Curated Video
How to Determine Specific Heat Capacity of Substance - Physics Experiment
This video is a physics tutorial on how to determine the specific heat capacity of a substance, using the example of aluminum. The narrator explains the concept of specific heat capacity and the equation used to calculate it. The...
Curated Video
Understanding Electrical Power and Calculations
This video is a lecture on electrical power. The concept of power in electrical appliances is discussed, along with how to calculate the power of an electrical appliance. The video demonstrates using the equation to calculate the power...
ATHS Engineering
The Laws of Thermodynamics
Now that we're done with circuits, we are going to talk about heat transfer and temperature. This video explains the laws of thermodynamics and covers the three methods of energy transfer (conduction, convection, and radiation, as well...
Curated Video
Understanding Thermal Radiation: Absorption and Emission of Infrared Energy
This video explains how thermal energy is transferred by infrared radiation and compares the ability of different material surfaces to absorb and emit this radiation. Examples of different objects and surfaces are given to illustrate...
Curated Video
Electric Power and Energy Transfer in Circuits
The video is a lecture on electric power, specifically on how the rate of energy transfer is defined in an electric circuit. The speaker discusses various equations and concepts relating to power, energy transfer, current, potential...
Mazz Media
Solar Thermal Energy on Earth
This video discusses what thermal energy is and describes how it is generated by radioactive decay and how it contributes to geothermal energy. Viewers will also learn about solar energy, what it is and how it is created by fusion....
Curated Video
Investigating the Emission and Absorption of Infrared Radiation Based on Surface Nature
The video discusses experiments that investigate how the emission and absorption of infrared radiation depend on the nature of the surface. The experiments involve using copper beakers with different painted surfaces and measuring the...
Curated Video
How Heat Pumps Work
How heat pumps work, in this video we'll be discussing how heat pumps work starting from the basics to help you learn HVAC engineering. We cover Air to air heat pumps, air to water heat pumps, ground source heat pumps, water source heat...
Mazz Media
Specific Heat Capacity and Heat Capacity
This video defines the difference between heat capcity and specific heat capacity. In this program students will learn why different substances heat up and cool down at different rates and come to understand how specific heat capacity of...
Professor Dave Explains
Heat and Temperature
We all know what it's like to feel hot or cold. But what is hot? What is cold? What does temperature really measure? Don't pretend like you haven't lost sleep over this. Well you don't have to fret any longer, Prof Dave will take you...
Professor Dave Explains
Work and Energy
What's work? Not that place you go to earn money. In physics it means something else. And what's energy? Not like in the groovy sense. Actually, energy is one of the most improperly used words in the English language. Let physics define...
Mazz Media
Kinetic Energy
In this video students will learn that kinetic energy is the energy of motion and that the ability of a moving object to do work is the kinetic energy of the object. Viewers will come to understand that any moving object has the ability...
Professor Dave Explains
Conductivity and Semiconductors
Why do some substances conduct electricity, while others do not? And what is a semiconductor? If we aim to learn about engineering and technology, this will be a very important concept, so let's go through the basics now!
Visual Learning Systems
Heat and Energy: Energy Conversions
Upon viewing the Heat and Energy video series, students will be able to do the following: State the difference between kinetic and potential energy. Name and describe six different forms of energy: thermal, chemical, mechanical,...
Visual Learning Systems
Heat and Energy: Forms of Energy
Upon viewing the Heat and Energy video series, students will be able to do the following: State the difference between kinetic and potential energy. Name and describe six different forms of energy: thermal, chemical, mechanical,...
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Energy: Different Forms of Energy
Upon viewing the Exploring Energy video series, students will be able to do the following: Define energy as the ability to do work. Cite everyday examples of how energy is used to do work. Understand that kinetic energy is sometimes...
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Energy and Heat: Heat Energy
Energy is all around. This fast-paced, engaging program highlights the many and varied forms of energy. Real-life examples of energy provide relevance and meaning to students. Special emphasis is paid to heat energy and how it can be...
Professor Dave Explains
Conservation of Energy: Free Fall, Springs, and Pendulums
The energy of a closed system is always conserved. This is an important law of physics! But energy does change forms. What are all the forms and how do they interchange? You gotta watch this clip to find out, buddy!
Wonderscape
Science Kids: All About Energy
This video is a lesson on energy and its different forms. It explains what energy is, the law of conservation of energy, and the two main types of energy: potential energy and kinetic energy. The video also discusses different examples...
Getty Images
Red hot glowing lava cascades down the side of erupting volcano at night, Philippines, Dec 2009
Red hot glowing lava cascades down the side of erupting volcano at night, Philippines, Dec 2009
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Red hot glowing boulders of lava roll down side of erupting volcano at night, Philippines, Dec 2009
Red hot glowing boulders of lava roll down side of erupting volcano at night, Philippines, Dec 2009
Getty Images
Lave spills from the crater of erupting volcano at night, Philippines, Dec 2009
Lave spills from the crater of erupting volcano at night, Philippines, Dec 2009
Bozeman Science
PS3A - Definitions of Energy
Energy has many forms ... but very few sources! How do we present this to young scientists? Explore the Definitions of Energy, PS3A, in a video about the Next Generation Science Standards. The narrator keeps it simple by relating...
MinutePhysics
Can Humans Really Feel Temperature?
Explore thermal energy with this short episode. Jiggling molecules and hand-drawn animation help to explain that just because something has a lot of thermal energy, it doesn't necessarily feel hot to the touch. This is an ideal addition...