2D Equilibrium: Balancing Games
2D Equilibrium: Balancing Games
Learn what 2D Equilibrium is and how it effects the balance of life
2nd-floor gravity
2nd-floor gravity
Does gravity affect everything at the same rate? An experiment to explain gravity.
A Voyage to Mars: Bone Loss in Space
A Voyage to Mars: Bone Loss in Space
Why do bones get weaker with less gravity and how can we prevent bone loss in space?
A World Without Friction
A World Without Friction
Learning the difference between kinetic and static friction.
An Introduction to Calorimetry
An Introduction to Calorimetry
Jacob and Erica learn about measuring energy through calorimetry.
Aristotle vs. Galileo: The Race of All Time
Aristotle vs. Galileo: The Race of All Time
Do all objects fall at the same rate, regardless of weight or size?
Balloon buoyancy: What makes balloons float?
Balloon buoyancy: What makes balloons float?
How do different air pressures effect how a balloon reacts? Does it matter what the balloon is filled with?
Bioplastics
Bioplastics
It takes 1000 years or more to break down plastic when we throw it away. What if we could engineer new plastics that can break down more easily? Try making your own vegetable-based plastic.
Bouncing Droplets: Superhydrophobic and Superhydrophilic ...
Bouncing Droplets: Superhydrophobic and Superhydrophilic Surfaces
This video introduces the concept of surface tension, and shows how roughness can make a surface superhydrophobic or superhydrophilic. The Wenzel and Cassie-Baxter models are explained. Special thanks to the MIT BioInstrumentation Lab.
Bread Mold Kills Bacteria
Bread Mold Kills Bacteria
How the penicillin in bread mold kills bacteria.
Bridge Design (and Destruction!), part 1
Bridge Design (and Destruction!), part 1
An introduction to the different types of bridges.
Bridge Design (and Destruction!), part 2
Bridge Design (and Destruction!), part 2
This is a two-part video that introduces the different types of bridges.
Buoyancy
Buoyancy
If objects fall towards the earth because gravity acts on them, then why doesn't a ship sink? Buoyancy explains why somethings float while others don't.
Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect
Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect
What is the Greenhouse Effect and what role does carbon dioxide play?
Chemiluminescence: the chemistry of light
Chemiluminescence: the chemistry of light
What makes a glow stick glow?
Circular Motion
Circular Motion
What makes the Moon orbit the Earth and how can it be calculated?
Civic Media Lunch: "ZUMIX"
Civic Media Lunch: "ZUMIX"
ZUMIX is an East Boston-based nonprofit organization dedicated to building our community through music and the arts. A core belief is that music is the most powerful means of developing adolescent self-identity. Our award-winning music and creative technology programming is designed to equip ...
Colorful Chemistry of Acids and Bases
Colorful Chemistry of Acids and Bases
Test the acidity of household products using something you can find in the supermarket: purple cabbage.