Instructional Video12:55
TED Talks

TED: 5 ways leaders can adapt to shifting geopolitics | Nikolaus S. Lang

12th - Higher Ed
What will the world look like in 2030? International business consultant Nikolaus S. Lang predicts the evolution of a multipolar world, with multiple emerging coalitions of countries acting in new ways to achieve their economic,...
Instructional Video4:12
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The world’s longest-burning fires | Emma Bryce

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In 1997, a fire began in Indonesia that would rage for almost a year. Despite being one of the largest fires in recorded history, for months at a time it burned without a flame. This might sound like a uniquely freaky fire, but it’s...
Instructional Video5:45
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: How do heat waves affect your body? | Carolyn Beans

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In many parts of the world heat waves are happening more often with greater intensity and for longer durations. By 2050, Earth’s mid-latitudes could be experiencing extreme heat between 90 and 180 days a year, with tropical regions...
Instructional Video14:12
TED Talks

TED: The real-world danger of online myths | Vidhya Ramalingam

12th - Higher Ed
How do we protect ourselves from being misled online? Counter-terrorism expert Vidhya Ramalingam reveals how disinformation is being weaponized to justify violence — increasingly against climate scientists — and introduces a powerful...
Instructional Video18:29
TED Talks

TED: How to defend democracy — and fight autocracy | Leopoldo Lopez

12th - Higher Ed
Seventy-two percent of the world's population lives under some sort of autocratic rule, says freedom fighter Leopoldo Lopez. In a rousing call to defend democracy worldwide, he shares the story of his imprisonment and exile for leading...
Instructional Video15:23
TED Talks

TED: How regenerative agriculture brings life back to the land | Gabe Brown

12th - Higher Ed
Over his decades of farming and ranching, Gabe Brown has noticed a troubling trend: the conventional farming techniques he used were degrading the soil and harming nature. He shares how his family farm turned things around by adopting...
Instructional Video11:51
TED Talks

TED: A menu of foods we might lose forever | Sam Kass

12th - Higher Ed
What does a warming planet mean for the foods you love? Hosting a dinner party that features a menu of foods that could disappear within our lifetimes, culinary entrepreneur Sam Kass invites us to chew on the reality of climate change by...
Instructional Video11:25
TED Talks

TED: The magical, mesmerizing migration of monarch butterflies | Jaime Rojo

12th - Higher Ed
When monarch butterflies migrate, they produce one of the most iconic wildlife spectacles in the world — and provide us with an important indicator of ecological health, says photographer Jaime Rojo. Telling a story about our...
Instructional Video10:43
TED Talks

TED: S.A.N. (Sentient Advocate of Nature) | GoodBye Monkey

12th - Higher Ed
In a universe not unlike ours, a tech-environmentalist group claims to have created an AI that is the direct “voice of the earth,” a computer connected via electrodes to the mycelium network under an ancient forest named S.A.N. (Sentient...
Instructional Video9:59
TED Talks

TED: The absurd inequality of climate work — and how to fix it | Joshua Amponsem

12th - Higher Ed
When it comes to tackling the climate crisis, the majority of the workforce in Africa believes their role is in the labor-intensive, low-income work — not in the strategic, analytical or leadership-based spaces, says climate visionary...
Instructional Video9:47
TED Talks

TED: How to be an "apocalyptic optimist" | Dana R. Fisher

12th - Higher Ed
Dana R. Fisher calls herself an "apocalyptic optimist" based on her research as a sociologist of large social movements. Her studies suggest that ever-increasing climate disasters will get people out in the streets demanding the action...
Instructional Video8:48
TED Talks

TED: Listen to your intuition — it can help you navigate the future | Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir

12th - Higher Ed
Intuition helps us see the big picture, says filmmaker and sustainability leader Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir. Reflecting on her work at the UN, she outlines three ways innsæi (the Icelandic word for "intuition") can help humanity face our...
Instructional Video8:44
TED Talks

