SciShow
How to Supersize a Telescope | Compilation
Telescopes can get pretty big, incredibly big actually. Unbelievably big. So here's a compilation about how we managed to get them that size and how that size helps us to see.
SciShow
These Insects are Smaller than a Single Cell...How?!
Fairies do exist! Well, sort of...meet the fairyfly, the smallest insect on Earth that specializes in the magic of miniaturization!
SciShow
ALMA: What We've Learned from One of the Best Telescopes on Earth
Move over Hubble, ALMA sees what you can't!
SciShow
What Does it Mean for a Virus to Be “Airborne”?
What does it mean when a virus is airborne? It turns out it's more than just what comes out when you sneeze
SciShow
Choosing a Telescope: Bigger Isn't Always Better!
Before you take your relationship with space to a new level by getting a telescope, find out what you really need to make the most of your summer nights staring at the sky.
Wonderscape
Understanding the Metric System: A Guide to Measuring Distance
Get a practical understanding of how the metric system measures distance, from meters to kilometers and beyond. This video breaks down the metric units of length, using everyday objects like guitars and baseball bats to visualize a...
Curated Video
Standard Notation and Word Notation
Mr. Addit explains standard notation and word notation. Then, using the place value chart, he shows how numbers can be written in standard notation and in word notation.
Curated Video
GCSE Biology - How to convert between nm, um, mm, m and km #4
In this video, we cover: - How to covert between nanometers (nm), micrometers (um), millimetres (mm), meters (m), and kilometres (km) - How small structures like atoms, molecules and cells are Exam board specific info: AQA - Suitable for...
Curated Video
Finding the Capacity
Mr. Addit explains the concept of capacity and then reviews some familiar measurements: ounce, cup, pint, quart and gallon. He demonstrates how to calculate equivalent units of measurement and then solve measurement word problems.
Curated Video
The Metric System
Mr. Addit introduces the basics of the metric system. He explains that the metric system is based on 10’s, which makes calculating and number conversions quite easy.
Curated Video
Watchmaking: Machining a 0.6 mm Screw
In this video, Mike machines a 0.6 mm watch screw on a watchmaker's lathe.
Curated Video
Converting Metric Measurements of Length
Converting Metric Measurements of Length explores measurements of length using the metric system.
TMW Media
Discovery with the ALMA Telescope: The construction and function of the ALMA
What does ALMA stand for? Is it a huge telescope? Does the ALMA look for planets that might have life? What spectrum of light is difficult to observe? Why are there so many telescopes and why are they so big? Are antenna expensive? Where...
Visual Learning Systems
Measuring Length and Temperature: Metric Units of Length
This video illustrates how length and temperature are measured using common lab equipment. Students are shown how to accurately measure length using tools such as meter sticks and metric rulers, and how to record their observations....
Curated Video
Finding Missing Dimensions Using the Volume Formula
In this video, students learn how to find missing dimensions of prisms using the volume formula. The teacher explains the concept of volume and demonstrates how to calculate it by multiplying length, width, and height.
Visual Learning Systems
Measuring in Science: Measuring Length
Measuring is a vital process in science, and it is a process all students can carry out. This program demonstrates many of the different ways measurement occurs in science including measuring length, mass, volume, and temperature....
Visual Learning Systems
Metric Length and Temperature: Units of Metric Length and Distance
Through colorful animations and common everyday examples, this video helps students learn how to measure length and temperature using the metric system. Both the Celsius and Kelvin temperature scales are explained in depth. Emphasis is...
Next Animation Studio
5G Internet drones: Google testing giant UAVs high above New Mexico desert
Internet behemoth Google is experimenting with drones that could deliver Internet speeds up to 40 times faster than 4G, according to a report in the Guardian. The Google project, known as Skybender, is using Spaceport America in New...
Journey to the Microcosmos
Bursaria: Giant Gravity-Sensing Vacuums
The big Roomba of the microcosmos is fascinating to watch as it lives its sink or swim life.
Barcroft Media
World's Tallest 8-Year-Old: BORN DIFFERENT
A GIANT schoolboy is towering over his classmates and teachers - measuring a whopping 6ft 6in at the age of EIGHT. Karan Singh, from Meerut in India, believes he is the world's tallest eight-year-old and comes from a towering family -...
Professor Dave Explains
Phylum Gnathostomulida: Jaw Worms
Gnathostomulida have surprisingly large and powerful jaws for their size, which has given them the popular nickname, "jaw worms". The discovery of these marine microorganisms just a few decades ago indicated that there may be an...
Curated Video
How to Write Absolute Value Equations
In this video lesson, we will learn how to write an absolute value when given the solutions and how to model a real world situation with an absolute value equation. We will use a number line to visually understand the distance from the...
NASA
NASA Mission Maps 16 Years of Ice Loss
Using the most advanced Earth-observing laser instrument NASA has ever flown in space, scientists have made precise, detailed measurements of how the elevation of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have changed over 16 years. The...
Professor Dave Explains
Phylum Rotifera Part 2: Four Major Clades
Rotifers exist in a wide range of shapes, from globular, sac-like floaters to elongated worm-like swimmers and creepers to sessile types. In this video we'll focus on the four major clades of this phylum - though there is debate around...