Visual Learning Systems
Introduction to Electric Charges and Atoms
In this video, we explore the concept of electrical charges and the basic structure of atoms. Through examples like static shocks and balloon experiments, we learn about protons and electrons, which possess positive and negative charges...
Visual Learning Systems
The Nature of Electricity: What Is Electric Charge?
This video describes the basic role that atoms play in creating electrical charges, as well as the nature and creation of static electricity. Various methods of charging are discussed, emphasizing the role that insulators and conductors...
Curated Video
What is a cyclotron?
Located at the University of British Columbia's Point Grey campus, TRIUMF is Canada’s particle accelerator centre, which houses the largest cyclotron in the world. Our science and climate specialist Darius Mahdavi explains what a...
Curated Video
New York investing $100 million into Electron-Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory
Construction of the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) is slated to begin in 2025.
Bridgeman Arts
A is for Atom part 2 - 1952 Cold War-era cartoon about atomic energy
American animation about atomic energy - atom - nuclear. Dr Atom illustrates the way protons , neutrons and electrons function. Periodic table of elements - elements are represented by buildings - explanation of function of isotopes -...
Bridgeman Arts
A is for Atom part 4 - 1952 Cold War-era cartoon about atomic energy
American animation about atomic energy - atom - nuclear. CU baseball - rotating globe - nuclear missile. Oak Ridge - site of construction of first atomic bomb. Nuclear reactor - atomic power plant - glowing electricity runs along pylons...
Bridgeman Arts
A is for Atom part 3 - 1952 Cold War-era cartoon about atomic energy
American animation about atomic energy - atom - nuclear. Dr Atom illustrates the way protons , neutrons and electrons function. Scientists working with complex machinery in laboratory - explanation of nuclear fission. Explosion to reveal...
Bridgeman Arts
A is for Atom part 5 - 1952 Cold War-era cartoon about atomic energy
American animation about atomic energy - atom - nuclear. The human body with the circulatory system glowing. The glowing - nuclear giant - more giants spring up around him - with planes flying past - blatant celebration of nuclear power...
Curated Video
Scientists fire up the world's largest particle collider in Switzerland, but fears about the experiment creating black holes that could devour the Earth and other planets are not realized.
HEADLINE: Particle collider fires, no black holes form
CAPTION: Scientists fire up the world's largest particle collider in Switzerland, but fears about the experiment creating black holes that could devour the Earth and other planets...
Curated OER
Introduction to the Atom
Sal does a phenomenal job introducing students to the atom, and the history that goes along with how we understand and view atoms today. Students are introduced to the atomic number, and how elements are organized into the periodic table...
PBS
Science Fundamentals: Chemistry!
Chemical reactions are a part of almost everything in everyday life. A video presentation gives an introduction to chemistry by describing the basics of atomic structure and chemical reactions. Learners discover chemical reactions are...
Mystery of Matter
Mysteries of the Periodic Table, Part 1: A Reflection of the Atom
Properties of atoms are no small thing. A thorough video lesson describes properties of atoms and how they relate to the makeup of the periodic table. Learners review the relationship between subatomic particles and discover the...
Mystery of Matter
Into the Atom, Part 4: The Atom Splits
Scientific discord is part of the road to new discoveries. Scholars learn how scientists challenge each other to prove and explain their conclusions in the final lesson of the four-part series Into the Atom. The video lesson explains the...
Mystery of Matter
Into the Atom, Part 2: The Atom’s First Pieces
Could electrons really be as small as the numbers suggest? This is the hurdle for the initial study of electrical properties of elements. Learners view a video to follow the history of the science that led to the discovery of the parts...
Mystery of Matter
Into the Atom, Part 1: Atoms Have Parts
Finally mysteries are revealed! A thorough lesson shows how the scientific method helps to solve mysteries of now common elements. Young scientists watch the video presentation to gain a thorough understanding of how Madam Curie...
Mystery of Matter
Mysteries of the Periodic Table, Part 5: Isotopes
Idiosyncrasies caused by isotopes baffled scientists for more than half a century. Learners examine a thorough review of the historical discovery of isotopes in the fifth and final video in the series Mysteries of the Periodic Table....
American Chemical Society
What Are Isotopes? Chemistry Basics
Use animations to explain the concept of an isotope. Young scholars view a lesson from the Reaction series dedicated to isotopes. They learn what an isotope is and why they are important to complete a great back-to-basics lesson.
TED-Ed
What’s the Smallest Thing in the Universe?
Quarks have some interesting features—including their names! Young scholars learn about up, down, strange, charming, bottom, and top quarks in an engaging video presentation. The narrator begins with an overview of molecules and atoms,...
Physics Girl
What Are Quarks? Sugar Edition!
Even scientists don't really understand quarks! Learners watch as the instructor describes what scientists do know about quark particles and their interaction with each other. The lesson dispels myths that individuals may have about...
Socratica
Chemistry and Physics: History of the Atom (Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford, and Bohr Models)
How do we know so much about the atom? Explore the evolution of the atomic model through a video from an informative chemistry lessons playlist. The narrator describes how our view of atoms and subatomic particles has changed from...
American Chemical Society
Have We Found All The Elements?
You've always wanted to know why ytterbium is called ytterbium, haven't you? An engaging video investigates the discovery of elements throughout history. It posits the theory that we are close to having discovered all the elements.
JFR Science
Representing the Atom: Bohr, Rutherford and Lewis Diagrams
What's the best way to draw an atom? Well, that depends on what information you need to convey. Compare and contrast the atomic models of Bohr, Rutherford, and Lewis using a video from the JFR Science series. The resource shows the basis...
American Chemical Society
We Are Made of "Star Stuff"
Explore the validity of a famous quote by Carl Sagan, "We are made of star stuff." An episode of the ACS Reactions playlist explains how deteriorating stars became the origin of all the elements in our world. Learners consider different...
Veritasium
Atomic Rant
Quantum mechanics made the traditional model of the atom obsolete. The episode of the Veritasium playlist explains the location and behavior of an electron in an atom. Scholars learn the different shapes of orbitals electrons occupy.