Instructional Video
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Fired Up About Energy

3rd - 8th
Did you ever want to see inside your student's minds while you are teaching a concept? Through this video, you can see the common assumptions student's hold about energy and how you can build on these ideas to explain the Law of...
Instructional Video
Bozeman Science

Bozeman Science: Conservation of Energy

9th - 10th
In the following video, Paul Andersen explains how energy can neither be created nor destroyed but may be transferred. Energy comes in many forms. [4:09]
Instructional Video
PBS

Nova Labs: Putting Energy to Use

9th - 10th
Energy comes in many different forms. It can be stored in the chemical bonds that hold molecules together, carried in the motion of a spinning wheel, or held in a boulder sitting on a cliff. But energy isn't a fixed thing. In fact, we...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Solving the Storage Problem

6th - 8th
Although we've found ways to generate electricity from renewables, storing energy for future use isn't so easy. Why is this, and what strategies are engineers using to solve the storage problem? [2:26]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Thermo Can

6th - 8th
This video shows how to power a boat with a candle. [3:54]
Instructional Video
Next Vista for Learning

Next Vista for Learning: Photosynthesis

3rd - 8th
Do you know how plants get energy? Plants use a process called photosynthesis to produce a sugar. This video gives an overview of how plants take light energy to convert it to chemical energy. [2:30]