Instructional Video8:36
Curated Video

How This Village Still Produces Million of Sparklers by Hand Every Year

6th - Higher Ed
Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel for a feature behind the production of the joyful sparklers pyrotechnics in India. Fluctus is a website and YouTube channel dedicated to sea geeks. Whenever you are curious or an incorrigible lover of...
Instructional Video14:17
Curated Video

US Crazy Solutions to Stop Wild Birds from Destroying Millions $ Fighter Jets

6th - Higher Ed
Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel as we delve deep into the dangers of bird strikes on aircraft and how this threat can be neutralized. Fluctus is a website and YouTube channel dedicated to sea geeks. Whenever you are curious or an...
Instructional Video3:00
Curated Video

How Matches Ignite and Burn

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Explore the science behind matches and how they spark fire. Learn how components of a match, including red phosphorus, sulfur, ammonium phosphate, and paraffin wax, work together to ignite and sustain a flame. This video also explains...
Instructional Video3:00
Curated Video

Understanding How Fire Extinguishers Work

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Understanding how fires are sustained is crucial in order to comprehend how fire extinguishers work. Fires require heat, fuel, and oxygen to persist, and by eliminating any one of these elements, the fire can be extinguished. There are...
Instructional Video3:00
Curated Video

Firecrackers: Exploring How They Work and Proper Usage

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Learn about the composition and functioning of firecrackers. Black powder inside the cardboard tube ignites when the fuse is lit, causing a chain reaction that leads to an explosion, flash of light, and loud bang. This video also...
Instructional Video5:38
Physics Girl

Why outlets spark when unplugging - EMF & Inductors

9th - 12th
When we cut the electricity to an inductor, we get a sudden intense spark across the switch. This is known as inductive kickback or a back EMF and is produced because of Faraday’s Law of Induction. Not mean to be tried at home! The...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Fireworks! Making Color

9th - 10th
What gives a fireworks display its brilliant blue, green, and red colors? Learn how pyrotechnicians give fireworks color in this video segment adapted from NOVA.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Fireworks! Lifting Charge

9th - 10th
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, learn how pyrotechnicians use common compounds to blast fireworks into the sky and give them shape.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: The Physics of Setting Leaves Aflame

9th - 10th
Even if cheap pyrotechnics isn't your thing, the physics behind how this works is relevant to anyone with eyes.
Instructional Video
Science for Kids

Science Kids: Experiment Videos: Pharaoh's Serpent

9th - 10th
Watch a "Pharaoh's Serpent" reaction, which occurs during the combustion of mercury thiocyanate. [0:36]