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This playlist provides clips that convey many key concepts in Chemistry.

Fail Safe (1964): First Strike

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first-strike attack

In a meeting with ranking military and government staff, an American professor argues in favor of a first strike policy: one in which the United States attacks the Soviet Union first. He is countered by a general who questions the morality of such a stance and such action. This clip highlights the extremities in Cold War thinking.

Clips

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Malcolm in the Middle: Chemistry Mishap

Malcolm accidentally creates a level 3 toxic biohazard instead of a stink bomb because he didn't ...

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Thomas Edison's Secret Lab: Follow Your Nose

Per Thomas Edison's suggestion, The Secret Labbers visit Frederick Soddy to better understand rad...

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Numb3rs: Radiocarbon Dating Explanation

Charlie explains radiocarbon dating and how it is used to calculate the approximate age of an obj...

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Mr. Bean: Chemistry Experiment thumbnail

Mr. Bean: Chemistry Experiment

Mr. Bean shows off exactly what NOT to do in a chemistry lab.

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CrashCourse: Covalent Bonds

Tom Green explains the covalent bonds between carbon and methane, and he represents them using a ...

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CrashCourse: That's Why Carbon is a Tramp

Hank explains the properties of Carbon and its flexible bonding criteria, which allows it to bond...

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The Simpsons: A World Without Zinc

Bart watches a short film about a boy named Jimmy who lives in a world without zinc. The film exp...

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MythBusters: Blowing Up A Bathtub

The MythBusters have already debunked the myth that a few grams of caesium (Cs) or rubidium (Rb) ...

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Crash Course: Biology: Water Density & Heat Capacity

Hank explains why solid water is less dense than liquid water even though solids are typically mo...

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The Magic School Bus: How Water Changes thumbnail

The Magic School Bus: How Water Changes

The class goes to Water Land and learns about how water changes when it is exposed to different a...

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Crash Course: Biology: Classification of Fats

Hank explains the different types of fat (saturated, unsaturated, omega-3, trans) that exist and ...

13

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York: Marv Gets Shocked, Harry Blows Up thumbnail

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York: Marv Gets Shocked, Harry Blows Up

Kevin sets up clever contraptions throughout the house that utilize science to inflict more pain ...

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The Big Bang Theory: The Big Bang Theory Intro

This intro song to The Big Bang Theory covers topics such as the origins of the universe, univers...

15

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GENIUS by Stephen Hawking: How Atoms Are Created

A group of participants attempts to understand the purpose of the machine and the magnets given t...

18

Crash Course: Biology: You Are What You Eat: Biological Molecules thumbnail

Crash Course: Biology: You Are What You Eat: Biological Molecules

Hank explains that biological molecules are essential sources of energy. They are used for energy...

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CrashCourse: Hunting for Properties

This video simply discusses what properties of matter are and explains a few properties, such as ...

21

Crash Course: Biology: Water: Liquid Awesome thumbnail

Crash Course: Biology: Water: Liquid Awesome

An introduction to the properties of H2O and its components: hydrogen and oxygen. This clip also ...

22

The Big Bang Theory: Sheldon Finds New Elements thumbnail

The Big Bang Theory: Sheldon Finds New Elements

Sheldon finds out that the new chemical elements he helped discover were found because of a mathe...

23

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Jaws 2: Brody Electrocutes Shark

Brody kills the shark by baiting it to bite on an electric cable. Because the salt water conducts...

24

Bill Nye, the Science Guy: Phases of Matter thumbnail

Bill Nye, the Science Guy: Phases of Matter

Bill explains the three states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases. He explains that these stat...

25

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The Graham Norton Show: Daniel Radcliffe Sings The Elements

In this video, Daniel Radcliffe sings Tom Lehrer's song, "The Elements" on the Graham Norton show...

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MythBusters: Swimming in Syrup thumbnail

MythBusters: Swimming in Syrup

The MythBusters test if the extra thrust you get from swimming through syrup counteracts the adde...

28

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Will Smith Studies the Periodic Table thumbnail

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Will Smith Studies the Periodic Table

Will Smith "studies" the periodic table by dancing to the music and reciting element names. An ex...

29

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Three-Year-Old Periodic Table Expert

Three-year-old Brielle showcases her knowledge of the periodic table. Some of the elements that s...

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Bill Nye, the Science Guy: Movement of Heat thumbnail

Bill Nye, the Science Guy: Movement of Heat

Bill Nye explains that heat is energy and can be used to do work, such as keep up warm, run an en...

34

Monty Python and the Holy Grail: She's a Witch! thumbnail

Monty Python and the Holy Grail: She's a Witch!

The townsmen believe the lady is a witch because she is dressed as one, and Sir Bedevere asks the...

