SciShow
Microscope The Tube That Changed the World
Humans have long known that glass bends light. However, it took us awhile to figure out that stacking lenses in a tube would open up a whole new world to science, finally allowing us a peek at the microscopic.
Curated Video
Magnify
To make an object or image appear larger than its actual size. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films reinforce...
Curated Video
Compound microscope
An optical microscope which uses two sets of lenses, called the objective and the eyepiece, to gather and magnify light. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise...
Curated Video
The History of the Microscope
A brief history of how the microscope has transformed from simple magnifying glasses to the powerful instruments of today. Biology - Cells And DNA - Learning Points. The Romans produced the first magnifying glasses in the 1st century AD....
Curated Video
Telescope
An optical device that uses lenses or mirrors to magnify and observe distant objects. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science...
Apalapse
How to Focus on the Stars at Night for Milky Way Photography
How to Focus on the Stars at Night for Milky Way Photography
Mazz Media
Using Convex Lenses to Magnify
Using animation and real world examples, this video explores the change in kinetic energy of particles with heating and cooling that produces expansion and contraction and change in density in matter. Students will observe and come to...
Visual Learning Systems
Light: Mirrors and Lenses
Upon viewing the Light video series, students will be able to do the following: List some of the reasons light is important to all living things. Understand that light is a type of energy. Describe how light behaves both as a wave and as...
Curated Video
Trump calls for focus on hiring former prisoners
US President Donald Trump said on Monday he wanted to follow up on criminal justice reform with efforts that help federal inmates find jobs after they leave prison.
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Trump calls for new focus on hiring fmr prisoners
President Donald Trump says he wants to follow up on criminal justice reform with efforts that help federal inmates find jobs after they leave prison.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Parts of the Microscope
A narrated tutorial illustrating the use of a light microscope. [5:48]