Curated Video
Challenges and Setbacks: a Mountaineer's Journey
After a day of difficult hiking, the entire team, including the sherpas, is exhausted. They decide to halt three hours before reaching their intended destination, setting up camp early so they do not risk hiking in the dark. They...
Curated Video
Acclimating to Altitude and Preparing for a Mountain Hike
Kovid Mittall wanders around the town of Gangotri as he prepares to begin a big hike the next day. Mittall is filled with personal reflections on happiness, the beauty of nature, and the importance of acclimatizing to high altitudes. The...
Curated Video
Adventure and Apprehension at 23,000 Feet
Kovid Mittall, an enthusiastic mountaineer, is embarking on another climbing expedition in the Himalayas at an elevation above 23,000. As he begins his journey, Mittall highlights three possible outcomes: success, failure, or a...
Curated Video
ndian Textile Magnate Prepares for High Altitude Balloon Record
Indian textile magnate Vijay Pat Singh Hania is set to break the high altitude world record in a hot air balloon, aiming to reach 21,300 meters with a purpose-built pressurized capsule and innovative jet fuel-powered burners. With a team...
Wonderscape
Climate Explained: Understanding Earth's Diverse Weather Patterns
This video demystifies the concept of climate, differentiating it from weather. It explains that while weather is a short-term atmospheric condition, climate represents long-term patterns in a region. The video covers various climate...
Wonderscape
Understanding Weather: Insights from a National Park Hike
Explore the dynamic world of weather in this insightful narrative about a hiker's journey through a national park. The video delves into the impact of weather elements like temperature, humidity, clouds, and wind on outdoor activities....
Curated Video
Mike Coob: Paragliding Across the Channel - Conquering Uncharted Heights
In an extraordinary feat, Austrian adventurer Mike Coob successfully paraglided from France to England, becoming the first person to achieve this daring feat. Despite a tense moment with his parachute, Coob skillfully navigated through...
Curated Video
Introducing the Zephyr 3: A Revolutionary Low-Cost High-Altitude Aircraft
The Zephyr 3 is a revolutionary aircraft developed by scientists at Kinetic in Hampshire, UK. With its lightweight design and solar-powered propellers, it offers a low-cost solution for collecting high-altitude photographic image data....
Curated Video
The Historic First Space Shuttle Launch: Columbia's Journey into Space
This video describes the historic first launch of the space shuttle Columbia in 1981, highlighting the excitement and significance of the event. From liftoff to reentry, it details the intricate processes and tests undertaken by the crew...
Debunked
What Is The Highest Altitude You Can Survive?
What's The HIGHEST ALTITUDE Humans Can SURVIVE? Take away oxygen masks and pressurized suits and what is the highest limit of human survival?
Curated Video
Types of Clouds /Cloud Facts
Learn about all the types of clouds within the three cloud type levels High-level, Mid-level and Low-level. With this fun educational music video.
Curated Video
Area of Oblique Triangles
A video entitled “Area of Oblique Triangles” which models how to calculate the areas of oblique triangles.
Curated Video
Why Do Airplanes Need To Fly So High?
Commercial airplanes typically fly between 32,000 feet and 38,000 feet, with the sweet spot being approximately 35,000 feet. One of the main reasons commercial airplanes fly so high is air resistance. You see, the higher you go above the...
TMW Media
Traveling Desert Sand: What equipment is used to measure sand storms
What are the three ways of measuring sand clouds? When measuring a sand cloud, what key points do scientists determine? Traveling Desert Sand, Part 2
FuseSchool
Sound Wave Experiments
Sound Wave Experiments In this video, we are going to look at the factors that influence the speed of sound and how to measure it. We will look at sound waves in more detail in another video: Sound Waves Sound travels at about 340m/s in...
Curated Video
Jump From Space: What Happens If You Do A Space Jump?
Jumping from space is considered to be quite a task. And with good reason! Because no one has ever done it, or even attempted it. Red bulls sponsored a high-altitude jump performed by Felix Baumgartner, and it was famously called a...
Flipping Physics
Altitude of Geostationary Orbit (a special case of Geosynchronous Orbit)
Calculate the altitude of a satellite in geostationary orbit which is an orbit with the same 24 hour period as the Earth and always located directly over the same location on the equator. Geostationary orbit is a special case of...
Curated Video
Proving the Pythagorean Theorem Using Similarity
In this lesson, students will learn how to prove the Pythagorean theorem using similarity. By investigating and following a series of steps, they will discover that by cutting a right triangle and drawing altitudes, they can create...
Curated Video
Why Don't They Have Parachutes For Passengers In Commercial Planes?
Commercial airplanes don't give parachutes to passengers. While airplanes have plenty of safety features that help in landing them safely during emergencies, having parachutes onboard for every passenger doesn't seem like a bad idea,...
Brian McLogan
What are the special segments of similar triangles
👉 Learn how to solve with similar triangles. Two triangles are said to be similar if the corresponding angles are congruent (equal). Note that two triangles are similar does not imply that the length of the sides are equal but the sides...
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: NASA Conducts 'Out of Sight' Drone Tests in Nevada: NASA in Silicon Valley Podcast
A feature from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on October 19, 2016.
Curated Video
Positive and Negative Numbers Above and Below Sea Level
In this lesson, students will learn how positive and negative numbers are used to measure elevation above and below sea level. They will understand that sea level represents 0 elevation, and that both positive and negative elevations...