Instructional Video4:51
SciShow

Squid Proteins, but Make Them Fashion

12th - Higher Ed
Humans often take inspiration from nature when coming up with inventions, and this includes breakthroughs in fabric design that help to forward the fabulous and functional world of fashion.
Instructional Video2:18
Curated Video

The Properties of Carbon: Diamonds, Graphite, Graphene, and Fullerenes

Higher Ed
The video discusses the unique properties of different forms of carbon, including diamond, graphite, graphene, and fullerenes. The presenter explains how the four electrons in the outermost occupied electron shell of the carbon atom give...
Instructional Video4:40
NASA

NASA | Blacker Than Black

3rd - 11th
The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has a team of scientists testing micro and nano technology to use on spacecraft. The goal is to reduce the reflection off the surface of the instruments so that the data does not get polluted by...
Instructional Video4:06
Science360

Fuel Cell Efficiency - Science of Innovation

12th - Higher Ed
To operate and function efficiently, machines of all shapes and sizes need a source of energy. A series of innovations is helping to make energy conversion within fuel cells as efficient as possible.



Provided by the National...
Instructional Video5:32
National Science Foundation

Science of the Winter Olympic Games: Alpine Skiing and Vibration Damping

6th - 12th Standards
Alpine skiers have engineers looking out for their safety and for their performance. Physics and materials engineers consider how to dampen the vibrations that can be caused by bumps in the snow, vibrations that can cause the athletes to...
Instructional Video
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Science of Innovation: Fuel Cell Efficiency

9th - 10th
Scientists are working on trying to make fuel cells as efficient as possible using nanotechnology. The explanations are accompanied by helpful diagrams. [5:20]
Instructional Video
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Science Out Loud: Growing Nanotube Forests

9th - 10th
What if we could grow elevators to space? Or make phones that last for weeks without a charge? These things could someday be possible someday with an amazing material like carbon nanotubes. Alex goes behind the curious way researchers...
Instructional Video
University of Virginia

Uva Virtual Lab: Nanocarbon From Graphene to Nanotubes to Buckyballs

9th - 10th
This lab explains how carbon atoms bond into rings which serve as the building blocks of graphene and graphite sheets, carbon nanotubes, and C60 Buckyballs.