Steve Spangler Science
Leprechaun Science Kit - St. Patrick's Day Science
Here are some amazing demonstrations that would be perfect for your class right around the St. Patrick's Day holiday. Three young scientists demonstrate how to make leprechaun worms, disappearing leprechaun eggs, and how to make...
Curated OER
Guide to a Successful Science Fair
Find the right science fair project. Steve Spangler shows how to use a demonstration and turn it into an experiment. Additionally, he talks about the importance of coming up with a hypothesis.
Steve Spangler Science
Shrinking Styrofoam Cup
Show your learners how to make a Styrofoam cup shrink. Steve Spangler demonstrates how you can use a pressure cooker to create a miniature Styrofoam cup. This could be used to kick off a variety of lessons focused on chemical reactions...
Curated OER
Singing Pipes - Hardware Store Music
Here is an interesting demonstration which shows how heat can create sound in a metal pipe! The principle of heat rising is the key to making this particular demonstration a success. A piece of metal mesh is lodged inside each of the...
Curated OER
Skewer Through the Balloon
What a terrific demonstration! Watch Steve Spangler stick a wooden skewer through a balloon. He demonstrates the effect of stretching polymers with this amazing activity. Use it during your chemistry class when studying molecules.
Curated OER
Tablecloth Trick
Wow! Your class will love experimenting with the laws of inertia. Steve Spangler shows how to remove a tablecloth filled with dishes and glasses of water without spilling a drop. Use this resource to lead into a discussion of gravity and...
Steve Spangler Science
Twist in Time - Laminar Flow
Is it possible to unmix colors? This short video shows how! Demonstrate laminar flow to your physics class by setting up one beaker inside another and filling the space between them with a viscous liquid such as corn syrup. Place a few...
Steve Spangler Science
Water Whistle - Sick Science! #052
Intrigue your learners with this film. They can create a water whistle using a straw and a glass of water. This could be used as an introduction to a unit on sound waves and vibrations.
Steve Spangler Science
Sound Hose - Whirly Tube
Long, rippled, plastic tubes are swung around in circles, making air pass through them, and creating sound waves. This is a simple and inexpensive toy that you can let learners experiment with as they learn about sound and pitch. Go...
CBC (Canada)
How Olympians Have Changed 1924-2014
Why do Olympic athletes look so different now than in the first Winter Olympics? Discover the evolution of Olympian body types since the first games in 1924. Viewers will discover that Olympian body types began with the ideal athletic...
CBC (Canada)
Talent vs Training
To what degree is athletic talent natural versus trained? What role do genetics play in an individual's athletic potential? Invite your young learners to consider these questions and discover the science behind athletic improvement and...
CBC (Canada)
Why Do We Get Nervous?
Sweaty palms, fingernail biting, racing heart. From prepping for a big exam or delivering an important presentation to stepping onto the field before the whistle is blown, we have all experienced nervousness in our lives. Perhaps by...
CBC (Canada)
Your Odds of Becoming an Olympian
Which country and sport would give you the best odds of participating in the Winter Games as an Olympian? Including some fun facts on the demographic make-up and Olympic ties of various countries around the world, this is a brief and...
Bill of Rights Institute
Constitutional Principles: Separation of Powers
Why is separation of powers within a government important for protecting freedom? How does the United States Constitution organize the nation's governing bodies in order to ensure powers are limited and balanced? This video illustrates...
Bill of Rights Institute
Constitutional Principles: Republican Government
Why were the founding fathers wary of democracy? What is the difference between a direct democracy and a constitutional republic? Encourage critical thinking around questions such as these in your class and review the principles of a...
SciShow
How to Make Snow (If You're Not Elsa)
Low temperature and, more surprisingly, low humidity, are required for snow formation. The process is explained for middle schoolers, with a few references to the Disney film, Frozen, just for fun. This cool video is a crisp addition to...
TED-Ed
Indus Valley Civilization
What constitutes a civilization? In a swift, engaging, and humorous fashion, John Green begins this edition of Crash Course History by exploring the symptoms of a civilization, such as surplus production, cities, social stratification,...
Curated OER
Basic Conversation in Spanish - Entire Conversation (Basic)
¡Hola! Introduce your Spanish class to some basic conversational phrases with a quick video. Señor Jordan, the narrator and star of the show, speaks clearly and slowly as he pronounces and repeats each word. He provides explanation of...
MinutePhysics
Minute Physics: What Is Gravity?
Gravity is thoroughly defined in this short, but weighty, featurette. The relationship of mass to force is incorporated, and the idea that gravity can also attract energy is introduced. In a flipped classroom situation, have learners...
MinutePhysics
3 Simple Ways to Time Travel (& 3 Complicated Ones)
Did you know that you are already a time traveler? The relationships among time, space, and gravity are explained in this featurette. Also, the possibilities of building a time machine are explored. Where you probably aren't spending a...
MinutePhysics
What is Quantum Tunneling?
Only about a minute long, this brief explanation is of quantum tunneling. What does it mean? What might it lead to? Appropriate for your advanced physics classes, it could be added to your quantum mechanics presentation.
SciShow
The Teenage Brain Explained
This may answer some of your questions about your students' behavior, as well as explain to them the development stage that their brains are in. The roles of adrenal glands, apocrine (sweat) glands, and pituitary glands are explained as...
SciShow
Microscope: The Tube That Changed the World
An account of the history of microscopy is given through this dissertation. An ideal assignment for life science learners to view as homework, this makes a magnifying lesson for your flipped classroom.
SciShow
Why We Have Pain, & How We Kill It
You'll be feeling no pain when you add this little video to your lesson on the the integumentary system, nervous system, or biochemistry. The star of the show lectures on the process of sensing pressure and pain, as well as on the...