MinutePhysics
How to Simulate the Universe on Your Laptop
Ever grow tired of the traditional uses for laptops? Try this fascinating simulated universe! The video shows a 3-D version of the Millennium Run, then backs it up with a simpler version created in free Adobe software. Young physicists...
MinutePhysics
How Do Airplanes Fly?
Up, up, and away! Physics scholars learn the secrets to defying gravity through engineering. The video describes the forces acting on various parts of the plane and the designs that minimize these forces or increase opposing forces. The...
Veritasium
Why Does The Earth Spin?
Is it really love that makes the world go 'round? Find out in an amusing interview-based video. The narrator asks visitors at a city park why Earth continues to turn on its axis. After several misguided attempts at invoking different...
Veritasium
The Difference Between Mass and Weight
Why is it difficult to push a car? The video, produced by Veritasium, challenges people to answer this question scientifically. Then, a discussion of weight versus mass follows. Finally, it presents an answer and explanation highlighting...
Curated OER
Roller Coaster Science
The science of roller coasters is explained along with Newton's Laws of Physics, to an extent. Show to your physics class for a little fun explanation of gravity.
Curated OER
Isaac Newton, Part 2/2
The conclusion of a two-part series looks at Isaac NewtonÕs Year of Miracles through a comic lens, making his Law of Universal Gravitation easily understood for those studying action, reaction, inertia, and force.
Crash Course
Evolution: It's a Thing
Evolution is a theory but thank goodness gravity is a law. What is the theory of evolution and what are the facts supporting this theory? Here's a short video that explains how fossils, homologous structures, biogeography, and direct...
Crash Course
Behavioral Economics
Understanding how consumers think is key to staying in business. Show high schoolers how their buying behavior really does affect the way the economy works with an informative video from Crash Course Economics. The video illustrates the...
DoodleScience
Gravitational Fields
What's got you feeling down? Maybe it's gravity! The resource is the fourth in a series of six fast-paced physics videos. Covering gravitational fields, acceleration, and planetary motion in a direct way with simple, yet...
NASA
STEMonstrations: Kinetic and Potential Energy
A roller coaster is the perfect model of the conversion between potential and kinetic energy. An installment from the STEMonstrations playlist introduces the concept of kinetic and potential energy in a quick video before challenging...
Curated OER
Isaac Newton, Part 1/2
Wonderfully irreverent, The Great Scientists series takes on the life of Sir Isaac Newton, the Father of modern physics. Part one of two looks at his early interest in light and the color spectrum. A must see!
Be Smart
Fact vs. Theory vs. Hypothesis vs. Law… Explained!
Gravity exists as both a scientific theory and a scientific law. For those struggling with the difference between scientific facts, theories, hypothesis, and laws, an informative video comes to the rescue. It offers a definition of each...
Steve Spangler Science
Egg Drop Inertia Challenge - Cool Science Trick
This could get messy! Using a pie plate, a toilet paper roll, and a raw egg, Spangler aptly demonstrates one of Newton's classic laws: an object at rest will stay at rest until some force acts upon it. Sure enough, the demonstration...
Flipping Physics
AP Physics 1: Universal Gravitation Review
Everything scholars will need to know about universal gravitation in order to be prepared for the AP Physics exam. is provided in this fast-paced video. Test taking tips and common misconceptions are also addressed in the film.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Newton's Law of Gravitation: Gravitation Part 2
A video giving another example of how to calculate the force of gravity using Newton's Law of Gravitation. [8:16]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Newton's Third Law of Motion: Astronauts in Outer Space
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, NASA learns hard lessons from the first American attempt to do work while "walking" in space. The video also explores Newton's third law of motion. [4:50]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Gravitation: Introduction to Newton's Law of Gravitation
Do you know how much you are accelerating down toward the center of Earth? This video will explore how to use Newton's Law of Gravitation to figure it out. [8:37]
NASA
Nasa: Introduction to Newton's Three Laws: Lesson 1
View this video that relates Newton's Law of Motion to the operation on airplanes. Learn how mass of a person can be calculated by dividing the weight of the person to the force of gravity. [12:08]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Newton's Law of Gravitation: Introduction to Gravity
Basics of gravity and the Law of Universal Gravitation. [15:42]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Newton's Law of Gravitation: Gravitation (Part 2)
A second video on the topic of the law of gravitation. It examines gravitational forces on a planet and in space.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The History of Everything Ted
David Christian gives a TED talk covering the Universe's 13.8 billion year history in 18 minutes.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: Gravity at Work
This video lesson highlights how science can be learned from daily life experiences. It emphasizes the ways in which simple laws of physics can be understood from personal observations and experiences, and in fact it demonstrates that we...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: Physics of Donkey Carts
This video lesson explores Newton's Third Law of Motion through examination of several real world examples of this law in action, including that of a donkey cart - a site common in the streets of Pakistan. Students will understand that...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Science Out Loud: The Physics of Skydiving
When you fall thousands of feet from the sky, it seems like something strange is happening with the laws of physics. Turns out, everything relies on a simple force - DRAG! Watch these MIT students demonstrate fun moves while skydiving!...