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Instructional Video10:00
Veritasium

What Is NOT Random?

9th - 12th Standards
Twelve fundamental particles exist in our universe, and they interact in exactly four ways. Does this mean we should be able to predict the future? We know entropy increases, but how does that impact us? These questions and more become...
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Instructional Video4:23
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MinutePhysics

What Is the Purpose of Life? (Big Picture Ep. 5/5)

11th - Higher Ed
In the eyes of a physicist, the purpose of life is to continue the mission of the sun. An engaging lesson discusses the increasing entropy levels of energy that originates at the sun. As life forms use that energy, entropy rises until it...
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Instructional Video3:46
TED-Ed

What Triggers a Chemical Reaction?

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Chemical reactions are happening all around us every second of every day, but what exactly causes these changes to occur? Using easy-to-understand analogies, this video explains how the concepts of enthalpy and entropy determine the ways...
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Instructional Video12:59
Bozeman Science

Gibbs Free Energy

9th - 12th Standards
Energy is neither created nor destroyed, but what about free energy? Where does that fit into thermodynamics? In the video, learners explore simple the spontaneous reaction examples of enthalpy, entropy, and temperature, and then apply...
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Instructional Video2:55
Be Smart

Why Does Time Go Forward?

6th - 12th Standards
Has your class ever wondered why time always progresses in a forward direction and why we cannot travel backward? Learners view this short video segment to explore the concept of entropy and its relevance to time in relation to their...
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Instructional Video1:50
MinutePhysics

The Arrow of Time feat. Sean Carroll

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Time isn't considered a property of physics, but rather a feature. Sean Carroll explains how we remember the past but not the future; yet we still consider time a dimension in physics. The video offers a brief overview of entropy and the...
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Instructional Video3:35
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MinutePhysics

Where Does Complexity Come From? (Big Picture Ep. 3/5)

11th - Higher Ed
Mixing milk and coffee is a complex example in the eyes of a quantum physicist. A creative lesson compares a tendency toward entropy with complexity. Learners view a mixture of coffee and milk as first simple, then complex, and finally...
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Instructional Video10:04
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Crash Course

Thermodynamics: Crash Course Physics #23

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Teach the basics of thermodynamics with an energizing video. A thorough lesson explains the First and Second Law of Thermodynamics. Scholars learn how these laws apply to isovolumetric, isobaric, isothermal, and adiabatic processes and...
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Instructional Video13:40
Be Smart

Where Did Life Come From?

6th - 12th Standards
Just when you thought you had life figured out ... here comes another great video! Young biologists discover the multi-faceted meaning of life through a video from a comprehensive science playlist. Content includes when life appeared on...
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Instructional Video12:55
Crash Course

Why We Can't Invent a Perfect Engine: Crash Course Engineering #10

9th - 12th Standards
Your car's engine is likely to be only 20 percent thermally efficient. Why so inefficient? Viewers of the 10th video in an engineering series learn how the second law of thermodynamics and entropy limit the efficiency of a car engine....
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Instructional Video12:29
Crash Course

Thermodynamics: Crash Course History of Science #26

9th - 12th Standards
Scientists discovered the first law of thermodynamics 25 years after the second law of thermodynamics. The seemingly obvious discoveries sometimes confuse scientists while more complex challenges encourage extra study—and take more time...
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Instructional Video4:32
TED-Ed

The Chemistry of Cold Packs

7th - 12th Standards
How can it take water hours to freeze, but a cold pack can go from room temperature to near freezing in an matter of moments? Find out with this short video that explores the endothermic reaction that make these modern marvels possible.
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Instructional Video5:39
Be Smart

The Amazing Science of… DUST?

6th - 12th
Why do we bother to dust when more will start to land as soon as we get rid of it? What is dust made of and why won't it ever go away? The video answers these questions and more. 
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Instructional Video12:57
Bozeman Science

Life Requires Free Energy

9th - 12th Standards
Free energy, get your free energy here! Learners see that all organisms require free energy, which comes from the sun. The lesson explains the first two laws of thermodynamics and then analyzes metabolism, via glycolysis, on a very...
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Instructional Video5:34
TED-Ed

At What Moment Are You Dead?

7th - 12th Standards
When is a person no longer living? This question has been puzzled over for millennia, but is there a clear answer? Watch as this video examines the biological line separating life and death.
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Instructional Video3:24
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MinutePhysics

Why Doesn't Time Flow Backwards? (Big Picture Ep. 1/5)

9th - Higher Ed
Take a ride through time as you learn about the status of the past, present, and future from a physics perspective. The video instructor explains the Big Bang Theory through the equilibrium of time. Learners connect the Second Law of...
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Instructional Video9:00
Veritasium

This Particle Breaks Time Symmetry

9th - 12th Standards
CPT theory is the basis for much of physics, but what happens when researchers disprove the theory piece by piece? Explore the idea with a video about the Nobel Prize-winning breakthroughs that shifted the entire way scientists...
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Instructional Video10:27
Be Smart

Can We Get Older Without Aging?

9th - 12th Standards
There are reasons elderly people are more susceptible to diseases. A video lesson instructor discusses the changes cells endure over someone's lifespan and how that affects the likelihood of contracting a disease.
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Instructional Video20:53
Curated OER

Carnot Cycle and Carnot Engine

7th - 10th
The Carnot Cycle is the focus of this chemistry video. Carnot was a French engineer who proved that energy transfers happen in a cycle. They start and finish at the same pressure, volume, and temperature. A system that completes the...
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Instructional Video19:03
Curated OER

Work Done by Isothermic Process

7th - 10th
Since the temperature of a system is so crucial in its energy transformation, Sal goes into two processes which greatly affect temperature in a system: The Isothermic Process and The Adiabatic Process. He sets up an example, and...
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Instructional Video14:04
Curated OER

Efficiency of a Carnot Engine

7th - 10th
In the world of chemistry, efficiency is defined as: the work a system does, divided by the energy given to that system to complete the work. Sal illustrates this important chemistry concept by drawing a PV graph that shows a Carnot...
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Instructional Video15:40
Curated OER

Hess's Law and Reaction Enthalpy Change

7th - 10th
Sal introduces students to Hess's Law. The law states that the energy change of a process is independent of how we get from one state to another. He sets up a series of reactions, and solves them to illustrate the principles behind...
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Instructional Video15:07
Curated OER

Enthalpy

7th - 10th
Sal introduces students to the term, "enthalpy" in this chemistry video. He defines enthalpy as: the internal energy, plus the pressure times the volume found in a system. He constructs a PV diagram to illustrate this point.

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