Veritasium
What Is the Magnus Force?
Throwing a ball through the air seems simple enough, so why do scientists study the effects of air on a sports ball? Veritasium presents a video in its playlist that explains the Magnus force to help athletes throw curve balls. It...
Real Engineering
Hyperloop—The Future of Travel?
See the future of public transportation before it zips by. Individuals watch a video in the Real Engineering playlist that explains the hyperloop. It describes one of the possible designs in the SpaceX hyperloop contest.
TED-Ed
Why Don't Perpetual Motion Machines Ever Work?
It turns out that some laws were definitely not meant to be broken! A short illustrative video explains why the first and second laws of thermodynamics prevent perpetual motion machines from actually moving perpetually — and why...
SciShow
Skateboarding Science: Master the Ollie!
Ollie is that name given to the move when a skateboarder jumps into the air with the board but without using any hands. This video breaks down each part of the ollie and the science behind it, beginning with force and torque, and...
SciShow
The Physics of Roller Coasters
Applied physics excites learners because it is about race cars, airplanes, and even roller coasters. Roller coasters are the focus of a video that focuses on the physics of roller coasters starting and stopping. It highlights the...
DoodleScience
Circular Motion
A circular motion problem in physics can really throw you for a loop. A video explains what circular motion is and how it is figured. It also describes centripetal force and the importance of friction and magnitude.
Flipping Physics
AP Physics 1: Dynamics Review (Newton's 3 Laws and Friction)
Looking for tips to help future physicists ace that AP test? Check out this fast-paced dynamics review of Newton's 3 Laws and of friction.
Scholastic
Study Jams! Newton's Second Law: Acceleration
Become a pinball wizard by understanding acceleration. Mia and Sam define acceleration for the audience and touch on the property of inertia. Get your physical science class up to speed by showing this little video, reviewing the...
Curated OER
Ultimate Table Trick Challenge
There's a lot going on here: air pressure changes, inertia, and chemical reactions. All of this occurs in 60 seconds time! As an end of the year physical science assessment, consider showing this video clip and then having learners write...
Curated OER
Friction
This video is amusing! It displays pictures and the lyrics of a song, "Friction," recorded in the late fifties or early sixties by Tom Glazer and Dottie Evans. Your physical science classes will be singing it for the rest of the school...
Steve Spangler Science
Ultimate Table Trick Challenge
There's a lot going on here: air pressure changes, inertia, and chemical reactions. All of this occurs in 60 seconds time! As an end of the year physical science assessment, consider showing this video clip and then having learners write...
Steve Spangler Science
The Tablecloth Trick - Sick Science! #010
You might not be able to pull a rabbit out of a hat, but you could certainly pull a tablecloth out from under a place setting! Display inertia and Newton's first law of motion for your future physicists or magicians by performing this...
Steve Spangler Science
Pendulum Catch - Sick Science! #013
What a fun demonstration! Show the video, or better yet, have your physics learners construct this hex nut pendulum and test it themselves. Then have them discuss in groups why the single hex nut wraps around the finger. See if they can...
Steve Spangler Science
Floating Rice Bottle - Sick Science! #116
More rice grains create more friction. Pack them into a bottle and then you can use a chopstick to pick the bottle up! This is a fascinating demonstration of density and the force of friction.
Curated OER
What is Friction?
A science video includes a good amount of information on the force of friction and related topics. As slides come up on the screen, a narrator explains the images and definitions. While informational, the narration is very monotone.
Curated OER
The Tablecloth Trick
You might not be able to pull a rabbit out of a hat, but you could certainly pull a tablecloth out from under a place setting! Display inertia and Newton's first law of motion for your future physicists or magicians by performing this...
Steve Spangler Science
Falling Ring Catch - Sick Science! #046
Amaze your class with this demonstration of gravity and friction. A ring on a string is able to catch a spool of tape as it falls. This is a perfect introduction for a class discussion on these topics, or you could have kids them try it...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: Static Kinetic Friction Forces: Similarities & Differences
Students move past the misconception that friction inhibits our ability to do things by watching videos and participating in corresponding activities. Activities which range in difficulty include calculating the coefficient of friction.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Designing a Puff Mobile
The air you exhale can power a puff mobile. Watch as the ZOOM cast races their air-powered designs to see which design features are the most successful. [3:24]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Acids and Bases: Testing Rocket Cars
In this ZOOM video segment, cast members make bottle rocket cars using lemon juice and baking soda, and experiment with different ways of launching the cars. [4:46]
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Science in Focus: Energy: Heat, Work, and Efficiency
Video workshop explores how heat is generated and harvested to do useful mechanical work. Video also describes efficiency of an engine, expansion and compression of gases, and friction's relationship to heat. [56:54]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Air Power: Making a Hovercraft
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members make their own hovercraft and demonstrate how the air leaking out of a balloon can make a plastic plate hover above a table. Experiment instructions are also available in a PDF...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Animations: What Is Friction?
Narrated animation that visually explains how a dogsled uses friction to slow it or stop it. (30 secs) Uses Quicktime.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Force and Motion
A video and quiz on how force must overcome inertia in order to produce motion.