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Physics: Energy

Resource Grade Level Media Type
Airplanes: Designing for Stealth  

Airplanes: Designing for Stealth
Explore this NOVA interactive activity to see how engineers have modified a military plane's sound, shape, and heat emissions to minimize detection.

6-12 Flash Interactive
Antarctic Ice Movement: Part II  

Antarctic Ice Movement: Part II
Within Antarctic ice sheets are fast-moving streams of ice. This video segment adapted from NOVA hypothesizes about how ice streams are the result of warming at the end of the last ice age.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Are We Alone?  

Are We Alone?
This video segment adapted from NOVA features a variety of scientific perspectives on the age old question, "Are we alone in the universe?" Animations make vivid the improbability that we could intercept a radio wave signaling extra terrestrial intelligence.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Bee Navigation  

Bee Navigation
This video segment from NOVA: "The Mystery of Animal Pathfinders" explores honeybee communication and navigation.

6-8 QuickTime Video
Birth of a Supernova, Type Ia  

Birth of a Supernova, Type Ia
In this interactive activity from NOVA Online, learn about a type of exploding star — a Type Ia supernova — that is so bright that astronomers can measure the distance to the galaxy in which it resides, and even learn which elements make up the star.

6-12 Flash Interactive
Birth of a Supernova, Type II  

Birth of a Supernova, Type II
In this interactive activity from NOVA Online, learn about a type of exploding star — a Type II supernova — that is so large it has a mass 10 times greater than the mass of our Sun.

6-12 Flash Interactive
Booming Sands  

Booming Sands
This video segment, adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, presents basic concepts of physics behind "booming" sand dunes. See how surface tension affects potential and kinetic energy and how it all works together to create sound.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Climate Change  

Climate Change
This video segment adapted from NOVA explains the difference between weather and climate and features groundbreaking analysis revealing that Earth's climate has changed much faster than previously believed.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Deep-Sea Vents and Life's Origins  

Deep-Sea Vents and Life's Origins
Deep-sea vents are home to life forms that do not rely on the Sun's energy. They depend instead on energy from volcanoes on the ocean floor. This video segment adapted from NOVA hypothesizes that life on Earth may have begun in this extreme environment.

3-12 QuickTime Video
Earthquakes: The Seismograph  

Earthquakes: The Seismograph
This video segment adapted from NOVA uses historical illustrations, photographs, and animations to explain how seismographs work, the difference between P and S waves, and the Richter scale.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Einstein: How Smart Was He?  

Einstein: How Smart Was He?
This essay from the NOVA Web site explores the impact Einstein made on physics and most everything we know about the cosmos.

6-12 HTML Document
Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity  

Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity
What happens when you approach the speed of light? This video segment adapted from NOVA follows one of Albert Einstein's thought experiments and his quest to find the answer.

9-12 QuickTime Video
The Elements: Forged in Stars  

The Elements: Forged in Stars
The story of how elements from lithium to uranium are created by stars is illustrated through animation and a hands-on periodic table in this video segment adapted from NOVA.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Energy Flow in the Coral Reef Ecosystem  

Energy Flow in the Coral Reef Ecosystem
This video segment, adapted from NOVA, describes the energy flow in a coral reef, including its food web.

3-12 QuickTime Video
Energy Transfer in a Trebuchet  

Energy Transfer in a Trebuchet
On NOVA, a team of carpenters, timber framers, engineers, and historians recreate a medieval throwing machine called a trebuchet. This adapted video segment explores how understanding energy transfer informs their design.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Evidence for the Big Bang Theory  

Evidence for the Big Bang Theory
This video segment adapted from NOVA tells the story of two scientists who inadvertently discovered microwave radiation that is now believed to be heat left over from the Big Bang.

9-12 QuickTime Video
Fireworks! Making Color  

Fireworks! Making Color
What gives a fireworks display its brilliant blue, green, and red colors? Learn how pyrotechnicians give fireworks color in this video segment adapted from NOVA.

6-12 QuickTime Video
From Seed to Flower  

From Seed to Flower
Watching plants grow is like watching paint dry: It happens so slowly that the changes are imperceptible from one moment to the next -- and yet the end results are dramatic. This video segment shows just how amazing plant development can be by depicting various phases of the process using time-lapse photography. Footage from NOVA: "The Shape of Things."

K-5 QuickTime Video
Fuel Cells  

Fuel Cells
In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, hydrogen fuel cell cars promise pollution-free driving, but will we see them anytime soon?

6-12 QuickTime Video
Global Warming: Beyond Fossil Fuels  

Global Warming: Beyond Fossil Fuels
Martin Hoffert, professor of physics at New York University, discusses global warming and alternative energies in this interview from the NOVA/FRONTLINE Web site.

6-12 HTML Document
Global Warming: Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect  

Global Warming: Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect
This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE demonstrates the physical property of carbon dioxide that causes the greenhouse effect.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Global Warming: The Developing World  

Global Warming: The Developing World
This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE looks at the future of global warming as developing nations, including India and China, increase their need for energy.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Global Warming: The Hydrogen Car  

Global Warming: The Hydrogen Car
Is the hydrogen car the answer to global warming? This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE looks at the pros and cons of this developing technology.

