Podcast54:59
NASA

‎Houston We Have a Podcast: The SpaceX Crew Dragon

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Benji Reed, director of Crew Mission Management for SpaceX, talks about the SpaceX Crew Dragon, the testing and training thus far including an uncrewed mission to the station, and the exciting future for the commercial crew vehicle....
Instructional Video5:05
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Ariel Zych - Science Friday Everyday

Higher Ed
As Science Friday’s education director, Ariel Zych finds ways to empower parents and educators to excite students about science, engineering, and math. She can be seen around the office making messes with new experiments, planning...
Instructional Video5:00
Curated Video

The Gravity Water Bottle Trick

Pre-K - Higher Ed
This video explores the viral trend of flipping water bottles and landing them upright. It explains the physics behind the trick and offers tips for successfully executing it. The video also suggests various challenges and trick shots to...
Instructional Video3:40
Curated Video

pump head pressure basics

Higher Ed
Pump head pressure basics, learn why pumps read pressure in height and call it head pressure
Instructional Video7:22
Physics Girl

How to Make VORTEX RINGS in a Pool

9th - 12th
DIY Science - Make a colored vortex ring in the pool
Instructional Video5:08
Physics Girl

How Fluid Can Climb Upward! SLIME EXPERIMENT

9th - 12th
Slime exhibits some crazy unusual properties, like viscoelasticity, because it's a non-newtonian fluid. We can use non-newtonian properties to make the fluid "defy gravity" and climb up a spinning rod. This is called the Weissenberg effect.
Instructional Video4:18
TED-Ed

The Physics of Human Sperm vs. the Physics of the Sperm Whale

9th - 12th Standards
Here is an unusual comparison: the swimming conditions of a sperm cell and a sperm whale. Introduce your physics class to the Reynolds number by sharing this video comparison during your fluid mechanics unit. Afterward, teach them to...
Instructional Video3:19
TED-Ed

How Heavy Is Air?

7th - 12th Standards
It's amazing how easy it is to forget that every second of our lives we are being pushed on by an uncountable number air molecules. Explore with your class the concept of air pressure and how it affects our bodies, the earth's...
Instructional Video
Other

Physics Girl: Crazy Pool Vortex

9th - 10th
Video shows how vortices may be observed in phenomena such as a pool on a sunny day. [4:02]
Instructional Video
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: The Other Golden Rule

9th - 10th
Researchers from Georgia Tech decided to study the urination behavior of different animals. They observed Youtube videos, animals in the real world, and lab animals. They came to a conclusion that all animals with a bladder two-thirds...
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Physics #15: Fluids in Motion

9th - 10th
In this video episode of Crash Course Physics, we continue our exploration of fluids and fluid dynamics. How do fluids act when they're in motion? How does pressure in different places change water flow? And what is one of the motion...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Fluids: Fluids (Part 7)

9th - 10th
Introduction to the study of moving fluids. [10:00]
Instructional Video
Minute Earth

Minute Earth: Why Do Rivers Curve?

9th - 10th
Find out the science behind how and why rivers begin to meander and curve over time. [2:57]
Instructional Video
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Science of the Summer Olympics: Missy Franklin and Fluid Dynamics

9th - 10th
The principles of fluid dynamics need to be understood by swimmers in order for them to compete at the Olympic level. A scientist explains about drag, thrust, and streamlining using the example of U.S. swimmer Missy Franklin. [4:59]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Volume Flow Rate and Equation of Continuity

9th - 10th
The video lesson is from Khan Academy's physics library. Sal introduces the notion of moving fluids and laminar flow. Then he uses the incompressibility of a liquid to show that the volume flow rate (flux) must remain constant. Sal then...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Turbulence at High Velocities and Reynold's Number

9th - 10th
In this video, explore how the Reynold's number allows you to determine the speed at which fluid flow becomes turbulent. [2:10]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Surface Tension and Adhesion

9th - 10th
This video explains the concepts of surface tension, cohesion, and adhesion. [6:37]