Welcome to the science page!
From YouTube channels to online courses, there’s a lot of science content on the web. It can be daunting to find the best free sources that teach science in fun and effective ways. This page has been curated with links to some of the best free educational science material. Click on the articles below to select a link and learn a new topic.
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Atomic Spectra
Atomic spectra are the patterns of light that are produced when an atom is excited, or when its electrons jump...
Read MoreInternal Energy
Internal energy is the total energy stored within a material or a system. This energy can take many forms, such...
Read MoreWhat happens when you heat an object?
Four things can happen when you heat an object: Its temperature increases. It expands or contracts. It glows. It changes...
Read MoreDrinking Bird: A Simple Heat Engine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCKC-QVcVn0 The drinking bird is a toy that is also an example of a heat engine. It is a glass...
Read Morevan der Waals Gas
A van der Waals gas is a type of gas that behaves differently from an ideal gas, especially at high...
Read MoreCritical Point
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl2Es3g9ODQ The critical point is a temperature and pressure at which the properties of the liquid and gas phases become...
Read MoreThermal Expansion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNoE5IoRheQ Thermal expansion is when things get bigger as they get hotter, and smaller as they get colder. This happens...
Read MoreHeat Capacity
Heat capacity is a measure of how much heat energy is needed to make an object or substance get warmer...
Read MoreTemperature
Temperature is a way of measuring how hot or cold something is. It tells us how much heat energy is...
Read MoreThermal Conduction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kj53p8rTP8 Thermal conduction is the process of transferring heat energy through a material from a hot object to a colder...
Read MoreBlackbody Radiation
Blackbody radiation is a type of light that comes from an object that is so hot that it glows. Imagine...
Read MoreHeat Engine
A heat engine is like a machine that can turn heat into useful work. Just like how a water wheel...
Read MoreMagnus Effect
The Magnus force is a special force that acts on spinning objects moving through a fluid, such as air or...
Read MoreZeroth Law of Thermodynamics
The zeroth law of thermodynamics says that if you have three things, and the first thing is the same temperature...
Read MoreTypes of Radiation
There are three types of nuclear radiation: alpha particles, beta particles, and gamma rays. Alpha particles: These are positively charged...
Read MoreTemperature Scales
Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin are all ways to measure temperature. All three temperature scales are used in different parts of...
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