MinutePhysics
Windmills Are NOT Like Dams
The Solution to the Windmill Paradox. This video is about the tradeoff of Windmills: the fact that the more kinetic energy you extract from the wind the slower the wind goes, the less wind you have to extract energy from, etc. How much...
MinutePhysics
The Physics of Windmill Design
This video is about how physics dictates the design of modern windmills - why they are so big, have so few blades, and have such skinny blades.
TED Talks
William Kamkwamba: How I built a windmill
When he was just 14 years old, Malawian inventor William Kamkwamba built his family an electricity-generating windmill from spare parts, working from rough plans he found in a library book.
TED Talks
Mike Matas: A next-generation digital book
Software developer Mike Matas demos the first full-length interactive book for the iPad -- with clever, swipeable video and graphics and some very cool data visualizations to play with. The book is "Our Choice," Al Gore's sequel to "An...
SciShow
Why Wouldn’t You Put Your Wind Farm In the Windiest Place?
Wind is an ever increasing source of power worldwide, which means wind farms continue to be constructed. And choosing where to place those farms seems straightforward, but it might not actually be best to place the in the windiest places!
TED Talks
William Kamkwamba: How I harnessed the wind
At age 14, in poverty and famine, a Malawian boy built a windmill to power his family's home. Now at 22, William Kamkwamba, who speaks at TED, here, for the second time, shares in his own words the moving tale of invention that changed...
Curated Video
Wind Turbines - Wind Energy
Find out how wind turbines transform kinetic energy into electricity. People and places - Future of energy - The energy debate Learning Points Wind power is a renewable energy source. A Twig Context Film. Reinforce and extend the...
Curated Video
Building Medieval Worlds - Unreal Engine 5 Modular Kitbash - Extending 3D Water Mill and Creating Custom Attachments
In this video, you will learn how to extend the 3D water mill that you created in the previous video. You will also learn how to create custom attachments for the mill, such as gears and cogs. This clip is from the chapter "Free-Form 3D...
Curated Video
Currently Electrical
Dr. Forrester explains the production of electricity and materials used to insulate and conduct it.
Curated Video
All Rise
Maggie is determined to make her own bread by getting the windmill working again but JG’s drone soon puts a spanner in the works.
Physics Girl
Are perpetual motion machines possible?
A wheel that spins forever; a bird that never quenches its thirst; a clock that never stops ticking, an endless source of free energy. These are but the dreams of inventors striving to make perpetual motion machines, machines that can...
Curated Video
CISSP® Certification Domain 3: Security Architecture and Engineering Video Boot Camp for 2022 - Industrial Control Systems
CISSP Domain 3: System Architecture and Engineering: Industrial Control Systems This clip is from the chapter "CISSP Domain 3: System Architecture and Engineering" of the series "CISSP® Certification Domain 3: Security Architecture and...
Curated Video
Learning from Optical Illusion Artists
Learn how some artists use a combination of negative space, light, and dimension to create compelling optical illusions.
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Do Wind Turbines Do?
This video is answering the question of what do wind turbines do.
Schooling Online
Powering Through Prose: George Orwell, Animal Farm - Chapter 9-10 Summary
The animals suffer through another winter, hungrier and more exhausted than ever. However, the pigs are growing fat and multiplying in number. When the farm’s most dedicated comrade falls ill, the animals desperately call on the pigs to...
Schooling Online
Powering Through Prose: George Orwell, Animal Farm - Chapter 7-8 Summary
The animals toil through a bitter winter to rebuild their ruined windmill - it’s a matter of honour! When a food shortage threatens the farm, Napoleon strikes a trade deal with the humans. How will the hens react to their harsh new...
Economics Explained
The Harsh Economics of Climate Change
Global warming is something that threatens to impact us all: both environmentally (with the loss of natural marvels such as the great barrier reef) and economically. But humans aren't actually contributing as significantly as you may...
Curated Video
I WONDER - How Does A Windmill Work?
This video is answering the question of how does a windmill work.
Curated Video
The Windmill (Use the number line to solve word problems involving addition/subtraction/multiplication of measurements expressed in fractional or decimal numbers and requiring conversion of larger units to smaller units)
The windmill is one eighth kilometres tall, while the empire state building is three times as tall as the windmill. What is the difference in their height in kilometres?
Curated Video
The Feared Witch of York part 2: Ursula the Herbalist Becomes Mother Shipton the Soothsayer
Ursula worked as an herbalist or "cunning person," a lucrative job at the time. People relied on herbalists to ease their maladies but also tended to distrust them for their seemingly magical knowledge of plants and their powers....
Professor Dave Explains
Practice Problem: The Mini-Golf Windmill
Who doesn't love mini-golf? Especially when you've got money riding on it, and especially when you've got some physics knowledge up your sleeve. Go ahead and impress your friends by getting through the windmill obstacle, thanks to a...
Schooling Online
Powering Through Prose: George Orwell, Animal Farm - Chapter 5-6 Summary
Tensions mount between Napoleon and Snowball, Animal Farm’s cleverest pigs. When Snowball proposes they build a windmill, Napoleon responds in a way that leaves everyone in shock. Is Snowball a villain? When plans for the windmill...