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Polarization
It explains the concept of polarised wave with the help of activity, activity involved polaroid sheets, polarization by reflection, polarization by scatterind and brewsters law.
Flipping Physics
Simple Harmonic Motion - Velocity and Acceleration Equation Derivations
Deriving the velocity and acceleration equations for an object in simple harmonic motion. Uses calculus.
Flipping Physics
Comparing Simple Harmonic Motion to Circular Motion - Demonstration
Demonstrating that Circular Motion, when viewed from the side, is Simple Harmonic Motion.
Professor Dave Explains
The Double-Slit Experiment
This is a classic experiment that is frequently referred to when describing quantum phenomena, so we definitely have to go over it a little bit. What happens when you pass a beam of light through a screen with two slits? What about when...
Professor Dave Explains
Wave Mechanics
Surf's up, dudes! Somehow ocean waves got the illustrious honor of being simply called "waves", but there are tons of other kinds of waves, like light and sound. How do they work? We gotta know this stuff! Let's learn about waves together.
Curated Video
Understanding Sound Propagation and the Mechanics of Human Hearing
This lecture video explains how sound waves propagate, transfer from air to a solid, and how the human ear works. The video then explains how sound waves interact with solids, including reflection, absorption, and transmission. The video...
Curated Video
Pandemic Lockdown of 1918
The Spanish Flu was one of the deadliest pandemics the world has ever seen – so how was one sleepy Colorado town able to escape unscathed?
Physics Girl
Why RED BUBBLES are impossible… or are they?!
Take a look at a bubble and you’ll see all the colors of the rainbow... right? WRONG. Bubbles are actually missing colors!
Visual Learning Systems
What Is Sound?: How Does Sound Travel?
Upon viewing the What is Sound video series, students will be able to do the following: Understand that sound is produced when matter vibrates. Explain that sound energy can travel through air, liquids, and solids, which are generally...
Higgsino Physics
Why you can hear a train on the railway tracks from miles away
Is it possible to hear a train coming by putting an ear to the rail track? Physics of why you can detect a train in the railway tracks from miles away.Sound is actually just a pressure wave a disturbance that's kind pushing to its...
Flipping Physics
Wave Speed Equation Derivation and Demonstration
The equation for the speed of a wave is derived. The fact that amplitude, frequency, and wavelength do not affect wave speed is demonstrated. Two different solutions for wave speed are demonstrated.
Professor Dave Explains
Wave-Particle Duality and the Photoelectric Effect
Look, up in the sky, it's a particle! It's a wave! Actually it's both. It's light! How do we know about this stuff? Well, because of Einstein for one. He did more than E = mc^2, you know. But don't stare at the sun to see for yourself,...
Looking Glass Universe
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle - Quantum Mechanics
In this episode Ill describe the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics and talk about what it really means.
One Minute History
Attack on Pearl Harbor - World War II - One Minute History
December 7, 1941 - Hawaii - Japanese spy Takeo Yoshikawa hears the code phrase “East wind, rain” on his short wave radio, signalling an attack on America. North of Oahu, Mitsuo Fuchida, Commander of the Imperial Japanese fleet, launches...
Visual Learning Systems
Sound: Pitch and Frequency
When you hear the roar of traffic, the bark of a dog, or your teacher's voice, you are experiencing sound. This program uses colorful animations to explore important characteristics of sound, including intensity, loudness, pitch, and...
Professor Dave Explains
Standing Waves and Harmonics
Not all waves travel across the ocean or across the universe. Some are stuck in a certain spot! Like the vibrations of the strings on a guitar. What's the deal with these standing waves? And what's this, quantization? Oh my! We'd better...
Higgsino Physics
Why Does Light Bend in Glass? - Refraction and Mirages Visualized with Huygens Principle
Why does light bend when it enters glass and how do mirages happen? Using the Huygens principle, to show why refraction will make the light bend. Also showing why Inferior mirage happens.
All this with the Huygens principle.
Virtually Passed
Wave equation: Vibrating String Proof
The 1 dimensional wave equation is solved here using the separation of variables technique (assuming u(x,t) = phi(x) q(t). I simplify the formula further using the boundary conditions: u(0,t) = 0 and u(L,t) = 0 The constants in the final...
Professor Dave Explains
Interference, Reflection, and Diffraction
Light and sound waves do all kinds of cool stuff, because they can be in the same place at the same time, unlike matter. This creates patterns that are important to understand! Let's take a look.
Science360
Electromagnetic Radiation - Chalk Talk
Check out the range of possibilities the electromagnetic spectrum gives science. This animated series of short videos acts as a video glossary to define specific scientific terms or concepts in a fun, easy to understand way. In each...
Curated Video
Understanding the Powerful Waves of Tsunamis
Learn about the causes of tsunamis, their characteristics, and the destruction they can cause. Tsunamis are a form of natural disaster where a huge wave or waves form. Understand the importance of preparing for these powerful storms, as...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Wave Interference
Overview of interference using the example of sound waves.
Science360
Gentle sound waves
A bubble on a stadium horn... Will it pop when the horn is played? Parts Needed: 1 Stadium horn 1 Plate with bubble solution