Curated Video
The Need for Philosophy
Princeton University cosmologist Paul Steinhardt describes how many of his fellow physicists could benefit from more rigorous philosophical understanding.
Curated Video
The Law of Antoine Lavoisier
The Law of Antoine Lavoisier explores the life of Antoine Lavoisier by investigating the discovery of the Law of Conservation of Mass and the struggles he had in the scientific community.
Curated Video
Determine Fact and Opinion
Determine Fact and Opinion defines fact and opinion, explains the difference between the two, and gives examples of statements that are facts and opinions.
Curated Video
Scientific Theory vs. Scientific Law
“Scientific Theory vs. Scientific Law” will explain the difference between a scientific theory and a scientific law and the importance of the evolution of theory over time.
Curated Video
Scientific Bias
Scientific Bias evaluates the credibility of an author’s claims in a sample advertisement by identifying a potential source of bias.
Curated Video
The Classification of Life
A video entitled “The Classification of Life” which describes taxonomy and how all organisms on Earth are organized according to the Linnaean system.
Curated Video
Introduction to the Scientific Method
The video defines the scientific methodology and its importance in life. It describes the process to implement scientific thinking and how can we apply it inside classrooms and in life in general
Healthcare Triage
Innovation in a Changing US Health System
The US healthcare system has a lot of issues, but one thing it's got going for it is innovation. More clinical trials originate in the United States, and more Nobel Physiology and Medicine Laureates are from here than from any other...
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding the Scientific Naming System
In this video, the teacher explains the importance of scientific names in the classification system of living things. They also discuss the concept of species and how organisms within the same species can produce similar offspring. This...
Visual Learning Systems
Writing in Science: Observing and Writing
The development and application of writing skills in science is the focus of this program. This video highlights some of the key ingredients of writing in the subject of science. Informative and explanatory texts focus on facts,...
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding Binomial Nomenclature
In this video, the teacher explains the importance of binomial nomenclature in naming living organisms. By using a two-part scientific name, consisting of a genus and species name, scientists can accurately and specifically identify...
Visual Learning Systems
Your Science Fair Project: Summing Up
The scientific method is the foundation of work for scientists. In this video the scientific method is explained in detail serving as the basis for your science fair project. The process of creating a science fair project along with...
Journey to the Microcosmos
The Complicated Legacy of Lynn Margulis
The world of microscopy is not without its own controversial figures, today we’re discussing Lynn Margulis and her contributions to the world of science as well as some of her more harmful beliefs.
Institute of Art and Ideas
Time, Space and Being (long form version)
We think space and time are the structure of the universe. Yet Einstein argued 'space and time are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live'. And philosophers, Kant and Heidegger, saw space and time as the framework of...
Journey to the Microcosmos
Looking for Answers in the Skull of a Zebrafish
Looking for Answers in the Skull of a Zebrafish
Visual Learning Systems
Introduction to Plant Taxonomy
In this video, the teacher discusses the task of naming, categorizing, and describing over 300,000 different kinds of living things, specifically focusing on plant and fungi taxonomists. The teacher then mentions that plants can be...
Brian McLogan
Scientific notation
👉 Learn how to convert numbers from scientific notations. Scientific notation is a convenient way of writing very large or very small numbers. A number written in scientific notation is of the form a * 10^n where a is the first non-zero...
Brian McLogan
How to convert scientific notation in real numbers
👉 Learn how to convert numbers from scientific notations. Scientific notation is a convenient way of writing very large or very small numbers. A number written in scientific notation is of the form a * 10^n where a is the first non-zero...
Brian McLogan
Converting scientific notation
👉 Learn how to convert numbers from scientific notations. Scientific notation is a convenient way of writing very large or very small numbers. A number written in scientific notation is of the form a * 10^n where a is the first non-zero...
Science360
Happy Birthday NSF!
For more than six decades, the National Science Foundation has funded science and engineering research that has led to discoveries and innovations that transformed our world. In episode 53, Charlie and Jordan celebrate by picking a few...
Brian McLogan
How to write a number from scientific notation as a whole number
👉 Learn how to convert numbers from scientific notations. Scientific notation is a convenient way of writing very large or very small numbers. A number written in scientific notation is of the form a * 10^n where a is the first non-zero...
Brian McLogan
Using inverse operations to help us solve exponential equations
👉 Learn how to solve exponential equations. An exponential equation is an equation in which a variable occurs as an exponent. To solve an exponential equation, we isolate the exponential part of the equation. Then we take the log of both...
Brian McLogan
Writing a number in scientific notation
👉 Learn how to convert numbers from scientific notations. Scientific notation is a convenient way of writing very large or very small numbers. A number written in scientific notation is of the form a * 10^n where a is the first non-zero...