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Chalk Talk

This animated series of short videos acts as a video glossary to define specific scientific terms or concepts in a fun, easy to understand way. In each episode you’ll learn what it is, why researchers study it, and what it might be used for. The content of each episode will be appropriate for all age groups, although some concepts may be high-school level science.

Chalk Talk: DNA

DNA is the Swiss army knife of biological molecules, acting as both a blueprint and a building block. Learn more here.

Chalk Talk: Tragedy of the Commons Part 2
What happens when many people seek to share the same, limited resource? Click here to learn more about the tragedy of the commons.

Chalk Talk: Tragedy of the Commons Part 1
What happens when many people seek to share the same, limited resource? Click here to learn more about the tragedy of the commons.

Chalk Talk: Large Hadron Collider
The LHC will help answer some of the fundamental open questions in physics such as the structure of space and time

Chalk Talk: Polymers

Muscle fibers, DNA and plastics are all examples of polymers. Watch this video to learn more.

Chalk Talk: Mitochondria
Take a look at the power plant that's inside almost all living organisms with complex cell structures.

Chalk Talk: Electromagnetic Radiation
Watch this video to learn about how this energy behaves and how X-rays differ from radio waves.

Chalk Talk: Infrared

What do night vision, thermal imaging and remote controls have in common?

Chalk Talk: Electromagnetic Spectrum

Check out the range of possibilities the electromagnetic spectrum gives science

Chalk Talk: Binary

How binary is the world we live in? Watch this video to find out.

Chalk Talk: Liquid Crystals

They aren’t quite liquids or solids, but they’ll definitely be a force for the future.