Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations

Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations

The official KZread channel of Harvard Natural Science Lecture Demonstrations. Here we have collected as a resource for science instructors short pieces that show some of our demonstration experiments. Most of the entries here link to more detailed descriptions of the demos on our website.

Jumping Wire

Jumping Wire

Infrared Camera

Infrared Camera

Flame Tests of Metals

Flame Tests of Metals

Nylon Synthesis

Nylon Synthesis

Metals in Acid

Metals in Acid

Tower of Spectra

Tower of Spectra

pH Buffer Solution

pH Buffer Solution

Red Cabbage Indicator

Red Cabbage Indicator

Doppler Effect with Car Horn

Doppler Effect with Car Horn

55 Gallon Drum Collapse

55 Gallon Drum Collapse

Chaotic Waterwheel

Chaotic Waterwheel

Blackbody Radiation Oven

Blackbody Radiation Oven

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  • @frommarkham424
    @frommarkham4244 күн бұрын

    how many volts is this inducing

  • @Heyok-vx7yf
    @Heyok-vx7yf6 күн бұрын

    So if i pee on a lightbulb, the light will totally internally reflect all the way up my pee stream and illuminate the inside of my bladder?

  • @Dogecube
    @Dogecube7 күн бұрын

    Correct me if im wrong, but i was wondering why the pendulums line up exactly in that formation. What i think is because of the different string lengths, each weight moves a different distance, and because of that, they offset slightly to make those patterns

  • @puffinjuice
    @puffinjuice8 күн бұрын

    Cool. I wish you explained more about the gel and the constituents of the gel. What are the properties of each chemical by themselves? Why do they gelatinize when they are mixed together? I feel like a lot of the interesting science was omitted from the video.

  • @ishanr8697
    @ishanr86978 күн бұрын

    Got canned heat in ma heels tonight baby!

  • @wernervanderstraten
    @wernervanderstraten8 күн бұрын

    Nice one. Now how is calcium acetate made?

  • @VijayaBabu-jz1yp
    @VijayaBabu-jz1yp9 күн бұрын

    He just only do experiment he save my life

  • @exiledproductions956
    @exiledproductions9569 күн бұрын

    Would that sound different if the horn was in the back of the car? In a way I know it wouldn't but it seems like it would at the same time. So....???

  • @NatSciDemos
    @NatSciDemos9 күн бұрын

    It would sound the same.

  • @exiledproductions956
    @exiledproductions9568 күн бұрын

    ​​@@NatSciDemos so the dopler effect is from the noise getting closer and further not where the sound is necessarily happening?

  • @exiledproductions956
    @exiledproductions9569 күн бұрын

    That is soo coll. I could watch that all day.

  • @prakramsharma9050
    @prakramsharma905012 күн бұрын

    I also came after arvind sir class

  • @STUPIDHUMAN
    @STUPIDHUMAN13 күн бұрын

    I feel like I'm watching the off day of a mad scientist villain when he's not busy trying to hold the world hostage.

  • @Joshuatree7746
    @Joshuatree774613 күн бұрын

    Tumfrico's Period Experiment. Amazing!

  • @devrahul7435
    @devrahul743513 күн бұрын

    Beautiful

  • @IgorL-rv1mn
    @IgorL-rv1mn14 күн бұрын

    The girls at Harvard really love playing with those hub

  • @aufoslab
    @aufoslab14 күн бұрын

    it must be just aluminum burning in air, the friction heats up tiny aluminum particles to +1000C and it burns in air, there is no rust mix in aluminum with enough spread to call it thermite reaction. a scientist will try all possibilities before taking a conclusion, dissolve the rust with HCl and dry the ball to have same matt/rough surface without the iron oxide and repeat the experiment.

  • @ariannasv22
    @ariannasv2214 күн бұрын

    "More imaginative" thats a polite way of putting it lmao

  • @bl0ccr4fter24
    @bl0ccr4fter2416 күн бұрын

    I’m itching so bad to joke about them slapping balls together, but I’m going to resist it as best I can.

  • @IGottaSay
    @IGottaSay16 күн бұрын

    1:25 You can never “Went to go...”.

  • @AdricM
    @AdricM16 күн бұрын

    sunsets with a lot of ash in the air are quite red.

  • @JennyWoo-uc5fy
    @JennyWoo-uc5fy16 күн бұрын

    How can he just make a demostration video like a form of art

  • @That_Freedom_Guy
    @That_Freedom_Guy16 күн бұрын

    So, rusty tools rattling around in a toolbox with some aluminium foil could ignite an oilly rag! Potentially. Thank you. ✌️

  • @memejeff
    @memejeff16 күн бұрын

    Very cool idea. Really neat.

  • @JontheRippa
    @JontheRippa17 күн бұрын

    Wow sehr interessant 😮👍👍👍

  • @MrMilsurps
    @MrMilsurps17 күн бұрын

    This video, without any words, helped me exactly understand blackbody radiation.

  • @gconol
    @gconol17 күн бұрын

    I just wanted to know if your mask protects you from radio waves........

  • @sakelaine2953
    @sakelaine295317 күн бұрын

    Rock banging based technology is the best

  • @rectify2003
    @rectify200317 күн бұрын

    Do it at a petrol station now

  • @wisdomoftheshadows
    @wisdomoftheshadows17 күн бұрын

    I remember chinese fireworks like this. They called them dragon balls. Hit them together theyd spark.

  • @camojoe83
    @camojoe8317 күн бұрын

    Yeah but they were covered in Armstrong mixture if I remember correctly.. at least it was easy to recreate them with Armstrong's and lacquer... I remember those from my childhood. They'd get worn out real good after a while and it would never fail that I'd pinch the hell out of a finger or something trying to slam the last pops out of em.

