National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST Vision Science Lab: Illuminating the Way to Better Lighting
In a unique laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), vision scientists can simulate lighting from virtually any source, including incandescents, fluorescents or LEDs. With this capability, they can test...
Curated Video
Light
Investigating different light sources. The world around us - Light and sound - Light Learning Points An object that gives out (emits) light is called a light source. A Twig Junior Film - Core science concepts explained in an easy way for...
Curated Video
Rate of Photosynthesis Experiments: Analyzing the Relationship between Light Intensity and Photosynthesis
The video is a lecture presentation on the results of an experiment investigating the relationship between light intensity and the rate of photosynthesis in pondweed. The experiment involved placing pondweed in a dilute solution of...
Curated Video
UK's Largest Science Investment: Diamond Light Source and European Collaboration
The video describes the construction of the Diamond Light Source, the UK's largest investment in science in 30 years. This synchrotron will provide the most powerful source of X-rays in the world, allowing researchers to study a wide...
Curated Video
Exploring Light: Natural and Man-Made Sources
Join us in this MightyOwl video and learn all about light. Natural light, like the sun, provides us with light so that we can see in the daytime. At night, when there is no sun, we can use manmade light like flashlights and lamps to be...
Crash Course
3D Graphics: Crash Course Computer Science
Today we’re going to discuss how 3D graphics are created and then rendered for a 2D screen. From polygon count and meshes, to lighting and texturing, there are a lot of considerations in building the 3D objects we see in our movies and...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Is light a particle or a wave? - Colm Kelleher
Can we accurately describe light as exclusively a wave or just a particle? Are the two mutually exclusive? In this third part of his series on light and color, Colm Kelleher discusses wave-particle duality and its relationship to how we...
SciShow
The Strange Scourge of Light Pollution
Light pollution -- it's not just the bane of light sleepers and frustrated astronomers. It also is tinkering with the biological cycles of all kinds of living things, including us! SciShow takes you behind the glare to understand the...
Curated Video
The Behaviours and Properties of Particles - Gases, Liquids, Solids
This animated science explainer showcases to students that particles are too small to be seen and form the building blocks of everything in our worlds. Learners will witness through striking animated visuals the behaviours and properties...
MinutePhysics
How to Build a Lava Moat (with xkcd)
The world's most entertaining and useless self-help guide, from the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd and the #1 New York Times bestsellers What If? and Thing Explainer For any task you might want to do, there's a...
Curated Video
Wavelength and Color: Understanding Visible Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
This is a lecture video on the topic of wavelength and color. The video focuses on the visible light portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, which can be split into different colors. The video explains the relationship between...
Kids Academy
Learn Sound and Light for Kids | Round-Up Lesson | Kids Academy
Learn Sound and Light for Kids | Round-Up Lesson | Kids Academy If you want to learn sound and light then you are at the right place as we will guide you through it all. Sound: The sound is a type of energy that is produced when...
Curated Video
The Science of Seeing - Part 1
Part 1 of a 2-part series, this animation teaches that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen. The animation features scenario-based learning to portray the science of seeing, such as headlamps to...
Curated Video
The Function and Evolution of the Light Bulb
This video provides a concise explanation of how a light globe, or light bulb, works. It discusses the invention and history of the light bulb, as well as the science behind its operation. Understand how electricity passes through a...
Curated Video
Understanding the Inverse Square Law in Regards to Light Intensity and Photosynthesis
This video explains the relationship between light intensity and photosynthesis in plants. The concept of direct proportionality and a linear relationship between light intensity and photosynthesis rate is discussed. The video then goes...
Curated Video
The Science of Seeing - Part 2
Part 2 of a 2-part series, students will continue to learn that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen. This animated sequel expands on the original experiment set out in Part 1. Students will make a...
Curated Video
Factors Affecting Photosynthesis and Maximizing Plant Growth
The video discusses the factors that influence the rate of photosynthesis in plants, including light intensity, temperature, and carbon dioxide concentration. Different zones are shown to demonstrate the impact of each factor on the rate...
Curated Video
Rate of Photosynthesis Experiments: Investigating the Relationship between Light Intensity and Oxygen Production in Pondweed
The video is a lecture presentation on the rate of photosynthesis experiments. The presenter explains the process of photosynthesis and introduces the hypothesis that the rate of photosynthesis in a plant depends on light intensity. The...
Curated Video
Practical - Light Intensity and Photosynthesis Rate
Practical - Light Intensity and Photosynthesis Rate
Curated Video
The Evidence Supporting the Big Bang Theory: Redshift and the Expanding Universe
The video is a lecture presentation on the topic of the expanding universe. The speaker discusses evidence and the Big Bang theory, which suggests that the universe began from a small, dense region and has been expanding for...
Kids Academy
Light and Shadows for Kids: Transparent, Translucent and - Opaque Objects | Science Video for Kids
Learn to Play Chess - Getting out of Check | Kids Academy Learning about light and shadows for kids is an intriguing concept. It improves their outlook on how transparent, translucent, and opaque objects differentiate from each other....
TED-Ed
TED-ED: What light can teach us about the universe - Pete Edwards
Humanity has long been looking at the universe and asking the big questions: How did it begin? How will it end? Cosmologists are searching hard for the answers, but where do they even start? The answer is light. Pete Edwards outlines the...
FuseSchool
PHYSICS - Waves - Shadows
It’s important to remember that light travels in straight lines.Transparent materials allow light to pass through them… translucent materials allow some light through, but not all and opaque objects don’t let any light pass through, and...
Bozeman Science
Doppler Effect
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the perceived frequency of a source depends on the motion of both the source and the observer. As a source approaches an observer the frequency will increase and as it moves away it will decrease....