SciShow Kids
The Amazing Science of Balloons | SciShow Kids Compilation
In this SciShow Kids compilation, Jessi and her friends at the Fort learn about electricity, pressure, and chemical reactions from a science lesson on a string: balloons!
SciShow
Launching Rockets Mid-Air
If you picture a rocket launch, do you imagine it taking off from a hot air balloon? In this episode, we'll learn how using balloons to launch sounding rockets advanced our understanding of planet Earth, radiation, and how to keep...
MinuteEarth
Why Are There Clouds?
Want to learn more about the topic in this week's video? Here are some key words/phrases to get your googling started: - Lifting Condensation Level (LCL): The altitude at which the water vapor in rising air begins to condense - Adiabatic...
MinuteEarth
How Physics Saved Two Million Premature Babies
Doctors beat back a disease that was killing tens of thousands of babies a year with a machine based on a simple principle of physics. FYI: We try to leave jargon out of our videos, but if you want to learn more about this topic, here...
SciShow Kids
Make a Balloon Rocket
This week, experiment with balloons and learn how you can make your very own rocket with Jessi and Squeaks!
SciShow Kids
What Happens When You Lose a Balloon?
Squeaks almost lost a balloon outside, but what would have happened to it had it floated away into the sky?
TED Talks
TED: The unexpected benefit of celebrating failure | Astro Teller
Great dreams aren't just visions, says Astro Teller, "They're visions coupled to strategies for making them real." The head of X (formerly Google X), Teller takes us inside the "moonshot factory," as it's called, where his team seeks to...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Oxygen's surprisingly complex journey through your body - Enda Butler
Oxygen forms about 21% of the air around us. In your body, oxygen forms a vital role in the production of energy in most cells. But if gases can only efficiently diffuse across tiny distances, how does oxygen reach the cells deep inside...
SciShow
3 Big Discoveries Made by the International Space Station
We all know it's awesome, and we could watch Chris Hadfield sing all day, but do you know about the awesome science that's being done on the International Space Station? Hank explains three big discoveries made on the ISS that you should...
Crash Course Kids
Got Some Solutions?
So, there might not be just one solution to a problem. I know that may sound weird, but it's true. So, how do you come up with multiple solutions? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Engineer Sabrina shows us how to do that.
SciShow Kids
How Do Hot Air Balloons Work?
Hot Air Balloons! They're those big, beautiful balloons people can float up to the sky in-- but how do they get up there?!
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The ABC's of gas: Avogadro, Boyle, Charles - Brian Bennett
How can bottles and balloons help explain the different laws that govern gas? See how Boyle's Law, Charles' Law, and Avogadro's Law help us understand the laws that govern gas properties.
Crash Course Kids
What's Matter?
Hey... what's matter? No no no, not what's THE matter. What's MATTER? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about what matter is and the three states of matter: Solid, Liquid, and Gas. She also does a quick experiment that...
Curated Video
The Elements: Hydrogen
Hydrogen is a highly flammable element, with the potential to become a non-polluting alternative to gasoline. Chemistry - Periodic Table - Learning Points. Hydrogen is the element with the lowest density. Hydrogen is highly flammable and...
Curated Video
The Elements: Helium
Find out why helium balloons float. Chemistry - Periodic Table - Learning Points. Helium is the second most abundant element in the entire Universe, but is very rare on Earth. Helium is incredibly light, so its atoms simply float off...
Curated Video
The Noble Gases
The noble gases were one of the last groups of elements to be discovered. From helium balloons to light bulbs, these gases have many uses in the world around us. Chemistry - Periodic Table - Learning Points. The noble gases are found in...
Curated Video
Balloon and Treacle
We investigate the effect that unbalanced charge has on polar molecules. We rub a balloon against hair to build up a negative charge and then hold this near a stream of water and then a stream of treacle. They both bend towards the...
Curated Video
How to Make Sensory Balloons
These balloons are perfect for both children tactile sensory play and for stress relieve for grown-ups. We used corn flour, beans, peas and rice, but balloons can be filled with almost anything you have at home.
Curated Video
Noisy Coin in a Balloon Experiment
It is just fun to spin a coin in a balloon. But we used a 7-sided 20p coin that made some interesting noise.
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Science Experiment: Spinning Balloon
If you have a balloon and a straw at home, you can make this fun spinning balloon.
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Science Experiment: Baking Soda and Vinegar Balloon
This is how my little scientist inflates balloons!
Curated Video
The Science of Popping Balloons
Here is a cool activity that seems to defy forces. Pushing needles and skewers into a balloon will surely make it pop? Well, not quite! Here we show you how you can insert a sharp object into a balloon without it popping! We have two...
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Remainders
Mr. Addit demonstrates how to divide two-digit numbers by one-digit numbers, and he explains what happens when there is a remainder.