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With support from the National Science Foundation, this University of Michigan team has built a new laser-based instrument called a quantum...

A curious pre-school child asks questions to a big kid about how weather works. Every answer is enlightening yet leads to another question. The little child learns that wind is air that moves, that may be gentle or strong and even...

Two instruments that commonly go by "French Horn" and "English Horn" are lying to us. Today, we uncover the history behind their names, and why they are named the wrong thing.

The sounds of Saturn, or rather the radio and plasma waves that Cassini picked up in Saturn's orbit.

Concert Pitch is very important in music, but what is it? Today we examine topics like written vs sounding pitches, why orchestras tune to an oboe, and a brief history of the standard frequency of A.

Hey there! Looking for fun, awesome piano lessons for kids ages 6-10? Check out this video!

Play the popular four corners game with a music twist! In level two, students will see the name, instrument and hear the instrument to match with the family.

So why must every musician sing? Because every musician deserves to reach their full musical potential. This music performance lesson considers the broad benefits of singing for our mental, physical, and emotional health then goes on to...

Play the popular four corners game with a music twist! In level one, students will hear and see the family of instruments.

Play the popular four corners game with a music twist! In level four, students will ONLY hear the instrument to match with the family.

As large as 1,000 Earths, Jupiter is the heavy hitter of the solar system. Even its Great Red Spot is larger than Earth, yet it’s shrinking! In this episode of Gravity Assist, Planetary Science Director Jim Green talks with Jared Espley...

Today we will look at a chord progression, but we will look at it in two different ways. First, as an 18th century piano composition. Then, as a 1950s American dance music. The trick is that we will use the same chord progression for...

The National Ecological Observatory (NEON) is a large-facility project managed by NEON, Inc., and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). NEON is a continental-scale research platform for discovering and understanding...

Play the popular four corners game with a music twist! In level one, students will ONLY hear the family of instruments.

Mr. Fite and Mr. Henry teach all about the piano including the parts of the piano, the history of the piano and much more!

A look at how to write for the oboe in detail. During this orchestration video you will discover the range of the Oboe, the clef it uses, how it functions as a double reed non-transposing instrument, and how to write for it in such a way...

Of course he wasn't the absolute least interesting man in the world, but when compared with those artists who died young, or were never appreciated, or continually struggled with their inner demons, Franz Joseph Haydn certainly didn't...

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Transposing instruments are confusing and frustrating, and their very existence seems absurd. A few years ago, I made a video about how to deal with transposing instruments, but today we’re here to talk about why we have transposing...

Adhesion is a measure of how strongly two objects stick together, and depends on a number of things, such as temperature or how rough the surfaces are. At the NIST Combinatorial Methods Center, we have developed measurement tools that...

Biologist Leroy Hood, a 2011 National Medal of Science Laureate, is recognized as one of the world's leading scientists in molecular biotechnology and genomics. His development of the DNA sequencer, DNA synthesizer and other instruments...

Weather balloons are launched around the world, twice a day, at the same time to gather and share data about the atmosphere. The balloons carry an instrument called a radiosonde which collects information. The data helps to create better...

American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. This video examines the documents...

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