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Drugs, Dyes, and Mass Transfer: Crash Course Engineering #16
Mix a great resource in to your engineering repertoire. An engaging video discusses diffusion and mass transfer. It explains how a difference in concentration is the driving force for this mechanism.
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How Not to Set Your Pizza on Fire: Crash Course Engineering #15
Add a little sizzle to your lesson. The 15th video in the Crash Course Engineering playlist looks at heat exchangers, including concentric tubes, finned tubes, plate heat exchangers, and shell-and-tube heat exchangers. It describes how...
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Reversibility and Irreversibility: Crash Course Engineering #8
Reversibility in cars isn't about driving backwards. An informative YouTube video describes how the degree of reversibility in a system determines its efficiency. It explains the concept using an example of the pistons in a car engine...
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Why We Can't Invent a Perfect Engine: Crash Course Engineering #10
Your car's engine is likely to be only 20 percent thermally efficient. Why so inefficient? Viewers of the 10th video in an engineering series learn how the second law of thermodynamics and entropy limit the efficiency of a car engine....
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The First and Zeroth Laws of Thermodynamics: Crash Course Engineering #9
How can you have a zeroth law? The ninth installment of the Crash Course Engineering series focuses on the First and Zeroth Laws of Thermodynamics, including how the zeroth law came into place. Viewers also learn about stationary,...
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The Law of Conservation: Crash Course Engineering #7
Try creating something out of nothing—it's not possible! Scholars watch an engaging video, the seventh in the Crash Course Engineering series, to learn about the Law of Conservation of Mass. The video also covers the accumulation,...
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The History of Electrical Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #4
Did you know that a murder helped the electric telegraph become famous? The fourth of 46 videos in the Crash Course Engineering series focuses on electrical engineering, its history, and its myriad applications. It breaks the field into...
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Biomedical and Industrial Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #6
There's no need to give an arm and a leg to find a great lesson. An interesting video teaches viewers about biomedical and industrial engineering. After a brief history of these areas, including a description of some historical...
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The History of Chemical Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #5
The American Revolution: the catalyst for the development of chemical engineering. Scholars watch an informative video that describes the history of chemical engineering, beginning with France's need to produce soda ash as a result of a...
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Mechanical Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #3
Build a concrete understanding of mechanical engineering. Viewers watch an engaging video that describes mechanical engineering as the "design, construction, operation, and maintenance of mechanical systems." It also highlights some...
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Civil Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #2
You might have Hippodamus of Miletus to thank for your city blocks. An informative video explains the history of civil engineering, from the Pyramid-builder Imhotep to the Greeks (including Hippodamus) and the Romans, and to the first...
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What Is Engineering?: Crash Course Engineering #1
So you think you know what engineering is? The first of 46 videos in the Crash Course Engineering series identifies and describes different types of engineering, including military, civil, mechanical, electrical, chemical, nuclear,...
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How Computers Works: CPU, Memory, Input, and Output
Can you remember how a computer works? An engaging video describes the role of the input, memory, central processing unit (CPU), and output in a computer. It also explains how these functions work together. Now it's just a matter of...
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The Secret Lives of Hackers
Hacking: cyber crime or creative problem-solving technique? Young pupils watch a video about hackers. and learn that not all computer hackers are evil. The video also describes some common types of hackers.
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A Cyber Privacy Parable
Next time you think about posting a picture online, consider this parable. A short video explains the dangers of social media as it relates to cybersecurity and privacy. It uses a cautionary parable to describe what can happen when you...
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Cyber Codes
Let's get the video out in the open. Viewers learn about some early instances of cryptography and then hone in on modern cyber codes. Specifically, the animated video describes the basics of how public key cryptography works.
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Cybersecurity 101
You wouldn't hand strangers keys to your house; why wouldn't you protect yourself online? Scholars watch a short video on cybersecurity. The engaging video describes how the Internet came to be and how criminals can steal sensitive...
TED-Ed
What Is the Internet of Things?
High schoolers today take it for granted that their computers, cell phones, cars, game systems, and other electronics send them alerts and talk to each other. Teach them more about the Internet of Things with an explanatory video that...
TED-Ed
How to Manage Your Time More Effectively (According to Machines)
The good news: you can run your life like a computer runs its schedule. The bad news: computers are not always the best at running their schedules. Learn more about schedulers within operating systems and what happens when something goes...
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The Singularity, Skynet, and the Future of Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #40
Are you ready for The Singularity? The last installment of a computer science playlist examines the future of computing. The video looks at the startling rate of advances in computing, sometimes referred to as the...
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The Internet: Packets, Routing and Reliability
Viewers of this video learn about how computers send and receive information through the Internet. It describes how the Internet splits information into packets and sends it over different routes.
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How Computers Work: Hardware and Software
Hardware and software go hand in hand. The last installment of a five-part series explains the relationship between computer hardware and software. It turns out that the computer's operating system provides the link between the two.
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Educational Technology: Crash Course Computer Science #39
Every minute, users upload 400 hours of video to YouTube, which is how the resource became available. From MOOCs to AI driven intelligent tutoring systems, an engaging video explains how technology has changed the world of education. It...
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The Internet: How Search Works
Imagine spooky spiders crawling around a virtual web. It turns out that's really how search engines work! Learners view a video that explains how search engines find relevant web pages. Programs called spiders are continually searching...