Instructional Video28:03
SciShow

Early Galaxies Ran on Empty Gas Tanks

12th - Higher Ed
Many galaxies formed fast after the Big Bang, but about half of them suddenly stopped making new stars and it looks like this is literally because they ran out of gas. And with new instruments and techniques, we are now finding lost...
Instructional Video28:03
SciShow

Everything You Need to Know About Living on Mars

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists are constantly researching different ways people could potentially live on Mars. Start making your future Martian travel plans with this collection of videos about the unique challenges of putting humans on Mars.
Instructional Video5:37
SciShow

3 Mars Mysteries We Really Should Have Solved By Now

12th - Higher Ed
We've learned a lot about Mars over the years, but we keep uncovering new mysteries - important, fundamental aspects of The Red Planet that we just can't explain. Here are three of them.
Instructional Video5:05
SciShow

Could We Give Mars a Magnetic Field?

12th - Higher Ed
One way to help us live on Mars would be to terraform the planet. Some scientists think we might be able to do that by giving it a new magnetic field!
Instructional Video17:14
TED Talks

TED: Your kids might live on Mars. Here's how they'll survive | Stephen Petranek

12th - Higher Ed
It sounds like science fiction, but journalist Stephen Petranek considers it fact: within 20 years, humans will live on Mars. In this provocative talk, Petranek makes the case that humans will become a spacefaring species and describes...
Instructional Video3:48
Bozeman Science

Molecular Solids

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen describes the structure and explains the properties of molecular solids. High intramolecular forces hold electrons and reduce conductivity, whereas low intermolecular forces decrease the melting point....
Instructional Video12:12
TED Talks

Nathan Wolfe: The jungle search for viruses

12th - Higher Ed
Virus hunter Nathan Wolfe is outwitting the next pandemic by staying two steps ahead: discovering deadly new viruses where they first emerge -- passing from animals to humans among poor subsistence hunters in Africa -- before they claim...
Instructional Video5:56
Curated Video

Dry Ice and Magnesium

6th - 12th
We use magnesium and blocks of dry ice to show how a redox reaction occurs. A cavity in a block of dry ice is filled with coils of magnesium ribbon, which are set alight. A second block is then placed on top, but instead of this putting...
Instructional Video4:30
Curated Video

Fire Extinguisher Sublimation

6th - 12th
We release carbon dioxide from a fire extinguisher against a dark cloth to see what happens. The expanding gas cools as it leaves the extinguisher, forming a visible dry ice solid on the cloth. As it warms, the carbon dioxide vanishes...
Instructional Video4:04
Science ABC

What Happens If You 'Deep Fry' Ice?

Pre-K - Higher Ed
The ice, upon coming in contact with boiling oil, quickly melts and changes to steam. The large volume of steam that is formed will then rise, carrying some of the oil along with it as smaller droplets, which burst in the air… and voila!...
Instructional Video1:26
Curated Video

Floating Dry Ice Experiment

Pre-K - 8th
What happens when dry ice is added to a shallow amount of water? In this experiment, you can test this out for yourself. Using water and dry ice, watch the reactions of the different elements. Does the ice move? What does the water look...
Instructional Video
Curated Video

5 Dry Ice Experiments

Pre-K - 8th
If you’re looking for some science activities that will blow your mind, then look no further. Here are some super fun and cool experiments using dry ice, that will certainly have your friends' mouths hanging open with surprise. Dry ice...
Instructional Video2:44
Curated Video

Sublimation

3rd - Higher Ed
Sublimation explores states of matter by explaining and providing examples of the process of sublimation.
Instructional Video4:13
The Backyard Scientist

Pouring Liquid Nitrogen in a Pool - (I set my pool on fire!!)

K - 5th
I pour Liquid Nitrogen, Diethyl Ether, and Dry Ice into my pool! Can liquid nitrogen put out a fire? what about dry ice? Diethyl ether is one of the most flammable solvents around!
Instructional Video5:38
The Backyard Scientist

Molten Aluminum vs Liquid Nitrogen (& Dry Ice!)

K - 5th
Pouring molten aluminum into liquid nitrogen and dry ice are my most requested videos, so today you finally get to see what happens!
Instructional Video3:21
The Backyard Scientist

3D Pen - Plastic to metal, Girlfriend spider prank, Dry ice air-hockey. #3D Simo Mini

K - 5th
I've always wanted to play with a 3D pen, they look pretty fun. Ive figured out some practical uses, like turning plastic into metal, and 'welding' broken plastic together. It's easy to turn any 3D drawn or 3D printed plastic object into...
Instructional Video13:15
msvgo

Compounds of Carbon Family and Anomalous Behaviour of Carbon

K - 12th
It describes the properties and uses of compounds of carbon It also explains the properties and uses of silicon compounds.
Instructional Video8:49
Physics Girl

Solving crimes with INFRARED?

9th - 12th
How can you use an infrared camera to see through walls? To inspect the scene of a crime? To catch a thief in hiding?! This cool device attaches to your smartphone and has an infrared/visible light camera combo that allows you to see the...
Instructional Video2:11
The Backyard Scientist

Underwater Explosions - Slow Motion Dry Ice Bomb.

K - 5th
Underwater explosions using Dry Ice, and Liquid Nitrogen, and captured in high definition slow motion. Hey guys, Backyard Scientist here. I this video I throw water bottles filled with dry ice, and liquid nitrogen into my pool. This is...
Instructional Video2:53
The Backyard Scientist

Molten Aluminum Vs. Oobleck (Non-Newtonian Fluid)

K - 5th
The first Molten Aluminum video in a long time! After last weeks Oobleck video, many of you suggested for me to pour molten aluminum into Oobleck. It sounded like a fun experiment so I gave it a go!
Instructional Video0:58
Visual Learning Systems

The Changing Phases of Matter: Solid to Gas Phase Change

9th - 12th
Upon viewing the The Changing Phases of Matter video series, students will be able to do the following: Explain that phases of matter, also called states of matter, are the physical forms matter can take. State the four phases of matter:...
Instructional Video3:00
Curated Video

What Is Dry Ice?

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Dry ice is the solid form of carbon dioxide that, through a process called sublimation, transforms from a gas directly into a solid. Due to its extremely low temperatures, dry ice is an important tool in food preservation, the creation...
Podcast55:54
NASA

‎Houston We Have a Podcast: Welcome to Mars

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Paul Niles, planetary geologist and analytical geochemist, describes the Mars environment, terrain, weather, atmosphere, and more that humans will face while living on the Red Planet on this ninth episode of our Mars Monthly series....
Instructional Video1:28
NASA

Mars Gravity Map

3rd - 11th
A new map of Mars' gravity made with three NASA spacecraft is the most detailed to date, providing a revealing glimpse into the hidden interior of the Red Planet. Satellites always orbit a planet’s center of mass, but can be pulled...