Videos and Lab Tours

Featured Demo: Halloween-Themed Chemistry Demos

Get into the Halloween spirit by watching these cool themed chemistry demos! Ghosts have gotten loose in State College: Will the Nittany Chemical Society be able to capture them?

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Featured Lab Tour: Materials Research Institute Nanofabrication Laboratory

Check out a 360-degree interactive tour of the Nanofabrication Lab! The Nanofabrication Laboratory provides specialized instruments and experienced, highly trained technical staff who support researchers working with companies in Pennsylvania and worldwide. The Nanofab is capable of deposition, etch, lithography, material modification, and characterization.

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Take a Penn State Laboratory Tour

Check out virtual tours of real laboratories at Penn State.

360 Degree Tour of the Materials Research Institute Nanofabrication Laboratory
Research Tours at the Pasto Agricultural Museum and Agricultural Center for Research and Education

Check Out Cool Chemistry Demos

View science in action as you watch these out-of-this-world chemistry demonstrations.

Nittany Chemical Society Halloween Chemistry Demo

Learn About the Physics Concepts That Shape Our World

Check out these physics-themed videos from the Science-U Summer Camp “Designing the Future”.

Calculating Speed
Balance
Elasticity and Springs
Electricity
Collisions
Action and Reaction

Learn About NASA with Jason

Learn about Penn State Graduate Student Jason Cornelius, the work he has done with NASA, and how you can work for NASA too!

How to Work at NASA (or Achieve any Big Goal)
NASA Dragonfly – NASA’s Nuclear Powered Space Helicopter

View Animals in Their Natural Habitats

Check out these short videos of animals in the wild with Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center.

Timber Rattlesnake Shedding
Slow-Motion Hummingbird
Slow-Motion Bird Feeders
Sleepy Porcupine in Tree
Short-Tailed Shrew
Robin Feeding Babies
Pileated Woodpecker
Monarch Butterfly Emerging from Chrysalis
Meet Matilda, Our Resident Black Vulture!
Eastern Ratsnake in a Tree
Dragonflies
Almond Bugs

See How We Shape Our World With 3D Printing and Manufacturing

Check out these manufacturing-themed videos from the Science-U Summer Camp “Designing the Future”.

Iterative Design and 3D Printing
Structural Geometry
Elasticity
Electric Circuits
Forces and Thrust

Explore Lincoln Caverns

Located in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, Lincoln Caverns is home to two spectacular crystal caverns, Lincoln Caverns and Crystal Rocks. Check out these videos that explain some of the history and geology!

Crazy About Caves – Intro to Speleology Part I and II
Fossil Fanatics Workshop
Lincoln Caverns and Whisper Rocks, History of a Natural Attraction
Rocks Rocks Rocks and Minerals
Troglo Who? Cave Life

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