Instructional Video9:46
TED Talks

TED: How much clean electricity do we really need? | Solomon Goldstein-Rose

12th - Higher Ed
To fight climate change, we need to clean up the global electricity system by replacing fossil fuel power plants with clean generation -- right? Climate author Solomon Goldstein-Rose thinks we need to do much more than that. Replacement...
Instructional Video4:39
Wonderscape

How Nuclear Reactors Generate Power

K - 5th
This video explains the process of nuclear fission and how it powers nuclear reactors to produce electricity. Learn how uranium atoms are split to create heat, which then drives steam turbines to generate energy, all while avoiding...
Instructional Video4:26
Wonderscape

Harnessing Power: The Story of Electricity Generation

K - 5th
Discover the fascinating journey of electricity generation in this concise video. From Michael Faraday's initial experiments with copper coils and magnets to modern hydroelectric turbines, learn how electric currents are created and...
Instructional Video3:09
Curated Video

GCSE Physics - Introduction to Energy Sources #9

9th - Higher Ed
In this video we cover:

- How our sources of energy have changed throughout human hi
story
- Where we use most of our energy today i.e. transport an
d domestic
- How renewable is our electricity (spoiler aler

t......
Instructional Video2:02
Bill Nye

Bill Nye The Science Guy on Energy

4th - 8th
Energize your physical scientists with this little video on potential and kinetic energy, transformation of energy, and the generating of electricity. Bill Nye walks viewers through the process of burning coal to create steam, turn a...
Instructional Video
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Green Revolution: Microbes

9th - 10th
In Bruce Logan's lab at Penn State University, researchers are working on developing microbial fuel cells (MFCs) that can generate electricity while treating wastewater. They are also researching methods to increase power generation from...
Instructional Video
Other

Energy Now!: Energy 101: Electricity Generation

9th - 10th
Animated correspondent, "Little Lee Patrick Sullivan," follows from its source to the light bulb in your home, explaining different fuels, thermal power generation, transmission and the grid. [5:19]