SciShow
3 Ways Pi Can Explain Practically Everything
What’s irrational and never ends? Pi! Hank explains how we need pi to explain some of the most basic but most important principles of the universe, in honor of Pi Day.
Bozeman Science
AP Biology Lab 8: Population Genetics and Evolution
Mr. Andersen explains Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and describes the bead lab.
Bozeman Science
Light and Matter
In this video Paul Andersen explains why light is important in probing matter. Light travels in photons and the energy of individual photons is determined by Planck's equation. Infrared spectroscopy is useful in detecting the vibrations...
3Blue1Brown
Divergence and curl: The language of Maxwell's equations, fluid flow, and more
Intuitions for divergence and curl, and where they come up in physics.
SciShow
The Quantum Theory that Connects the Entire Universe
Quantum mechanics is weird and seems a bit...complicated. But understanding it can help us to understand the universe.
Crash Course
DC Resistors & Batteries: Crash Course Physics
Batteries power much of your daily life, so today we're going to talk about how they work. We're also explaining how terminal voltage results from the natural internal resistance of every real battery. We'll get into both series and...
Bozeman Science
Molecular, Ionic, and Net Ionic Equations
In this video Paul Andersen shows you how to write balanced equations that describe chemical changes. He then gives you a short introduction to balancing equations and uses the PHET site to practice this skill. In aqueous solutions an...
MinutePhysics
Theory of Everything (intro)
A brief intro to the current theory of (almost) everything - the Standard Model of particle physics. It's like cake, only universal.
Bozeman Science
Chi-squared Test
Paul Andersen shows you how to calculate the ch-squared value to test your null hypothesis. He explains the importance of the critical value and defines the degrees of freedom. He also leaves you with a problem related to the animal...
Bozeman Science
The Reaction Path
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the reaction path can be described in an energy profile. Enough energy must be added to reach the activation energy required and stress the bonds. Eventually the bonds break and new bonds are...
Bozeman Science
Average Value of the Electric Field
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the average value of the electric field can be determined by dividing the potential difference by the displacement. Equipotential lines can be used to determine the potential in an electric field...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: A trip through space to calculate distance - Heather Tunnell
Imagine two aliens racing across outer space to their moon. Who can we deem the fastest alien? With DIRT -- or the equation Distance = Rate x Time -- we can calculate their rates, using the distance they traveled and the time they took....
Bozeman Science
Logistic Growth
Paul Andersen explains how populations eventually reach a carrying capacity in logistic growth. He begins with a brief discussion of population size ( N ), growth rate ( r ) and exponential growth. He then explains how density dependent...
SciShow
How Quantum Mechanics Saved Physics From Ovens
You might think that quantum physics was discovered because of some super complicated electron behavior or something, but it was actually invented to explain ovens.
Bozeman Science
Energy-Mass Equivalence
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the law of conservation of energy applies to both energy and mass. Einstein showed that mass and energy are equivalent and that the amount of energy contained within matter can be calculated...
Crash Course
How Not to Set Your Pizza on Fire: Crash Course Engineering #15
Today we’re going to explain how exchangers...exchange heat. We’ll look at concentric tubes, finned tubes, plate heat exchangers, and shell-and-tube heat exchangers. And we’ll look at some equations to help us sort through heat transfer...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How to think about gravity - Jon Bergmann
Did you know that when you fall down, the earth falls up to meet you? Explore the counterintuitive equation that describes gravity.
Crash Course
Enthalpy: Crash Course Chemistry
Energy is like the bestest best friend ever and yet, most of the time we take it for granted. Hank feels bad for our friend and wants us to learn more about it so that we can understand what it's trying to tell us - like that any bond...
SciShow
Quantum Tunneling Takes a Surprisingly Long Time
Quantum tunneling happens when a particle seemingly teleports across a barrier. But despite how instantaneous this event sounds, recent research suggests that it doesn’t happen nearly as fast as you might think.
SciShow
Why Was the Islamic Golden Age of Science… Golden?
Around 750-1250 CE, the Islamic empire made incredible scientific advancements that still influence many fields of research today. What we know about some of the great minds of that time, as well as what we’ve learned from modern...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The math behind Michael Jordan's legendary hang time - Andy Peterson and Zack Patterson
Michael Jordan's legendary slam dunk from the free throw line has been calculated at 0.92 seconds of pure hang time. But how many seconds could Jordan have gotten were he doing the same jump on Mars? Or Jupiter? Andy Peterson and Zack...
Curated Video
Quantum Mechanics - Part 1: Crash Course Physics
What is light? That is something that has plagued scientists for centuries. It behaves light a wave... and a particle... what? Is it both? In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini introduces to the idea of Quantum Mechanics and how...
Crash Course
Stoichiometry: Chemistry for Massive Creatures - Crash Course Chemistry
Chemists need stoichiometry to make the scale of chemistry more understandable - Hank is here to explain why, and to teach us how to use it. Table of Contents Atomic Mass Units 2:24 Moles 5:12 Molar Mass 5:59 Equation Balancing 8:45...