Looking for videos to create a youtube playlist to entertain a group of science-minded teenagers for about 30 min that are largely visual. Sound is fine but the bulk shouldn't be someone talking to the class like an instructor - visualizations are best - ideally they should look really, really cool. Class is engineering focused, but chemistry, robotics, wobbly bridges, comp-sci, biology, are all welcome.
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posted by The Whelk
on Mar 24, 2013 -
6 answers
I recently accepted a sales position within a company that sells laboratory equipment. (i.e. centrifuges, GC's, HPLC's, Thermal Cyclers, etc) I have no previous lab or science experience, so learning about a myriad of highly technical products/methods is a quite challenging. My main challenge comes from the fact that I need to engage in conversations with scientists, chemists, biologists on a daily basis. With no previous lab experience, I've been having a hard time talking to them on technical level.
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posted by AMWKE1984
on Feb 8, 2013 -
11 answers
How would a graduate chemistry student distinguish themselves as more gifted than their classmates?
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posted by Egg Shen
on Oct 19, 2012 -
16 answers
What readily available materials change state at a constant, predictable rate in an easily observable manner?
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posted by londonmark
on Aug 15, 2012 -
12 answers
In the final episode of James Burke's "Connections", he describes a
secret experiment mixing CuSO4 and NaOH, and the potential uses for the result. That was the late 1970s--I am curious what actually happened since then.
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posted by This_Will_Be_Good
on May 9, 2012 -
8 answers
I would like to pursue research in supramolecular chemistry, but I am a couple years out of school and do not have a chemistry background. Also, I lack letters of recommendation. I am certain I cannot get into a decent Ph.D. program, but do I have a shot at getting in a Master's program? Or must I resort to taking classes at a university somewhere?
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posted by nhamann
on Apr 29, 2012 -
14 answers
How can you tell where water came from? Lets say I give you a bucket of water taken from a local water source (river, lake, etc). There's some plants and maybe a fish in it as well. What could you tell me about where this water came from, could you pinpoint which body it came from, and how would you come to this conclusion?
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posted by The Whelk
on Dec 1, 2011 -
21 answers
What do you think should be on a university science department's website? If you were a student researching/applying for an UG or Masters program, or someone generally interested in the dept, what would you like to see and where? Alternatively, what are good examples of science dept. websites that you have seen?
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posted by lalochezia
on Oct 18, 2011 -
22 answers
I'm considering going to law school. I have BSs in chemistry and biochemistry. If I went, I'd like to end up practicing in an area where my scientific education is useful.
Other than patent law, in what legal specialties would my background be helpful?
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posted by Gregor Samsa
on Jun 13, 2011 -
10 answers
What would you like to read about Chemistry (and maybe science in general) from a non-scientist POV?
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posted by stevechemist
on Jan 15, 2011 -
28 answers
In a few weeks I'll be giving a talk to my research group about chemical safety. Please help me find stories, videos, and photos to make it interesting, awe-inspiring, and informative!
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posted by you're a kitty!
on Nov 2, 2010 -
19 answers
If you were to combine 1 cup of skim milk and 1 cup of 2% milk, does that essentially give you two cups of 1% milk?
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posted by ascetic
on Jul 14, 2010 -
17 answers
I'm giving a presentation next month need a funny joke about the difference between chemists/scientists and engineers (because I'm an engineer doing chemistry)
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posted by beammeup4
on Jul 9, 2010 -
22 answers
BookFilter: I'm looking for a book for my (26-year-old) brother on what I'd call "kitchen chemistry"; i.e. cool experiments that you can do at home just for the sake of making something awesome happen.
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posted by teraspawn
on Feb 17, 2010 -
6 answers
What is the best way to move hot air? Would it be blowing air across the heat source (ex: wood stove) or suck the air away from the heat source?
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posted by ascetic
on Dec 16, 2009 -
11 answers
What happened to my Shampoo? I mixed two different Shampoo brands about 70/30 and liked the resultant mixture. The next time I mixed them 50/50 and overnight the mixture lost all it's "thickness" (viscosity, I guess) and still works fine, but is as thin as milk if not thinner.
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posted by Rafaelloello
on Oct 23, 2009 -
6 answers
A question for chemists - I am doing a calculation about the energy requirements of taking CO2 at atmospheric pressure and temperature and compressing it to 2 MPa (2000 kPa, about 300 psi) and cooling it to -31ºC and am a bit uncertain about handling the phase change from gas to liquid.
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posted by gspm
on Jul 24, 2008 -
7 answers
i want something sort of like
this, only more to my liking. recommendations, please.
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posted by gcat
on Apr 17, 2008 -
4 answers
Is there a chemical explanation for the density of an element or is it simply an innate physical characteristic?
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posted by beta male
on Jan 21, 2008 -
14 answers
What is a bricks-and-mortar store at which I could buy a set of model elements / bonds - the molecule model things that students use as they are learning organic chemistry?
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posted by Chanther
on Jan 7, 2008 -
14 answers
What is the correct
thermodynamic explanation for the fact that all monosaccharides with 5 or more backbone carbon atoms occur predominately in their cyclic form in solution?
posted by perissodactyl
on Dec 12, 2007 -
5 answers
ChemistryFilter: What chemicals are out there that can stain a t-shirt, but then be quickly dissolved with a chemical? Bonus points: Chemicals are safe enough for compost heap, and won't dissolve in a washing machine.
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posted by mccarty.tim
on Dec 3, 2007 -
8 answers
NewAcademicJobFilter: What did/should you do, to start off a new academic job at a new institution
and do it right? Lab? Colleagues? Students? People to know? Actions to take? How did you leave your own institution?
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posted by lalochezia
on Jul 3, 2007 -
6 answers
"A human is halfway in size between an atom and the known universe"... This is a paraphrased quote I have come across several times. I like it. Who said it first? How true is it in the most literal sense? And, finally, what errors arrive in postulating a universe, or an atom, which can be measured AT ALL from our singular, relativistic, perspective?
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posted by 0bvious
on Feb 18, 2007 -
14 answers
What is the underlying physiological cause for paresthesia (tingling of the fingers) secondary to hyperventilation?
Specifically, what metabolic or neurological process causes you to feel tingling in your fingers when you hyperventilate?
posted by scrump
on Jun 30, 2006 -
2 answers
When I pour sugar in my coffee the total volume in my mug increases. What happen to the volume when the sugar dissolves (decreasing or stable ?) ?
posted by vincentm
on May 18, 2006 -
9 answers
Theoretically, if I needed large amounts of carbon, could I extract it from the air? How could I do it?
posted by Mwongozi
on Dec 6, 2005 -
18 answers
