Neuro Transmissions
What Is Sound?
Have you ever wondered about what sound is? How do we hear it? Why is it important? Wonder no more. With Alie Astrocyte as your guide, we go through the physics of sound, how our brain hears it, and why it's important for navigating the...
Curated Video
The Science of Iridescence
This video explores the concept of iridescence, where seemingly colorless or differently colored surfaces change their color when viewed from different angles. It explains how iridescence occurs through mechanisms like thin film and...
Curated Video
Pandemic Lockdown of 1918
The Spanish Flu was one of the deadliest pandemics the world has ever seen – so how was one sleepy Colorado town able to escape unscathed?
Wonderscape
Science Kids: Eyes and Ears
This video is a detailed explanation of how our eyes and ears work, focusing on the process of vision and hearing. It discusses the different parts of the eye and their functions, such as the cornea, iris, lens, and retina. It also...
Curated Video
Reflection and Ray Diagrams
This is a lecture video that explains how ray diagrams can be used to describe the reflection of a wave from a surface. The video begins by demonstrating how to draw an incident ray and a normal on a surface, and how to use the law of...
Curated Video
Introduction to Radio Waves and Communication
This is a lecture video on radio waves where the instructor explains how radio waves are produced and used to communicate around the world. The video covers the electromagnetic spectrum and explains that radio waves are a classification...
Curated Video
Reflection and Refraction Experiments
This is a lecture presentation on the topic of reflection and refraction experiments. The presenter explains the key terms involved in the experiment and demonstrates how the changing angle of incidence affects the angles of reflection...
Physics Girl
Why RED BUBBLES are impossible… or are they?!
Take a look at a bubble and you’ll see all the colors of the rainbow... right? WRONG. Bubbles are actually missing colors!
Curated Video
Microwaves: Cooking Food with Radio Waves
Microwave ovens use radio waves to quickly and efficiently cook food by agitating water molecules and generating heat at the atomic level. The waves can pass through certain materials such as plastic, glass, and ceramic, making heating...
Visual Learning Systems
What Is Sound?: How Does Sound Travel?
Upon viewing the What is Sound video series, students will be able to do the following: Understand that sound is produced when matter vibrates. Explain that sound energy can travel through air, liquids, and solids, which are generally...
Professor Dave Explains
What is Light? Maxwell and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
Up until a couple centuries ago, we had no idea what light is. It seems like magic, no? But there is no magic in this world, really. Just stuff we don't understand. So let's understand light a little better right now!
Mazz Media
Erosión
Este programa de video de acción en vivo es sobre la palabra erosión. El programa está diseñado para reforzar y apoyar la comprensión y retención del estudiante de la palabra mediante el uso de secuencias de video, fotografías, diagramas...
Flipping Physics
Wave Speed Equation Derivation and Demonstration
The equation for the speed of a wave is derived. The fact that amplitude, frequency, and wavelength do not affect wave speed is demonstrated. Two different solutions for wave speed are demonstrated.
Curated Video
Renewable Energy Resources: Advantages and Disadvantages
In this video, the speaker discusses different types of renewable energy resources including hydroelectric energy, wind power, solar energy, biofuels, tidal power, water waves, and geothermal power. The speaker explains the advantages...
Professor Dave Explains
Wave-Particle Duality and the Photoelectric Effect
Look, up in the sky, it's a particle! It's a wave! Actually it's both. It's light! How do we know about this stuff? Well, because of Einstein for one. He did more than E = mc^2, you know. But don't stare at the sun to see for yourself,...
Visual Learning Systems
Sound: Pitch and Frequency
When you hear the roar of traffic, the bark of a dog, or your teacher's voice, you are experiencing sound. This program uses colorful animations to explore important characteristics of sound, including intensity, loudness, pitch, and...
Professor Dave Explains
Standing Waves and Harmonics
Not all waves travel across the ocean or across the universe. Some are stuck in a certain spot! Like the vibrations of the strings on a guitar. What's the deal with these standing waves? And what's this, quantization? Oh my! We'd better...
Higgsino Physics
Why Does Light Bend in Glass? - Refraction and Mirages Visualized with Huygens Principle
Why does light bend when it enters glass and how do mirages happen? Using the Huygens principle, to show why refraction will make the light bend. Also showing why Inferior mirage happens.
All this with the Huygens principle.
Professor Dave Explains
Interference, Reflection, and Diffraction
Light and sound waves do all kinds of cool stuff, because they can be in the same place at the same time, unlike matter. This creates patterns that are important to understand! Let's take a look.
Curated Video
How Radios Transmit and Receive Sound
Learn how a radio works, from transmitting electrical energy through radio waves to converting them back into audio for the user to listen to. Understand how signals are encoded and decoded using modulation techniques, as well as the...
Science360
Electromagnetic Radiation - Chalk Talk
Check out the range of possibilities the electromagnetic spectrum gives science. This animated series of short videos acts as a video glossary to define specific scientific terms or concepts in a fun, easy to understand way. In each...
Curated Video
Understanding the Powerful Waves of Tsunamis
Learn about the causes of tsunamis, their characteristics, and the destruction they can cause. Tsunamis are a form of natural disaster where a huge wave or waves form. Understand the importance of preparing for these powerful storms, as...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Wave Interference
Overview of interference using the example of sound waves.