Curated Video
Period and Frequency of Waves
The video explains two important features of a wave: the frequency and the time period. It uses a visual representation of a transverse wave and a longitudinal wave to show the peaks, troughs, amplitude, and wavelength of a wave. The...
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding Seismology
The video explains the three main types of seismic waves that are produced when rocks move and crumble during an earthquake: primary waves, secondary waves, and surface waves. Volcanoes and Earthquakes part 10/13
Next Animation Studio
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe ‘touches’ the sun for the first time ever
For the first time ever, a spacecraft has touched the Sun, with NASA announcing its Parker Solar Probe has flown through the Sun’s upper atmosphere.
Curated Video
Total Internal Reflection and Its Applications
This video provides an explanation of the phenomenon of total internal reflection, which occurs when a wave travels from one material to another and is reflected back instead of refracting. The video also explains how to calculate the...
FuseSchool
Wave Motion
Wave Motion | Waves | Physics | FuseSchool All waves can transfer energy from one place to another without transferring any matter. This is done by a series of disturbances or vibrations that carry the energy. Just like the people in...
Curated Video
Transverse and Longitudinal Waves: Understanding the Differences
This video is a lecture about waves, specifically transverse and longitudinal waves. The speaker defines what a wave is and explains how it transfers energy without any matter being transferred. The video then delves into the differences...
Science360
Surviving a Tsunami - Vertical Evacuation - Science Nation
It's called a wavemaker, and it's a honkin' 300 feet long and 12 feet wide. With support from the National Science Foundation, this huge new tool, the largest of its type in the United States, is helping scientists perform large scale...
Next Animation Studio
Scientists have found anomalous structures around the Earth’s core
Geophysicists from the University of Maryland analyzed seismic waves around the world and found large unusual structures near the Earth’s core.
Flipping Physics
Determining the Speed of a Standing Wave - Demonstration
The relationship between wavelength and frequency is determined. The number of waves, wavelength, and wave speed at each standing wave frequency is determined. The wave speed is measured independent from the standing waves.
Curated Video
Learn English with BASHO & FRIENDS | Vacation at the beach
Learn English with this BASHO & FRIENDS' learning song for kids in preschool, kindergarten and beyond. Who doesn't love a good day at the beach!? This one covers fun things to do at the beach, ways to stay safe, but most of all how to...
Physics Girl
Only some humans can see this type of light
Polarized light is an unusual form of light. Can humans see when light is polarized?
Curated Video
Pitch and Loudness: Investigating Sound Waves on an Oscilloscope
This video explains how sound waves can be displayed on an oscilloscope and how the amplitude and frequency of the waveform relate to the loudness and pitch of the sound. The video uses examples of different sound waves and the...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Did You Know? Earthquake Waves
Learn more about the relationship between earthquakes and different types of seismic waves.
Curated Video
Introduction to Electromagnetic Waves and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
The video explains the basics of electromagnetic waves, including their definition as transverse waves that transfer energy from a source to an absorber. It discusses the seven general sections of the electromagnetic spectrum, going from...
Curated Video
Measuring and Comparing the Speed of Sound in Air and Other Materials
This video provides an introduction to the speed of sound in air and demonstrates several methods to measure or calculate it. It also presents equations to calculate the speed of sound based on the wavelength and frequency of a sound...
FuseSchool
Structure Of The Earth & Its Different Layers
Structure Of The Earth & Its Different Layers | Environmental Chemistry | Chemistry | FuseSchool Learn the basics about Structure of the Earth and the composition its different layers. How was the Earth created? What elements is it made...
Mazz Media
Sound Energy
This live-action video program is about the word Sound Energy. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Sound Energy through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...
Flipping Physics
What is Sound?
From a tuning fork, to a speaker in slow motion, this is a close look at what sound is. Both linear and spherical wave fronts are animated. The human audible range is demonstrated.
NASA
Sounds of the Sun
Data from ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has captured the dynamic movement of the Sun’s atmosphere for over 20 years. Today, we can hear the Sun’s movement — all of its waves, loops and...
Science360
Passport to Discovery - Surf's Up!
Today your Passport to Discovery takes you to Oregon State University at their Wave Research Laboratory. Come learn how this facility uses two different wave making pools to recreate natural disasters and learn how NSF supports this...
After Skool
Moon Speech - John F. Kennedy (Animated)
On September 12, 1962, John F. Kennedy gave one of the best speeches in recorded history. "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will...
Curated Video
Understanding Refraction and Ray Diagrams
The video is a lecture on refraction and ray diagrams. It explains how ray diagrams can be used to describe the refraction of waves at the boundary between two different media, such as air and glass. The video covers concepts such as the...
Curated Video
I WONDER - How Fast Can Tsunami Waves Travel?
This video is answering the question of how fast can tsunami waves travel.
Curated Video
Wave Behavior at Boundaries
The video discusses the different ways in which waves behave when they encounter a boundary between two materials. The behavior can either be reflection, absorption, or transmission or a combination of the three. The video also explains...