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Nuclear Pasta May Be the Strongest Material Ever Instructional VideoNuclear Pasta May Be the Strongest Material Ever Instructional Video
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SciShow
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9th - Higher Ed
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
5:10
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Duration
10 mins
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Year
2018
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Nuclear Pasta May Be the Strongest Material Ever

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Do you ever feel like scientists have more fun naming new discoveries than actually finding them? Discover the fun they had while learning about the extremely scientific concepts of nuclear pasta, gnocchi, spaghetti, waffles, antispaghetti, and more. SciShow introduces a couple of recent scientific findings. The first relates to nuclear pasta and the second to unique behavior of black holes.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

neutrons, stars, black holes

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Add the names and descriptions of the seven types of nuclear pasta (1:20 in the video) to science journals

Classroom Considerations

  • Relies on prior knowledge of black holes
  • Avoid displaying the comments when sharing the video
  • This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

  • Links to all sources for extending learning
  • Presenter's enthusiasm keeps viewers' attention

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4

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