Visual Learning Systems
Solids, Liquids, and Gases: Phase Changes
What are the differences between solids, liquids, and gases? In this program students will investigate real-life examples of the various phases of matter. Colorful animations illustrate how these states differ in the movement of...
Mazz Media
Freezing
This live-action video program is about the word freezing. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word freezing through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Professor Dave Explains
Practice Problem: Enthalpy of Vaporization
Can we do stoichiometry regarding phase changes? Sure! If we know how many moles of a substance we have, and the energy associated with each mole of that substance undergoing a particular phase change, we can get the energy associated...
Mazz Media
What is Freezing? (Simple English)
This live-action video program is about the word freezing. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word freezing through the use of video footage, photographs, diagrams, and...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Solids, Liquids, Gases
Your physical science class learns that there are three states of matter, and that adding or removing heat can cause it to change from one state to another. By the animations, printed information, and discussion between RJ and Zoe, they...
Education Development Center
What's Cooking? Water
What a fresh approach to learning about water! Chef Jamika Pessoa explains the chemical composition of this vital compound, what happens when heat is added or removed, and how much water is contained in different organs and...
PBS
Phase Changes | Phases of Matter | UNC-TV Science
Take an energetic ride through the phase changes of a water molecule in a compact activity. Young scientists learn about the phases of matter and discover the role of thermal energy in governing phase changes while watching a short...
PBS
The 3 Phases | Phases of Matter | UNC-TV Science
Explore the states of matter without the mess or expensive equipment in a compact, informative activity. Scientists watch as the narrator explains the three states of matter using a glass of ice and soda in an animated video that...
Smithsonian Institution
Make It Rain!
Consistent analysis of teaching and learning is important to growth in the profession. A video lesson—paired with a discussion guide—encourages teachers to consider their strategies for teaching phase changes and the water cycle. The...
American Chemical Society
How Air Conditioning Works
In mid-July, most are thankful for the chemistry of air conditioning. Learn how those chemical processes create the cool air that makes those hot summer months more manageable! A lesson installment describes how an air conditioner uses...
JFR Science
Kc vs Qc: An Introduction to Equilibrium
Why are some reactions sort of like watching a tennis match? Introduce junior chemists to the basics of equilibrium using a video from JFR Science. Topics include why and how reactions shift from products back to reactants, factors that...
Domain of Science
The Map of Chemistry
Many people study for years to understand even a subsection of chemistry, yet an informative video attempts to cover all of chemistry in 12 minutes. It starts with atoms and elements and moves through bonding, reactions, energy, and...
Crash Course
The Physics of Heat: Crash Course Physics #22
Compare and contrast the physics of heat flow with a well-designed video lesson. The 22nd installment of the Crash Course series is an overview of the physics of heat. After beginning with a discussion of thermal energy and heat, the...
Crash Course
Kinetic Theory and Phase Changes: Crash Course Physics #21
Things get heated in a physics video on Kinetic Theory! The 21st lesson in a Crash Course playlist explains Kinetic Theory in relation to phase change. As the heat in a system changes, the motion of the particles also changes. The...
Teacher's Pet
Liquids and Solids
What makes something a solid, liquid, or gas? Expand your class' understanding of the states of matter using an animated video. Young scientists explore the behavior of each of the states of matter in terms of temperature change,...
Veritasium
Why Is Ice Slippery?
Explore the science behind slippery ice. Ice is most slippery when it begins to melt, but even when temperatures are below freezing, ice becomes slippery when you walk on it. The video lesson explains how adding pressure to a solid...
Veritasium
Supercooled Water - Explained!
Create instant ice by applying a little chemistry. Learners watch as the video instructor explains how water changes from liquid to solid state. Applying these principles, he then shows how it is possible for liquid water to change to...
Veritasium
Ice Cutting Experiment - Introduction
Race copper and fishing line through a block of ice. After establishing the effect of pressure on melting points, the instructor experiments with two different substances. Ultimately, the better conductor melts the ice faster.
Crash Course
A Brief History of the Universe
No one was actually there to see the birth of the universe, but years of collaboration between physicists and mathematicians allow us to glimpse all but a fraction of a second of it. A narrated journey shows the phase changes...
American Chemical Society
Temperature and Energy
Many scholars know weight is actually a measure of gravity, so what is temperature? The video explains that temperature is a measure of kinetic energy. It connects the concept of how water evaporates when heated with how water evaporates...
Fuse School
Water Cycle
Go with the flow! The first video of a seven-part series about the Earth's water resources introduces learners to the water cycle. With an emphasis on cause and effect, it presents the information simply through animation. And, with the...
SciShow
The 2016 Nobel Prizes: Chemistry and Physics!
Tiny discoveries won big at the 2016 Nobel prize ceremony, recognizing chemists who developed new machines out of molecules and pushed the limits of nanotechnology. Individuals see how physicists created new materials through topology...
Steve Spangler Science
Homemade Ice Cream - Sick Science! #041
Here is the recipe for making ice cream in a couple of zip-top plastic bags. It is a fun way to demonstrate phase changes, especially when the weather is hot! Use this in your elementary science curriculum when introducing the states of...
Steve Spangler Science
Play and Freeze - Having Fun Making Ice Cream
Steve Spangler has created a toy that relies on science to make ice cream! He uses a ball with two cylinders inserted. One contains rock salt and water, while the other contains the ice cream ingredients. Once sealed, a family kicks the...