SciShow
Gold: The Big Bling
Heart of gold, gold mine, good as gold, gold digger. Why is gold so fascinating and such a focus of popular expression? Is it due to rarity, its shine, or some other factor? Here's a video that focuses on how gold is made and...
Bozeman Science
Communities
What do you get if you cross ants with ticks? All kinds of antics! Video discusses the structure of the classifications in ecology. Then it covers the ways communities can be measured before discussing an example of leaf cutter ants...
Berkeley University of California
The pH Scale
Studying acids and bases can be basic. Over the course of four short videos, an instructor explains the pH scale. Viewers observe a demonstration and watch the instructor solve two quiz questions in detail.
Bozeman Science
Finding Stomata
What's stomata with you? Video shows a step-by-step lab that allows pupils to view the stomata from both monocot and dicot plants. It also briefly touches on guard cells. Video is the first in a series of seven.
Be Smart
Climate Science: What You Need To Know
Win any argument in support of climate change thanks to a video from PBS Digital Studios. Viewers learn the 24 steps to explain climate change and information to counter claims denying climate change.
Berkeley University of California
Weak Acid - Weak Base
How do you tell a plumber from a chemist? Ask them to pronounce unionized. The first video in the set demonstrates the pH and conduction of ions based on their acid and base strengths. The next two videos are quizzes that apply the...
Berkeley University of California
Weak Acid/Base
Want to hear a joke about nitric oxide? NO! A chemistry video features an instructor adding a weak base to a weak acid, adding a weak acid to a weak base, and offers a one question quiz on pH. This is the 10th set of videos in a...
Berkeley University of California
Conductometric Titration
What did one titration say to the other titration? Let's meet at the end point. The first video explains titration, while the second installment contains a one-question quiz and a demonstration of titration.
Berkeley University of California
Solubility of Ionic Solids
Scholars first learn about Le Chatelier's principle with a two-video set. They then apply their knowledge to a short quiz.
Berkeley University of California
Conjugate Acid/Base Pair
A set of three videos starts with the instructor explaining acid and base conjugate pairs. Then, two one-question quizzes reinforce knowledge.
Berkeley University of California
Strong Acid-Base Titration
A chemistry instructor explains titration with strong acids and bases in a series of three videos. Learners then demonstrate their understanding with two short quizzes. This is the eighth set of videos in a series of 13 sets.
Berkeley University of California
Heterogeneous Equilibrium
When performing a gas lab, we are often under pressure. A four-video set offers a brief explanation of Henry's law and demonstrates a lab. The last two videos prompt learners to complete brief quizzes over the material.
TED-Ed
What Does the Pancreas Do?
We are all born with one, but how many people actually know what the pancreas does? Follow along with a short video as it examines the important role this often-overlooked organ plays in digesting food and maintaining...
TED-Ed
How We Think Complex Cells Evolved
Being able to absorb the abilities of other life forms may seem like something taken from a superhero movie, but sometimes reality is stranger than fiction. Join the narrator as he takes viewers back billions of...
TED-Ed
The Math Behind Michael Jordan's Legendary Hang Time
As spectacular of an athlete as he was, even Michael Jordan can't beat gravity. Engage young scholars in exploring the science and math behind this hall-of-famer's amazing leaping ability, and see how things would be...
TED-Ed
The Famously Difficult Green-Eyed Logic Puzzle
Ready to introduce the study of logic with what has been called "the hardest logic puzzle in the world"? What better way than with a TED-Ed video! This video describes the famous green-eyed-prisoners-on-an-island riddle by first posing...
TED-Ed
Sunlight Is Way Older than You Think
Light travels fast... really fast. But that doesn't mean it moves instantly from its source to whatever object it hits. After watching this video students will understand that once generated in the sun's core,...
TED-Ed
How Batteries Work
Discover the fascinating technology that allows us to move around in our daily lives without being anchored to power cables. Learners trace the history of batteries and their ability to store charge back to the 1780s, and...
TED-Ed
Why Are Manhole Covers Round?
Discover the peculiar geometric property of the curve of constant width, the Reuleaux triangle, and their intriguing connection to manhole covers with yet another fascinating TED-Ed video.
Educreations
The Aufbau Hotel
A simple analogy helps to explain a complicated concept in this instructional chemistry video. After first listening to a description of a hotel with different types of rooms on different floors, each with its own...
TED-Ed
Why it's so Hard to Cure HIV/AIDS
Believe it or not, a man was cured of HIV in 2008; unfortunately doctors are still scratching their heads trying to figure out how it happened. Follow along with this short video to learn about this deadly virus and the unique...
TED-Ed
How Brain Parasites Change Their Host's Behavior
Mind control might seem like something out of a science fiction movie, but after watching this short video you and your students will have a new, potentially terrifying understanding of parasites. Follow along as this resource explores...
TED-Ed
Learning from Smallpox: How to Eradicate a Disease
Throughout history, humans have been forced to overcome diseases that have threatened the survival of our species. This short instructional video focuses on one such disease—smallpox, the first and only disease to be completely...
TED-Ed
How Does the Thyroid Manage Your Metabolism?
Hidden in our neck is an important, but often overlooked, little organ called the thyroid. Enjoy this short video as it explains the vital role this powerful organ plays in controlling the function of all...