfur are mixed they retain their individual properties. When they react chemically to form iron sulfide...
Curated Video
What is a mixture? – Odd one out
Four substances are shown on screen, but which is a not a mixture? Material processes - Separating mixtures - What is a mixture? Learning Points Mixtures can be made up of solids, liquids and gases. A Twig Tidbit Film - Odd one out. The...
Curated Video
GCSE Chemistry - Differences Between Compounds, Molecules & Mixtures #3
This video covers: 0:21 - What a molecule is 1:11 - What a compound is 3:11 - How to use brackets in a chemical formula 4:48 - What a mixture is This video is suitable for: - All tiers - All exam boards - Triple and combined science
Curated Video
GCSE Chemistry - Fractional Distillation and Simple Distillation #50
In this video we'll learn: - The process of simple distillation - The process of fractional distillation - How simple and fractional distillation differ
Curated Video
Mix it Up!
Dr. Forrester explains that materials in simple mixtures can be separated because they have different properties. She teaches that combining two or more substances can make new materials with different properties. She also identifies...
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Are Mixtures?
This video is answering the question of what are mixtures.
Curated Video
High Five Facts - Elements Compounds Mixtures
This video explores five fun facts about elements, compounds, and mixtures.
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Properties Do Elements And Compounds Have?
This video is answering the question of what properties do elements and compounds have.
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Are Compounds?
This video is answering the question of what are compounds.
Curated Video
I WONDER - How Are Elements And Compounds Used?
This video is answering the question of how are elements and compounds used.
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Are Elements?
This video is answering the question of what are elements.
Curated Video
Separating Solids
Separating Solids demonstrates that mixtures of solids can be separated based on their observable properties, including particle size, shape, color, and magnetic attraction.