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You may have never seen a zebrafish in person. But take a look at the zebrafish in the short video above and you'll get to see something previously unknown to science: a visual representation of a thought moving through a living creature's brain. Read more: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/01/video-see-a-thought-move-through-a-living-fishs-brain/#ixzz2JoumRzRn  Follow us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter

Science is part of the world all around us. On this page, you will find resources to help students connect science content to things they can see and experience. Videos, Interactive Explorations, and Interactive Videos engage students and encourage them to explore more on their own with your help.

See May 2 for Transit of Venus. Great for students and then a follow-up test on the site.

Very simple video about seeing and light. 

"http://yt.cl.nr/QcwtF4RkHe8" What started as a master's thesis project has blown up -- literally -- into an entirely new kind of bike helmet. You might not see it because it works more like an airbag. 

The Next Generation of Digital Books Our Choice will change the way we read books. And quite possibly change the world. In this interactive app, Al Gore surveys the causes of global warming and presents groundbreaking insights and solutions already under study and underway that can help stop the unfolding disaster of global warming. Our Choice melds the vice president's narrative with photography, interactive graphics, animations, and more than an hour of engrossing documentary footage. A new, groundbreaking multi-touch interface allows you to experience that content seamlessly. Pick up and explore anything you see in the book; zoom out to the visual table of contents and quickly browse though the chapters; reach in and explore data-rich interactive graphics.

"It's the dream of kids all around the world to see giant beasts walk the Earth again. Could -- and should -- that dream be realized? Hendrik Poinar gives an informative talk on the next -- really -- big thing: The quest to engineer a creature that looks very much like our furry friend, the woolly mammoth. The first step, to sequence the woolly genome, is nearly complete. And it's huge. (Filmed at TEDxDeExtinction.)"

Having reluctantly accepted mining on their ancestral lands, the indigenous people who live beside the nation's biggest uranium mine could soon watch see their industrial interloper depart.

" Dim Lights Share a clea.nr URL: Hide Comments, Favorites, Suggested Videos, etc. There is a common perception that weight and mass are basically the same thing. This video aims to tease out the difference between mass and weight by asking people what makes a car difficult to push. The standard answer is that it is difficult to push because it's heavy. But heaviness is a measure of weight, the gravitational pull of the Earth attracting the car to Earth's center. When the car is pushed on a flat road, the force of gravity does not oppose the motion. Instead the resistance felt is an indication of the car's mass which determines its inertia. Inertia is the property of matter that means it tends to resist acceleration - the greater the mass, the less the acceleration for a given amount of force. Subscribe 109 videos 32,519 Like Add to Share Uploaded by 1veritasium on Feb 7, 2011 There is a common perception that weight and mass are basically the same thing. This video aims to tease out the difference between mass and weight by asking people what makes a car difficult to push. The standard answer is that it is difficult to push because it's heavy. But heaviness is a measure of weight, the gravitational pull of the Earth attracting the car to Earth's center. When the car is pushed on a flat road, the force of gravity does not oppose the motion. Instead the resistance felt is an indication of the car's mass which determines its inertia. Inertia is the property of matter that means it tends to resist acceleration - the greater the mass, the less the acceleration for a given amount of force. 320 likes, 14 dislikes Show more Uploader Comments ( 1veritasium ) Actually, it is the friction which is causing difficulty in moving the car. Ideally if there is no friction, whether rolling or sliding, even the slightest of the force would make the car move. You could actually be able to move the car with a push of your little finger if there is no friction at

Vid Description:"This scene from PBS's NOVA program, Episode "Einstein's Big Idea," demonstrates Albert Einstein's use of "thought experiments" to help visualize complex ideas at the forefront of science. This scene also shows Einstein as a young, passionate visionary, rather than as the stale, gray old man he is universally known as today." Students wanted to see the whole movie...please let me know if you come across it.