Curated OER
NASA: Law of Conservation of Energy
Cute animations and an animated narrator lead young physicists through kinetic energy calculations. The law of conservation of energy is also explored. The quality of visuals is somewhat blurry, but because of the enthusiasm and clarity,...
Crash Course Kids
Vacation or Conservation (Of Mass)
Does matter ever just go away? Find out with this entertaining video that dives into a sweet investigation that involves cake and sweet drinks! Super scientists gain insight about the physical changes from chemical reactions and...
Crash Course Kids
(LEGO) Block Party
Get your blocks out! It's time to start building and learning about mass! Enthusiastic chemists get in-depth information about the conservation of mass and the way it applies to chemical changes.
Fuse School
Balancing Equations Part 2
Show class members how to balance equations, keeping in mind the conservation of mass, with a video demonstration that provides a few sample problems and solutions.
MinutePhysics
How Entropy Powers the Earth (Big Picture Ep. 4/5)
Energy can be either useful or useless, depending on you look at it! A video lesson examines how entropy works with the Law of Conservation of Energy. Scholars learn how Earth receives and uses photons from the sun in a state of low...
Fuse School
Balancing Equations Part 1
Many scholars are overwhelmed when asked to balance chemical equations because they don't understand subscripts. Directly address this common point of confusion with a video that explains how to count the number of atoms in...
Fuse School
State Symbols in Chemical Equations
First equations had numbers, then chemical equations had letters, then they added in numeric subscripts, now what is going on with the alphabetic subscripts? The sixth video in a 29-part series explains how states of matter symbols are...
TED-Ed
The Survival of the Sea Turtle
Sea turtles face a lot of adversity: storms, predators on land and in the sea, and eggs that don't hatch, but the biggest threat to these magnificent and ancient creatures is human activity. From poaching to pollution, from trash to...
Curated OER
Debt Loops Rationale and Effects
Now that scholars understand more of currency imbalance and artificially suppressed currency, Sal discusses motivations of the different actors. He briefly touches on the difficulty of unwinding a cycle like this once it has begun....
Sophia Learning
Sophia: 1st Law: Conservation of Energy
This lesson will define the first law of thermodynamics, and use examples to illustrate conservation of energy.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Science Education Center: Fired Up About Energy
Did you ever want to see inside your student's minds while you are teaching a concept? Through this video, you can see the common assumptions student's hold about energy and how you can build on these ideas to explain the Law of...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Grand Canyon: Conservation and Development
This video segment adapted from NOVA explores the effects of the Glen Canyon Dam on the beaches, wildlife, and vegetation of the Colorado River.
HipHughes History
You Tube: Conservation of Natural Resources
This video provides information about the conservation of natural resources.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Momentum: Ice Skater Throws a Ball
See how the conservation of momentum principles can be applied to a problem of an ice skater throwing a ball. This video lecture gives step by step example. [6:00]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Impacts and Linear Momentum: 2 Dimensional Momentum Problem
Solve a collision of balls in two dimensions problem using the conservations of momentum in this video. Video gives a step-by-step explanation of how to solve the problem to figure out what direction and velocity the balls travel after...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Momentum: 2 Dimensional Momentum Problem Part 2
Solve a collision of balls in two dimensions using the conservations of momentum in this video. Video discusses how specifically to use trigonometry to solve the direction and velocity of the balls after the collision. [9:32]
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Essential Characteristics of Life
Paul Andersen describes three main characteristics of life that are conserved in all organisms on the planet. The universal genetic code, the central dogma of biology, and shared metabolic pathways give us details of the original...
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Students Can Help
Students from schools in the Peconic Estuary region talk about how young people everywhere can help and protect the environment. [3:16]
PBS
Pbs: Nova: Making Stuff: Cleaner
Explore materials science as it pertains to developing alternative ways to create clean energy. Subject matter is geared toward creating a sustainable future with a zero-waste world. [53:00]
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Hazardous Habitat
Estuaries are important habitats for salmon, but development, deforestation, and human interaction have caused damage to these ecosystems. Learn how to mitigate this damage and restore the estuary. [3:32]
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Cornucopia of Crabs
Learn about the wide variety of crabs found in the Oregon waters, including the estuaries and other marine ecosystems. [4:33]
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Tillamook Estuary Overview
A video overview of the amazing Tillamook Estuary in Oregon. Exciting photography highlights this 3-minute look this national treasure. [4:03]
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: All About Waquoit Bay Estuary
A quick overview of the Waquoit Bay Estuary, including what an estuary is and what makes this estuary unique. [3:29]
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Bivalve Romance
Tour a hatchery where clams, oysters, and scallops are raised, and learn about the steps of the bivalve life-cycle. Meet community members who support this ecological effort. [7:53]