3-12 QuickTime Video
Global Warming: The Physics of the Greenhouse Effect  

Global Warming: The Physics of the Greenhouse Effect
This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE examines the greenhouse effect, its role in keeping Earth habitable, and the industrial changes that have led to an increase in the planet's average temperature.

6-12 QuickTime Video
The Grand Canyon: Conservation and Development  

The Grand Canyon: Conservation and Development
This video segment adapted from NOVA explores the effects of the Glen Canyon Dam on the beaches, wildlife, and vegetation of the Colorado River.

3-12 QuickTime Video
Gravity and the Expanding Universe  

Gravity and the Expanding Universe
This video segment, adapted from NOVA, traces the evolving history of theories about gravity and a force that may oppose it, along with our understanding of the impact of both of these forces on our expanding universe.

6-12 QuickTime Video
History of the Universe  

History of the Universe
This interactive timeline from the NOVA Web site recaps the theoretical origin and formation of the universe, and forecasts its eventual fate.

6-12 Shockwave Interactive
How Big Is the Universe?  

How Big Is the Universe?
In this media-rich essay from the NOVA Web site, astronomer Brent Tully of the University of Hawaiʻi walks you through the latest scientific theories about the size of the universe.

6-12 HTML Document
How Do Tornadoes Form?  

How Do Tornadoes Form?
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, scientists use computer simulations to explore the question of how supercell thunderstorms produce tornadoes.

6-12 QuickTime Video
How the Body Responds to Exercise  

How the Body Responds to Exercise
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, follow novice runners as they train for a marathon, and discover how quickly the body responds to regular aerobic exercise.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Hurricanes: New Tools for Predicting  

Hurricanes: New Tools for Predicting
This video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW features new advances in predicting the intensity of hurricanes.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Illuminating Photosynthesis  

Illuminating Photosynthesis
This interactive feature from the NOVA: "Methuselah Tree" Web site details the process of photosynthesis and its role in the oxygen/carbon dioxide cycle.

3-12 Flash Interactive
Imaging with Radar  

Imaging with Radar
This interactive activity from NOVA features synthetic aperture radar (SAR), which uses radio waves to create high-quality images. Examine SAR images of Washington, D.C., and learn about this technology's unique advantages.

6-12 Flash Interactive
Ingredients for Life: Water  

Ingredients for Life: Water
This video segment adapted from NOVA goes on a whimsical journey in search of life forms thriving in extreme conditions on Earth and in outer space. Animations show ice on Jupiter's moon, Europa, and signs that water once existed on Mars.

3-12 QuickTime Video
Intertidal Zone  

Intertidal Zone
This video segment from NOVA: "The Sea Behind the Dunes" explores the community of organisms that exists in the New England tidal marsh.

9-12 QuickTime Video
Lightning!  

Lightning!
This video segment adapted from NOVA explains the mysterious force of lightning.

3-12 QuickTime Video
Lightning Hunters  

Lightning Hunters
Find out how scientists and engineers use rockets to attract lightning in this video segment adapted from NOVA.

3-12 QuickTime Video
On Fire  

On Fire
Learn about the chemical reactions that take place when things burn in this interactive activity from the NOVA Web site.

6-12 Flash Interactive
The Origin of the Elements  

The Origin of the Elements
This video segment adapted from NOVA explains the origin of the elements and how scientists use unique element profiles to identify supernova types.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Photosynthesis  

Photosynthesis
This video segment from Interactive NOVA: "Earth" looks at photosynthesis, the chemical process plants use to make their own food.

3-12 QuickTime Video
Pilotless Flight: Timeline of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles  

Pilotless Flight: Timeline of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Explore this NOVA interactive timeline and discover the many technological innovations in the history of unmanned flight, from hot-air balloons to miniature flying robots.

6-12 HTML Interactive
Quarks: Inside the Atom  

Quarks: Inside the Atom
This video segment adapted from NOVA shows how the particle accelerator helped physicists find parts of the atom even smaller than protons and neutrons.

6-12 QuickTime Video
The Reproductive Role of Flowers  

The Reproductive Role of Flowers
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, learn about the critical role of flowers in seed plant reproductive biology.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Robofly  

Robofly
Featuring slow-motion footage of insects in flight, this video adapted from NOVA explores the engineering challenge of designing a robotic aerial vehicle that flies like a bug.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Sagan on Time Travel  

Sagan on Time Travel
Astronomer Carl Sagan discusses the possibility of time travel in this audio-enhanced interview from the NOVAWeb site.

9-12 HTML Document
Shape of Things: Trees  

Shape of Things: Trees
This video segment from NOVA: "The Shape of Things" describes the pervasiveness of branching systems, which are found in all multicellular organisms.

6-8 QuickTime Video
Snapshot of U.S. Energy Use  

Snapshot of U.S. Energy Use
This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE looks at American energy consumption and the resulting production of greenhouse gases.

