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Instructional Video7:45
Curated OER

Galaxies, Part 2 of 3

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Part two of this three-part series asks us to think what life would be like if we lived in a binary star system. We are also introduced to black holes and Einstein's theory of relativity. A great clip shown in its three-part entirety or...
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Instructional Video3:08
California Academy of Science

Fast Neutrinos

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
According to Einstein's theory of special relativity, nothing can go faster than the speed of light, but Einstein didn't know about neutrinos. In fact, physicists are just beginning to be able to study these tiny particles that zip...
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Instructional Video5:16
TED-Ed

Einstein's Miracle Year

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Why was Albert Einstein initially labeled as a "failed" academic, and what events occurred in 1905 that constituted a major turning point for this great scientist? Review Einstein's major theories regarding relativity, light particles,...
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Instructional Video11:27
PBS

Have Gravitational Waves Been Discovered?!?

For Students 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Einstein was right ... again? Introduce young physicists to the final piece in Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity through a video from PBS covering space time and measurement. Discover where gravitational waves come from, the...
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Instructional Video5:07
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MinutePhysics

Relativistic Addition of Velocity — Special Relativity Chapter 6

For Students 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Scientists know things can't travel faster than light speed, so how do scholars add together numbers close to light speed? The sixth video in the eight-part series on Special Relativity answers these questions and more. the narrator not...
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Instructional Video11:52
Veritasium

The Best Test of General Relativity (by 2 Misplaced Satellites)

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
An analysis of launched objects helps scholars understand general relativity in greater detail. These aren't just any launched objects, though! A video presentation describes the gravitation potential energy of satellites in orbit and...
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Instructional Video14:31
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MinutePhysics

Spacetime Diagrams — Special Relativity Chapter 2

For Students 10th - Higher Ed Standards
The second video in the series on Special Relativity introduces the concept of perspective, relative distance, and graphing spacetime. Simple illustrations create clarity while describing each concept in depth.
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Instructional Video7:26
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MinutePhysics

Spacetime Intervals: Not EVERYTHING Is Relative — Special Relativity Chapter 7

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Special relativity proves that both length and time are relative—but, that's not the complete story. Scholars learn how both length and time have absolute values that don't vary with perspective. The seventh lesson in the eight-part...
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Instructional Video7:17
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MinutePhysics

Length Contraction and Time Dilation — Special Relativity Chapter 5

For Students 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Special relativity provides rules for making time both shorter and longer simultaneously—and does the same for distances. This concept seems confusing, but with help from a spacetime globe and mathematical explanation, the concepts...
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Instructional Video4:05
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MinutePhysics

The Twins Paradox Hands-On Explanation — Special Relativity Chapter 8

For Students 10th - Higher Ed Standards
The final video in a series on Special Relativity offers a new hands-on approach to solving the twins paradox developed by Paul Langevin over 100 years ago.
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Instructional Video4:58
TED-Ed

Game Theory Challenge: Can You Predict Human Behavior?

For Students 9th - 12th
Game theorists will love the challenge proposed in this video. Every player has the same information (common knowledge) and must guess the closest whole number that represents 2/3 of the average of all numbers other players guessed.
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Instructional Video5:09
SciShow

The Sun's Center Is 39,000 Years Younger Than Its Surface

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Explore the theory of relativity in relation to spacetime! An intriguing lesson explains the concept of spacetime and how time does not change at the same rate for everyone. As a lesson in a larger solar system playlist, the video...
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Instructional Video5:04
TED-Ed

How Does Your Smartphone Know Your Location?

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
When your smartphone tells you the weather of your current location or gives you directions to the nearest gas station, there's more going on that you might realize. Follow along with this short video as it explains how satellites,...
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Instructional Video8:00
Nobel Media AB

Chemistry Matters: Eureka!

For Students 9th - 12th
While making a new scientific discovery is an exhilarating experience, it has its challenges as well. A discovery needs to be proven, which can be painstaking, and the scientific community may not easily accept the theory at first. Hear...
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Instructional Video7:54
Curated OER

Galaxies, Part 3 of 3

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Part three concludes "A Practical Guide to the Universe," completing the description of the Big Bang Theory and what it means. This episode touches on light travel, light speed, and what that means in relation to what we see. While this...
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Instructional Video6:33
The School of Life

Political Theory - John Rawls

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Pretty much everyone has heard the phrase life is unfair. A theory by John Rawls, a famous political theorist, as to why this occurs in government and society presents itself. Pupils watch his theory through primary resource photographs...
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Instructional Video
Macat

An Introduction to Gottfredson and Hirschi's A General Theory of Crime

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Parents who fail to discipline their children may be raising criminals. A video summary of A General Theory of Crime by Gottfredson and Hirschi, part of a larger playlist on the world's greatest ideas, presents the notion that discipline...
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Instructional Video5:39
The School of Life

Political Theory - John Ruskin

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Beauty and Capitalism—not two words you usually see together. John Ruskin, a prominent political thinker definitely did not think so. Teach pupils about the political theory behind aesthetics and why some countries may value beauty over...
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Instructional Video6:44
The School of Life

Political Theory - Adam Smith

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Can capitalism have virtue? Adam Smith thinks so! The 12th video in a series of 13 discusses Smith's political and economic views. Pupils discover these concepts and more through primary source photographs and examples that relate to...
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Instructional Video5:47
Physics Girl

Why Is the Universe Flat?

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
How can something as vast as the universe also be flat? Go beyond the Big Bang Theory using a video from an expansive physics playlist. Topics include the expansion and inflation of the universe, why opposite sides of the universe are...
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Instructional Video11:44
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Crash Course

Evolution: It's a Thing

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
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...
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Instructional Video5:37
TED-Ed

Hawking's Black Hole Paradox Explained

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Scientists view every paradox as an opportunity for investigations that lead to discoveries. A short video looks at Stephen Hawking's Black Hole paradox and its implications for general relativity and quantum mechanics. 
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Instructional Video9:18
Curated OER

The Shape of Time

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Does time have a shape? According to the light cone model and theory of space-time, it could. Building on Einstein's Theory of Relativity, the narrator describes how time can have a shape. This video is good, but there is a lot of direct...
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Instructional Video5:29
Veritasium

First Image of a Black Hole!

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Have scholars ever wondered what a black hole looks like? See the first image of a massive black hole and learn about what a black hole is, how it forms, and how telescopes took images from around the world. The video then relates the...

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