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    Listed under:  Science  >  Forces and energy  >  Fundamental forces  >  Electromagnetism  >  Electricity
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    Earthshine

    • TLF-IDM016472

    This six and a half minute video segment from Catalyst explains Earthshine as light from our own Earth reflected back from the Moon's dark side. A PhD student is studying it to learn about how light reflects from a planet that contains liquid water as well as land. Her work may one day lead to the discovery of other planets ...

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    Photonic Chip

    • TLF-IDM016662

    This 12 minute video segment from Catalyst explains why photonics promises to remove bottlenecks and speed up the entire Internet by sending information with light rather than tardy little electrons. An excellent source of information on the current science for students of information systems.

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    Clean Energy fact sheets

    • TLF-IDM012959

    This resource is a web page that contains links to fact sheets about clean energy and different forms of clean, renewable energy: wind, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, solar water heating, hydroelectricity, biomass, geothermal and marine energy. The resource also contains a link to a 14.5-minute video of a lecture presentation ...

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    Measuring Voltage

    • TLF-IDM016134

    In this simulation students select to measure the voltage across one, two or three light bulbs in series to measure the voltage drop across one, two of three bulbs.

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    Series Circuits

    • TLF-IDM016737

    In this simulation students select and move a battery, switch and two light bulbs to positions around a circuit so that the light bulbs are in series with each other. Students receive feedback if their circuit is not a functioning series circuit. Students drag and drop a battery, switch, and two light bulbs into position ...

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    Very Large Telescope

    • TLF-IDM016690

    This 10 minute video segment from Catalyst explains why the telescope is located where it is and relates it to the properties of light.

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    Melbourne Recital Centre

    • TLF-IDM016751

    This 6 minute video segment from Catalyst explains how understanding the properties of sound and modelling has been successfully applied to create the ideal space for recitals.

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    Solar Prints

    • TLF-IDM016706

    This 6 minute video segment from Catalyst is an excellent introduction to the science behind photovoltaics. A useful comparison of the efficiency of energy conversion. Discussion of other issues considered in producing devices to use renewable energy to make electricity.

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