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Uniform Circular Motion: Crash Course Physics

12th - Higher Ed
Did you know that centrifugal force isn't really a thing? I mean, it's a thing, it's just not real. In fact, physicists call it a "Fictitious Force." Mind blown yet? To explore this idea further, this week Shini sits down with us to...
Instructional Video9:13
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Immune System, part 1: Crash Course A&P

12th - Higher Ed
Our final episodes of Anatomy & Physiology explore the way your body keeps all that complex, intricate stuff alive and healthy -- your immune system. The immune system's responses begin with physical barriers like skin and mucous...
Instructional Video8:36
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Induction - An Introduction: Crash Course Physics

12th - Higher Ed
In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Megneto helps Shini explain what induction is, how it works, and why magnetism is so seemingly complicated.
Instructional Video9:14
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Light Is Waves: Crash Course Physics

12th - Higher Ed
The way light behaves can seem very counter intuitive, and many physicists would agree with that, but once you figure out light waves it all starts to make more sense! In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini shows us how we know...
Instructional Video10:45
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The Normal Distribution - Crash Course Statistics

12th - Higher Ed
Today is the day we finally talk about the normal distribution! The normal distribution is incredibly important in statistics because distributions of means are normally distributed even if populations aren't. We'll get into why this is...
Instructional Video10:41
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The Shape of Data Distributions - Crash Course Statistics

12th - Higher Ed
When collecting data to make observations about the world it usually just isn't possible to collect ALL THE DATA. So instead of asking every single person about student loan debt for instance we take a sample of the population, and then...
Instructional Video10:17
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Circuit Analysis: Crash Course Physics

12th - Higher Ed
How does Stranger Things fit in with Physics and, more specifically, circuit analysis? I'm glad you asked! In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini walks us through the differences between series and parallel circuits and how that...
Instructional Video11:25
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Randomness - Crash Course Statistics

12th - Higher Ed
There are a lot of events in life that we just can’t predict, but just because something is random doesn’t mean we don’t know or can’t learn anything about it. Today, we’re going to talk about how we can extract information from...
Instructional Video9:18
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Why Moving People is Complicated: Crash Course Engineering #41

12th - Higher Ed
Transportation is a big part of our world and engineers play a big role in making it happen. Today we’ll explore how transportation systems are designed and some things transportation engineers have to take into consideration, like...
Instructional Video13:08
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Aldehyde and Ketone Reactions - Hydrates, Acetals, & Imines: Crash Course Organic Chemistry

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve already learned the basics of carbonyl chemistry and talked about how we can synthesize aldehydes and ketones, but there’s still so much more to learn, like the role carbonyl groups play in reactions involving sedatives! In this...
Instructional Video8:23
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Anselm & the Argument for God: Crash Course Philosophy

12th - Higher Ed
Today we are introducing a new area of philosophy – philosophy of religion. We are starting this unit off with Anselm’s argument for God’s existence, while also considering objections to that argument.
Instructional Video10:03
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Heat Engines, Refrigerators, & Cycles: Crash Course Engineering #11

12th - Higher Ed
Cycles are a big deal in engineering. Today we’ll explain what they are and how they’re used in heat engines, refrigerators, and heat pumps. We’ll also discuss phase diagrams and the power of using renewable energy resources
Instructional Video10:44
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The Engineering Challenges of Renewable Energy: Crash Course Engineering #30

12th - Higher Ed
This week we are looking at renewable energy sources and why we need them. We’ll explore hydropower, wind, geothermal, and solar power, as well as some of the challenges, and how engineers are working to make their use more widespread.
Instructional Video8:44
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Fluid Flow & Equipment: Crash Course Engineering #13

12th - Higher Ed
Today we’ll dive further into fluid flow and how we can use equipment to apply our skills. We explain Bernoulli’s Principle and the relationship between speed and pressure in certain flowing fluids. We’ll also discuss how to apply the...
Instructional Video9:19
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Age & Aging: Crash Course Sociology

12th - Higher Ed
People are getting older – not just in the individual sense, but the human population itself. Today we’re going to explore those shifting patterns and their implications. We’ll go over the biological, psychological, and cultural aspects...
Instructional Video9:01
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Nintendo and a New Standard for Video Games: Crash Course Games

12th - Higher Ed
So we ended the last episode at the North American Video Game Crash of 1983, and even though the video game market had collapsed in the United States, demand for video games remained strong in Europe and Asia. Nintendo of Japan,...