News Clip6:25
PBS

App connects drivers with lawyers to de-escalate police interactions during traffic stops

12th - Higher Ed
The murder of George Floyd thrust Minnesota into the center of the debate over police misconduct. As Fred de Sam Lazaro reports, one effort coming out of that painful period hopes to make traffic stops safer. It’s part of the series,...
Instructional Video7:01
SciShow Kids

How Do Lakes Form? | Goodbye, Mister Brown! | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
Mister Brown is moving away to Wisconsin, so Jessi, Squeaks and all of his Fort friends are here to say goodbye. But before he goes, Mister Brown want to teach everyone about the place he's moving to and all the amazing glacial lakes...
News Clip7:35
PBS

How Minnesota's Lack Of Teachers Of Color Hurts Students, And What Reform Could Look Like

12th - Higher Ed
Many schools across the United States are grappling with ways to close the achievement gap between white students and students of color. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on those efforts in Minnesota, which has some of...
News Clip8:43
PBS

Even with Roe v. Wade intact, many states have aggressively restricted abortion access

12th - Higher Ed
Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court has many abortion rights advocates worried that the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision is in imminent peril. In many places the rollback of access is already steadily progressing....
News Clip5:47
PBS

Minnesota kid destined to be Buddhist spiritual leader

12th - Higher Ed
Like any 4th grade boy, Jalue Dorje enjoys soccer, swimming and Pokemon cards. But unlike most 9-year-olds, he is believed to be -- and confirmed by the Dalai Lama himself -- the reincarnation of an eminent senior lama who died nine...
Instructional Video3:01
SciShow

Weird Places Devil's Kettle Falls

12th - Higher Ed
A waterfall that seems to just disappear into the ground sounds pretty unbelievable, but scientists are still bewildered by the mysteries of Devil's Kettle Falls.
Instructional Video9:26
TED Talks

TED: Whose land are you on? What to know about the Indigenous Land Back movement | Lindsey Schneider

12th - Higher Ed
Land thrives in Indigenous hands, and there are real, tangible ways you can help return what was stolen by colonizers from tribes across North America. Indigenous scholar Lindsey Schneider addresses the ill-gotten legacy of settler...
Instructional Video13:27
TED Talks

TED: A pro wrestler's guide to confidence | Mike Kinney

12th - Higher Ed
You are more than you think you are, says former pro wrestler Mike Kinney -- you just have to find what makes you unique and use it to your advantage. For years Kinney "turned up" the parts of himself that made him special as he invented...
Instructional Video7:58
TED Talks

TED: How I went from child refugee to international model | Halima Aden

12th - Higher Ed
Halima Aden made history when she became the first hijab-wearing model on the cover of Vogue magazine. Now she returns to Kenya's Kakuma Refugee Camp -- where she was born and lived until the age of seven -- to share an inspiring message...
Instructional Video8:05
Bozeman Science

Homeostatic Disruptions

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen explains how disruptions in homeostasis can affect biological systems at all levels. He uses the example of dehydration in animals to explain how disruptions at the cellular level can affect an organism. He also uses the...
Instructional Video2:37
Curated Video

Beautiful Friendship Forms At Minnesota Wildcat Sanctuary

3rd - Higher Ed
In the woods of Minnesota, lies a beautiful sanctuary where rescued wildcats go to live happy, carefree lives. This beautiful story is about The Wildcat Sanctuary and an unbelievable friendship that formed there. A less than a year old,...
Instructional Video1:55
Curated Video

How to Do a Minnesota Accent

9th - Higher Ed
Howcast - Learn how to do a Minnesota accent from voice and speech coach Andrea Caban in this Howcast video.
Instructional Video2:38
Curated Video

Kamala Harris selects Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as running mate

9th - Higher Ed
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her 2024 vice-presidential running mate, The Associated Press and Reuters are reporting, citing anonymous sources.
Instructional Video1:58
Curated Video

The Lift Garage: Fixing Cars And People's Lives

3rd - Higher Ed
Lift Garage Executive Director Cathy Heying initially knew nothing about car repair. At 38-years-old, she went back to school for auto technology and started an etire new life journey. To date, Cathy and The Lift Garage has saved...
Instructional Video2:37
Curated Video

Beautiful Friendship Forms At Minnesota Wildcat Sanctuary

3rd - Higher Ed
In the woods of Minnesota, lies a beautiful sanctuary where rescued wildcats go to live happy, carefree lives. This beautiful story is about The Wildcat Sanctuary and an unbelievable friendship that formed there. A less than a year old,...
News Clip1:58
Curated Video

Emergency Declaration Issued In Pennsylvania Amid Heavy Snow And Freezing Temperatures

9th - Higher Ed
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed a disaster emergency proclamation as the state received its first big snowfall of the season.
Instructional Video1:28
Curated Video

#TheMoment a family saved their cat trapped for 7 weeks in a sewer

9th - Higher Ed
Clifton Nesseth recounts the moment he rescued his three-year-old cat Drifter from a sewer where it had been trapped for almost two months.
Instructional Video6:50
Curated Video

PWHL reveals names, logos for inaugural 6 teams

9th - Higher Ed
The Professional Women's Hockey League has unveiled the nicknames and logos for each of the six franchises entering its second season, including Canadian teams the Toronto Sceptres, Montreal Victoire and Ottawa Charge.
Instructional Video1:17
Curated Video

#TheMoment an MLB photographer captured rainbow lightning

9th - Higher Ed
Brace Hemmelgarn, manager of content and photography for the Minnesota Twins, recounts the moment he took a rare photo of rainbow lightning over Target Field in Minneapolis during a game.
Instructional Video2:17
Makematic

Dred Scott v. Sandford

K - 5th
Dred Scott's fight for freedom led to a Supreme Court decision that denied citizenship to Black Americans, fuelling tensions that contributed to the Civil War.
Instructional Video11:33
Curated Video

Why "Nobody" Lives In Northern And Western Minnesota

9th - Higher Ed
Minnesota, home to more than 11,000 lakes, has a pretty sizeable population. But the vast majority of this population exists in the southern and eastern part of the state, leaving the west and north with very few people overall. This...
Instructional Video4:33
Great Big Story

How a Somali Refugee Is Creating Community in Minnesota

12th - Higher Ed
Join us on a transformative journey with Huda Ibrahim, a Somali American refugee who found a unique way to build bridges in her new community.
Instructional Video5:24
Curated Video

Important Historical Figures of the Old West

3rd - Higher Ed
Dr. Forrester introduces the student to the Native American tribes of the Western region of the United States, and discusses the role of the Native American tribes in the development of the west.
Instructional Video5:16
Curated Video

Native American People of the Midwest Region

3rd - 8th
Dr. Forrester continues her discussion of the Midwest Region of the United States by exploring the regions where various Native American tribes lived. She tells the stories of 2 famous Native Americans: Sacagawea and Chief Black Kettle.