TED: A food system that fights climate change — instead of causing it | Gonzalo Muñoz

12th - Higher Ed
Here's a wild stat: nearly one-third of the world's food production goes to waste each year, a major contributor to the climate crisis. Farmer and UN climate champion Gonzalo Muñoz sheds light on the international negotiations aimed at...
Instructional Video8:36
TED Talks

TED: The hidden forces behind your food choices | Sarah Lake

12th - Higher Ed
What we eat is less about what we choose and more about what’s offered to us, says food and climate expert Sarah Lake. Unpacking how governments and companies have driven up meat consumption in the US through extensive marketing, she...
Instructional Video8:21
TED Talks

TED: Break the bad news bubble (Part 2) | Angus Hervey

12th - Higher Ed
It's time for our periodic update of good news from Angus Hervey, founder of Fix the News, an independent publication that reports stories of global progress. In a quick talk, he shares three major updates of recent human progress on...
Instructional Video7:15
TED Talks

TED: The foods humanity forgot — and how we're bringing them back | Helianti Hilman

12th - Higher Ed
Nutritious crops aren't getting to the people who need nutrition most, even in one of the most fertile places on Earth: Indonesia. Exploring some of the forgotten foods from the country's more than 17,000 islands, food entrepreneur...
Instructional Video6:41
TED Talks

TED: From prison to purpose through wildland firefighting | Royal Ramey

12th - Higher Ed
When wildfires rage in California, incarcerated people are often on the front lines fighting the flames. TED Fellow Royal Ramey was one of them. He shares the story of how doing public service in prison inspired him to cofound the...
Instructional Video5:33
TED Talks

TED: Your empty wine bottle could help rebuild coastlines | Franziska Trautmann

12th - Higher Ed
What if you could take something as tiny as a grain of sand — and as common as a glass bottle — and use it to tackle the climate crisis? Waste alchemist Franziska Trautmann shares how the spark of an idea turned into a large-scale...
Instructional Video4:19
TED Talks

TED: Why violence is rising with global temperatures | Peter Schwartzstein

12th - Higher Ed
Climate change doesn't just melt ice caps, it also fuels conflict, corruption and division worldwide, explains TED Fellow and journalist Peter Schwartzstein. From droughts in Syria to rising seas in Bangladesh, he explores how climate...
Instructional Video8:13
TED Talks

TED: Our savory, spicy, significant relationship with food | June Jo Lee

12th - Higher Ed
Exploring the rich meaning behind what we choose to eat, food ethnographer June Jo Lee unpacks how our "modern hungers" — or our deepest desires and need for connection — inform every bite. She decodes what Gen Z's palate says about the...
Instructional Video7:06
Amoeba Sisters

Cell Organelles & Structures: Before the Bell Biology

12th - Higher Ed
Time before the bell to try 9 questions on cell organelles and structures? Organelles/structures that are listed here include nucleus, mitochondrion, chloroplast, cell membrane, ribosome, ER, golgi apparatus, vacuole, cytoplasm, and more...
Instructional Video9:22
Amoeba Sisters

Non-Mendelian Genetics: Before the Bell Biology

12th - Higher Ed
Time before the bell to try 9 questions focused on non-Mendelian genetics? You'll also get answers complete with illustrations and explanations while music plays in the background. This particular video addresses blood type (multiple...
Instructional Video9:09
Amoeba Sisters

Human Body Systems: Before the Bell Biology

12th - Higher Ed
Time before the bell to try 9 questions focused on human body systems? You'll also get answers complete with illustrations and explanations while music plays in the background. This particular video focuses on general functions and...
Instructional Video9:16
Amoeba Sisters

Biomolecules: Before the Bell Biology

12th - Higher Ed
Time before the bell to try 9 questions focused on biomolecules? You'll also get answers complete with illustrations and explanations while music plays in the background. This particular video focuses on carbohydrates, lipids, proteins,...