Instructional Video4:16
TED-Ed

Radioactivity: Expect the Unexpected

8th - 12th Standards
Several radioactive concepts are explained with the help of animated atoms, complete with their own facial expressions. As physical science pupils watch, they learn about gaining or losing atomic particles, alpha and beta particles, and...
Instructional Video5:28
TED-Ed

Just How Small Is an Atom?

5th - 8th Standards
Using a massive cartoon blueberry as an atom model, an animated astronaut describes an atom's anatomy and the density of its nucleus. After showing this featurette, you can have young physical scientists construct atom models. Also, be...
Interactive3:17
Scholastic

Study Jams! Atoms: Protons, Neutrons, Electrons

4th - 8th Standards
What's smaller than a kiwi seed? Atoms! Basic atomic structure is detailed for beginning chemists in a light-hearted animation. Protons and neutrons are explained as part of the nucleus, and so are electrons that encircle the nucleus....
Instructional Video1:35
Curated OER

Bohr Model of the Atom

7th - 8th
Your fifth graders will totally get atomic structure after viewing this clip. The Bohr Model of the Atom is defined by its parts, mass, and function. Each part of the atom is personified to help learners remember what they are and how...
Instructional Video3:28
Curated OER

The Discovery of the Atomic Nucleus

9th - 12th
Your host, Dr. Brian Cox, calls Ernest Rutherford the first proper particle physicist. He uses tennis balls to demonstrate what happened when Rutherford's students fired particles at a sheet of gold. Rutherford was able to deduce that...
Instructional Video3:42
TED-Ed

Self-Assembly: The Power of Organizing the Unorganized

9th - Higher Ed Standards
What if buildings could grow, adapt, and repair themselves like a living organism? Using the process of self-assembly, this crazy idea may one day become a reality. The video looks at how unordered parts interact with one another and...
Instructional Video6:16
Curated OER

Physical Science - The Structure of an Atom

5th - 8th
Drawings on an interactive whiteboard are used to introduce the basic structure of an atom. Technically, the model drawn is inaccurate, as three electrons are shown on the innermost orbital. Electron orbitals are not the intent of the...