Instructional Video4:34
SciShow

The Biggest Volcano and Small Testes

12th - Higher Ed
Hank reviews the latest in science news, including the discovery of Element 115, the biggest volcano on Earth, and new insights into what it might mean to have small testicles.
Instructional Video7:39
Be Smart

Why Is Blue So Rare In Nature?

12th - Higher Ed
Among living things, the color blue is oddly rare. Blue rocks, blue sky, blue water, sure. But blue animals? They are few and far between. In this video, we'll look at some very cool butterflies with Bob Robbins, Ph.D. from Smithsonian's...
Instructional Video10:32
Crash Course

The Periodic Table: Crash Course Chemistry

12th - Higher Ed
Hank gives us a tour of the most important table ever, including the life story of the obsessive man who championed it, Dmitri Mendeleev. The periodic table of elements is a concise, information-dense catalog of all of the different...
Instructional Video14:06
Crash Course

3D Structure and Bonding - Crash Course Organic Chemistry

12th - Higher Ed
The organic molecules that make up life on Earth are more than just the 2-D structures we’ve been drawing so far. Molecules have 3-D shapes that help us understand what they can do. In this episode of Crash Course Organic Chemistry,...
Instructional Video8:22
Bozeman Science

Practice 5 - Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen explains how mathematics and computational thinking can be used by scientists to represent variables and by engineers to improve design. He starts by explaining how mathematics is at the root of all sciences. He then...
Instructional Video7:28
Bozeman Science

PS1B - Chemical Reactions

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen explains how chemical reactions progress as bonds are broken and reformed reformed. He explains the difference between changes in state and changes in molecules. He discussed collision theory and explains why...
Instructional Video9:51
Bozeman Science

The Factor-Label Method

12th - Higher Ed
Mr. Andersen shows you how to use the factor label method to solve complex conversions.
Instructional Video11:07
Bozeman Science

Physical and Chemical Changes

12th - Higher Ed
Mr. Andersen explains the difference between physical and chemical changes. A brief discussion of chemical reactions and equations is also included.
Instructional Video9:57
Crash Course

What Is Organic Chemistry - Crash Course Organic Chemistry

12th - Higher Ed
Organic chemistry is pretty much everywhere! In this episode of Crash Course Organic Chemistry, we’re talking about the amazing diversity among organic molecules. We’ll learn about the origins of organic chemistry, how to write Lewis...
Instructional Video4:00
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The operating system of life - George Zaidan and Charles Morton

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Humans, octopi and pine trees alike are all made up of cells, tiny but sophisticated systems that keep life going. Cells are almost like tiny factories run by robots, with the nucleus, DNA, proteins, lipids, and vitamins and minerals all...
Instructional Video4:15
Bozeman Science

Metallic Solids

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen explains how metallic solids form when delocalized electrons hold the positive nuclei in an electron sea. This model helps to explain the properties of metals like conductivity, shiny appearance, malleability,...
Instructional Video5:53
Bozeman Science

Metallic Bonding

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen explains how metallic bonding structure creates the different properties of metals. The electron sea model explains how the positive nuclei are locked into a negative sea of delocalized electrons. This sharing...
Instructional Video4:32
SciShow

What's the Difference Between Baking Powder and Baking Soda

12th - Higher Ed
Powder vs. Soda: an important distinction!
Instructional Video7:00
Bozeman Science

Intermolecular Forces

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen explains how intermolecular forces differ from intramolecular forces. He then explains how differences in these forces account for different properties in solid, liquids and gases. Some of these properties...
Instructional Video10:01
Crash Course

How To Speak Chemistrian: Crash Course Chemistry

12th - Higher Ed
Learning to talk about chemistry can be like learning a foreign language, but Hank is here to help with some straightforward and simple rules to help you learn to speak Chemistrian like a native. Table of Contents Determining Formulas...
Instructional Video9:03
TED Talks

TED: How pollution is changing the ocean's chemistry | Triona McGrath

12th - Higher Ed
As we keep pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, more of it is dissolving in the oceans, leading to drastic changes in the water's chemistry. Triona McGrath researches this process, known as ocean acidification, and in this talk...
Instructional Video4:18
Bozeman Science

Atomic Models

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the atomic model has changed over time. A model is simply a theoretical construct of phenomenon and so when we receive new data we may have to refine our model. Ionization energy data resulted in...
Instructional Video9:57
Crash Course

The Creation of Chemistry - The Fundamental Laws: Crash Course Chemistry

12th - Higher Ed
Today's Crash Course Chemistry takes a historical perspective on the creation of the science, which didn't really exist until a super-smart, super-wealthy Frenchman put the puzzle pieces together - Hank tells the story of how we went...
Instructional Video4:10
SciShow

Is Psychology a Science?

12th - Higher Ed
Psychology research can be tricky, because brains are complicated. But does that mean it isn't a science?
Instructional Video7:02
Bozeman Science

The Mole

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen defines and explains the importance of the mole. The mole is simply a number (like a dozen) used to express the massive number of atoms in matter. It serves as a bridge between the mass of a compound and the...
Instructional Video3:36
Crash Course Kids

The Science of Lunch

3rd - 8th
Even an empty lunch sack is useful to science. You can examine it and come up with some traits. In this episode, Sabrina chats about things like malleability, hardness, conductivity, and magnetism. And all with lunch! This first series...
Instructional Video9:22
Bozeman Science

Soil and Soil Dynamics

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen explains how soils are formed and classified. Weathering of rock creates particles which are mixed with water, air, and organic material. Soils are classified according to particle size, chemical makeup, and...
Instructional Video6:46
Bozeman Science

The Rate-Limiting Step

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen explains why the slowest elementary step in a chemical reaction is the rate-limiting step. This step can be used to determine the overall rate law of the chemical reaction.
Instructional Video9:33
Crash Course

The Global Carbon Cycle - Crash Course Chemistry

12th - Higher Ed
In this final episode of Crash Course Chemistry, Hank takes us on a tour of the The Global Carbon Cycle and how it all works. From Carbon Fixation to Redox Reactions, it's all contained within! -- Table of Contents The Carbon Cycle 0:51...