Khan Academy
Carnot Cycle and Carnot Engine, Thermodynamics, Physics
The Carnot Cycle is the focus of this chemistry video. Carnot was a French engineer who proved that energy transfers happen in a cycle. They start and finish at the same pressure, volume, and temperature. A system that completes the...
Khan Academy
Gibbs Free Energy Example, Thermodynamics, Chemistry
Sal continues his discussion of spontaneous reactions by setting up a reaction between two substances and using the Gibbs Free Energy method to determine its spontaneity. This video is challenging in terms of math, and it would be...
Khan Academy
PV-Diagrams and Expansion Work, Thermodynamics, Physics
In this chemistry video, Sal explains why work from expansion in an energy transfer occupies the space underneath the curved line of a PV Diagram. Pressure is plotted on the left axis, and volume is represented on the horizontal axis of...
Khan Academy
Efficiency of a Carnot Engine, Thermodynamics, Physics
In the world of chemistry, efficiency is defined as: the work a system does, divided by the energy given to that system to complete the work. Sal illustrates this important chemistry concept by drawing a PV graph that shows a Carnot...
Khan Academy
Work Done by Isothermic Process, Thermodynamics, Physics
Since the temperature of a system is crucial in its energy transformation, Sal examines two processes that greatly affect temperature in a system: the Isothermal Process and the Adiabatic Process. He sets up an example and illustrates...
Khan Academy
Quasistatic and Reversible Processes, Thermodynamics, Physics
The theories behind Quasistatic and Reversible Processes are offered in this chemistry video. Sal sets up a hypothetical situation in which gases are escaping from a piston in a car's engine. He uses this scenario to illustrate precisely...
TED-Ed
Can a Black Hole Be Destroyed?
The destructive power of black holes is enough to give any astrophysicist nightmares. No wonder the question arises as to whether a black hole can be destroyed. The narrator of a theoretical video explores the possibilities.
Crash Course
Mass-Producing Ice Cream with Food Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #39
Learning about ice cream is a real treat. The 39th installment of the Crash Course Engineering playlist looks at the production of ice cream. From using centrifuges to make cream and mixing the ingredients to pasteurizing the finished...
Crash Course
Thermodynamics: Crash Course History of Science #26
Scientists discovered the first law of thermodynamics 25 years after the second law of thermodynamics. The seemingly obvious discoveries sometimes confuse scientists while more complex challenges encourage extra study—and take more time...
American Chemical Society
The Universe in a Cup of Coffee
Connect the chemical aspects of coffee to the world in which we live! Scholars consider the molecules within coffee and how they interact with the environment as they view an episode of the ACS Reaction series. From caffeine as a...
Domain of Science
The Map of Physics
Aristotle said, "The more you know, the more you know you don't know." Physics includes everything from the laws of motion to quantum gravity. An interesting video attempts to cover the main concepts of every branch of physics in only a...
American Chemical Society
How Do We Tell Temperature?
Explore the science behind thermometers. Rather than measuring temperature, thermometers track the movement of heat from hot to cold. The installment of the ACS Reactions series examines the chemical response that make thermometers work.
American Chemical Society
Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions
What happens when chemical bonds break and form? Science scholars explore the movement of energy in a chemical system by watching a well-rounded video. The narrators illustrate exothermic and endothermic reactions in terms of temperature...
Crash Course
Thermodynamics: Crash Course Physics #23
Teach the basics of thermodynamics with an energizing video. A thorough lesson explains the First and Second Law of Thermodynamics. Scholars learn how these laws apply to isovolumetric, isobaric, isothermal, and adiabatic processes and...
MinutePhysics
Where Does Complexity Come From? (Big Picture Ep. 3/5)
Mixing milk and coffee is a complex example in the eyes of a quantum physicist. A creative lesson compares a tendency toward entropy with complexity. Learners view a mixture of coffee and milk as first simple, then complex, and finally...
MinutePhysics
Why Doesn't Time Flow Backwards? (Big Picture Ep. 1/5)
Take a ride through time as you learn about the status of the past, present, and future from a physics perspective. The video instructor explains the Big Bang Theory through the equilibrium of time. Learners connect the Second Law of...
TED-Ed
Why Don't Perpetual Motion Machines Ever Work?
It turns out that some laws were definitely not meant to be broken! A short illustrative video explains why the first and second laws of thermodynamics prevent perpetual motion machines from actually moving perpetually — and why...
Crash Course
Energy and Chemistry
Everything around you is related to chemistry and more specifically, the energy within a system. The video explores how energy, in its different forms, changes after conversion — given off as heat or absorbed as heat in...
Educreations
The Ideal Gas Law
Help young scientists connect the dots between pressure, temperature, and volume with a video on the ideal gas law. After first reviewing the formula for this fundamental law, the instructor walks step by step through nine different...
DoodleScience
Heat and Thermodynamics
Looking for a review that won't take up an entire class period? Here is a video that provides a quick review of heat and thermodynamics. It covers more than nine topics in less than five minutes.
Curated OER
STEMbite: Entropy of the Playroom
Here is a darling demonstration of the second law of thermodynamics. Entropy has increased in a toddler's playroom as he removed toys and books off shelves and left them on the floor when he moved to the next activity. Yes, microscopic...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: Thermodynamics: Energy Conversion in Generating Electricity
This lesson is an introductory topic in thermodynamics, on the conversion of energy. The aim of this video is to support students in visualizing the conversion of energy and its importance in real world applications. [24:07]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Maxwell Boltzmann Distribution
Use the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution to visualize the distribution of speeds of particles at different temperatures. [9:30]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Gibbs Free Energy and Spontaneity
Introduction to Gibbs free energy. Includes information about the relationship between spontaneity and entropy, enthalpy, and temperature. [17:40]