TED-Ed
How Brass Instruments Work
Transforming a deep breath into beautiful musical notes, brass instruments represent an interesting combination of scientific understanding and artistic creativity. Traveling from the mouth piece to the bell, this short video...
TED-Ed
How Playing an Instrument Benefits Your Brain
Did you know that playing music is the brain's equivalent to a full body workout? Learn about how the advancements in the studies of neuroscientists have brought us to a greater understanding of how playing an instrument dramatically...
Joy 2 Learn
Jazz Musicians
Ten informative videos make up a series hosted by Wynton Marsalis designed to share the musical triumphs of jazz musicians Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and more!
Curated OER
Measuring Instruments for Physics-MICROMETER
A gentle voice and jazz music make this video easy on the senses. It provides a close-up view of a micrometer as the narrator explains how it works and how to use one to measure the diameter of a metal wire. Since a micrometer is used...
Crash Course
The Physics of Music: Crash Course Physics #19
What do waves and music have in common? It turns out they are one in the same! By applying important concepts from previous lessons in the Crash Course series, the 19th video explains the physics of music. The presenter breaks down the...
Curated OER
Measuring Instruments for Physics-VERNIER RULER
A gentle voice and jazz music make this video easy on the senses. It provides a close-up view of a Vernier Ruler as the narrator explains how it works and how to use one to measure the diameter of a pen. Since this ruler is used for...
PBS
Volume and Amplitude | UNC-TV Science
Future physicists pump up the volume while discovering the world of sound waves. Group members learn about the qualities of sound waves, the relationship between energy and sound volume, and the definition of amplitude while viewing an...
Curated OER
Measuring Instruments for Physics-THERMOMETER
Asian music plays softly in the background as a woman in a lab coat explains how a thermometer works and how to use one. Names of instruments used are presented in English and Chinese. Rather than show the video in class, it makes more...
Joy 2 Learn
Nuts and Bolts of Jazz
A collection of videos directs viewers through a series of seven videos detailing all things jazz. Video topics include how to play, its forms, rhythm, syncopation, swing, improvisation, and explores the rhythm, horn, and wind sections.
Little Baby Bum
Numbers Song—Number 3
Two friends rap about the number three in a music video that features items—a tricycle, three-leaf clover, triangle instruments and more!
TED-Ed
Can You Solve the Prisoner Boxes Riddle?
Viewers must save the day for their favorite band by helping them find their instruments or the long-anticipated concert will be canceled. The show must go on, so get busy solving this riddle.
SciShow
Dark Matter
Dark matter accounts for 23 percent of the known universe, yet scientists don't know what it is. No one can see it, but everyone knows it is there based on the weight of the universe. Even though it isn't invisible, it does have an...