Physics Girl
Can you solve the boat puzzle?
You throw a rock in water from your boat. Can you figure out what happens to the water level?
Professor Dave Explains
Fluids, Buoyancy, and Archimedes' Principle
Archimedes is not just the owl from the Sword in the Stone. Although that's a sweet movie if you haven't seen it. He was also an old Greek dude who figured out a bunch of physics way before other people did. Some of this was discovered...
Mazz Media
Density
This live-action video program is about the word Density. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Density through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Visual Learning Systems
Finding Density: Will the Wood Float?
In this video, we learn how to determine if a block of wood will float without placing it in water. This demonstrates the relationship between density and whether an object will sink or float. Metric Mass and Volume part 7/10
Science Buddies
Make a Toy Sailboat
It's time to set sail! Even if you live nowhere near a lake or ocean, you will get to do some sailing in this science activity as you build your own toy sailboat. But first, you have to make sure your boat doesn't capsize! Are you up for...
Visual Learning Systems
Forces in Fluids: Buoyancy and Density
Upon viewing the Forces in Fluids video series, students will be able to do the following: Define fluids as substances that can easily flow and readily change shape. Explain that fluids flow because particles can easily move past each...
Bloomberg
Metallurgical Coal Demand to Outstrip Supply: Coronado Global Resources
Douglas Thompson, incoming Chief Executive Officer of Brisbane-based Coronado Global Resources Inc., discusses the demand outlook for metallurgical coal. Coronado is bidding for two of BHP Group Ltd.'s Australian metallurgical coal...
Bloomberg
Greenspan Sees Signs of Stagflation, Threats to U.S. Economy
Nov.14 -- Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan tells David Rubenstein that rising deficits and debt are already showing signs of eroding U.S. growth and that he sees indications of stagflation -- a stagnant economy saddled with...
Curated Video
a British environmentalist is building a boat made almost entirely from plastic bottles and plans on sailing it from California to Australia to promote recycling
HEADLINE: Plastic Bottle Boat Set to Sail Pacific
CAPTION: You've heard of a ship in a bottle. How about a ship made of plastic bottles? AP's Haven Daley reports, a British environmentalist plans to sail a boat made from plastic bottles...
Bloomberg
Credit Suisse Boosts Bonus Pool by $3.1 Billion
Mar.24 -- Credit Suisse is taking a different path than its peers by boosting the firm's bonus pool by six percent to $3.1 billion in an effort to hold on to talent. Bloomberg Gadfly columnist Lionel Laurent reports on "Bloomberg...
Curated Video
Training Film For The Office Of Strategic Services
Story 1, submersible raft, ca.1942-1945, 226oss c6611, b/w, sound
TED-Ed
The Real Story Behind Archimedes' Eureka!
Can a boat the size of a palace possibly float? Discover how a king and a famous Ancient Greek mathematician named Archimedes answered this question, and explore the history behind Archimedes' principle and how a law of physics...
Curated OER
Sinking Soda Surprise
I'm sure you've heard that there are something like 20 tablespoons of sugar in a can of regular soda. It seems unbelievable, doesn't it? This demonstration really does show how much sugar is present in a can of soda. First, Spangler...
Steve Spangler Science
Sinking Soda Surprise - Cool Science Experiment
I'm sure you've heard that there are something like 20 tablespoons of sugar in a can of regular soda. It seems unbelievable, doesn't it? This demonstration really does show how much sugar is present in a can of soda. First, Spangler...
Curated OER
Natalie Morales: Float
Natalie Morales performs a simple experiment to show what the word float means by placing a pumpkin in water. This video could be used as an introduction to a science experiment on buoyancy. It would be fun to have your class experiment...
DiscoverE
Everyday Engineering: Foil Boats
Keep one's dream of becoming an engineer afloat. Learners apply the engineering design process to build a boat out of aluminum foil. They start with a square boat, then consider whether boats of different shapes would be able to hold...
Crash Course
To the Moon and Mars - Aerospace Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #34
Did you know that space flight has its own field of engineering? The 34th video in the Crash Course Engineering series looks at aerospace engineering and its two branches, aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. It...
Physics Girl
Can You Solve the Boat Puzzle?
Sometimes in physics, the logic is a little illogical. A video presentation shows how to use extreme cases to apply logic to physics stumpers. The examples pertain to displacement situations, but scholars can apply the concept to all...
Be Smart
The Cheerios Effect
Why does cereal clump together in milk? Scientists answered this question in 2005 with the help of physics and math. A video explains the relationship between buoyancy, surface tension, and the meniscus. It teaches how to attract or...
Veritasium
Buoyancy Quiz
Need to demonstrate buoyancy to your class? Rise to the occasion with a video from Veritasium! The narrator demonstrates how a golf ball behaves in dish detergent and saltwater, then adds the detergent to the saltwater for a surprising...
TED-Ed
Are Ghost Ships Real?
Ghost ships are real and are used to map ocean currents. Aye, thar be much to learn for landlubbers, sprogs, and buccaneers as well in a short video that offers scientific explanations for the amazing phenomenon of ghost ships.
Bozeman Science
Properties of Matter
The properties of matter including buoyancy, viscosity, density, pressure, and more are explained in a video that also describes the various principles and laws that are associated with each property.
Be Smart
Why Do Clouds Stay Up?
Young scientists will never look at clouds the same way again after watching this video from PBS Digital Studios. Viewers learn about the different types of clouds and their formation. The video will make your classes want to lie on...