Veritasium
Gyroscopic Precession
Helicopters fly with the help of gyroscopic precession. An uplifting Vertasium video explains two common forces, momentum and torque. Demonstrations of both forces—along with scientific explanations—help develop an overall understanding...
Veritasium
How Does A Boomerang Work?
Boomerangs make nice round trip flights thanks to physics. The Veritasium video explains the science of how a boomerang works. It focuses on lift, relative velocity, and gyroscopic precision.
Crash Course
Torque: Crash Course Physics #12
It's all about how you pull—not how hard! The 12th installment in a physics series explains the importance of the direction and angle of force when calculating torque. The narrator includes a discussion of the moment of inertia as...
Real Engineering
Why Do Wind Turbines Have Three Blades?
Two is too few, four is too many, but three is just perfect. Individuals watch a Real Engineering video to see why wind turbines typically have three blades. This requires consideration of both cost and speed of blade rotation.
Real Engineering
Steam Engine—How Does It Work?
Full steam ahead! A video in the Real Engineering playlist shows viewers how steam engines work. the video starts with an explanation of the inefficient steam engines from before the Industrial Revolution and ends with modern steam...
SciShow
Skateboarding Science: Master the Ollie!
Ollie is that name given to the move when a skateboarder jumps into the air with the board but without using any hands. This video breaks down each part of the ollie and the science behind it, beginning with force and torque, and...
SciShow
Why Do Boomerangs Come Back?
Humans have been using boomerangs for at least 20,000 years. The video looks at the structure and use of the boomerang to analyze the aerodynamics involved. It stresses the importance to torque and the difficulty in throwing them...
Curated OER
STEMbite: Conservation of Angular Momentum
Showcase a few classic demonstrations of angular momentum with this two-minute film. Using a gyroscope, a bicycle, and a tire removed from a bicycle, the narrator explains how angular momentum keeps an object up in a way that defies the...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: How Mosquitos Fly in the Rain
By viewing high-speed videos of raindrops hitting mosquitos, learn how insects are able to fly in the rain by calculating the impact forces of raindrops on flying mosquitoes.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: The Physics of Boomerangs
This learning video explores the mysterious physics behind boomerangs and other rapidly spinning objects. Students will get to make and throw their own boomerangs between video segments! A key idea presented is how torque causes the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Moments, Torque, and Angular Momentum: Cross Product and Torque
Learn how to find the direction component of torque with this video. Review vector quantities to understand how to apply the right hand rule to a torque problem. [10:00]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Moments, Torque, and Angular Momentum: Introduction to Torque
Learn that a torque is applied when a force causes an object to rotate around an axis in this video. Video overviews net torque and how to determine if torque is positive or negative. [9:24]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Moments, Torque, and Angular Momentum: Moments
Solve problems by using the Law of Moments in this video. Understand that moments is essentially the same concept as torque as explained in this video. [14:13]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Moments, Torque, and Angular Momentum: Moments Part 2
Solve problems by using the Law of Moments in this video. Understand that moments is essentially the same concept as torque as explained in this video. [13:49]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Electric Motors: Part 1
A video lecture discussing the force of the magnetic field that turns an electric motor. Video also shows how to calculate net torque on a loop of current in a wire. [10:35]
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science of the Winter Olympics: Aerial Physics
In the sport of freestyle aerials, skiers are judged on their ability to perform complex jumps in the air. Emily Cook, a 12-year veteran of the U.S. Freestyle team, and Paul Doherty, a Senior Scientist at the Exploratorium in San...
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science of Nfl Football
A collection of ten videos that examine the physics and math behind NFL football. They cover topics such as Newton's Laws of Motion, the Pythagorean Theory, kinematics, and projectile motion.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Circus Physics: Center of Mass
Standing on your tiptoes is hard enough, but imagine trying to do it while staying balanced on top of someone else's head. To keep balanced, the Nanjing acrobats must be aware of their centers of mass, and the various forces -- called...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Animations: How Are Force and Torque Different?
Brief narrated animation that visually explains the difference between force and torque in relationship to the motion of an object. (30 secs) Uses Quicktime.
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Torque
In the following video Paul Andersen begins by discriminating between translation and rotational motion. He then explains how a torque is the product of the lever arm and the force perpendicular. [7:03]
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: The Vector Properties of Angular Quantities
In the following video Paul Andersen explains how a rotating system will have several quantities; including torque, angular velocity, angular acceleration and angular momentum. [7:15]
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Angular Impulse
In the following video Paul Andersen explains how the change in angular momentum is equal to the torque applied over a given time. [4:54]
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Conservation of Angular Momentum
In the following video Paul Andersen explains that the angular momentum of a system will be conserved as long as there is no net external torque. Both point objects and extended objects are covered along with several examples. [5:38]
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science of Nhl Hockey: Work, Energy & Power
In order to generate a 100 mile-per-hour (160 kph) slapper, NHL players depend on three important physics concepts: work, energy and power. [5:15]