TED Talks
TED: Goats, blockchain and the future of money | Fariel Salahuddin
What if smallholder farmers could use their produce and livestock to pay for goods and services? TED Fellow and alternative currency enthusiast Fariel Salahuddin is working to make this a reality in places including rural Pakistan, where...
SciShow
The Math and Mystery of Murmurations
If you've ever seen a group of starlings in flight, you've appreciated one of nature's most hypnotic sights -- the lava-lamp-like flow of a murmuration. SciShow explains the biology and mathematics behind this beautiful phenomenon.
MinuteEarth
Why Don't Americans Eat Reindeer?
Reindeer meat could’ve entered North American cuisine and culture, but our turn of the century efforts to develop a reindeer industry were stymied by nature, the beef lobby, and the Great Depression....
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you solve the fortress riddle? | Henri Picciotto
Bad news: your worst enemies are at the gate. Your fledgling kingdom guards the world's only herd of tiny dino creatures. To you, they're sacred. To everyone else, they're food. The three closest nation-states have teamed up to smash...
SciShow
Retracing a Mastodon’s Steps With Chemistry
Thanks to strontium, oxygen, and rings in a tusk, scientists now have evidence that extinct mastodons may have participated in yearly migrations.
SciShow
Why Don't All Birds Fly in V Shapes?
Some birds fly in V shapes because it has many benefits, but other birds fly in clumps instead. Why would they do that?
SciShow Kids
4 Reasons Cows are Awesome!
Did you know that there were over 200 types of cows? Join Jessi and Squeaks as they discuss some cool facts about these amazing animals.
Bozeman Science
Vaccines and Herd Immunity
In this video Paul Andersen explains how immune individuals in a population give the entire group a herd immunity. Concepts of immunity, vaccines, basic reproduction number, and herd immunity threshold are discussed.
TED-Ed
The incredible, bendable, twistable, expandable elephant trunk | Chase LaDue and Bruce A. Schulte
As a breeze blows through the savannah, a snake-shaped tube stretches into the air and scans the horizon like a periscope. But it's not seeing— it's sniffing. Containing no bones and an estimated 40,000 muscles, an elephant trunk is one...
SciShow Kids
Migrations: Big Animal Trips
Have you ever moved? Some animals move too! And if an animal moves from one place to another for weather or food, it's called migration!
Crash Course
Influence & Persuasion: Crash Course Media Literacy
We’ve mentioned already that there’s a lot of money in media and a huge chunk of that money is spent on trying to get you to do something – buy something, vote a certain way, change a behavior. How does advertising work? And what’s the...
Curated Video
The Mystery of Zebra Stripes: Function and Behavior Revealed
This video explores the mysteries surrounding zebras and their unique striped coats. It discusses various theories about the purpose of these stripes, including camouflage, cooling systems, and fly deterrents. The video also highlights...
Curated Video
Inclusion: Embracing Differences and Building Connections
In this video, Shanya the sheep and her shepherd friend Liam teach us about the value of inclusion. They explain that inclusion is accepting and learning from each other, regardless of our differences. Through their stories and examples,...
Curated Video
How Vaccines Help Eradicate Diseases: A History and Impact
This video explains how vaccines have played a crucial role in eradicating deadly diseases throughout history, using the example of polio. It highlights the way vaccines work by training the immune system to create antibodies, leading to...
Curated Video
African Elephants
The African elephant matriarch leads her herd hundreds of kilometres across the desert each year to find fresh food and water. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. During the dry season, African elephants must travel hundreds of...
Curated Video
Elephants
The lives of Asian and African elephants, from what they eat, to where they live, and what's threatening them. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. There are two main species of elephant - African and Asian. African elephants are...
Curated Video
Farming food
How humans and some animals, such as ants, farm food to maintain their food supply. Life processes - Living things in their environments - Obtaining food Learning Points Farms are areas of land or water devoted to growing plants or...
Curated Video
The Great Wildebeest Migration
Experience the awe-inspiring spectacle of the annual wildebeest migration. Every year Kenya attracts thousands of wild animals to their abundant grasslands to graze, including elephants, zebras and predators like lions and hyenas.
Curated Video
I WONDER - Why Do Reindeers Have Fur On Their Hooves?
This video is answering the question of why do reindeers have fur on their hooves.
Curated Video
Let's Go There Fort Worth Stockyards and the Cattle Drives
Travel to the Fort Worth Stockyards and learn about the historic cattle drives.
Curated Video
Let's Go There Comanche
Travel to the Lawton, Oklahoma and learn about the Comanche Nation the Comanche National Museum and Cultural Center.
Curated Video
The Day Henry Met... A Sheepdog
Today Henry meets a Border Collie sheep dog and learns what a sheep dog does and why shepherds use them. Oh no, the sheep pen has been left open by accident and all the sheep have escaped. Henry becomes a shepherd and has to round up all...