Visual Learning Systems
The Importance of Natural Resources in Our Everyday Lives
In this video, the teacher explains the concept of natural resources and how they are essential for our survival. They highlight examples such as trees, water, fruits, vegetables, oil, wood, and coal. This video is part of the 10-part...
The Backyard Scientist
Pouring Molten Metals into Water. COOL! (Aluminum, Thermite, Lead + More!)
I've been pouring 7 different metals into a 24" tall aquarium over the weekend, and the results have been super cool! I poured metals with different melting points to see if they had any different effects when they came in contact with...
Higgsino Physics
Jump in Artificial Gravity? - 5 Physics Questions Explained
Physics Quiz. 5 Popular questions answered. Can you solve these questions? Why do spaceships heat up when entering earth but not when exiting?, Why can I touch aluminum foil in the oven and not get burned?, Why are we able to see air...
The Backyard Scientist
Pouring molten Aluminum into a Pumpkin (cooled with liquid nitrogen!!!)
The inside of a pumpkin has a pretty interesting geometry. I had the idea to cast the inside to see what it looks like, but the inside of the pumpkin is very fragile and the 1000 degree aluminum pretty much destroys it as soon as it...
The Backyard Scientist
Molten Aluminum vs Liquid Nitrogen (& Dry Ice!)
Pouring molten aluminum into liquid nitrogen and dry ice are my most requested videos, so today you finally get to see what happens!
TMW Media
Smelting And Refining Aluminium: The recycling of aluminium cans
Explain how aluminium is recycled into new aluminium. What other products are made from aluminium? Smelting And Refining Aluminium, Part 3
Physics Girl
Unique at-home Science Experiments! with Physics Girl
Dianna from Physics Girl walks through 5 experiments with jello, lasers, balloons, surface tension, band-aids and candles, with some bonus facts and trivia!
Next Animation Studio
Japanese researchers developing wooden satellites
Researchers from Kyoto University and Japanese company Sumitomo Forestry will test the potential of using wood as a component in satellite construction
Science360
New Magnesium Metal Production Technology
Cars that cover more distance with less fuel? Sure! If you replaced some of their steel and aluminum components and body parts with magnesium metal ones, you'd have automobiles that are as much as 50% lighter! That means they would be...
The Backyard Scientist
How to Make an Aluminum Foundry - Backyard Scientist
How to Make an Aluminum Foundry - It was about time to make this video!
Visual Learning Systems
The Basics of Elements
In this video, the concept of elements is introduced, emphasizing that they are pure substances made up of only one kind of atom. Examples of elements like gold, helium, and aluminum are shown, along with their atomic structures.
This...
Science360
Metal Foam
Afsaneh Rabiei is a materials engineer at North Carolina State University who, with support from the National Science Foundation, has developed metal foam that's lighter but much stronger than ""real"" metal. It's designed for use in...
Science360
A laser-focused, scalable process to make materials repel water
Mool Gupta, a researcher in the University of Virginia School of Engineering supported by the NSF Partnerships for Innovation: Accelerating Innovation Research program, is developing a low-cost, scalable process to make surfaces repel...
The Backyard Scientist
Molten Aluminum Vs. Lava Lamp
Ever wonder what would happen If you poured molten aluminum into a lava lamp? Me neither. Well, you voted, I listened! Some of my viewers on my Facebook, and G+ pages suggested that I pour molten aluminum into a Lava Lamp. That sounded...
The Backyard Scientist
Molten Aluminum Vs 'Spitballs' - SO COOL!! (water balz)
I packed a fishtank completely full of water balls (water beads, water balz, orbeez, spitballs...). Im guessing there are over 10,000 in there!
The Backyard Scientist
6 Dangerous Ways to Cook an Egg
In this video I explore some crazy ways to cook an egg, and kind of go into the science behind it. Plus, its a great excuse to break out the flamethrower! Making a squirt gun flamethrower is very dangerous. I get a lot of emails asking...
The Backyard Scientist
Molten Aluminum Vs. 15 gallons of Sprite
In this video I wanted to see what happens if I poured molten aluminum into a carbonated liquid. Would it fall faster, or slower? Would it explode?! Then I poured molten tin into water to watch it explode in super slow motion.
The Backyard Scientist
Molten Aluminum Vs. Oobleck (Non-Newtonian Fluid)
The first Molten Aluminum video in a long time! After last weeks Oobleck video, many of you suggested for me to pour molten aluminum into Oobleck. It sounded like a fun experiment so I gave it a go!
Curated Video
Ways to Minimize the Impact on the Environment in Our Everyday Lives
The video discusses ways to minimize the environmental impact in our everyday lives. It covers the reduction in use, reuse, and recycling of materials to reduce limited resource use and waste production. The video compares life cycle...
The Backyard Scientist
Molten Aluminum Vs Steak
Just how dangerous IS molten aluminum? Will it instantly burn a hole through your arm or just slide off? Will the leidenfrost effect save the day? Will I set my kitchen on fire?
The Backyard Scientist
Molten Aluminum Vs. Pie (+Sodium!)
Today I pour molten aluminum on Pumpkin pie, Apple pie, Cranberries, and mashed potatoes & gravy. I also make a Sodium Potassium alloy NaK and put it inside a jar of cranberries. I shoot it with my BB gun to explode it. Finally I toss a...
Tumble Science Podcast for Kids
The Biggest Space Telescope in the Universe
Recently NASA launched a large, powerful telescope into space, where scientists hope it will help them learn more about the origins of the universe. The James Webb Space Telescope is designed to study invisible light waves, which will...