TED Talks
Brian Dettmer: Old books reborn as art
What do you do with an outdated encyclopedia in the information age? With X-Acto knives and an eye for a good remix, artist Brian Dettmer makes beautiful, unexpected sculptures that breathe new life into old books.
Curated Video
Biography:Writing the Rough Draft
Mr. Griot models how to use the information he researched for a biography to write the first draft of his biography.
Curated Video
Subtracting Mixed Numbers with Unlike Denominators Using Area Models
In this lesson, students will learn how to subtract mixed numbers with unlike denominators by creating area models. The lesson emphasizes the importance of having a common unit when adding or subtracting numbers, and provides...
Curated Video
The complex towering cells of artist Louise Bourgeois
LEAD IN:Denmark's Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is presenting a new exhibit which explores the complex, towering installations of French-American artist Louise Bourgeois.Named 'cells', her large-scale works provided a space in which she...
SciShow
Great Minds: Pliny The Elder
Gaius Plinius Secundus, known as Pliny the Elder, should not to be confused with Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, known as Pliny the Younger. Video describes the process of Pliny the Elder creating what turned into the first...
TED-Ed
The Controversial Origins of the Encyclopedia
Google, Wolfram/Alpha, Fact Monster? Kids may be familiar with these names, but have they heard of one of the original search tools? Here's a video that details one of the first encyclopedias and the controversies surrounding it.