What is surface tension?
In this mesmerizing video, see how a water strider walks on water, and how a drop of milk in water actually stretches the water's surface instead of breaking it. It has to do with the elastic property of the water surface, a phenomenon called surface tension.
How to Make a Duct Tape Coin Pouch
To make this DIY Duct Tape Coin Pouch, gather a cutting mat (or ruler) an x-acto knife (or scissors), a ziplock bag, and two different colors of duct tape. Sally shows us how to build this coin pouch in just a few snappy minutes. Get creative with colors or patterns,...
NEBULAE: A Cosmic Meditation
Watch this stunning footage taking you deep inside a space nebulae. "A cloud that veils one of nature's secret places. This is a stellar nursery, a place where stars are born. They condense by gravity from gas and dust until their temperatures become so high that they...
What is Dust Made Of?
Less than a tenth the size of an ant, a dust mite’s whole world is contained in the dusty film under a bed or in a forgotten corner. This realm is right under our noses, but from our perspective, the tiny specks of brilliant color blend together into a nondescript...
Welding in Space
In space, metals can weld together without heat or melting.
Rescuing a Tiny, Newborn Sloth
The Very Hungry Maggot: Can Maggots Devour All Our Food Waste?
How Deep is the Ocean?
How Trees Talk to Each Other on “The Wood-Wide Web”
Utah Wildlife Department Stock Lakes with Fish from Airplanes
What Do Sand Dollars Look Like When They’re Alive?
How to Turn Stuff From Your Garden and Yard Into Stunning Art
Raku Inoue has become famous for making these fantastical insectile creatures out of things found commonly in nature. He explains how in this video. Let it be art inspiration for you and tag @happyathomeschool in your creations!
How to Play Cat’s Cradle
A great tutorial on how to play this old-timey game with just two people and some string.
How Musical Notes and Beats Go Together
Learning about the duration of musical notes — their various lengths, names, and how they interact with underlying beats in order to create rhythm — can be challenging. This video was produced to make that process "upbeat" and fun without oversimplifying the basic...
Can Bananas Make Music?
Welcome to the future: Yuri Suzuki shows us how to turn fruit into musical instruments.
An Electric Guitar Made From 1,200 Colored Pencils
Burls Art shows us how he built a fully-functioning electric guitar from 1200 colored pencils, epoxy, lots of sanding, and a whole lot of patience! Watch each mesmerizing step in this video. He even plays a song on it at the end.
Bumblebee Barf: How it Creates Queens
For honey bees, making a new queen is as simple as adding royal jelly, a unique protein rich secretion, to the cell of a growing larvae. This fairly well studied addition causes a cascade of physiological changes in the growing larvae and voila! A queen is born....
What is Fire? A Solid, Liquid, or Gas?
"Sitting around a campfire, you can feel its heat, smell the woody smoke, and hear it crackle. If you get too close, it burns your eyes and stings your nostrils. You could stare at the bright flames forever as they twist and flicker in endless incarnations… But what...