Be Smart
The 12 Days of Evolution - Complete Series!
Scientists believe red hair and pale skin evolved in northern Europe because it helped humans synthesize vitamin D easier than those with more melanin in their skin. Viewers explore many interesting facets of evolution in a...
MinutePhysics
A Brief History of Everything feat. Neil deGrasse Tyson
Explore the creation of the world as we know it today! An engaging narrator uses a storytelling approach to describe the creation of the universe through black holes. He continues to explain the behavior of subatomic particles as they...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Plate Tectonics
The plates of the earth may be shifting right under your feet! Learn the causes and consequence of this shifting through an informative a video lesson. Scholars explore the effects of the movement on a local, global, and even planetary...
Be Smart
Why Do We Cook?
Are you hungry right now? If you are, it might be because your brain is so large. The video describes the shift from larger jaw to larger brain and the relationship of larger brains to cooking. Crushing, preserving, and drying also made...
TED-Ed
Why Do We Love? A Philosophical Inquiry
Does love make us whole again? Is love all we need? Is love folly? Does love let us reach beyond ourselves? Is love a misleading affliction, an emotional roller coaster ride, the best thing in life? Check out what these...
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Physics Gravity: Learn About Gravity
Learn more about general relativity, Isaac Newton, and Albert Einstein with information about gravity. [8:31]
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Making Waves, Saving Lives
The devastating 2004 Southeast Asia tsunami provided researchers with previous non-existent valuable data and video as to the workings of a tsunami. As well, a discussion is presented of how a tsunami would affect the west coast of...
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Kinetic Theory & Temperature
In the following video Paul Andersen explains how the macroscopic measure of temperature can be related to the average kinetic energy of molecules in motion. The Boltzmann constant and distribution can be used to calculate the root mean...
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Photons
In the following video Paul Andersen explains how light travels in photons which can be described as both particles and waves. Einstein showed that photons can be described as particles using the photoelectric effect to show that the...
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Scientist Videos: Albert Einstein Biography
Learn some interesting facts and information about the amazing life of Albert Einstein. [2:10]
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Equivalence Principle
Paul Andersen explains how inertial mass and gravitational mass are equivalent. [6:16]
SciShow
Sci Show: 3 Ways Pi Can Explain Practically Everything
A video exploring how Pi can be used to study everyday science concepts such as planets, spheres, electrons etc. [4:53]
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr Videos: Skunk Bear: How Eclipses Changed History
Newton and Einstein had big ideas but needed an eclipse to prove them. And scientists are still pursuing secrets of the universe one eclipse at a time. [6:09]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Thermodynamics Part 2: Ideal Gas Law
To begin, Sal solves a constant temperature problem using PV=PV. Then he relates temperature to kinetic energy of a gas. In the second half of the video, he derives the ideal gas law. [10:18]