SciShow
Is Premium Gasoline Really Better for Your Car?
Are you slowly killing your car by using below average gas? Olivia talks about octane ratings and how your vehicle is designed to handle them. Hosted by: Olivia Gordon
SciShow
One Way to Deal With CO2? Reuse It
Is there any better way to create new energy than to make it out of consumed energy sources?
SciShow
Electric Airplanes for the Future!
Hank tells us the outcome of the 2011 Green Flight Challenge and tells us why electric airplanes are the future of air travel.
SciShow
Facts About Fracking
Hank gives us a summary of the important facts about fracking: what it is, why we do it, and how it actually isn't all butterflies and cupcakes.
SciShow
Dmitri Mendeleev: Great Minds
Hank introduces us to the man behind the periodic table - the brilliant Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev.
SciShow
What Do 'Natural' and 'Artificial' Flavors Really Mean?
What does it actually mean when your snack cake has "naturally flavored" on the package?
SciShow
Hydrogen: The Savior of the Shipping Industry
Huge container ships relying on fossil fuels transport all kinds of goods across the ocean, creating a huge climate change impact. But there's a better way to power this transport using, of all things, water.
SciShow
The How, Why, and How Much of Oil
Everyone does it -- using oil, that is. But how much do we have left? How do scientists find it? And where are they looking for it now that the easiest pickings have been taken? Hank has the answers to the how, why and how much of oil....
SciShow
Are Plastic Dinosaurs Made from Real Dinosaurs?!
You've probably heard this one before: Plastic is made from oil, and oil is made from dinosaurs, so a plastic dinosaur is made out of real dinosaur. It sounds pretty profound... but it's not that simple.
Bozeman Science
Fossil Fuels
In this video Paul Andersen explains how fossil fuels are formed when organic material is heating and squeezed in an anaerobic environment. Formation, extraction, advantages, and disadvantages are discussed for coal, petroleum and...
Curated Video
Fractional Distillation - Oil Separation
Learn about fractional distillation and how it is used to separate crude oil. Material processes - Separating mixtures - Other means of separation Learning Points Distillation separates liquids using their different boiling points. The...
Curated Video
Let's Go There! The Permian Basin and the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum
Travel to the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum and learn the history of the most productive oil field in American history.
Curated Video
Let's Go There! Spindletop and the Texas Oil Boom
Travel to Spindletop to learn about the Texas oil boom.
Curated Video
Types of Natural Resources
Dr. Forrester teaches about renewable and nonrenewable natural resources.
Curated Video
Northeast Resources
Dr. Forrester explores the diverse natural resources of the Northeastern region of the United States of America.
Curated Video
Naturally Resourceful
Dr. Forrester explains that plants, animals, water, and fossil fuels are natural resources. She explains how regional and natural sources of energy influence what people use. She shows how to recognize that nonrenewable resources such as...
Curated Video
Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources identifies the various types of natural resources available for human use by defining the terms renewable resource and nonrenewable resource and providing examples of each.
TMW Media
Creating Greener Cars: Learn about other types of fuel
Are hybrid cars popular? What is a way for a car to generate electricity? What can cities do about pollution?
Creating Greener Cars, Part 4
Professor Dave Explains
Synthetic Biology and Materials Science Part 2: Nature-Made Plastics
In the previous tutorial we outlined the basics regarding synthetic biology as applied to materials science. We can engineer microorganisms that will produce virtually any compound we want, via a series of reactions that are catalyzed by...
Ancient Lights Media
China: Eastern Plains
Video Atlas of Asia: This clip examines the geography of China's northeastern region.
Learning Mole
Cring Oceans
This animated science video lesson is all about pollution and crying oceans. Students will love this engaging and interactive video as they learn more about and study oceans.
msvgo
Management of Fossil Fuels
It explains the need for management of fossil fuel and talks about various practices that can help in the management of fossil fuels.
Learning Mole
Crying Oceans
A series aimed at Primary School students learning all about the Ocean and its inhabitants in their science classes. This video in particular will take students through the damage that is happening to the oceans every day, and how they...