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Interactive3:35
Scholastic

Study Jams! Air Pressure & Wind

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Blow your class away with a gust of humor as they watch this video about air pressure and wind. Along the way, they find that the density of air (as determined by temperature, altitude, and water vapor content) leads to air pressure...
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Instructional Video4:03
TED-Ed

The Effects of Underwater Pressure on the Body

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Exactly what causes the the pain you feel when diving to the deep end of a pool? Find out with this short video that explores the physical laws governing the behavior of gases and the ways they affect marine life and scuba divers that...
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Instructional Video11:55
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Crash Course

Partial Pressures & Vapor Pressure: Crash Course

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
How much pressure is exerted by the mixture of gases in a scuba tank? Introduce pupils to Dalton's Law of Partial Pressure and vapor pressure in the video sure to interest the class. The video also reminds viewers that gases are not...
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Instructional Video3:03
Steve Spangler Science

Bursting Water Pipe - Cool Science Demo

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Water is powerful! Because it expands as it freezes, if it does so in a closed system, tremendous pressure can be created. All it takes is a little break to cause the system to explode! It's unlikely that you would submerge a pipe full...
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Instructional Video3:07
Curated OER

Bursting Water Pipe

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Water is powerful! Because it expands as it freezes, if it does so in a closed system, tremendous pressure can be created. All it takes is a little break to cause the system to explode! It's unlikely that you would submerge a pipe full...
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Instructional Video9:41
Bozeman Science

Water Potential

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Water flow isn't solely based on gravity. Pupils explore the formula for the potential of water through a measurement of psi based on the solute potential and the pressure potential. The lesson analyzes the example of placing salt on a...
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Instructional Video3:26
Mathispower4u

Linear Equation Application - Depth Under Water (Example)

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
Water pressure decreases at a constant rate with a change in depth. A video lesson demonstrates how to use a linear equation to determine the depth when given a specific pressure. Learners must substitute for the dependent variable to...
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Instructional Video1:51
Curated OER

STEMbite: Atmospheric Pressure

For Students 6th - 8th
Mr. Vanden Heuvel is in the bathroom again! This time he examines the strength of atmospheric pressure with a classic demonstration of filling a glass with water in the sink to reveal the column that fills the glass. Then he places a...
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Instructional Video16:02
Curated OER

Vapor Pressue

For Students 7th - 10th
A problem from a chemistry textbook is posed on the screen. Sal solves the problem which attempts to calculate vapor pressure using the Ideal Gas Law. The rate of evaporation of water given a certain volume, temperature, and pressure is...
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Instructional Video18:04
Curated OER

Vapor Pressue

For Students 7th - 10th
Vapor pressure is the focus of this chemistry video. Sal explains that, when molecules are "sticking together" a substance takes on a liquid, or a solid form. But when kinetic energy is increased, the molecules are forced apart and a...
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Instructional Video1:38
Veritasium

Does Pressure Melt Ice?

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Explore regelation of ice through a video demonstration. Applying pressure to a block of ice with a wire lowers the melting point and causes the ice to melt. As soon as the wire passes through, the water returns to its solid state as ice...
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Instructional Video9:50
Steve Spangler Science

Steve Spangler on The Ellen Show February 2008

For Teachers 5th - 8th
A lot goes on during this visit to the Ellen DeGeneres show. During the first segment, Spangler demonstrates the ability of the human body to act as a conductor of electricity and he shows the clean burning properties of hydrogen and...
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Instructional Video1:53
Teacher's Pet

Phase Diagrams

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
This is one phase you'll enjoy going through with your class! Young chemists discover the components of phase diagrams in a video lesson. The narrator discusses temperature and pressure, then shows how their interaction affects the state...
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Instructional Video4:43
Veritasium

Making SOLID Nitrogen!

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Have you ever seen solid nitrogen? Or solid carbon dioxide? Watch as a pair of instructors adjust pressure to allow liquid nitrogen to solidify. After they finish, they put the solid nitrogen in water which produces carbon dioxide gas...
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Instructional Video2:54
Veritasium

Why Is Ice Slippery?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Explore the science behind slippery ice. Ice is most slippery when it begins to melt, but even when temperatures are below freezing, ice becomes slippery when you walk on it. The video lesson explains how adding pressure to a solid...
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Instructional Video3:29
Deep Look

Identical Snowflakes? Scientist Ruins Winter For Everyone

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Can snowflakes be identical? Under perfect conditions, these perfect, unique crystals can have a twin. Explore snowflakes in the great indoors of a laboratory experiment to see how carefully regulated conditions have busted the myth of...
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Interactive4:16
Scholastic

Study Jams! Weather & Climate

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Introducing your class to weather concepts is a breeze with this fresh film! It differentiates between weather and climate, describes the factors that affect weather (temperature, air pressure and humidity), and displays Earth's climate...
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Instructional Video4:16
Veritasium

How Can Trees Be Taller Than 10m?

For Students 9th - 12th
The longest functioning straw is 10.3 meters tall. The dilemma—if this is true— is how can a tree be taller than 10.3 meters? A video researches the answer and presents it in a thought-provoking video lesson. There are many components to...
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Instructional Video9:26
Crash Course

Fluid Flow and Equipment: Crash Course Engineering #13

For Students 9th - 12th
Bernoulli knows best (at least about fluid mechanics). The 13th installment in the Crash Course Engineering series focuses on Bernoulli's principle. Viewers learn the relationship between the speed and pressure of fluids by watching a...
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Instructional Video2:57
Teacher's Pet

Passive Transport Part 2

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Cells require a specific amount of water—too much or too little causes problems. The video explains how cells handle having extra or not enough water. It includes plasmolysis, cytolysis, and facilitated diffusion. 
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Instructional Video2:48
Teacher's Pet

Le Châtelier

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
How do systems in equilibrium adjust to changes? Junior chemists examine Le Chatelier's Principle using a short video. The narrator illustrates how changing concentration, temperature, and pressure shifts the balance of reactants and...
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Instructional Video3:38
Deep Look

If Your Hands Could Smell, You’d Be an Octopus

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
An octopus' tentacles are more like sticky, multipurpose tools than the simple leg-like appendages we view them as. Discover their amazing abilities, times eight, in an entertaining video. The narrator explains the senses located in each...
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Instructional Video12:36
Curated OER

Phase Diagrams

For Students 7th - 10th
In his previous videos, Sal shows students how to calculate how much energy is needed to change various amounts of water from state to state when the atmospheric pressure is constant. In this video, he shows students how to use phase...
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Instructional Video3:10
Be Smart

8 Incredible Deep Sea Oddities!

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
The pressure at the bottom of the ocean is 10,000 times that at sea level. Scholars go under the sea as they learn about organisms found in the deep ocean waters. From angler fish to deep sea jellies that bioluminescence, viewers see...

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