125 Great Science Videos: From Astronomy to Physics & Psychology Astronomy & Space Travel A Brief, Wondrous Tour of Earth (From Outer Space) - Video - Recorded from August to October, 2011 at the International Space Station, this HD footage offers a brilliant tour of our planet and stunning views of the aurora borealis.A Universe from Nothing - Video - In 53 minutes, theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss answers some big enchilada questions, including how the universe came from nothing.A Year of the Moon in 2.5 Minutes - Video - The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been orbiting the moon for over a year. The footage gets compressed into 2 slick minutes.A Day on Earth (as Seen From Space) - Video - Astronaut Don Pettit trained his camera on planet Earth, took a photo once every 15 seconds, and then created a brilliant time-lapse film.Atlantis's Final Landing at Kennedy Space Center - Video - After more than 30 years, the space shuttle era comes to a close. Video runs 30 minutes. Physics Biology & Chemistry Environment, Geology and & Ecology
The Big Bang for Beginners : Starts With A Bang “It took less than an hour to make the atoms, a few hundred million years to make the stars and planets, but five billion years to make man!” -George Gamow Let’s pretend that, for all of our history on Earth, we had never once bothered to look up with any instruments beyond what our own eyes could offer. Imagine that all the technology we’d have would be the same — telescopes, electronics, GPS, etc. — as would our fundamental scientific knowledge — Einstein’s General Relativity, the Standard Model of Particle Physics, etc. — but we had just never bothered to turn our attentions toward the Universe beyond our sphere of Earthly concern. (I know, I know, you can’t even imagine. What would we find, today, if we turned our attention upwards for the first time ever? Image credit: Mila Zinkova. Up in the night sky, we’d find some different classes of objects. There would also be stars, in a variety of colors, temperatures, sizes, and distances. Image credit: NASA / JPL - Caltech. How’s that?
Open Culture Quickly find free NASA educational resources NASA Educational Standards Quilts are a quick and easy way to find free NASA educational resources that align to National Math and Science Standards. The materials are available online for download and print, or you can order copies. The site starts with a menu of 5 quilts: Space Science, Mathematics, California Science, Girl Scouts, and More Education Resources. They are available online, text version, and an Excel version. You click on the quilt you are interested in. The light blue boxes have resources. In less than 5 minutes I was able to find 22 resources for one lesson for my physics class. Here are a lot more great, free Educational Resources from NASA
World's oldest color film footage discovered in museum archive (video) Cached away for over a century, the world's first color moving pictures have been shown for the first time yesterday, according to the National Media Museum in the UK. The celluloid, shot by inventor Edward Raymond Turner in 1899, was actually in black and white and it was only through a curator's research that its colorful significance was also unearthed. When the footage was first shot, each frame was run consecutively through red, green or blue gels, and the process needed to be reversed during projection to reveal the color. This type of color gel processing didn't take off in the early 20th century due to the mechanical complexity, and it would have been inferior to a chemical process since each frame carried only one-third of the full color information. [Image Credit: National Media Museum] Comments
Strange Things Are Happening To Astronauts Returning From Space – See For Yourself (Video) – Cosmic Scientist This is a beautiful video of what happens to astronauts when they return to Earth. It was done by Planetary Collective, a group of filmmakers, visual media creatives, and thinkers who work with cosmologists, ecologists, and philosophers to explore some of the big questions facing our planet today. One man featured in the video is Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell. Once a photograph of the Earth taken from outside is available, a new idea as powerful as any in history will be let loose – Fred Hoyle, 1948
Bill Nye warns: Creation views threaten US science | Nation & World LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The man known to a generation of Americans as "The Science Guy" is condemning efforts by some Christian groups to cast doubts on evolution and lawmakers who want to bring the Bible into science classrooms. Bill Nye, a mechanical engineer and star of the popular 1990s TV show "Bill Nye The Science Guy," has waded into the evolution debate with an online video that urges parents not to pass their religious-based doubts about evolution on to their children. Christians who view the stories of the Old Testament as historical fact have come to be known as creationists, and many argue that the world was created by God just a few thousand years ago. "The Earth is not 6,000 or 10,000 years old," Nye said in an interview with The Associated Press. Millions of Americans do hold those beliefs, according to a June Gallup poll that found 46 percent of Americans believe God created humans in their present form about 10,000 years ago. Online: Big Think video:
15 YouTube Channels of Fun Science for Kids YouTube has become a good source of educational materials. If you like watching science videos, you will love these YouTube channels of amazing science videos for kids. We shared 6 YouTube Channels for Hands-on Science Experiments You Can Do at Home. Bill Nye: although the channel has not been updated for couple years, the content already there is enough for kids to explore. SciShow: It is a great collection of science videos of different topics: historical science figures, science news, science talk show, science quizzes, most asked science questions. SpanglerScienceTV: from Steve Spangler, this channel has a ton of fun science facts, experiments, and more. asapScience: a fun site using fun drawings to explain various interesting topics from science point of view. LabofOrnithology: if you like birds, you will love this channel. BrainCraft: hosted by Vanessa Hill for PBS Digital Studios, BrainCraft explains why we act the way we do, using psychology and neuroscience. Enjoy!
Science Update: The Science Radio News Feature of the AAAS January 28, 2013 Cancer deaths have declined significantly since 1991. Podcast: Play in new window Transcript BOB HIRSHON (host): Cancer takes a dive. Death rates from cancer in the United States have dropped 20 percent since their 1991 peak. REBECCA SIEGEL (American Cancer Society): One of the biggest influences, of course, is the decrease in the number of people who are smoking. HIRSHON: Breakthroughs in treatment and early detection have also helped.
Science Update: The Science Radio News Feature of the AAAS January 29, 2013 Children are better at forming long-term memories than adults for a surprising reason. Podcast: Play in new window Transcript BOB HIRSHON (host): How young brains learn. Kids are like information sponges. JOE TSIEN (Georgia Regents University): You can think of it as the background noise is being reduced, and therefore the newly created information will be more robust. His team studied young mice who were bred to have adult levels of a memory receptor called NMDA. Children are better at forming long-term memories than adults.
Science Update: The Science Radio News Feature of the AAAS January 30, 2013 China’s “one-child” social policy may have unintended effects on the children. Podcast: Play in new window Transcript BOB HIRSHON (host): One child, left behind? For decades, much of China’s population has been limited to one child per family, with stiff fines for non-compliance. LISA CAMERON (Monash University, Australia): Being an only child as a result of the policy results in people being less trusting, more risk-averse, less competitive, less conscientious, and they’re also slightly more neurotic. HIRSHON: Cameron suspects that being part of a mandated, largely one child society may have effects beyond those of being an only child by parental choice.