Crash Course
Crash Course Kids 9.1: Hunting for Properties
In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina Cruz talks about what properties are and how we can measure them to tell us more about an object. [3:59]
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: How Material Properties Affect Audio Recordings
Learn how various physical properties of matter may affect processes with which the matter interacts.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Solubility Rules
A narrated screencast which illustrates the solubility rules of common ions. This lesson provides examples on how to determine if an ionic compound will dissociate in water. [5:17]
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Cycles of Matter & Energy Transfer in Ecosystems
Paul Andersen explains how matter moves from the environment into living organisms and back into the environment. Food webs are used to show how matter and energy move through organisms. Ecological pyramids show that matter and energy...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: How to Un Toast Toast
Explore kitchen chemistry as Ruff Ruffman tries to figure out how to un-toast toast. [5 min, 13 sec]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: The Great Ruffet/scruffet Cook Off!
Explore kitchen chemistry as Ruff Ruffman and his brother Scruff compete in a cook-off. [6 min, 16 sec]
Next Vista for Learning
Next Vista for Learning: Phenomena Science: Marvelous Milk
A demonstration where dish soap on a q-tip, spreads over the surface of milk causing swirling of the food color added to the milk. The demonstration asks students to observe, predict, and explain what is being shown in the experiment....
PBS
Pbs Teachers:makeup
Find out what ingredients are commonly used in cosmetics and how makeup is made. Watch two kids use the scientific method to find the perfect lip gloss formula. [5:11]
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Properties of Matter
Mr. Andersen surveys properties of matter. A brief discussion of Archimede's Principle, Charles Law, Boyle's Law, and viscosity is included.
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Environmental Matter Exchange
Paul Andersen explains how living organisms exchange matter with the environment. The importance of the surface area to volume ratio is emphasized using a simple mathematical model. The essential chemicals for life; water, carbon,...
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Structure & Properties of Matter
In the first physical science video for the Next Generation Science Standards Paul Andersen explains the structure and properties of matter. He starts by explaining how all matter is made of about 100 smaller particles called matter.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Volume
This animation features the concept of volume and how to perform the calculation. 2:37sec.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Pour Air Into Water Experiment
This video segment adapted from ZOOM offers a clever demonstration of buoyancy by showing how to pour a cup of air into a cup filled with water. [1 mim, 42 sec]
Next Vista for Learning
Next Vista for Learning: Chemical and Physical Change
A video giving a definition of a chemical and a physical change. It also shows how digestion is an example of a chemical change and dropping a watermelon off a ladder shows physical change. [1:39]