3-12 QuickTime Video
Solar Magnetism  

Solar Magnetism
This video segment adapted from NOVA describes how the Sun's magnetism can have an effect here on Earth, from dramatic auroras to a mini-Ice Age in the 1600s.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Solar Paint Your Roof  

Solar Paint Your Roof
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, see how nanotechnology might be used to create a new, cheaper way to produce solar electricity for the home.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Solar Panels for Your Home  

Solar Panels for Your Home
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, take a look inside a solar panel to see how it works, and hear firsthand about the benefits from homeowners who are using this technology.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Sound Waves Underwater: Experiment with Sonar  

Sound Waves Underwater: Experiment with Sonar
This animation from the NOVA Web site describes how sonar uses sound waves to "see" underwater.

6-12 HTML Document
Sound Waves Underwater: The Loch Ness Monster  

Sound Waves Underwater: The Loch Ness Monster
This video segment, adapted from NOVA follows a team of enthusiasts and scientists who attempt to find a trace of the Loch Ness monster by scouring the lake with sonar.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Sound Waves Underwater: True or False  

Sound Waves Underwater: True or False
This interactive quiz from the NOVA Web site features an array of interesting facts about the nature of sound underwater.

3-12 HTML Interactive
Sources of Radiation  

Sources of Radiation
This interactive activity from the NOVA Web site explores sources of radiation, both harmful and beneficial, natural and manmade.

6-12 Flash Interactive
Speed of Light: How Fast Is That?  

Speed of Light: How Fast Is That?
How fast is 300,000 kilometers per second? This text from the NOVA Web site offers a few real-world comparisons for the speed of light.

6-12 HTML Document
The Light Stuff  

The Light Stuff
This interactive activity from the NOVA Web site asks which items in your home can slow down the speed of light.

6-12 HTML Interactive
Steam Machine  

Steam Machine
Explore NOVA Online's interactive steam engine and discover how this machine can convert heat to mechanical energy.

3-12 Shockwave Interactive
Stellar Velocity: The Doppler Effect  

Stellar Velocity: The Doppler Effect
This interactive activity from the NOVA Web site illustrates the Doppler effect and shows how it applies to measuring the direction and speed of stellar objects.

6-12 Flash Interactive
String Theory: A New Picture of Gravity  

String Theory: A New Picture of Gravity
This video segment from NOVA describes the general theory of relativity and the theory of electromagnetism.

6-12 QuickTime Video
String Theory: A Sense of Scale  

String Theory: A Sense of Scale
This interactive activity from the NOVA Web site puts the infinitesimally small world of string theory into perspective.

6-12 Flash Interactive
String Theory: A Strange New World  

String Theory: A Strange New World
This video segment from NOVA chronicles Einstein's quest to unify the forces of electromagnetism and gravity.

6-12 QuickTime Video
String Theory: A Theory of Everything?  

String Theory: A Theory of Everything?
This video segment from NOVA introduces the basic ideas behind string theory and looks at the quest for unification.

9-12 QuickTime Video
String Theory: A Theory of Everything Essay  

String Theory: A Theory of Everything Essay
In this essay from the NOVA Web site, string theorist Brian Greene introduces the basic ideas behind string theory and how it might help us better understand the universe.

9-12 HTML Document
String Theory: Elementary Particles  

String Theory: Elementary Particles
This interactive activity from the NOVA Web site looks at the fundamental forces and particles that make up all matter.

6-12 Flash Interactive
String Theory: Gravity - The Odd Man Out  

String Theory: Gravity - The Odd Man Out
This video segment from NOVA describes the discovery in the 1930s of two forces in addition to electromagnetism: the strong nuclear force and the weak nuclear force.

9-12 QuickTime Video
String Theory: Newton's Embarrassing Secret  

String Theory: Newton's Embarrassing Secret
This video segment from NOVA chronicles Newton's theory of gravity and Einstein's discovery that contradicted it.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Tour the Electromagnetic Spectrum  

Tour the Electromagnetic Spectrum
Take NOVA's interactive tour of the electromagnetic spectrum and find out why your eyes are like antennae for a narrow band of electromagnetic radiation.

6-12 HTML Interactive
What Causes the Gulf Stream?  

What Causes the Gulf Stream?
This video segment adapted from NOVA visualizes how Earth's rotation and uneven heating from the Sun cause prevailing winds and influence ocean surface currents. An animation and infrared satellite image illustrate the shape and direction of the Gulf Stream System in the Atlantic Ocean.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Your Carbon Diet  

Your Carbon Diet
Find out how much energy you use and some ways to conserve in this interactive activity from the NOVA/FRONTLINE Web site.

3-12 Shockwave Interactive
Your Carbon Diet  

Your Carbon Diet
In this interactive activity from the NOVA/FRONTLINE Web site, you can click on various items in a typical New England house to find out how much energy each uses and some ways to reduce energy consumption in your home.

6-12 Shockwave Interactive