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Introduction to Germanium: Properties and Applications
This video provides an overview of the element germanium. It describes the physical properties of germanium and its discovery by Clemens Winkler. The video also discusses the various uses of germanium, such as in semiconductors, optical...
Visual Learning Systems
The Microscope: Types of Microscopes and Their Functions
This video provides an overview of the different types of microscopes used by scientists. It introduces the compound light microscope, which is commonly used in science classrooms, and explains how it works to magnify objects. The video...
Professor Dave Explains
Light Microscopy: Function and Utility
Now that we know a bit about the history of microscopy, let's dig into the first form that existed, light microscopy. This is the form that is familiar to most of us, as the microscopes we all looked through in high school biology class...
Visual Learning Systems
Using Light: Concave and Convex Lenses
This video examines the various uses of light and the role of different types of lenses in light refraction. The way in which eyeglasses, contact lenses, and binoculars manipulate light to allow us to see better is illustrated. Other...
Mazz Media
Using Convex Lenses to Magnify
Using animation and real world examples, this video explores the change in kinetic energy of particles with heating and cooling that produces expansion and contraction and change in density in matter. Students will observe and come to...
Visual Learning Systems
Light: Mirrors and Lenses
Upon viewing the Light video series, students will be able to do the following: List some of the reasons light is important to all living things. Understand that light is a type of energy. Describe how light behaves both as a wave and as...
Visual Learning Systems
Senses: Vision
Whether it is the sight of colorful flowers, or the smell of freshly baked cookies, our senses are constantly at work. Breathtaking video footage and three-dimensional animations illustrate how complex sensory organs function. Special...
Journey to the Microcosmos
We Dipped Our Lens in Oil to See More Detail
Oil immersion is an interesting and complex microscopy tool.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
The Brainwaves - A Video Anthology (trailer)
The Brainwaves Video Anthology is collection of over 1,000 videos with 2 million views in 234 countries. Here you will meet the thinkers, dreamers and innovators; some of the brightest minds in education.
Visual Learning Systems
The Microscope: Parts of the Compound Microscope
While the microscope is one of the most exciting pieces of laboratory equipment, it is also one of the most expensive and fragile. This video illustrates how to safely and effectively use a variety of microscopes commonly found in the...
Apalapse
Photography Tips - Five Tips for Better Landscape Photography
In this video I share five landscape photography tips that should bring your photos to a new level.
Apalapse
Camera Basics - Focal Length
Through animation, I explain various aspects of focal length, from the principle of the subject, to crop factor, and finally the different classifications of lenses.
Apalapse
5 Biggest Photography Misconceptions
There are many misconceptions in photography, but these top 5 are the biggest! Watch the video and learn more. What are your photography misconceptions? Which one shocked you the most?
Apalapse
Camera Basics - Shutter Speed
In this short animation, I explain the basic concept of shutter speed, from the actual shutter actuation process to the different effects that shutter speeds can produce. I hope by watching this video, you were able to learn something...
Apalapse
Camera Basics - Aperture
In this animation, I explain Aperture and how it interacts with the various parameters of photography.
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St. Albert optician up for international industry award
New ReviewAfter decades of working in the family business, a St. Albert optician struck out on her own with a business model she's hoping to see more of. That vision has been recognized by SILMO Paris, an international optics and eyewear trade...
Curated Video
Indigenous teacher-training weaves workshops on the land with online learning
New ReviewA Mi'kmaw teacher-in-training, a University of New Brunswick professor and a Wabanaki Mi'kmaw elder speak about supporting a new wave of Indigenous educators.
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Russia-Ukraine War: Zelensky's Suit, Highlight Of The Meet? Trump Praises Ukraine's President
Zelensky’s Suit Steals the Spotlight? During a high-level meeting at the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump surprised many by praising Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s suit, calling it a symbol of leadership and respect....
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Trump-Zelensky meet: Ukrainian president arrives in all-black pant suit to Oval Office
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived at the White House for his meeting with US President Donald Trump. As Trump received the president, the Ukrainian leader was spotted in formal attire.
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Rare tooth-in-eye surgery restores B.C. man’s vision
For the first time, a Canadian doctor performed tooth-in-eye surgery to restore the vision of a B.C. man who’d been blind for 21 years. The intensive involves removing a patient's tooth, inserting a plastic lens into it and stitching the...
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New True Crime Show Focuses on Prosecutors
Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi hosts the new series, called 'True Conviction.' It premieres tonight on Investigative Discovery.
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Derek Jeter's Media Platform on Facebook's New News Feed
The former Yankees star founded "The Players' Tribune" in 2014 as a way for athletes to tell their stories the way they want them to be told. The CEO says Facebook's changes only help get their story out there.
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How Waze Is Trying to Bring the Offline World to Online Advertisers
Dan Brough, Head of Agency Development at Waze, says his company is working on some interesting experiments. He discusses a partnership with Clear Channel, and the future of out-of-home advertising.
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Glaucoma in Children: Early Detection and Intervention
In this video, Dr. Amrita Kapoor Chaturvedi, Senior Consultant, Ophthalmology, Amrita Hospital, Faridabad explains glaucoma in kids. Glaucoma in children is a rare but serious condition characterized by increased pressure within the eye,...