Videos
Fifty-Cent Microscope That Folds Like Origami
A 50-cent microscope that folds like origami! Watch the Foldscope TED Talk by Manu Prakash to learn all about how Foldscopes could revolutionize healthcare in developing countries and turn almost anything into a fun, hands-on science experiment. LEARN MORE
Read MoreIntroduce a Girl to Engineering
What makes a superhero a superhero? Use this video to teach young girls how some real-life superheroes at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering are using the special powers to save people and make their lives better every day. LEARN MORE
Read MoreMinute Earth
MinuteEarth is a YouTube channel with short video clips (usually less than 3 minutes in length) on the science and stories about our awesome planet! From Why Are Leaves Green? to The Biggest Organism on Earth to How do Trees Survive Winter? and even Do Fetuses Poop? – you will find a little bit of everything here!
Read MoreChemistry of Cookies
You stick cookie dough into an oven and, magically, you get a plate of warm, gooey cookies. Except it’s not magic; it’s science. Stephanie Warren explains via basic chemistry principles how the dough spreads out, at what temperature we can kill salmonella, and why that intoxicating smell wafting from your oven indicates that the cookies…
Read MoreBest Top 10 Plasma Tricks and Demonstrations
Did you know you can light a fluorescent bulb or neon tube using a plasma ball? Plasma balls are fascinating STEM toys. The Best Top 10 Plasma Ball Tricks and Demonstrations video highlights purposeful physics and physical science uses for this classic STEM toy. Explore, experiment and entertain with care while learning about electrostatics and more!
Read MoreEnergy 101
The Energy 101 Videos from the U.S. Department of Energy are a collection of 15 short videos about the fundamental concepts behind renewable energy sources and energy efficiency. Learn about Electric Vehicles, Biofuels, Algae-to-Fuels, Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy and much more. WATCH ALL THE VIDEOS NOW
Read MoreOK Go – This Too Shall Pass – Rube Goldberg Machine
Rube Goldberg Machine – Official Video – From the OK Go album “Of the Blue Colour of the Sky” available at www.okgo.net/store
Read MoreInvisible Bicycle Helmet
You know what kind of sucks about riding a bike? Other than all that pedaling? Bike helmets. Sure, they keep that overrated “brain” from getting splattered, but they take a lot of the open-air–joy out of things, and they’re not comfortable. Two Swedish women have developed a remarkable solution: the invisible bike helmet. https://youtu.be/CMAhptqk-4Q
Read MoreThe User’s Guide to Energy
The Atlantic’s six video series called The User’s Guide to Energy asks six basic questions about energy and answers them in animated explainers. Alexis Madrigal explains the following: How much energy does the U.S. use? How do we use energy at home? Who’s to blame for climate change? What’s in crude oil – and how…
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