Weird History
The Tragedy Behind Twilight Zone: The Movie
One of the worst movie set accidents ever occurred during the filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie. The film is now mainly remembered for its tragic behind the scenes story. Steven Spielberg decided to make the hit television show into a...
NASA
Ancient Organics Discovered on Mars
Since arriving at Mars in 2012, NASA's Curiosity rover has drilled into rocks in search of organics - molecules containing carbon. Organics are the building blocks of all life on Earth, though they can also come from non-living sources....
Curated Video
What are carbon-based molecules
Carbon-based molecules are the basis of life as we know it. Molecules like lipids, proteins, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates that make up all living things have one thing in common - carbon.
Curated Video
These are the 4 main types of carbon-based molecules necessary for life
There are 4 main types of carbon-based molecules important to life. They are the building blocks for every living organism on this planet. In this video, I will give you a quick introduction to each type with some fun examples.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
The Brainwaves - Tomorrow's History Today - The 200th Video
This is my 200th video in the Brainwaves Video Anthology. It features 10 thought-leaders from my second year of filming. Watch Thomas L. Friedman, Linda Darling-Hammond, Walter Mischel, Carol Dweck, James P. Comer, Deborah Meier, Sugata...
Healthcare Triage
Orphan Drugs: An Introduction
In the United States, the median price for an orphan drug is about $100,000 per year, twenty times the price of the median non-orphan drug. Given the staggering cost, you'd think we'd have a solid handle on whether that money is...
Curated Video
Formulae of Organic Molecules | Organic Chemistry | Chemistry | FuseSchool
Learn the basics about Formula of organic molecules. What is a chemical formula? How do you draw a formula of organic molecules? Find out more in this video! This Open Educational Resource is free of charge, under a Creative Commons...
Curated Video
Formula Of Organic Molecules | Organic Chemistry | Chemistry | FuseSchool
It is important to get your chemistry formula right. This revision video by Chris Raynerd will help you understand the basics of Organic Molecules. At Fuse School, teachers and animators come together to make fun & easy-to-understand...
Curated Video
Positive and Negative Numbers Above and Below Sea Level
In this lesson, students will learn how positive and negative numbers are used to measure elevation above and below sea level. They will understand that sea level represents 0 elevation, and that both positive and negative elevations...
Curated Video
GCSE Secondary Maths Age 13-17 - Pythagoras & Trigonometry: Area of a Triangle - Explained
SchoolOnline's Secondary Maths videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners. Ideal for ages 13-17, they cover every key topic and sub topic covered in GCSE Maths in clear and easy to follow steps. This video...
Crash Course
Alkene Redox Reactions - Crash Course Organic Chemistry
Oxidation-reduction reactions are going on around us, and inside us, all the time, and we can make redox reactions in organic chemistry easier to understand by tracking carbon-oxygen bonds. In this episode of Crash Course Organic...
Professor Dave Explains
Practice Problems: Labeling Carbons
What's with this hierarchy? Primary, secondary, tertiary... can't all carbons be equal? Well, no. We need to be able to label the degree of substitution of any carbon in an organic molecule so that we can make predictions about the...
NASA
The Science of Dragonfly
Dragonfly is a NASA mission to explore the chemistry and habitability of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The fourth mission in the New Frontiers line, Dragonfly will send an autonomously-operated rotorcraft to visit dozens of sites on...
Crash Course
Why Do Outbreaks Affect People Unequally? Crash Course Outbreak Science
We’re all susceptible to infectious disease of some kind or other, but not everyone is equally likely to be the victim of an outbreak. The fact is, inequalities both between and within communities mean that some people are at higher risk...
Science360
How do biologists and engineers work together?
We asked David Fyhrie, program director in the National Science Foundation Engineering Directorate, "How do biologists and engineers work together?" in this special edition of “Ask a Scientist” taped at Awesome Con, where David talked...
Schooling Online Kids
The Life Stage Series: Physical Development - The Weather Game
James is super lucky – he’s about to be a big brother! It’s time for James to become a big boy. But how can he be a big boy if his mummy still dresses him? Join James as he learns to get dressed all by himself. In this story, your child...
The Business Professor
Manufacturing Overhead - Predetermined Overhead Rate
Assigning overhead costs in accounting is difficult. This video explains the use of a predetermined overhead rate when assigning manufacturing overhead in managerial accounting
Curated Video
The Power of Peer Pressure: The Asch Conformity Experiment
The video discusses Solomon Asch's conformity experiment, which explored the power of peer pressure to influence our perception and behavior. The experiment found that many people conform to the majority, even when they know it's wrong,...
FuseSchool
Biological Molecules
Molecules make you think of chemistry, right? Well, they also are very important in biology too. In this video we are going to look at carbohydrates, proteins and lipids. When I say lipids, I am talking about fats and oils. Life...
Curated Video
Creating a Lives Counter in Scratch Pacman Game
In this lesson of creating your own Pacman game using Scratch, students learn how to implement a lives counter for Pacman. By setting the initial lives to three and decreasing them each time Pacman is caught by a ghost, the game adds a...
Institute of Human Anatomy
How the Heart Contracts: Understanding the Electrical Activity and Heart Arrhythmias
In this video, the teacher explains how the heart is able to contract dependably through its natural pacemaker, the SA node, and other specialized cells. The electrocardiogram (ECG) is also discussed as a highly effective method of...
TED-Ed
Why didn't this 2,000 year old body decompose? | Carolyn Marshall
It may not appear very lively six feet underground, but a single teaspoon of soil contains more organisms than there are human beings on the planet. From bacteria and algae to fungi and protozoa, soils are home to one quarter of Earth's...
SciShow
Meet Our Nitrogen-Breathing Bacterial Relative
Oxygen is pretty great stuff, but this recently discovered organism couldn’t care less about oxygen. It breathes nitrogen and may offer a window into how the types of cells in OUR bodies may have evolved billions of years ago.