Periodic Videos
Potassium
Many scientists consider potassium evil. The enchantingly explosive video demonstrates just some of the dangers of this element. It covers the basic facts, common reactions, and safety considerations when working with potassium. The...
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Chlorine
The German army used chlorine gas as chemical warfare in WWI. The 17th video in a series of 118 about chemical elements discusses the element chlorine. It introduces basic facts and some fascinating experiments proving the dangers...
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Silicon
Some of the earliest tools, sharp flints, were made from silicon—the same material that today makes semiconductors! The brief video describes the abundance of silicon, the properties, and the many applications. The video is the 14th in a...
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Magnesium
Magnesium is the eighth most abundant element in Earth's crust, the ninth most abundant element in the universe and the 11th most abundant in the human body. A video on chemical elements focuses on magnesium. It describes the properties,...
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Sodium
Sodium provides entertainment through art and explosives in a fiery video. It highlights the properties of the element as well as some applications.
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Fluorine
Fluorine exists as a toxic gas that is also highly reactive. The ninth video in a series highlights the rarity, dangers, and properties of the element before presenting a couple of demonstrations using fluorine—some that even most...
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Oxygen
Oxygen appears blue in both the liquid and solid states. The eighth video in a playlist about chemical elements discusses oxygen as both a gas and a liquid, and multiple demonstrations show the properties of oxygen.
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Carbon
Most people realize graphite is soft and black while diamonds are strong and clear. So how can these be made of the same element? The sixth video in a series about chemical elements discusses carbon. The most versatile element appears in...
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Beryllium
In some countries, beryllium goes by the name glucinium. The fourth video in a series about chemical elements explains the unique properties of beryllium as well as its uses. It also highlights the dangers of working with beryllium in...
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Helium (Version 1)
Helium is the second most common element in the universe, yet we are running out of helium on Earth. A video on this important element includes common reactions, uses, and concerns that scholars need to know to understand helium.
Periodic Videos
Hydrogen
Hydrogen collects under roofs and overhangs, presenting an explosive hazard. A video describes the properties of hydrogen and highlights a few functions of hydrogen, including providing power and nuclear bombs.
Be Smart
Beavers: The Smartest Thing in Fur Pants
Beavers change the landscape and ecosystems in which they live. They also act as a keystone species and need to be protected. Learn more in an engaging video that is part of a larger playlist exploring biology.
Be Smart
Do Plants Think?
Plants react to many different stimuli, but do they think? After many years, scientists now have a definite answer. A video shares the theories and facts as part of a larger biology playlist. From plants listening to music to plants...
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Chromium
The Terracotta Army of the Qin Dynasty used chromium to coat their weapons. The video discusses chromium and a few lesser-known facts about the metal. It also shares some applications and research for chromium.
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Scandium
Mendeleev predicted scandium in 1869, Nilson discovered it in 1879, yet a pure sample wasn't isolated until 1960. An informative video discusses its rareness, properties, and the future for scandium.
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Argon
A concise video discusses argon in an installment of a longer series on chemical elements. It describes the appearance of argon when it is neutral and the altered appearance when it is excited.
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Sulfur
Sulfur is mentioned in both the Bible and the Torah, proving we have known about this element for a very long time. Today, sulfur stars in an engaging video jam-packed with facts and properties about the element. It also demonstrates two...
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Aluminium (or Aluminum)
Aluminum, or aluminium, proves to be 100 percent recyclable and maintains the same physical properties, no matter how many times it is reused. A video in a series on chemical elements discusses aluminum. It describes the...
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Neon
Neon lights are not always made with the chemical element neon. An installment in a series about the chemical elements describes neon and offers facts and trivia about this noble gas.
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Nitrogen
Nitrogen makes up around 78 percent of the air you breathe. A video in a series about chemical elements discusses the proper storage of liquid nitrogen as well as some fun experiments using the element. It also mentions its applications...
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Boron
California includes a city named Boron, after the element. An instructive video in a longer series on chemical elements introduces the beautiful green flame of boron. It discusses the properties, applications, and unique place in history...
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Lithium
A knife cuts lithium easily, even though it is a metal. The applications, properties, and history of lithium appear in a video about chemical elements. It highlights a simple flame and large bombs as well as everyday batteries and...
Veritasium
Types of Radiation
While there are many different types of radiation, the three most commonly studied include alpha, beta, and gamma. Part of a larger Veritasium playlist, the video explains the discovery of radiation as well as the exploration of...
Veritasium
Thomson's Plum Pudding Model of the Atom
JJ Thomson discovered atoms are made up of things, which he called electrons. The video in the Vertasium playlist explains Thomson's model of the atom, known as the plum pudding model. It presents the new knowledge Thomson wanted to...