Free Online Science Classes
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View Website 1981 Saturn Interview video
Carl Sagan, Science—Carl Sagan Videos
Ted Koppel interviews Carl Sagan to discuss Voyager II's arrival to Saturn.
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View Website 45 Minute Full Body Stretch and Strengthening Routine video Fall 2012
The course is a series of six videos that offers stretching and breathing tips. It also features explanations of each stretching position and information on core strengthening exercises.
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View Website A Brief History of Time video
Stephen Hawking, Science—Hawking Videos
A documentary covering the personal and professional history of cosmologist Stephen Hawking.
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View Website A Descriptive Introduction to Physics video Fall 2012
Take Yury Kolomensky's course to find a descriptive introduction to physics.
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View Website A Look at Nuclear science and Technology full-course Summer 2013
Larry Foulke, Science—University of Pittsburgh
This course shares the theory, design, and operation of commercial nuclear power reactors.
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View Website A Love-Hate Relationship: Cholesterol in Health and Disease full-course Fall 2005
Ayce Yesilaltay, Science—Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Students learn about good and bad cholesterol, disease treatments, and more in this course devoted to the relationship between cholesterol and the human body.
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View Website A World of Weather: Fundamentals of Meteorology, Chapter 17 full-course
Lee Grenci, Science—Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
An online chapter from the World of Weather: Fundamentals of Meteorology textbook.
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View Website Absorption, Distribution and Storage of Chemicals article Fall 2004
Morris S. Zedeck, Science—Visionlearning
This course is a study of how the body absorbs, distributes, and stores chemicals and nutrients digested by the human body
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View Website Acids & Bases: An Introduction article Fall 2003
Anthony Carpi, Science—Visionlearning
This course discusses the composition, makeup, and influence of acids and bases in chemistry.
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View Website Adaptation: The Case of Penguins article Fall 2005
Iris Saxer, Science—Visionlearning
This class studies the law of natural selection, evolution, and environmental mechanisms as they relate to adaption.
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View Website Advanced Biology 1 full-course
Made for students who have already taken an introductory biology course, this course further explores concepts such as genetics, molecular biology, experimental methods, compounds, parasites, and viruses.
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View Website Advanced Biology 2 full-course
This biology course, made for advanced students, covers topics such as evolution, Darwinism, DNA, and mutations.
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View Website Advanced Chemical Experimentation and Instrumentation full-course NA
Mircea Gheorghiu, Andrei Tokmakoff, Science—Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Through lecture notes, labs, and suggested readings, the focus of this course is on chemical synthesis and the fundamentals of quantum chemistry.
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View Website Advanced Chemistry 2 full-course
This upper-level chemistry course covers topics such as elements, electrochemistry, and the chemistry behind food.
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View Website Advanced Chemistry 1 full-course
In this course, chemistry students may gain supplementary knowledge of advanced chemistry topics, such as chemical equilibrium, reaction rates, and chromatography.
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View Website Advanced Electrochemistry full-course
Yung-Eun Sung, Science—Seoul National University
This course explores the conduction of metal, the components of inorganic materials and other fundamentals, principles and experimental techniques of electrochemistry.
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View Website Advanced Environmental Hydraulics full-course
Il Won Seo, Science—Seoul National University
This course covers the scope of naturally occurring hydraulic processes and how they can be used and mimicked for various projects.
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View Website Advanced Igneous Petrology full-course
Timothy Grove, Science—Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
This course comprises reading assignments taken from various textbooks that focus on the history of igneous rocks and recent developments.
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View Website Advanced Inorganic Chemistry full-course
This advanced inorganic chemistry course is designed to give students the knowledge necessary to explain everyday phenomena of inorganic complexes.
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View Website Advanced Inorganic Chemistry full-course Spring 2007/2008
Advanced analysis of various properties, chemical components, and compounds of inorganic complexes, and their reactions and interactions with biological systems.
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View Website Advanced Kitchen Chemistry full-course NA
Patricia Christie, Science—Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
This course takes a scientific look at food.
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View Website Advanced Materials and Processes video
B.S. Murty, Science—Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur)
Topics covered in this course include nano crystalline and amorphous materials, quasicrystals, and shape memory alloys.
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View Website Advanced Metallurgical Thermodynamics full-course
B.S. Murty, Science—Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)
Students will review equilibrium concepts, thermodynamics of phase transformations, and heterogeneous systems.
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View Website Advanced Nanobiotechnology full-course
Tai Hyun Park, Science—Seoul National University
Students in this graduate level course will hone their skills of bioengineering and nanotechnology through collaborative projects and in-depth research assignments.
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View Website Advanced Organic Chemistry full-course
This course takes organic chemistry to the next level, studying the properties and reactions of organic carbon-based compounds.
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View Website Advanced Organic Chemistry full-course NA
Mohammad Movassaghi, Science—Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
The focus of this course is on organic reaction mechanisms, focusing on applications of structure and theory.
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View Website Advanced Organic Chemistry for Fine Chemicals full-course
Young Gyu Kim, Science—Seoul National University
This course explores topics like the structure of nucleophiles, the formation of anions and much more to give students a better understanding of how molecules interact with each other.
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View Website Advanced Physical Metallurgy full-course
Eun Soo Park, Science—Seoul National University
Students in this course will become familiar with the structure and properties of amorphous materials.
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View Website Advanced Physical Metallurgy Phase Equilibria in Materials full-course
Eun Soo Park, Science—Seoul National University
This course explores the subject of equilibrium in terms of amorphous materials.
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View Website Advanced Placement Environmental Science article
This course will give you a thorough understanding of environmental science through 166 text-based units.