Fuse School
Collecting and Identifying Gases
How do you catch something that can't be seen, has no odor, and makes no sound? Discover the common methods of gas collection in this first of a ten-part video series. Learners see how the properties of density and solubility are...
SciShow
Helium
The helium in a balloon comes from the radioactive decay of the elements thorium and uranium. Video two in this series of 48 explores the element helium. The narrator discusses how humans use it, where it is found, how the United States...
SciShow
Baumgartner's Super Sonic Dive
Felix Baumgartner jumped to Earth from a helium balloon in 2012, setting five world records in the process. The video answers the most commonly asked questions about this amazing feat that may not be quite what people advertised it...
DoodleScience
Life Cycle of Stars
Introduce your young astronomers to the life cycle of stars, from protostar to either white dwarf or black hole, with a short video that provides a brief overview of the process.
Crash Course Kids
Glow On
Why do stars appear to glow? And why is it that some stars seem brighter than others? This is the focus of a video that explains how stars get their glow and how apparent brightness is determined by distance, rather than size.
Khan Academy
Cosmic Background Radiation, Scale of the Universe, Cosmology and Astronomy
An informative video explains the density of particles immediately after the Big Bang, as well as the concept that whenever a particle was released, it would merge with another particle. Sal develops the concept of being able to receive...
University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham: Periodic Table of Videos: Helium
A video that describes the properties of helium, a nonreactive gas, that allows it to alter your voice, be used in magnets, and refrigeration. Video also includes a demonstration of what happens to a helium balloon when it encounters...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Helium Shortage
A discussion of what has caused the global helium shortage, and what the future holds for helium supplies. Aired Oct. 12, 2007 [11:09]
Minute Earth
Minute Earth: Our Atmosphere Is Escaping!
Find out why the two lightest elements are the only two gases that escape Earth's atmosphere. [2:17]
Other
#Ask Mit: Why Are Gas Giants Round?
Find out professor Anna Frebel's answer to the question, "How come our gas giants stay in a sphere, instead of the gas just floating around everywhere in space?" [3:29]
Learning Games For Kids
Learning Games for Kids: The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas
This fun sun video will teach students all they need to know about that mass of incandescent gas. [2:37]
University of Nottingham
Perodic Table of Videos: Helium at the Large Hadron Collider
Chemistry professor explains the role of helium in the function of the Large Hadron Collider. [4:10]