Online videos are an increasingly important way technology is contributing to the improvement of physics teaching. Students and teachers have begun to rely on online videos to provide them with content knowledge and instructional strategies. Online audiences are expecting greater production value, and departments are sometimes requesting educators to post video pre-labs or to flip our classrooms. In this article, I share my advice on creating engaging physics videos.

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1.
“
Top 10 Demonstrations with Tuning Forks
,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNuDxc9tZMk.
2.
“
Hear Your Muscles–Try This Experiment! – AAPT Films
,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5xlLaO8e-A.
3.
This is a scene from “
UV Light Demos and Experiments–AAPT Films
,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJhuf0Um-Eo.
4.
“
Transformers – Experiments and Demos
,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0WrKT45ZZU.
5.
“
X-Ray Diffraction of DNA
,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7RrXAjuNRk.
6.
“
Can Dogs See in Color?
” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVjeeJrE4Q0.
7.
Randy
 
Olson
,
Don’t Be Such a Scientist
(
Island Press
,
2009
).
8.
Randy
 
Olson
,
Great Challenges Day at TEDMED 2013
, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERB7ITvabA4.
9.
For other video tips see
S.
 
Douglas
,
J.
 
Aiken
,
E.
 
Greco
,
M.
 
Schatz
, and
S.
 
Lin
, “
Do-it-yourself whiteboard-style physics video lectures
,”
Phys. Teach.
 
55
,
22
–
24
(
Jan.
 
2017
).
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4972492
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