TED Talks
TED: How a start-up in the White House is changing business as usual | Haley Van Dyck
Haley Van Dyck is transforming the way America delivers critical services to everyday people. At the United States Digital Service, Van Dyck and her team are using lessons learned by Silicon Valley and the private sector to improve...
TED Talks
TED: A lyrical bridge between past, present and future | David Whyte
With his signature charm and searching insight, David Whyte meditates on the frontiers of the past, present and future, sharing two poems inspired by his niece's hike along el Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
TED Talks
TED: How schools can nurture every student's genius | Trish Millines Dziko
Forget home economics and standardized tests, education visionary Trish Millines Dziko has a much more engaging and fulfilling way for students to develop real-world skills. Get schooled by Dziko as she shares how project-based learning...
TED Talks
TED: Doesn't everyone deserve a chance at a good life? | Jim Yong Kim
Aspirations are rising as never before across the world, thanks in large part to smartphones and the internet -- will they be met with opportunity or frustration? As President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim wants to end extreme...
TED Talks
TED: A safe pathway to resettlement for migrants and refugees | Becca Heller
Human migration is both inevitable and growing. What are we as a global community doing to address it? asks human rights lawyer Becca Heller, who believes that every refugee and migrant deserves a safe pathway to resettlement. Through...
TED Talks
TED: 3 questions to ask yourself about US citizenship | Jose Antonio Vargas
At age 16, journalist and filmmaker Jose Antonio Vargas found out he was in the United States illegally. Since then, he's been thinking deeply about immigration and what it means to be a US citizen -- whether it's by birth, law or...
Crash Course
The Economics of Immigration: Crash Course Econ
Is Immigration good or bad? Immigration is a touchy subject in the United States. The 2016 election has been filled with debate about the subject, and both proponents and opponents have lots of reasons for their stance. But, this is a...
TED Talks
Will Hurd: A wall won't solve America's border problems
"Building a 30-foot-high concrete structure from sea to shining sea is the most expensive and least effective way to do border security," says Congressman Will Hurd, a Republican from Texas whose district encompasses two times zones and...
TED Talks
TED: An interview with the founders of Black Lives Matter | Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi
Born out of a social media post, the Black Lives Matter movement has sparked discussion about race and inequality across the world. In this spirited conversation with Mia Birdsong, the movement's three founders share what they've learned...
Crash Course
Population Genetics: When Darwin Met Mendel - Crash Course Biology
Hank talks about population genetics, which helps to explain the evolution of populations over time by combing the principles of Mendel and Darwin, and by means of the Hardy-Weinberg equation.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Ugly history: Japanese American incarceration camps | Densho
On December 7, 1941, 16 year-old Aki Kurose shared in the horror of millions of Americans when Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor. Unbeknownst to her, this shared experience would soon leave her family and over 120,000 Japanese...
Crash Course
Population Ecology: The Texas Mosquito Mystery - Crash Course Ecology
Population ecology is the study of groups within a species that interact mostly with each other, and it examines how they live together in one geographic area to understand why these populations are different in one time and place than...
Crash Course
Growth, Cities, and Immigration Crash Course US History
In which John Green teaches you about the massive immigration to the United States during the late 19th and early 20th century. Immigrants flocked to the US from all over the world in this time period. Millions of Europeans moved to the...
TED Talks
TED: What soccer can teach us about freedom | Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Soccer is the only thing on this planet that we can all agree to do together, says theater maker and TED Fellow Marc Bamuthi Joseph. Through his performances and an engagement initiative called "Moving and Passing," Joseph combines...
Bozeman Science
Population Ecology
In this video Paul Andersen explains how population ecology studies the density, distribution, size, sex ration, and age structure of populations. Intrinsic growth rate and exponential growth calculations are included along with a...
TED Talks
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story
Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or...
Curated Video
Landmarks - Bauhaus Israel
BAUHAUS ISRAEL SINCE THE EARLY 1920 S THE NAME BAUHAUS HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE AVANTE GARDE. THE BAUHAUS ARCHITECTS HAVE GONE DOWN IN HISTORY AS A GERMAN ART MOVEMENT THAT INFLUENCED THE WORLD BUT IT MAY SURPRISE MANY THAT THE BEST...
Kult America
World's First Shopping Mall? Istanbul Grand Bazaar
Even though America is the undisputed center of consumerism, it is here, in Istanbul, where the original shopping mall was created. On today's episode of Kult America, I'm discovering the secrets of the Grand Bazaar - an enormous...
Curated Video
Populating the World: Migration
Migration to other countries is more prevalent than ever. What human factors determine our movement around the world? Human Geography - Orientation And Settlements - Learning Points. Emigration is the act of leaving one's country to...
Curated Video
Brownfield Sites
Reusing previously built-on "Brownfield" sites is an environmentally friendly solution to housing shortages. But there can be hidden dangers. Human Geography - Orientation And Settlements - Learning Points. A brownfield site is...
Curated Video
Tuvalu: The Threat of Rising Seas
The inhabitants of this tiny nation state are some of the first in the world to feel the full impact of climate change. As rising sea levels threaten their whole country, what action can they take? Human Geography - Orientation And...
Curated Video
Illegal Immigration: Crossing the Sahara
The desperation to seek out a new life in Libya or beyond leads many people to attempt one of the most dangerous illegal migration routes out of Africa... Human Geography - Orientation And Settlements - Learning Points. Every year,...
Curated Video
Shanghai's mass migration
Visit Shanghai, the city with the largest population in the world, home to over 23 million people. People and places - Human geography - Moving around Learning Points People often move from rural areas to urban areas to find better paid...
Curated Video
Switzerland
Visit Switzerland and find out why the country boasts high levels of employment and wealth. People and places - Human geography - Earning a living Learning Points Some countries have lower rates of unemployment than others. An...