35

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Two and a Half Men: Alan Tests Anxiety Medication

Alan becomes a test subject in pharmaceutical research and soon learns that he is in the test gro...

36

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The Big Bang Theory: Sheldon's Mistake

Sheldon talks to Stephen Hawking about his paper, and Mr. Hawking finds an arithmetic mistake in ...

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The Big Bang Theory: Experimenting on Howard

Leonard and Sheldon notice that Howard takes any opportunity he can to remind others that he went...

38

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The Nightmare Before Christmas: What is Christmas?

Jack Skellington uses the Scientific Method to answer the question, "What is Christmas?" He borro...

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MythBusters: Talking to Plants

The MythBusters test the myth that talking to plants makes them grow better. They set up several ...

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MythBusters: Talking to Plants Results

The MythBusters analyze the results of their "talking to plants" experiment with bush peas. While...

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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The Placebo Effect thumbnail

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The Placebo Effect

Charlie takes an "intelligence pill" and claims it has helped him invent a way for spiders to spe...

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Crash Course: Chemistry: Solids are Chemicals thumbnail

Crash Course: Chemistry: Solids are Chemicals

Hank explains that almost everything with which we interact is a chemical. He introduces the diff...

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Making a Cloud thumbnail

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Making a Cloud

Jimmy and Lucy Liu perform science experiments with Kevin Delaney, including making a giant cloud...

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Beakman's World: Elements and Compounds

Beakman explains how diamonds are made from carbon and then describes what elements and compounds...

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Schoolhouse Rock!: Tax Man Max

Describes what taxes are and what they are used for. This music video also mentions the different...

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The Rainmaker: Miss Birdie's Beneficiary thumbnail

The Rainmaker: Miss Birdie's Beneficiary

Rudy helps Miss Birdie draft a will to allocate assets appropriately. He strongly advises to cons...

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Thirteen Days: Cuban Missile Crisis

The thirteen days marking the most dangerous period of the Cuban missile crisis begin. President ...

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The Dark Knight: Good Cop, Bat Cop thumbnail

The Dark Knight: Good Cop, Bat Cop

The Batman--an anti-hero--is not afraid to use unconventional methods of interrogation. Meanwhile...

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Stranger Than Fiction: Tax Man Audit

Harold, a tax auditor, visits Miss Pascal at her store to audit her because she paid only 78% of ...

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Darkest Hour: Churchill's Plea for Aid thumbnail

Darkest Hour: Churchill's Plea for Aid

Winston Churchill desperately presses Franklin D. Roosevelt for assistance and aid as England str...

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Babylon Berlin: Protests in Berlin

1920s Berlin was a city of immense contrasts and inequality. It was in this tumult that communism...

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Fail Safe (1964): First Strike thumbnail

Fail Safe (1964): First Strike

In a meeting with ranking military and government staff, an American professor argues in favor of...

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Che: Part One: Che's Criticisms thumbnail

Che: Part One: Che's Criticisms

Ernesto "Che" Guevara criticizes U.S. policy and intervention in Latin America in a speech at the...

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Jane the Virgin: Abuela May Be Deported thumbnail

Jane the Virgin: Abuela May Be Deported

While Jane's abuela is in the hospital, the hospital learns she isn't a citizen. The police want ...

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The Hate U Give: That's a Problem

Starr is at her friend's house when she sees on the news a plea from the officer's father who sho...

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The Hate U Give: Hailey and Starr Fighting Scene

Hailey angers Starr because she doesn't think she makes racist comments about Khalil's death by t...

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Straight Outta Compton: Police Harrassment

A group of rappers are standing outside a recording studio when several police cars stop. The rap...

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Zootopia: Judy's First Day of Work thumbnail

Zootopia: Judy's First Day of Work

Judy Hopps completes her first day on the police force, as a meter reader. She feels sad and disa...

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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: Unbelievable Rescue thumbnail

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: Unbelievable Rescue

E.T. helps the boys who were fleeing from the police to save it using his extra terretrial powers...

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Nathan For You: Dealing with Competitors

Nathan comes up with a plan to help Alan, owner of Speers TV, compete with Best Buy by using thei...

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World Trade Center: The Right Thing to Do thumbnail

World Trade Center: The Right Thing to Do

When two New York City Port Authority police officers find themselves trapped in the rubble of Se...

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The Incredibles: The Price of Empathy thumbnail

The Incredibles: The Price of Empathy

Bob explains to his elderly client why her insurance policy was denied. Seeing that she is visibl...

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The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: Underworld Crime and Punishment thumbnail

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: Underworld Crime and Punishment

Grim throws the moon at a town and is arrested by underworld police, which through a portal in th...

