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 Japanese for Natural Science and Engineering Majors full-course
Arno Suzuki, Science — Kyoto University
This seminar course gives non-Japanese students reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills in the Japanese language, specifically tailored to natural science and engineering majors.
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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.