  • @wisdomoftheshadows
    @wisdomoftheshadows15 күн бұрын

    @@camojoe83 They smelled nice.

  • @dornie_donko
    @dornie_donko18 күн бұрын

    Melting skyscrapers

  • @baltakatei
    @baltakatei18 күн бұрын

    I love stories from Harvard Natural Selection High School.

  • @PMA65537
    @PMA6553718 күн бұрын

    Too heavy to replace normal hiking ferro rod.

  • @hynekfuchs1378
    @hynekfuchs137818 күн бұрын

    👍👍👍

  • @steve-ey3rx
    @steve-ey3rx18 күн бұрын

    I wouldn't trust the antisemites at Harvard about anything. They have NO credibility at all. This whole demo is probably fake to show how black metronomes have more rhythm than white ones.

  • @cHAOs9
    @cHAOs919 күн бұрын

    I dont know if that's actually a thermite reaction. I think it's not. Steel balls hitting each other will heat and compress the air between them, creating a shockwave. It works with clean balls and paper too. In this case, it very well may be simply burning the molten base aluminum in the oxygen in the air, and blowing off a tiny bit of iron oxide. Considering the velocities of air, i would be very surprised if the two had a chance to react with each other. Frankly, it would look about the same since either way oxygen is bonding to molten aluminum. In fact, the air oxygen would be MORE energetic since it doesn't have to rip off of an iron. Prove me wrong. I'd love it if this was actually a thermite reaction. Blowing up thermite doesn't usually make the thermite react.

  • @camojoe83
    @camojoe8318 күн бұрын

    Recreate this experiment over some clean butchers paper, then sweep the paper with a magnet when done. If you even get one microsphere of iron from it, then it thermited (it's a verb now, sorry)

  • @cHAOs9
    @cHAOs918 күн бұрын

    @@camojoe83 True. With possible exception of Fe3O4 magnetic oxide that could result from heated Fe2O3. But that should be easy to see the difference. Good idea.

  • @camojoe83
    @camojoe8317 күн бұрын

    @@cHAOs9 the other thing that might be happening here is an oxide detonation. If you watch Taofledermaus shoot those big aluminum blocks he has, there's almost always a good flash on the impact. Doesn't seem to matter what the slug is made of, either. So maybe the rust, the impact, and the foil being slightly oxidized (not sure that's possible? Maybe only on one side?) just makes a little blasting cap when you slam it all together.

  • @veronicanoordzee6440
    @veronicanoordzee644019 күн бұрын

    DEMONSTRATIONS WITHOUT THEORY ARE PRETTY USELESS. MR WALTER LEWIN COMBINED THEM ;-)

  • @nileshw1368
    @nileshw136820 күн бұрын

    Earth core to the iron ball be like : tum masst kaam kartaa hai, Anand bhaai ! 😊 Lava to the brick chunk be like : itney mey hi pighal gayaa, chhotey ?! 🤨 Kyaa sochaa thaa, sardaar khus hogaa, sabaasi deygaa ?! Al-Si !! 🤧

  • @WXUZT
    @WXUZT20 күн бұрын

    Remarkable ! Thank you for your time.

  • @scambroselauntrellus3681
    @scambroselauntrellus368120 күн бұрын

    "Where should we do the microscale thermite video?" "Let's do it in the gray experiment chamber" "Cool, should I wear gray?" "No, blue."

  • @russellpurdie
    @russellpurdie20 күн бұрын

    That's why in Australian coalmines they don't use alluminium underground in general.

  • @bataalexander9703
    @bataalexander970321 күн бұрын

    I would have never come up with this idea, although it is so obvious watching from backwards, of course. Thank you!

  • @Fr8gm3ntLives
    @Fr8gm3ntLives21 күн бұрын

    I often have problems with Aluminium oxide collecting on my balls too. I find a liberal application of talc can help with that.

  • @ozlemelih
    @ozlemelih21 күн бұрын

    She has balls

  • @ralanham76
    @ralanham7620 күн бұрын

    🎶 and knows how to 🎶 use them

  • @ilyasmahdjoubi5959
    @ilyasmahdjoubi595921 күн бұрын

    Great...( 0.1)^4 times 16 is equal to (0.2)^4 I like it

  • @danksourav
    @danksourav23 күн бұрын

    thanks for demonstrating

  • @steve_bal4
    @steve_bal424 күн бұрын

    Better than the entirety of Aggro Dr1ft.

  • @r0cketplumber
    @r0cketplumber27 күн бұрын

    How many students have smashed digits with a poorly-aimed blow? As for determining if it is actually a thermite reaction, I'd try using a couple lumps of a different oxidized metal, perhaps copper for a nice bright green flash, but the copper may not be hard enough to cause a reaction on impact at reasonable speeds.

  • @user-xj8wy4uu1q
    @user-xj8wy4uu1q22 күн бұрын

    You could always electroplate

  • @A3Kr0n
    @A3Kr0n27 күн бұрын

    I bought two large bearings at a farm rummage sale so I could do this. It took years to rust one bearing. I gave up and threw it into the wood stove. I took it out in the Spring with a good coat of rust forming. Sparks good!

  • @717379
    @71737928 күн бұрын

    So, what you're saying is: "Physics is a matter of perspective"...? 🤨

  • @WhoFramedRogerRabit
    @WhoFramedRogerRabitАй бұрын

    I came here to explain my job to people, and now I have to pee.

  • @AINUR506
    @AINUR506Ай бұрын

    шарики разукрасить в разный цвет это будет мозговой штурм