Steve Spangler Science
Steve Spangler on The Ellen Show February 2008
A lot goes on during this visit to the Ellen DeGeneres show. During the first segment, Spangler demonstrates the ability of the human body to act as a conductor of electricity and he shows the clean burning properties of hydrogen and...
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Worked Example: Calculating Partial Pressures, AP Chemistry
Figuring out the partial pressures of various gases in a container is the focus of this chemistry video. Sal sets up a problem where a balloon is filled with three different types of gases: oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen. The goal is to...
Curated OER
The ABC's of Gas: Avogadro, Boyle, Charles
Using chalkboard animation, this video thoroughly explains the three empirical gas laws: Avogadro's, Boyle's, and Charles'. Use it as an introduction when teaching young chemists about the properties and behavior of gases.
Steve Spangler Science
Shrinking Styrofoam Cup
Show your learners how to make a Styrofoam cup shrink. Steve Spangler demonstrates how you can use a pressure cooker to create a miniature Styrofoam cup. This could be used to kick off a variety of lessons focused on chemical reactions...
Steve Spangler Science
Bed of Nails
The video is nice, but it would be much better if you could do this demonstration yourself. It demonstrates how pressure is distributed over a surface area. When one nail is pressed against a balloon, it easily pops. However, if a bed of...
Steve Spangler Science
Straw Through Potato - Sick Science! #062
Push a straw through a potato using air pressure. This is a good for modeling how air pressure works.
Curated OER
Shrinking Styrofoam Cup
Show your learners how to make a Styrofoam cup shrink. Steve Spangler demonstrates how you can use a pressure cooker to create a miniature Styrofoam cup. This could be used to kick off a variety of lessons focused on chemical reactions...
Khan Academy
Plate Tectonics: Difference Between Crust and Lithosphere, Cosmology and Astronomy
Explore the tectonic plates that make up the surface of our Earth and their movement, as well as the terminology of the Earth's structure.