Socratica
Chemistry: Intro to Stoichiometry with Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
What do grilled cheese sandwiches have to do with chemistry? Show your class the answer and introduce them to stoichiometry using an intriguing video from the Socratica chemistry playlist. Through an easy example—making a grilled cheese...
Amoeba Sisters
Cell Membranes and Cell Transport
Cells are busy places! How do things move around in such a tiny environment? Introduce young life scientists to the types of cellular transport through a video that is part of a large biology playlist. Animated characters demonstrate how...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Just when things get heated up, they cool down again! Using an animation, a video presentation demonstrates the process of polymerase chain reaction. A narrator describes the temperature changes and the process that ensues as billions of...
Crash Course
Liquids
The optimist sees the glass half full. The pessimist sees the glass half empty. The chemist sees the glass completely full, half with liquid and half with air. The viewers of this video will see the many ways liquids, like the one the...
Educator.com
Absolute Maximum and Minimum Values of a Function
Viewers explore the meaning of absolute maximum and minimum values for a trigonometric function within a given interval with a video that shows how to determine the critical values within the interval.The instructor then explains how to...
Educreations
Entropy & Free Energy
An understanding of chemical reactions really boils down to two concepts: entropy and enthalpy. Follow along with this instructional video as it explains how these two principles are used to calculate Gibbs free-energy which...
Educator.com
Continuity
Uncover the connection between continuity and roots between a given interval with a video that explains how to approach a problem that asks if roots exist between a given interval. The instructor shows how to test the interval...
Educator.com
Derivatives of the Trigonometric Functions
Explore the derivatives of trigonometric functions through a video tutorial. The instructor shows how to evaluate a limit as x approaches infinity of a sine function. The final answer results in a limit of one.
Educator.com
Local Maximum and Minimum
AP Calculus classes follow along as a video tutorial explains the process of determining the location of local maximum and minimum. The instructor first finds the derivative using the Quotient Rule. After finding the critical values, he...
Be Smart
Sonic the Hedgehog Is Why You Have Thumbs!
Do you know what Sonic hedgehog is? Yes, it is a video game character, but it is also a protein that controls how your fingers develop. A paleontologist discusses the development of the arm and hand, beginning with fish and ending with...
Ricochet Science
Characteristics of Life
We all know what it means for something to be living, right? In the first installment of a five-part video series, viewers first learn about the seven characteristics of life. The video then analyzes these characteristics in relation to...
AJ+
Dia De Los Muertos (Day Of The Dead)—A Brief Explainer
A fast pace and engaging graphics make up an informative video detailing the ins and outs of the holiday, El Dia De Los Muertos.
SciShow Kids
Biologists! Scientists Who Love Life!
Life is everywhere in many different forms, and biology is the study of life. From marine biologists to plant biologists to microbiologists, there are many types of careers in the field of biology. Discover a living world of science with...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Greenhouse Gases—Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 3
Greenhouse gases prevent the earth from freezing over, so how do they cause global warming? The third installment in a seven-part series explains what greenhouse gases are, how they help us, and why they are important. It links an...
American Chemical Society
How Worms Turn Garbage into Compost
Worm feces is gold to gardeners and farmers. Earthworms have a special enzyme that allows them to break down the cellulose found in plant materials. An episode of a longer science playlist explores this process, which creates...
Crash Course
Cosmic Sexy Time, Eggs, Seeds, and Water: Crash Course World Mythology #3
Which came first: the chicken or the cosmic egg? With the third video of 41 in the Crash Course World Mythology series, pupils delve into the world of creation myths. Scholars learn about cultures throughout history that have used the...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
DNA Replication (Schematic)
Explore the beginnings of the theory to explain DNA replication using an eye-catching animation. Scholars view a simple rendition of DNA replication with an explanation of the first theories suggesting its existence. The animation shows...
GPB Television
Chemistry 502: The World of Atoms is Not Enough – Bonding Part II
"The name is Bond. James Bond." Or is that "Chemical Bond?" Assign the viewing of the video as homework, and then have your chemists come to class to practice drawing electron dot diagrams and Lewis structures with the several bonus...
Curated OER
Basic Rate Problem
A simple rate problem is looked at in this video. The listener needs to compute whether four trains each going different distances over different amounts of time are moving at the same constant rate. This problem reinforces ones basic...
American Chemical Society
Why Are Avocados So Awesome?
Is it just coincidence that avocados and awesome both begin with the letter A? Introduce young nutritionists to a super food with some super powers using a video from the Reactions playlist. Scientists from the American Chemical Society...
Curated OER
How Do You Write an Equation for Direct Variation from a Table?
y=kx. This is the direct variation equation. You have been given a table of values. So look at the table and figure out how to use this equation to write an equation that represents what is happening in the table. Does the equation...
American Museum of Natural History
Meet the Ologist: Mark Siddall
Fun fact: poisons in nature can benefit humans if they are used correctly. A video interview of a zoologist introduces the concept of poisons. The remote learning resource defines poison and provides examples in nature as well as how...
Curated OER
How Do You Solve a Multi-Step Equation Using Reverse Order of Operations?
Solve an equation that has both variables and fractions. Use the rules of equality to add, subtract, multiply, and divide to isolate the variable and find your answer. Don't forget to plug your answer into the original problem to verify.
Curated OER
How Do You Find the Slope of a Ramp If You Know the Rise and Run?
Do you know the formula for slope? Yes, rise over run. Then all you have to do is plug in the given values and solve for the slope of the ramp.