Instructional Video2:49
Curated Video

Experiment Versus Scientific Investigation

3rd - Higher Ed
Experiment Versus Scientific Investigation compares and contrasts an experiment and a scientific investigation.
Instructional Video12:23
Flipping Physics

Experimental Design Questions for AP Physics Explained

12th - Higher Ed
Experimental Design Questions for AP Physics exams are described and many examples of how to approach and answer these difficult questions are discussed.
Interactive
Scholastic

Study Jams! Investigations to Collect Data

5th - 9th Standards
Print out the lyrics or show the karaoke video to get your scientists singing about the scientific process! Participants will warble about observations and measurements, data and physical properties. Consider sharing this resource after...
Instructional Video
Science for Kids

Science Kids: Experiment Videos: Paper Folding Experiment

6th - 8th
Watch as the MythBusters team put the famous myth that you can't fold paper any more than seven times to the test. [3:53]
Instructional Video
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Science Concepts Explained

Pre-K - 1st
The following videos explore fundamental science concepts, explained quickly in a fun and entertaining way. Topics include density, flotation, mass, mixtures and states of matter.
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: How to Evaluate Scientific Information

9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how to evaluate scientific information to be sure it is credible and usable. It will also describe how and why science is relevant and important to your everyday life.
Instructional Video
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Iron Science Teacher

Pre-K - 1st
A collection of videos of teachers competing for the title of Iron Science Teacher at the Exploratorium. The contestants are given a secret 'ingredient' that they must include in an activity they create on the spot.
Instructional Video
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Scientific Investigation: How Simple Ideas Lead to Scientific Discoveries

5th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn about two instances in which huge realizations are made from simple questions. [7:32]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Shadow Tracing

K - 1st
Playing with shadows can be fun, but do you know where shadows come from? Watch this PEEP video and experiment making different shadows to understand how the absence of light forms shadows. Teaching tips with additional activities are...
Instructional Video
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Living Band Aid Beats Like a Heart

9th - 10th
Jordan Lancaster and Steven Goldman, researchers from the Southern Arizona Veterans Administration and the University of Arizona, put rat heart cells on a piece of synthetic mesh and within a few days, it started beating. The hope is...
Instructional Video
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Turtles on the Wrong Side of the Tracks

9th - 10th
Michael Musnick is a citizen scientist who studies wood turtles in the Great Swamp -- a stretch of wetland about 60 miles north of New York City. He found turtles dying in the railroad tracks and proposed a solution to New York's...
Instructional Video
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Seeing a Star in a New Light

9th - 10th
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), launched in February, has started to send back data. The instruments are giving solar scientists an unprecedented look at the sun, says Dean Pesnell, SDO project scientist. The hope is to better...
Instructional Video
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: X Rays as Art

9th - 10th
Nick Veasey has looked inside everything from airplanes to oranges. Veasey is an x-ray photographer and recently published a collection of his work in the book "X-Ray: See Through The World Around You." We stopped by a shoot to see the...
Instructional Video
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Pollen Origami

9th - 10th
Pollen starts to dry out when it leaves the flower, which can destroy the genetic material the grain is carrying. To combat dehydration, pollen grains have evolved a way of folding up to prevent water from leaking out. Eleni Katifori and...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Life's Rocky Start Deep Sea Vents

9th - 10th
What if life began deep in the ocean? One experiment set out to prove the theory that life began around deep sea vents. This video shows the results of this experiment and it what it taught us about the origins of life. Closed caption...
Instructional Video
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Science Nation: Citizen Science

9th - 10th
A video that explores how volunteers collect data and make observations to help scientist understand birds and their changing habitats. [2:33]
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Non Experimental Research

9th - 10th
This lesson will delineate the methods utilized to conduct non-experimental research.
Instructional Video
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Green Revolution: Discover

9th - 10th
As scientific researchers explore cave formations, learn how science and engineering have resulted in advancements that have changed our lives dramatically. Now more than ever, the boundaries between science, technology, and engineering...
Instructional Video
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: What Happens When You Levitate Flies?

9th - 10th
Everything is a little bit magnetic, says physicist Richard Hill, of The University of Nottingham. So with a powerful magnet, it is possible to levitate almost anything--strawberries, water, insects. In a recent study, Hill levitated...
Instructional Video
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Snowflake Safari

9th - 10th
Next snowstorm, grab a magnifying glass and try snowflake hunting. Bullet rosettes, stellar plates, and capped columns are just a few of the varieties of snow crystal you can find in your backyard.
Instructional Video
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Shooting Stars

9th - 10th
Photographer Colin Legg makes time-lapse movies of celestial scenes. Legg shares tips, and describes some of the challenges of landscape astrophotography -- from babysitting cameras for days and nights on end to running electronics off...
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Physics of Giant Pumpkins

9th - 10th
Pumpkins of the Atlantic Giant variety can weigh more than 1800 pounds. For a mechanical engineer with an interest in plus-sized fruit, like Georgia Tech's David Hu, this raises an interesting physics question: how can the pumpkin get so...
Instructional Video
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Magnified Sun Burns

9th - 10th
Ready for some fun in the sun? At the right angle, a magnifying glass will concentrate sunshine into a burning hot circle. Thomas Baer, executive director of the Stanford Photonics Research Center, explains how to calculate the solar...
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: The Importance of Strange Science

9th - 10th
An interview with Marc Abrahams, author of This is Improbable: Cheese String Theory, Magnetic Chickens, and other WTF Research. He is an expert in strange science, and talks about what we can learn from unusual and weird experiments....