Physics Educational Videos

Description:   Produced by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, and hosted by Griff Jones, these programs take students into the Institute’s Vehicle Research Center for a fascinating exploration of the science concepts behind car crashes.

Description:   The Science Fundamentals series presents basic concepts in the physical sciences in a fun, hands-on manner using easy to understand experiments and activities. See what you can really learn about the visible force of magnetism. Demonstrates how the Earth is a giant magnet and illustrates the basic principles of magnetism. Live Action Activities Include:Lodestone demo, Temporary magnet activity, Force field activity, Magnetic strength activity, Attracting & repelling poles and Needle compass.

Description:   The Understanding Science series is designed to aid the instructor in explaining difficult scientific concepts in an easy to understand format. The presenter Doctor Science, brings the central focus to students in a fun way that is perfect for introducing basic scientific concepts.This program explains energy and it's forms including what is energy, can matter be changed into energy, how does energy travel, potential energy, kinetic energy, mechanical energy and heat energy. Each program includes teaching strategy materials as well as student glossaries of the scientific terminology used in each volume. Dr. Science uses experiments that can be adapted to the classroom and easily performed along with the program.