Flipping Physics
Capacitor Series and Parallel Circuits
Good morning! Join us on Flipping Physics as we delve into the world of capacitance. In this episode, we derive essential equations for the equivalent capacitance of capacitors in both series and parallel configurations. Bo guides us...
Curated Video
Understanding Batteries: How Chemical Reactions Generate Electrical Energy
In this video, we explore how batteries work by converting chemical energy into electrical energy. The three main components of a battery, the anode, cathode, and electrolyte, play vital roles in this energy transformation. By...
Science Buddies
LED Circuit Design: LEDs in Parallel
Learn to design LED circuits for maximum efficiency, including choosing a battery and resistors, in this electrical engineering project.
Science Buddies
LED Circuit Design: Power and Efficiency
Learn to design LED circuits for maximum efficiency, including choosing a battery and resistors, in this electrical engineering project.
Curated Video
Genesis: Collecting Solar Particles for Study
This video discusses the Genesis spacecraft's mission to collect particles of the solar wind and return them to Earth for study. Despite a failed parachute deployment upon reentry, there is hope that valuable scientific data can still be...
Science Buddies
LED Circuit Design: Choose Resistor Value
Learn to design LED circuits for maximum efficiency, including choosing a battery and resistors, in this electrical engineering project.
Visual Learning Systems
Energy Transfer
This video explores how energy can be transferred from place to place. Throughhands-on activities students investigate how sound and electrical energy is transferred. This program correlates to the following Next Generation Science...
Science Buddies
LED Circuit Design: LEDs in Series
Learn to design LED circuits for maximum efficiency, including choosing a battery and resistors, in this electrical engineering project.
Science Buddies
LED Circuit Design: Solve for Current with Known Resistor
Learn to design LED circuits for maximum efficiency, including choosing a battery and resistors, in this electrical engineering project.
Flipping Physics
RC Circuit Basics
Good morning! In this episode of Flipping Physics, we explore the dynamic world of RC circuits—combining resistors and capacitors in electric circuits. Discover how electric potential differences, current, and charge on capacitor plates...
Curated Video
J.J. Thomson's Charge-to-Mass Ratio Experiment
In 1897, J.J. Thomson conducted an experiment that led to the discovery of the electron and revolutionized atomic theory by demonstrating that atoms are composed of smaller subatomic particles. Before this, atoms were considered...
Curated Video
Light in a Tube: Exploring Discharge Tube Experiments
Discharge tube experiments are crucial in understanding atomic structure and the discovery of subatomic particles. These experiments involve the interaction of electricity with gases at low pressures, observing cathode rays and their...
Seven Dimensions
Asking Follow-up Questions
Asking questions makes conversations more engaging and helps build rapport. The type, tone, timing, and framing of questions all influence the quality of a conversation. Questions should be respectful and suit the situation and your...
Veritasium
This is why we can't have nice things
This video explores the history of light bulbs, cars, and phones, revealing how companies have intentionally shortened product lifespans for profit. It highlights the Phoebus cartel's role in reducing light bulb longevity in the 1920s,...
Great Big Story
GeoOrbital wheel, redefining transportation
Discover how GeoOrbital’s revolutionary wheel transforms bikes into efficient electric vehicles, reshaping personal transport.
Epic History TV
The Peninsular War: Victory at Vitoria and the Fall of Napoleon in Spain
Wellington’s victory at Badajoz paved the way for a decisive Allied advance into Spain, culminating in the triumph at Salamanca and the rout of French forces at Vitoria in 1813. Though marked by brutal combat, destruction, and looting,...
Debunked
What Actually Happens When A Car Explodes In Real Life
Do vehicles really combust into fireballs when they collide? Are doors and hoods sent flying from the blast? Or is it all just movie myth? Join us as we learn the process behind an explosion, what makes engines work and how fires and...
Flipping Physics
LR Circuit Basics
In today's video, we delve into LR circuits, exploring the nuances of current dynamics as we close the switch. Bo and Bobby decipher the initial current behavior, emphasizing the inductor's role in opposing changes. Kirchhoff's Loop Rule...
Science ABC
Does Discharging Battery Completely Before Recharging It Again Improves Battery Life?
It may seem counterintuitive, but draining the battery to 0 to 1% before recharging it again, is not a good practice. One simple hack to improve your battery life (for Li-ion batteries) is to use the 80:20 rule. Charge your battery to...
Curated Video
Cathode
A cathode is the terminal from which electrons enter a system. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films reinforce...
Curated Video
Circuits
What are circuits and why do we need them? What happens if you break a circuit? Physics - Electricity And Circuits - Learning Points. Circuits are composed of a voltage source and components. The current in a series circuit is the same...
Curated Video
Red Hot: Emergency Stop
Revealed: the tremendous heat created and energy 'lost' when cars brake. Physics - Energy And Radioactivity - Learning Points. Car brakes convert kinetic energy into heat energy. When you press the car brake pad a system of levers and...
Curated Video
What is Electricity? - Energy Movement
What is electricity? How is it created, and what makes it useful? Physics - Electricity And Circuits - Learning Points. Electricity is a flow of charge. The flow of moving electrons is known as the electric current. Voltage is the amount...