Veritasium
How To Make Colour with Holes
Nature inspiring technology isn't new, but butterflies inspiring new nanotechnology excites everyone. As part of a larger playlist, an engaging video explains how we see color and the relationship with both magnetic and electric fields....
MinutePhysics
MAGNETS: How Do They Work?
Let this video teach the basics of magnetism for you in a flipped classroom scenario. In a six-and-a-half minute feature, physics fans find out about the intrinsic properties of magnetism and its relation to electricity.
Veritasium
Magnetic Micro-Robots
Magnetic micro-robots aren't just really cool, they have some potential practical purposes. An episode from the Veritasium introduces learners to the micro-robots and their possible future roles in biomedicine. Actual footage of the...
SciShow
3 Unsolved Moon Mysteries
What do people really know about the moon? Learn about three unsolved moon mysteries: the moon's past magnetic field, lunar sunrises, and what's really inside the moon's craters. An engaging video from the SciShow Space series connects...
Veritasium
Can Humans Sense Magnetic Fields?
It is true that Earth has a magnetic field, but do human bodies detect it? Part of a larger series, an interesting video lesson describes an experiment that attempts to answer the question. Using brain scans while exposed to a simulation...
SciShow
There Are Planet-Sized 'Tornadoes' on the Sun?!
Scientists use a telescope larger than Earth to study distant galaxies. Learn how they build and operate such a large telescope as well as some of the cool discoveries with a short video from the SciShow Space series. It also explains...
SciShow
What's It like at the Edge of the Solar System?
What changes when you leave the solar system and enter interstellar space? First, scientists needed to define the end of the solar system. Using an interesting video, an installment from the SciShow Space series explains how the...
SciShow
The Moon May Have Once Been Habitable!
Would you want to live on the moon? During a brief time in history, the moon might have been able to support life. Learn about the evidence that points to this as well as how scientists use meteorites to study the history of the sun. An...
SciShow
Why Is Neptune so Blue? and 3 Other Mysteries an Orbiter Could Solve
Neptune appears as a beautiful blue color, but why? Some scientists suggested the methane in the atmosphere gives it that color, but Uranus contains more methane than Neptune. The mystery, along with three others, requires an orbiter to...
SciShow
New Evidence of Water on Jupiter! SciShow News
The longest continuous storm in the solar system, known as the Great Red Spot on Jupiter, contains water. Scientists theorized this, but now Juno proved it during multiple trips around Jupiter. Interestingly, Juno also discovered that...
Veritasium
Five Firsts for Mars InSight
Scientists have been studying the surface of Mars for many years ... it's time to know a little something about its interior, too. The Mars Insight launched in November 2018 on a mission to study the happenings inside the most studied...
Veritasium
Spinning Sphere of Molten Sodium
Earth's magnetic field protects people from solar wind, radiation, and many other potentially catastrophic events. For reasons not yet understood, the magnetic field appears measurably weaker over the course of less than 200 years, a...
PBS
Solar Wind and Storms
Does the very thing that is responsible for life on Earth also have a dark side? Space scientists differentiate between sunspots, solar flares, and CMEs in an enlightening activity. The lesson, one of several in a unit presented by NOVA,...
PBS
The Dynamic Sun
Sunspots, solar flares, coronal mass ejections ... why is the sun so stirred up? Scholars watch animations of the interaction between moving plasma and magnetic fields and discuss the sun's behavior. The activity, part of NOVA's sun...
SciShow
Could We Give Mars a Magnetic Field?
Are you ready to move to Mars? An engaging video lesson discusses the changes required for Mars to sustain human life. The first of which is to reinstate the magnetic field it lost over four billion years ago. The video is an episode in...
TED-Ed
Why is NASA Sending a Spacecraft to a Metal World?
Can we journey to outer space to learn more about inner Earth? Discover the method to NASA's madness with an enlightening short video. The narrator explains the composition of the asteroid the resource is studying, what scientists hope...
Physics Girl
World’s Easiest DIY Electric Train
Create movement with some wire and a magnet! The video instructor demonstrates how to use electromagnetic induction to power a miniature train. Using the installment of a physics playlist, youth learn the science behind the process.
Physics Girl
Amazing! Ferrofluid + Glow Sticks
Liquids that don't behave as liquids can do amazing things! An episode of a physics playlist shows how ferrofluid interacts with magnets. The instructor explains the science behind the liquid using diagrams and visual demonstrations.
Physics Girl
Oxygen is Magnetic?!
Oxygen has many important properties ... such as sustaining most living things. But magnetism? Discover the behavior of oxygen in its chilly liquid form using a video from a larger playlist on physics. Watch as liquid oxygen is poured on...
Veritasium
What Causes The Northern Lights? (Aurora Borealis)
In the arctic circle, some hotels offer aurora borealis wake-up calls so visitors don't miss the northern lights. A Veritasium video explains what causes the northern lights. It also presents many misconceptions people still believe...
THNKR
Bill Nye Explains Why Jupiter Is Like a Blender
Jupiter could make one mean smoothie! Discover how the massive planet helped shape the rest of our solar system through a Why with Nye! video from THNKR. The resource discusses Jupiter as the first planet in the solar system to form, how...
THNKR
The Deadliest Radiation in the Solar System
How do you protect a probe from massive levels of radiation? Explore the possibilities with Bill Nye in a surprising video from the THNKR Why with Bill Nye! playlist. Learners discover the extreme levels of magnetism created by Jupiter's...
Bozeman Science
PS2B—Types of Interactions
Create a unit about types of interactions that your class will be attracted to! Delve into Next Generation Science Standard PS2B with a thought-provoking video. The narrator explains how to present interactions in elementary,...
Bozeman Science
PS3C - Relationship Between Energy and Forces
How do you help your pupils understand the relationship between energy and forces? The video tackles standard PS3C using a concept map and demonstrations. The narrator also provides key vocabulary scholars should master at each grade level.