MinuteEarth
Can Math Explain How Animals Get Their Patterns?
Most people think of a mathematical pattern as a series of numbers. A video discusses how math might explain the patterns of spots, stripes, and other shapes found on animals. It begins with the observation of various patterns, then...
Deep Look
Watch These Frustrated Squirrels Go Nuts!
Did you know that squirrels show their emotions through tail movements rather than facial expressions? The video explains the research performed on squirrels to understand how they respond to frustration. Researchers hope the study will...
Deep Look
This Pulsating Slime Mold Comes in Peace (ft. It's Okay to Be Smart)
Can you name an organism that isn't a plant, animal, or fungus? Here's a hint: each cell contains thousands of nuclei. Slime mold may not have any appendages, but their movements fascinate scientists. The video focuses on these unique...
Deep Look
Watch Flesh-Eating Beetles Strip Bodies to the Bone
A large beetle colony needs only one or two days to completely clean the bones of small animals. The video focuses on the dermestid beetles' flesh-eating abilities. Museums use these beetles to preserve specimens, leaving the most...
Crash Course
Kinetic Theory and Phase Changes: Crash Course Physics #21
Things get heated in a physics video on Kinetic Theory! The 21st lesson in a Crash Course playlist explains Kinetic Theory in relation to phase change. As the heat in a system changes, the motion of the particles also changes. The lesson...
Crash Course
Traveling Waves: Crash Course Physics #17
Explore transverse and longitudinal waves through a video lesson. Building on the previous lesson in the Crash Course physics series, the 17th lesson compares and contrasts transverse and longitudinal waves. The narrator includes a...
Be Smart
The Cheerios Effect
Why does cereal clump together in milk? Scientists answered this question in 2005 with the help of physics and math. A video explains the relationship between buoyancy, surface tension, and the meniscus. It teaches how to attract or...
CK-12 Foundation
Conjectures and Counterexamples: Lesson
The first five are red, so they all must be red, right? As part of a larger playlist on basic geometry, the video walks through an example of a conjecture and counterexamples by using a scenario of pulling candy out of a bag.
Veritasium
How to Make a Quantum Bit
Classic computers use binary bits, which are either a 0 or a 1, while quantum computers use qubits, which are both a 0 and a 1 simultaneously. Teach your class how a qubit is made and how it is controlled using an informative video as...
Periodic Videos
Copper
In the United Kingdom, the amount of copper in wiring and piping works out to around 175 kilos per person. The 29th video in a series of 118 on chemical elements highlights copper. It discusses the properties, applications, and fun facts...
Periodic Videos
Arsenic
In 2000, the FDA approved arsenic's use for leukemia treatment. A short video introduces arsenic's history from wallpaper color to murder. As a member of a longer series on chemical elements, arsenic stars in an informative episode.
Periodic Videos
Gallium (Beating Heart)
Gallium dissolves aluminum so aggressively that people are not allowed to transport it on airplanes. While some find the facts and properties of the metal useful, many enjoy seeing it act as a beating heart. The science behind this...
Periodic Videos
Cerium
Scientists discovered cerium helps reduce carbon monoxide emissions in cars. As part of a series on each of the elements, cerium stars in an engaging video. Scholars learn about the properties and applications of the metal in a short...
PBS
Biogeography: Where Life Lives
Biogeography is the study of the geographical distribution of plants and animals. NOVA's Evolution Lab explains how organisms on different continents can be so closely related. The resource discusses the processes that bring life from...
Corbett Maths
Finding the Equation of a Straight Line
To write the equation of a linear graph, all you need is the slope and the y-intercept. Individuals view instruction on finding the slope and y-intercept from the graph of a line, which leads to writing an equation in slope-intercept...
Corbett Maths
Sketching Quadratics
Sketch the graph of quadratic functions using key features as a guide. After a brief discussion about the key features of a parabola, the video instructor completes several examples showing how to graph a quadratic function. Each...
Corbett Maths
Conversion Graphs
Add a new method of converting units to your repertoire! A video lesson describes how to use a graph to convert units. The lesson focuses on miles-to-kilometers and kilometers-to-miles conversions but applies to any type of conversion.
MinutePhysics
Length Contraction and Time Dilation — Special Relativity Chapter 5
Special relativity provides rules for making time both shorter and longer simultaneously—and does the same for distances. This concept seems confusing, but with help from a spacetime globe and mathematical explanation, the concepts...
MinutePhysics
Spacetime Diagrams — Special Relativity Chapter 2
The second video in the series on Special Relativity introduces the concept of perspective, relative distance, and graphing spacetime. Simple illustrations create clarity while describing each concept in depth.
Crash Course
Genetics - Lost and Found: Crash Course History of Science #25
Gregor Mendel, known as the father of genetics, never knew genetics existed and, in fact, died thinking no one would recognize his scientific discoveries. Other genetics scientists, such as Barbara McClintock, performed work so far ahead...
Nature League
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, New Fish - De-Natured
Sometimes it seems like high-level journal articles speak a different language. The third video in the five-part series on Evolution and Speciation breaks down one recent article from a science journal. It explains what the researchers...
Veritasium
Five Firsts for Mars InSight
Scientists have been studying the surface of Mars for many years ... it's time to know a little something about its interior, too. The Mars Insight launched in November 2018 on a mission to study the happenings inside the most studied...
Mathispower4u
Rate and Slope
At this rate, class members will be experts on the slope formula in no time. By viewing a short video, pupils first learn what a rate of change means in a real-world context. They then take it a step further to see how to use the slope...
Crash Course
Race Melodrama and Minstrel Shows: Crash Course Theater #30
Does theater really influence society? In the nineteenth century, drama displays that depicted the treatment of different races actually contributed to the spread of racism. Scholars view images from such plays to gain a better...