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Instructional Video5:38
Veritasium

How To Make Colour with Holes

9th - 12th Standards
Nature inspiring technology isn't new, but butterflies inspiring new nanotechnology excites everyone. As part of a larger playlist, an engaging video explains how we see color and the relationship with both magnetic and electric fields....
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Instructional Video4:00
SciShow

Cloaking Devices!

9th - 12th
Cloaking devices aren't just for Star Trek and Harry Potter any more! Here's a video that explains how cloaking devices work, or don't work. It details the technology needed to perfect cloaking and offers ideas for where researchers...
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Instructional Video1:28
University of California

How Dust Is Holding Science Back

9th - 12th
There are millions of dust particles in every breath of air. These tiny particles have a huge impact on nanotechnology, microchips, and other types of scientific research. The video highlights these concerns and how they are working to...
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Instructional Video4:49
SciShow

The 2016 Nobel Prizes: Chemistry and Physics!

9th - 12th Standards
Tiny discoveries won big at the 2016 Nobel prize ceremony, recognizing chemists who developed new machines out of molecules and pushed the limits of nanotechnology. Individuals see how physicists created new materials through topology...
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Instructional Video3:41
Veritasium

How To Make Graphene

9th - Higher Ed Standards
The thinnest material known to man also conducts electricity and heat. The video discusses graphene, highlighting its strength and usefulness, explains nanotechnology, and details the Nobel Prize for playing with tape.
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Instructional Video5:50
American Chemical Society

How to Make Electronic Skin with Stanford's Zhenan Bao

9th - Higher Ed Standards
How many scientists does it take to make electronic skin? No, it's not a riddle! See a breakthrough in nanotechnology, courtesy of a video from the American Chemical Society's Reactions series. You'll hear the project leader, plus...
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Instructional Video3:24
American Chemical Society

How Does Fluorescence Work?

9th - Higher Ed
Here's a video that will light up your day! Young scientists learn about fluorescence by watching an engaging video in the ACS Reactions series. They also study the uses of fluorescence in microbiology, quantum dots, and forensic science.
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Instructional Video10:24
SciShow

Great Minds: Richard Feynman, The Great Explainer

9th - 12th
Who is known for his bongo playing and solving the hardest algebra problem of all time? Richard Feynman loved to solve puzzles and didn't handle being bored very well. He is known for the Feynman diagrams that explain quantum...
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Instructional Video3:10
SciShow

Space Elevators

9th - 12th
Why don't we just take an elevator to space instead of wasting all of those rockets? Video begins with an explanation of the concept of space elevators, and continues with the things that must be considered in developing and operating...
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Instructional Video4:51
Fuse School

Buckyballs, Graphene, and Nanotubes

10th - Higher Ed Standards
Graphene's uses increase almost daily since it is the strongest metal, but is also flexible, thin, and lightweight. Graphene, buckyballs, and nanotubes — all recent discoveries, revolutionized many industries. Their applications include...
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Instructional Video4:47
American Chemical Society

The World's Smallest Robots: Rise of the Nanomachines

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Think robots are big, clunky heaps of metal? Not anymore! Introduce your class to a whole new breed of robots through a video from the American Chemical Society's Reactions playlist. The resource shows what these tiny machines are made...
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Instructional Video13:21
Crash Course

Cathedrals and Universities: Crash Course History of Science #11

9th - 12th Standards
How are so many medieval buildings still standing today? And, how did ancient builders learn such skills? Discover the amazing feats of medieval engineers with part 11 in a 15-installment History of Science series. The narrator describes...
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Instructional Video8:51
Crash Course

The Mighty Power of Nanomaterials: Crash Course Engineering #23

9th - 12th Standards
Did you know that gold at the nanoscale level actually appears purple? An informative video looks at nanomaterials in engineering. Viewers learn about the properties of nanomaterials and their importance in medicine, manufacturing, and...
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Instructional Video11:35
Crash Course

Computer Engineering and the End of Moore's Law: Crash Course Engineering #35

9th - 12th
Engineers make better computers, and computers make better engineers. An informative video describes the components of computers, including both hardware and software, and how engineers have a hand in improving  these components. It also...
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Instructional Video3:17
PBS

Hot Shots and Hot Jobs: Biomechanical Engineering of a Nano-Tattoo

3rd - 12th Standards
The job of the biomechanical engineer is to figure out how physical forces influence living organisms. The narrator describes the education needed, while a fascinating video shows how engineers develop tattoos that can control remote...
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Instructional Video10:03
Periodic Videos

Carbon

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Most people realize graphite is soft and black while diamonds are strong and clear. So how can these be made of the same element? The sixth video in a series about chemical elements discusses carbon. The most versatile element appears in...
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Instructional Video3:28
TED-Ed

What is a Nano?

6th - 12th
Viewers consider shrinking down to the size of the nanoscale. With fairy-tale-like animation and narration, they imagine what they could see if they were 1,000 times smaller than a red blood cell! Use this clip in any class where you...
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Instructional Video1:42
American Chemical Society

How To Grow Fluorescent Flowers

9th - Higher Ed
Grow glow-in-the-dark flowers. An excellent video in the ACS Reactions series shows how to make fluorescent flowers. It gives step-by-step instructions for such an experiment.
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Instructional Video7:56
Be Smart

Where Do Teeth Come From?

9th - 12th Standards
Surprisingly, dinosaur teeth and human teeth have a lot in common. Scholars discover how teeth form during embryonic development. They then compare fossil evidence of the similarities of teeth of ancient species.

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