Instructional Video2:17
MinutePhysics

Do We Expand With the Universe?

7th - 12th
The cat's out of the bag (or off the leash, in this case) regarding the expansion of the universe. In this intriguing episode, the narrator explains that space is expanding, not the objects within it. He also tells how expansion...
Instructional Video1:26
MinutePhysics

Minute Physics: What Is Gravity?

7th - 12th
Gravity is thoroughly defined in this short, but weighty, featurette. The relationship of mass to force is incorporated, and the idea that gravity can also attract energy is introduced. In a flipped classroom situation, have learners...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Gravitation: Would a Brick or Feather Fall Faster?

9th - 10th
Learn about whether a feather or a brick would fall faster on the moon in this video lecture. Understand how air resistance affects how objects fall to Earth. [10:34]
Instructional Video
NASA

Nasa: The Role of Microgravity in Scientific Research

9th - 10th
View this video and discover the four main ways that particles, atoms, and molecules move in liquid. This video segment demonstrates what sedimentation, buoyancy-driven convection, diffusion, and capillarity are and how gravity impacts...
Instructional Video
NASA

Nasa: What Is Microgravity?

9th - 10th
Watch this video and learn what microgravity is and how space shuttles experience continuous fall. Learn how to recreate microgravity here on Earth. [2:20]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Cepheid Variables: Why Gravity Gets So Strong Near Dense Objects

9th - 10th
Find out why gravity gets so strong near dense objects. [8:13]
Instructional Video
NASA

Nasa: Simulating the Low Gravity Conditions of Space in the Lab

9th - 10th
This video segment shows different equipment used to study microgravity. This video demonstrates equipment such as drop tower, research aircraft, and a rocket. [0:44]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: What Is the Solar System?

6th - 8th
The solar system can be intimidating to study due to its vast size. This video is helpful in understanding patterns of the universe. Detailed background information on the formation of the solar system is included, as well as teaching...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Gravitation (Part 2)

9th - 10th
This is part 2 of Sal Khan's introduction to Newton's Law of Gravitation. [8:16]
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Strange Physics: Dark Flow, Fine Structure Constant

9th - 10th
We'll talk about the mind-boggling idea that stuff we can't see within our visible universe could be causing gravitational effects on visible matter.