SciShow
Astronaut Weightlessness Training
SciShow Space takes you behind the scenes of astronaut training, to show how crew members and their equipment are tested in microgravity, all while never having to leave Earth.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Animation basics: The art of timing and spacing - TED-Ed
Expert timing and spacing is what separates a slide show from a truly amazing animation. TED-Ed demonstrates, by manipulating various bouncing balls, how the smallest adjustments from frame to frame can make all the difference.
SciShow Kids
Odd Facts About Sloths
Sloths might be slow and spend much of their time sleeping, but they’re definitely not boring. Jessi shares three weird facts about sloths!
SciShow Kids
Why Is Fire Hot?
Whether you're out camping, cooking, or snuggled up in front of your fireplace, you know that fire is hot! But why? Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn how fires turn wood or other fuel into useful heat!
Bozeman Science
Ideal Gas Law
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the pressure, volume, amount, and temperature of an ideal gas are related. Absolute zero of a gas can be determined by varying the temperature and measuring the corresponding volume of a gas...
Bozeman Science
Practice 7 - Engaging in Argument from Evidence
Paul Andersen explains the importance of argumentation in improving both understanding and design. This video begins with a discussion of the heliocentric and geocentric model of the Universe that eventually lead to the Copernican...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How to think about gravity - Jon Bergmann
Did you know that when you fall down, the earth falls up to meet you? Explore the counterintuitive equation that describes gravity.
Crash Course
Torque: Crash Course Physics
What is torque? This is one of those things that you may have heard about in passing but never really understood. In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini sits down with us to discuss what torque is, how it works, why it works, and...
Bozeman Science
Newton's Second Law
In this video Paul Andersen explains how Newton's Second Law applies when a net force acts on a body. The net force vector and the acceleration vector will act in the same direction. If an object acts on another object in a system the...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Describing the invisible properties of gas - Brian Bennett
How do you explain the properties of something we can't see? See how scientists use scientific principles, such as gravity, to observe gases. This lesson explores gases and how we have come to know what we know about them.
SciShow
Why Do Our Bones Make Our Blood?
Our bones are multi-functional body builders, but perhaps their most mysterious function is the production of blood. Scientists now think they have a pretty good idea why this is where our blood gets made.
SciShow
Cymatics: Turning Sound into Art
Sound waves vibrate more than just our eardrums, they can also make visual art!
Bozeman Science
Plant Control
Paul Andersen explains how plants use hormones to respond to their environment. The following hormones are detailed; auxin, cytokinins, gibberelins, abscisic acid and ethylene.
TED Talks
TED: The journey across the high wire | Philippe Petit
Even a death-defying magician has to start somewhere. High-wire artist Philippe Petit takes you on an intimate journey from his first card trick at age 6 to his tightrope walk between the Twin Towers.
Bozeman Science
Harmonics
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the wavelength of a standing wave is determined by the boundary length and frequency of the wave. The fundamental frequency has a wavelength double the boundary length. Harmonics are built on the...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The coin flip conundrum - Po-Shen Loh
When you flip a coin to make a decision, there's an equal chance of getting heads and tails. But what if you flip the coin repeatedly, so that one option would win as soon as two heads showed up in a row, and another would win as soon as...
Bozeman Science
Newton's Third Law
In this video Paul Andersen explains how Newton's Third Law applies to all objects. When an object applies a force to another object (Action) and equal and opposite force (Reaction) is applied to the original object. Several scenarios...
Bozeman Science
Integumentary System
In this video Paul Andersen details the important structures and functions of the integumentary system. The integumentary system includes the skin, hair and nails in humans.
Crash Course
Passing Gases: Effusion, Diffusion and the Velocity of a Gas - Crash Course Chemistry
We have learned over the past few weeks that gases have real-life constraints on how they move here in the non-ideal world. As with most things in chemistry (and also in life) how a gas moves is more complex than it at first appears. In...
Bozeman Science
Sound Waves
Mr. Andersen explains how sound waves are created and perceived. A brief discussion of pitch and loudness are included. A generated sound of varying pitches is also included.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Magical metals, how shape memory alloys work - Ainissa Ramirez
From robots to braces to the Mars Rover, see how a special kind of metal called shape memory alloys advance technology in everyday ways that we don't always realize.
SciShow Kids
Why Do We Shiver?
Have you ever been so cold that your body shakes really fast? That’s called shivering, and Jessi and Squeaks are going to explain what causes it!