Instructional Video2:47
SciShow Kids

Make Your Own Well! Science Project for Kids

K - 5th
Jessi and Squeaks have talked about how wells move water from one place to another before; now they're going to show you how to build your very own so you can see for yourself!
Instructional Video4:41
SciShow

Know Your Scientists Archaeology or Paleontology

12th - Higher Ed
How do you make an archaeologist really mad, really fast? Ask her if she’s found any dinosaurs. SciShow helps you Know Your Scientists by explaining the many differences between archaeology and paleontology, and how they’re each awesome...
Instructional Video3:13
SciShow Kids

How Far Can You Jump?

K - 5th
This video is brought to you by the Child and Teen Checkups program of the Minnesota Department of Health.
Instructional Video9:13
TED Talks

TED: My quest to defy gravity and fly | Elizabeth Streb

12th - Higher Ed
Over the course of her fearless career, extreme action specialist Elizabeth Streb has pushed the limits of the human body. She's jumped through broken glass, toppled from great heights and built gizmos to provide a boost along the way....
Instructional Video3:11
SciShow Kids

Ostriches: The World's Biggest Birds! | Biology for Kids | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
There are all sorts of flying birds, but some of the world's biggest are ones that stick to the ground, like the awesome ostrich!
Instructional Video3:52
SciShow Kids

How to Make a Paper Airplane

K - 5th
Learn how to make a great paper airplane, and find out what makes it fly!
Instructional Video1:57
SciShow

What Are Eye Boogers?

12th - Higher Ed
Eye boogers: Not the most glamorous of bodily secretions, but important all the same. Learn why the heck you have sand in your eyes in the morning in this episode of Quick Questions.
Instructional Video5:41
SciShow

North America’s Destructive, Invasive… Earthworms

12th - Higher Ed
Earthworms may be good for your garden, but they also have the potential to disrupt forest ecosystems across much of North America.
Instructional Video4:06
SciShow

What We Really Know About Placenta-Eating

12th - Higher Ed
Join SciShow News as we explore why eating placenta doesn't actually do very much. Injecting wastewater into the ground, on the other hand, seems to do quite a bit.
Instructional Video2:29
SciShow

Does Radiation Make Air Travel Dangerous?

12th - Higher Ed
Radiation is all around us, and when you travel by plane, you're exposed to cosmic radiation. So what does this mean for our health? Does air travel expose us to unsafe radiation levels? Check out this episode to see how flying among...
Instructional Video4:47
SciShow

Pluto: Still Not A Planet

12th - Higher Ed
The ESA is working on a 'fresh-squeezed' spacecraft that will explore Jupiter's moons, and the New Horizons team makes a case for Pluto (and many others)!
Instructional Video4:58
TED-Ed

What if every satellite suddenly disappeared? | Moriba Jah

Pre-K - Higher Ed
What would happen if one day all of humanity's artificial satellites suddenly disappeared? Within hours, most of the planet's traffic would grind to a halt, the world economy would shut down, and most countries would declare a state of...
Instructional Video2:53
MinuteEarth

The Secret Global Sewer System

12th - Higher Ed
Ditches and drain pipes help crops survive but can negatively impact the broader landscape.
Instructional Video4:00
SciShow

Inside the Nepal Earthquake

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow News explains the forces at work behind the earthquake in Nepal, introduces you to a new species of dinosaur, and reveals a discovery in Antarctica.
Instructional Video4:36
SciShow Kids

How Do Rockets Fly? | Let's Explore Mars! | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
Rockets are super amazing, but how do we get something that weighs as much as 100 elephants all the way into space?
Instructional Video9:36
SciShow

5 Types of Awesome Glass Made by Nature

12th - Higher Ed
When it comes to sparkly objects, the planet Earth has a lot to offer. Here are 5 especially awesome glasses made by nature! chapters OBSIDIAN 0:57 2 OPAL 4:09 3 TEKTITES 5:46 FULGURITE 6:27 GLASS SPONGES 8:07
Instructional Video3:45
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The math behind Michael Jordan's legendary hang time - Andy Peterson and Zack Patterson

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Michael Jordan's legendary slam dunk from the free throw line has been calculated at 0.92 seconds of pure hang time. But how many seconds could Jordan have gotten were he doing the same jump on Mars? Or Jupiter? Andy Peterson and Zack...
Instructional Video3:18
SciShow Kids

How Does Water Get to Your House?

K - 5th
Have you ever turned on a faucet in your sink or shower and wondered where that water comes from? Jessi and Squeaks explore how we get water to our homes!
Instructional Video5:29
TED-Ed

The sharks that hunt in forests | Luka Seamus Wright

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Forests don't usually come to mind as a habitat for sharks. But marine forests provide a home for 35% of the world's sharks. Mangrove forests in particular function as an essential bridge between land and sea and have evolved various...
Instructional Video4:12
SciShow

How to Make Pokémon GO

12th - Higher Ed
You wanna be the very best? Like no one ever was? Travel across your neighborhood with us and learn about some of the tech behind the phenomenon that is Pokémon GO.
Instructional Video5:51
Be Smart

The REAL Physics of Hot Air Balloons!

12th - Higher Ed
The science of hot air balloons may surprise you.
Instructional Video3:53
SciShow

Learning About Lightning from Superbolts

12th - Higher Ed
If you ask someone to picture a thunderstorm, chances are they will have no problem slipping into a memory of dark clouds and bright flashes screaming out from them. But, incredibly, they’re probably picturing the tame version of...
Instructional Video4:24
SciShow Kids

How Wildfires Help!

K - 5th
Roasting marshmallows over a fire is a lot of fun, but did you know that, in nature, fire keeps our forests clean and healthy and even helps some plants grow?
Instructional Video4:01
SciShow

The Equator Is a Bad Place for These Rocket Launches

12th - Higher Ed
Some satellites orbit in the same direction the planet rotates, which means they get a boost for their launch, but most have orbits where that isn’t ideal, and that creates some challenges for engineers.