Crash Course
Maxwell's Equations: Crash Course Physics #37
Electricity has an interesting history. Consider the development of electric current into usable forms while viewing the 37th lesson in a Crash Course video series on physics. Using Maxwell's Equations, the instructor addresses...
Bozeman Science
Waves
Calculating frequency is so easy it Hertz! The video begins by describing transverse and longitudinal waves, and then it explores their properties and applications. Finally, it applies this to the formulaic relationships between wave...
Berkeley University of California
Colored Solution and Pen Laser
How does color follow the wave model of electromagnetic radiation? A video demonstrates experiments to model both absorption and emission of the color spectrum.
Berkeley University of California
Diffraction and Interference
How do you study something you can't see? The instructor in a video models an experiment that shows the wave properties of light (electromagnetic waves). The video follows another in a 14-part series that describes the features...
Berkeley University of California
Light as a Wave
Let's break down light into the waves that produce it. The series on chemistry of light begins by explaining the features of the waves that create light including speed, wavelength, and frequency.
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 Does Your Smartphone Know Your Location?
When your smartphone tells you the weather of your current location or gives you directions to the nearest gas station, there's more going on that you might realize. Follow along with this short video as it explains how...
TED-Ed
Schrödinger's Cat: A Thought Experiment in Quantum Mechanics
Can something be both alive and dead at the same time? According to quantum physicist Erwin Schrödinger, the answer is yes. Watch this short video to learn how the wave and particle nature of all matter allows objects to be in two states...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Electromagnetic Waves and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
Learn about the coupling of an electric field with a magnetic field to create electromagnetic waves in this video. Video also discusses how different types of electromagnetic waves have different wavelengths which forms the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: First Law of Thermodynamics Introduction
An introduction to the concept that energy cannot be created nor destroy, but can only change form. [9:18]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Electromagnetic Spectrum: Nasa
From radio waves to gamma rays, this video segment from NASA introduces the seven categories of the electromagnetic spectrum and how each type of radiation is part of our everyday lives. [2:58]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum: Radio Waves
A tour of radio waves in the electromagnetic spectrum. [3:38]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Volcanoes in the Infrared
In this video adapted from KUAC-TV and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, satellite imagery and infrared cameras are used to study and predict eruptions of volcanoes in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. [2:53]
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Mechanical and Electromagnetic Waves
In the following video Paul Andersen compares and contrasts mechanical and electromagnetic waves. Both types of waves transfer energy through oscillations but mechanical waves requires a medium. Several examples of each type of wave are...
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Electromagnetic Waves
In the following video Paul Andersen details the characteristics of electromagnetic waves. Electromagnetic waves are transverse waves that can move through both mediums and vacuums. The electric and magnetic fields oscillate...
Other
U.s. Transportation Security Administration: Advanced Imaging Technology
Ever wondered how the screening processes at the airport work? This resource explains how imaging technology allow TSA officials to see a real time image of a passenger and review for anomalies without ever physically touching them. The...
Crash Course
Crash Course Physics #37: Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves
In the early 1800s, Michael Faraday showed us how a changing magnetic field induces an electromotive force, or emf, resulting in an ecectric current. He also found that electric fields sometimes act like magnetic fields, and developed...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Inverse Square Law
This animation from KET's distance learning physics course demonstrates the mathematical formula for a scientific law as it applies to light.
Crash Course
Crash Course History of Science #29: Cinema, Radio, and Television
Radio, Cinema, and Television have been staples in news coverage, entertainment, and education for almost 100 years. But where did they all come from? Who started what and when and why? In this episode, Hank Green talks to us about their...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Single Slit Interference
The video lesson is from Khan Academy's physics library. This resource discusses single slit interference.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Thin Film Interference Part 2
This video reviews a few details on how thin-film interference works. [12:03]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Thin Film Interference Part 1
Thin-film interference occurs when light waves reflecting off the top and bottom surfaces of a thin film interfere with one another. This type of interference is the reason that thin films, such as oil or soap bubbles, form colorful...