Classic hoax website - DHMO.org

A very dangerous material -

Dihydrogen Monoxide

Annals of Improbable Research - best journal ever!

The Annals of Improbable Research highlights real (unusual) research papers and ones that could be real...in all areas of science and more.

They also award the Ig Nobels - for the wackiest papers published in the scientific literature.

and even have a "Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS)"

Here is one example:
Film clip and psychology question
and it includes the most incredible action scene ever!

Can't forget the XKCD cartoons

If you have ever been a student involved in research - these will speak to you!!

XKCD

Periodic table of videos

Love these little videos on each of the elements - cool teaching tools!
http://www.periodicvideos.com/

Chemistry cartoons

I've always love Nick's cartoons on all subjects of science and they can be freely used in presentations!

Some of my favourites:

not a chemistry video but a cool library studying video!

Featuring Robarts Library @ U of Toronto

Chemical bonding - like love....

What Taylor swift really meant...

Party!!

A video on chemical reactions...

And let's not forget math...

Having math problems?

Supercolliders can be fun!

A great rap song about the Large Hadron Collider:



And more by the physicist and rapper AlpineKat:

The safety song

Need to teach new lab users safety in the lab?



And another good one by the same folk on Nanotechnology

"NaCl" by Kate McGarrigle

Or watch the original by the late great Kate McGarrigle herself!

"The elements" by They might be Giants

Classic!



And all the other science songs from the album "Here comes Science" by They might be Giants!

1. "Science Is Real"                     They Might Be Giants
2. "Meet the Elements"                They Might Be Giants
3. "I Am a Paleontologist"            Danny Weinkauf
4. "The Bloodmobile"                  They Might Be Giants
5. "Electric Car"                          (with Robin Goldwasser) They Might Be Giants
6. "My Brother the Ape"             They Might Be Giants
7. "What Is a Shooting Star?"      Louis Singer, Hy Zaret
8. "How Many Planets?"             They Might Be Giants
9. "Why Does the Sun Shine?"    Singer, Zaret
10. "Why Does the Sun Really Shine?" They Might Be Giants
11. "Roy G. Biv"                        They Might Be Giants
12. "Put It to the Test"                They Might Be Giants
13. "Photosynthesis"                   They Might Be Giants
14. "Cells"                                  They Might Be Giants
15. "Speed and Velocity"            Marty Beller
16. "Computer Assisted Design" They Might Be Giants
17. "Solid Liquid Gas"                They Might Be Giants
18. "Here Comes Science"         They Might Be Giants
19. "The Ballad of Davy Crockett (in Outer Space)"
                                                  Tom W. Blackburn, George Bruns

Snake oil is on the left, eternal youth potions on the right, and everything else in between....

I am starting this blog as a place to link all the cool videos and stuff that I am finding on the internet - wanna waste a few minutes or hours - step right in....

Most will have something to do with science and especially chemistry but there may be some surprises!

To start us off with a bang: