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How Special Relativity Makes Magnets Work
https://youtu.be/1TKSfAkWWN0 Magnetism seems like a pretty magical phenomenon. Rocks that attract or repel each other at a distance - that's really cool - and electric current in a wire interacts in the same way. What's even more amazing is how it works. We normally...
Beavers: The Smartest Thing in Fur Pants
https://youtu.be/Zm6X77ShHa8 Beavers have done more to shape North American landscapes than any animal beside humans. We don’t notice them much today because there aren’t many left, but before colonization, North America was home to hundreds of millions of these furry...
How does caffeine keep us awake? – Hanan Qasim TED-Ed
https://youtu.be/foLf5Bi9qXs Over 100,000 metric tons of caffeine are consumed around the world every year. That’s equivalent to the weight of 14 Eiffel Towers! Caffeine helps us feel alert, focused, and energetic, even if we haven’t had enough sleep — but it can also...
How We’re Redefining the kg
https://youtu.be/Oo0jm1PPRuo I have been obsessed with measurement for a long time and I'm not sure quite how it happened. The world's roundest object played a role in this. I guess I'm just fascinated by how difficult it is to pin down a quantity like a kilogram. A...
Citrus Battery Contest
Introduction When two metals having different electrical potentials are placed in a solution of an electrolyte (such as a lemon or an orange, with its high concentration of citric acid), a crude electrochemical cell is set up. The cell is a voltaic cell resulting from...
What If The World Became Vegan? – Earth Unplugged
https://youtu.be/ytFwytWK1Bw In the UK alone there are over half a million people who have decided to live a vegan lifestyle. This involves not eating dairy or meat and instead opting for plant based food. However, across the globe, humans eat a staggering amount of...
How does fracking work? – TED-Ed
https://youtu.be/Tudal_4x4F0 Deep underground lie stores of once-inaccessible natural gas. There’s a technology, called hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” that can extract this natural gas, potentially powering us for decades to come. So how does fracking work and...
STAO Safety Mindedness Teacher Training Resource Update
STAO's Safety Mindedness Program, the leading safety training program for Ontario Science teachers has been updated. Safety Mindedness now works seamlessly on virtually any device. Gestures like screen shrinking and expanding now works on tablets and phones....
Is Space a Thing?
https://youtu.be/DQsplQW7KGw Since the days of Ancient Greece, philosophers and scientists have been wondering: What is space? Is the absence of things… a thing? These questions continued to fascinate physicists in the modern era, leading Isaac Newton, Ernst Mach, and...
Canada C3’s epic science expedition
https://youtu.be/5MR0gwFVTJg A retired icebreaker is making its way around the country to study Canada's coasts. CBC's Brett Ruskin takes us on board the ship. To read more: http://cbc.ca/1.4183878 »»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/1RreYWS...
What Did Dinosaurs Really Sound Like?
https://youtu.be/RwRR_qLgvw8 You probably remember the T.rex’s iconic roar from Jurassic Park, but it turns out that dinosaurs actually didn't sound that ferocious. Hosted by: Hank Green
Greening the School Science Lab
Introduction For over 40 years, Flinn Scientific has embraced a consistent philosophy regarding the use of chemicals in science labs: “Chemicals in any form can be safely stored, handled or used if the physical, chemical, and hazardous properties are fully understood...