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How To Use Moles - Part 2
Carry on learning about using moles in this part 2 of 3 parts. Avogradro’s number describes what is known as 1 mole, or 12 g of carbon atoms. This is used in chemical calculations. For any element, the relative atomic mass is the weight...
FuseSchool
How Do Atoms Bond - Part 2
Learn the basics about how atoms bond when learning about the structure of atoms. Bonds form by the attraction of negatively charged electrons and the positive nucleus of atoms. Atoms have a positively charged tiny nucleus which contains...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Our Earth - Rock Recipes
Rocks are complicated collections of mineral particles. Four silicate mineral groups make up 90% of the crustal rocks - mafic minerals, quartzes, feldspars and micas. Rocks come in three basic varieties - igneous, sedimentary and...
TED-Ed
How Do Crystals Work?
What do amazonite, heliotrope, carnelian, and diamonds have in common? There are all crystals and members of one of the six crystal families. Viewers of a fascinating short video learn about the molecular structure of crystals that cause...
TED-Ed
How Light Technology Is Changing Medicine
Medicine has gone high tech. But how do the new, less invasive diagnostic tools work? An engaging short video sheds light on how integrated photonics is revolutionizing the medical sensor industry.
Crash Course
Silicon, Semiconductors, and Solar Cells: Crash Course Engineering #22
Not a conductor, not an insulator, just a semiconductor. An engineering video focuses on silicon and semiconductors. It first describes N-type and P-type semiconductors, and then shows how they work together in diodes, transistors, and...
PBS
Solar Power
One day's worth of sunlight can supply everyone on Earth with electricity for a year! Why, then, do we find ourselves in an energy crisis? Shine a light on solar energy with a short lesson and video. As part of a larger energy unit from...
Veritasium
How to Make a Quantum Bit
Classic computers use binary bits, which are either a 0 or a 1, while quantum computers use qubits, which are both a 0 and a 1 simultaneously. Teach your class how a qubit is made and how it is controlled using an informative video as...
Periodic Videos
Silicon
Some of the earliest tools, sharp flints, were made from silicon—the same material that today makes semiconductors! The brief video describes the abundance of silicon, the properties, and the many applications. The video is the 14th in a...
Veritasium
How Does a Transistor Work?
Tiny transistors have a big job to do in all of our electronic devices ... so, how do they work? Discover the chemistry and physics behind semiconductive elements such as silicon through an intriguing video from Veritasium's playlist....
University of Nottingham
Periodic Table of Videos: The $8,539 Book and Silicon 29
Why would a text on silicon-29 cost over $8,000? Debbie Kays, a lecturer in inorganic chemistry at the University of Nottingham, tackles this question, first explaining why silicon-29 is so important and then offering reasons why the...
University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham: Periodic Table of Videos: Silicon
A look at silicon and its properties that allow it to be used in electronic components, sand, processing chips in computers, and car accelerators. [3:37]
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Experiment Videos: Solar Energy Panels
Learn why photons, electric fields, silicon, and electrons are important when it comes to generating electricity from sunlight in solar panels. [1:15]
Crash Course
Crash Course Chemistry #35: Silicon the Internet's Favorite Element
Learn about Silicon Valley's namesake and how network solids are at the heart of it all. Also find out about solid-state semiconductors, N-Type and P-Type semiconductors, diodes, transistors, computer chips, and binary code, all in the...
Minute Earth
Minute Earth: Why Is All Sand the Same?
Sand, no matter how you use it, is pretty much the same just about anywhere you go. But why does sand almost always look the same? Much of the world's sand is made up of the same materials--tiny crystals of mineral quartz, which is made...