The Brain Scoop
Shark Weapons
Humans have been making weapons from shark teeth for more than 100 years. These weapons help researchers build an understanding of migration of the different species of sharks. An interesting installment from the Brain Scoop series...
Mathispower4u
Write Algebraic Expressions from Statements: Form ax+b and a(x+b)
Write an expression from an expression, verbal to algebraic. A quick video lesson gives pointers on how to write algebraic expressions from words. Stressing important vocabulary and order of the expression help to develop an...
Mathispower4u
Write Basic Expressions from Words Modeling Situations
Writing expressions is a basic skill of algebra—but it's a skill that causes scholars to struggle. A thorough video provides examples and explanations to help individuals understand the process. From defining the variable to representing...
Macat
An Introduction to W. Kim Chan and Renee Mauborgne’s Blue Ocean Strategy
When businesses compete against one another in the same market, it becomes difficult to turn a profit. A playlist on the world's greatest ideas includes a video summary of the Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Kim Chan and Renee Mauborgne, which...
Macat
An Introduction to Alan Baddeley's Working Memory
The brain is an amazing and complex organ. A video summary of Alan Baddley's Working Memory provides an in-depth look at the brain, particularly how short-term memory works. Visual elements and clear narration help make the text more...
Macat
An Introduction to Richard Dawkins’ The Selfish Gene
Are people inherently selfish? A video summary of Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene discusses how biology plays a role in selfishness. Part of a larger playlist the summary incorporates graphics and relevant examples to help make the...
TED-Ed
How Far Can We Go? Limits of Humanity.
Imagine living in a neighborhood where the houses on your street keep moving farther away until your house is the only one in the reachable vicinity. That's what is happening in our universe, except your house is our galaxy, and the...
TED-Ed
What Is the Internet of Things?
High schoolers today take it for granted that their computers, cell phones, cars, game systems, and other electronics send them alerts and talk to each other. Teach them more about the Internet of Things with an explanatory video that...
TED-Ed
What Is the Tragedy of the Commons?
What's good for all of us is good for each of us. The Tragedy of the Commons refers to a situation in which one person's decision to act in his or her own best interest negatively affects the rest of the population—and ultimately, him or...
TED-Ed
The Strange Case of the Cyclops Sheep
Did you know the cyclops sheep got its name from the cyclopamine molecule found in wild corn lilies? But wht else is there to know about the cyclops sheep? Watch a video that explains the strange yet amazing discovery of the cyclopomine...
FuseSchool
What Is Cystic Fibrosis?
Can just anyone develop cystic fibrosis? Examine the symptoms, treatment, and life expectancy of cystic fibrosis patients through a video from an engaging biology series. Topics include the genetics behind the illness, when in life...
Veritasium
The Original Double Slit Experiment
Is light a wave or a particle? The video recreates the double slit experiment with sunlight in public. Different individuals predict what they will see by looking into a dark box, which allows sunlight into it through two small slits....
Veritasium
Single Photon Interference
How does a single photon show a phase shift? Using the interference pattern created by light traveling through a double slit, the resource asks whether the interference pattern would still show if only one photon of light is sent at a...
Veritasium
Jetpack Rocket Science
Fly high using the force of water. A segment of the Veritasium playlist applies the Newton's Laws of Motion via a jetpack. Using a CO2 fire extinguisher, the video demonstrates the idea of Newton's second law, without enough mass. While...
Teacher's Pet
Properties of Gases
What makes gases so unique? Physical science sleuths uncover the facts about gases in a short video. The narrator compares gases to solids and liquids in terms of space between particles, compressibility, and reaction to temperature...
MinuteEarth
Why Biodiversity Is Good For The Economy
Variety is the spice of life! Biodiversity is important for the health of ecosystemsand also the health of industries like timber and agriculture. Junior conservationists learn the link between biodiversity and profitability in a short,...
Veritasium
Khan Academy and the Effectiveness of Science Videos
Do science videos really enhance learning? Pupils examine the facts in a video about videos. The narrator shows how science scholars perform on a quiz after watching a related video, then how they perform on the same quiz after watching...
TED-Ed
How Small Are We in the Scale of the Universe?
There are so many galaxies in the universe that the vast majority of them are too distant for the human eye to perceive. An astronomy video discusses the Hubble Telescope's Deep Field image from 1995 and the eXtreme Deep Field image...
TED-Ed
Why Don't Perpetual Motion Machines Ever Work?
It turns out that some laws were definitely not meant to be broken! A short illustrative video explains why the first and second laws of thermodynamics prevent perpetual motion machines from actually moving perpetually — and why...
TED-Ed
What Can You Learn From Ancient Skeletons?
Skeletons may not be able to speak, but they can still tell us a lot. High schoolers watch a short video about the ways biological anthropologists can use a skeleton's bone structure to determine age, gender, place of birth, and social...
TED-Ed
How Does Your Body Process Medicine?
Watch a video that explains the loopy process medicine goes through as it is swallowed and how it reaches the bloodstream.
TED-Ed
How Does Asthma Work?
What triggers asthma? What are the symptoms of an asthma attack? Watch a video that explains how asthma affects the respiratory system and the extra work the lungs have to do when a person is undergoing an asthma attack.
TED-Ed
Why Are Sloths So Slow?
With leaves as their main source of diet, sloths don't particularly gain a lot of energy when they eat. But how do they maintain such slow lives? Watch a video that explains why sloths are so slow.
TED-Ed
Why Do Animals Have Such Different Lifespans?
Is it true that larger animals have longer lifespans than smaller animals? Does an animal's habitat help shape the length of its life? And does the ability to adapt and evolve allow living things to expand their lifespans? Watch a...