TED-Ed
How Does Work...Work?
What makes a clock tick or a bulb light up? The concept of work is explained to a backdrop of clever animation. Physics fans learn that the amount of work equals the product of the force and distance, and that the rate equals the amount...
Khan Academy
Work from Expansion, Thermodynamics, Physics
Sal's series on the Law of Thermodynamics continues with this video on how heat and work are added to, or taken away from, a system. As a result of the heat and work energy, the system that is being worked on will transform into another...
Curated OER
Video 8 - Work
The eighth video in a series about basic physics terms, a segment focuses on work. A strong man and a clown demonstrate work in action. After several examples and a defintion, the video closes by introducing joules as a unit of measure.
Curated OER
What is Work?
This engaging video reveals an older gentleman teaching youngsters about work, force, and distance. The children pick up an anvil and the gentleman explains that they haven't done any work because they haven't moved it over a distance....
Curated OER
Work and Energy (Part 2)
After reviewing the equation and terms from the previous video, Sal, the narrator, works through an example of an item that is fighting with the force of gravity. He introduces potential energy and begins to explain conservation of...
Curated OER
Work and Energy (Part 1)
Start working with work and energy with your higher-level physics class. The narrator, Sal, starts off with defintions of the two terms, showing how they are related to one another. He then goes into an example and derives a formula for...