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Batman Begins: More Than Meets the Eye

Bruce Wayne, secretly the Batman, acts like something he is not to fit in. But when Bruce runs in...

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Crash Course: Chemistry: Crystalline Solids thumbnail

Crash Course: Chemistry: Crystalline Solids

Hank discusses the arrangement of the atoms in crystalline solids and how their atomic arrangemen...

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Crash Course: Chemistry: Polymers thumbnail

Crash Course: Chemistry: Polymers

Hank explains polymers, describes some of their properties, and explains how they are formed. He ...

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Bill Nye, the Science Guy: Atom thumbnail

Bill Nye, the Science Guy: Atom

Bill Nye explains that an atom is composed of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Protons and neutr...

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Powers of Ten: The Scale of an Atom

Starting from the hand of a sleeping man at a picnic, this clip investigates the structure of a c...

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Science with Sophie: Why Does Water Expand When Frozen? thumbnail

Science with Sophie: Why Does Water Expand When Frozen?

Sophie explains how potholes occur in the street: when water seeps below the ground and freezes. ...

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Science Max: Chemical Change or Not? thumbnail

Science Max: Chemical Change or Not?

In this Science Max Quiz, Phil explains how to differentiate chemical and physical changes. He me...

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Breaking Bad: All Life Is Carbon thumbnail

Breaking Bad: All Life Is Carbon

Walter teaches his chemistry class about the element, carbon, and its critical role in life. He e...

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National Geographic: All About Helium thumbnail

National Geographic: All About Helium

This clip provides a brief history of Helium and its discovery by humans. It mentions the some of...

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Science Max: What are Chemicals?

Phil provides a basic overview of chemicals and explains that they make up everything in the univ...

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Beakman's World: Solutions and Suspensions

Beakman explains chemical reactions and discusses how chemicals can be put together without react...

84

WKRP in Cincinnati: Venus Explains the Atom thumbnail

WKRP in Cincinnati: Venus Explains the Atom

Venus gives Arnold a 2-minute lesson on the atom. He makes allusions to inner city life (gangs, t...

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Science Max: The Atom Explained with Kittens

Phil explains the structure of an atom in 60 seconds using a fence, different colored balls, and ...

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Cosmic Voyage: Realm of the Very Small

This clip takes us into the microscopic world through a series of steps, with each step being 10x...

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The Simpsons: The Blacksmith Makes a Key thumbnail

The Simpsons: The Blacksmith Makes a Key

Bart and Gina visit a blacksmith to get their handcuffs removed. The blacksmith creates a key by ...

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Beakman's World: Explaining Metals

Beakman explains what metals are and how they occur naturally. He then pretends to be Andrew Carn...

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Beakman's World: Bubbling Raisins

Beakman puts raisins in some soda and notes that the raisins rise and fall. He explains that this...

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Beakman's World: The Weight of Gas

Beakman weighs a slightly deflated basketball, pumps it up with air, and weighs it again to prove...

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Backdraft: Fire Is a Living Thing

A fire investigator and a fireman are at the scene of an incident involving fire. The investigato...

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Breaking Bad: The Reaction Has Begun thumbnail

Breaking Bad: The Reaction Has Begun

Walt suggests to Jesse that they have finished their work for now because the reaction has begun....

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Beakman's World: How Cars Move

Beakman explains how gas is explosive and causes the combustion engine in the car to work. He use...

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Beakman's World: Chemical Reactions are Partnerships

Beakman explains what a chemical reaction is and then shows examples of three kinds of reactions ...

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Beakman's World: Speedy Catalysts

Beakman explains catalysts using demos involving glue and hydrogen peroxide. He explains how cata...

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Science Max: How Carbonation Works

Phil tries to create carbonation on his own and initially fails. He consults his Book of Science ...

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Rick and Morty: Love is a Chemical Reaction thumbnail

Rick and Morty: Love is a Chemical Reaction

Rick tries to explain to Morty that what people call "love" is just a chemical reaction that comp...

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The Watsons Go to Birmingham: Car Window

Byron kisses his reflection in a frozen car window and gets his lips stuck to it. He pleads to Ke...

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Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory: Television Chocolate

Willy Wonka demonstrates his latest invention: television chocolate, which makes it possible to s...

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Beakman's World: Describing Acids

Beakman explains what acids are and performs a demo where he puts bone in vinegar for a few days ...

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Beakman's World: Acids and Bases

Beakman explains that there are chemicals all around you at home. He explains indicators and crea...

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Breaking Bad: What is Chemistry? thumbnail

Breaking Bad: What is Chemistry?

Walter White introduced the term "chemistry" to his students, by doing a live experiment with a l...