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Book Club for Kids
James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant Peach is a classic fantasy and adventure story that explores friendship, family relationships, and the fortunes of a young orphan. James is living with his cruel aunts when a peach magically sprouts in the yard. When...
Global Ethics Solutions
Respect and Fair Treatment: Non-Sexual Harassment and Bullying
Workplace bullying has a damaging negative effect that ripples through an entire organization. The costs of bullying and harassment in both human and economic terms can be huge. But what is bullying? Many confrontational human...
Physics Girl
Amusing Surface Tension Experiment
How does soap change the surface tension of water? I have used my degree to make a fifth video -- for you all -- to explain this very question.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Emily Nusbaum - On Humor
Emily C. Nusbaum, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral research associate at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. She is currently working on the Center’s Self-Regulation in Creativity project, funded by the Imagination Institute of the...
Global Ethics Solutions
Respect and Fair Treatment: A Diverse Workplace
Diversity can mean a lot of things in the context of the workplace. What kinds of diversity are there in the workplace? What are the goals of diversity? How can we be collaborative and unified, yet be diverse in the workplace? These and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Cara Erdheim Kilgallen - Humor in the Classroom
Cara Kilgallen earned her B.A. in English and Spanish from Colby College in 2001M.A. and Ph.D. from Fordham University in 2010.Cara is a professor at Sacred Heart University in the department of Languages and Literatures. Her teaching...
Curated Video
The Whole Child Development: Understanding Children's Natural Urges
This video discusses the concept of whole child development, which emphasizes the importance of nurturing a child's physical, emotional, and creative growth in addition to academic achievement. The theory identifies four natural urges...
Story Seeds
Fables: Look Before You Eat!
Since ancient times, people around the world have used fairy tales, fables, and folktales to capture the imagination of and entertain an audience. However, these tales were meant to do more than entertain: they were used to teach morals....
Two Minute Music Theory
The History of Western Classical Music (or something)
ANNOUNCEMENT: As of May 14, 2019, there is a NEW Music History series starting on this channel called "Music In History: The Story of Music". NOTE: This video was created as a bit of a joke on how music history classes and how little...
The Business Professor
Professionalism - Off Limits Conversations
This Video Explains Professionalism - Off Limits Conversations
The Business Professor
Professional Etiquette - Business Meal Conversations Part 3
This Video Explains Professional Etiquette - Business Meal Conversations Part 3
Brainwaves Video Anthology
David Elkind - On Jean Piaget
A longtime professor at Tufts University, his groundbreaking books — The Hurried Child, The Power of Play and Miseducation informed early childhood education professionals of the possible dangers of "pushing down" the elementary...
Curated Video
The Whole Child: Ackermann’s 8 Forces of Natural Development
The video discusses Edith Ackermann's theory of whole child development, which emphasizes the importance of nurturing all aspects of a child's potential beyond just academic intelligence. The theory identifies four natural urges that...
PBS
Joseph Heller's Hilarious Catch-22
Comedian Seth Meyers shares his rationale for why Catch 22 should get viewers to vote for inclusion of Joseph Heller's satire in the Great American Read program.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: The Funny Side of Global Warming?
Joe Palca talks with science cartoonist Sidney Harris to see how funny can serious science like climate change be.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Two Scientists Walk Into a Bar
Do science and comedy go together? Host Ira Flatow and guests exchange jokes as they discuss the challenges of making science funny, and whether having a sense of humor can help scientists communicate their work to the public.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: No Joke: Science Is a Laughing Matter
Ira Flatow and guests share science funnies and discover an element of humor while talking about science.