Billions of dollars are poured into global development every year, but results are lacking, says economist Karthik Muralidharan. Diving into an example with public education, he outlines how smarter resource allocation and evidence-based...

Hank brings us breaking news from a team of geneticists working on figuring out what all that "junk DNA" in the human genome really is - turns out it's not junk after all.

It's been more than a year since most American schoolchildren returned to the classroom full-time. Now, school districts are working to recover learning lost while kids were at home during the pandemic. Researchers say students in...

This is episode 2 of our animated series "Think Like A Coder." This 10-episode narrative follows a girl, Ethic, and her robot companion, Hedge, as they attempt to save the world. The two embark on a quest to collect three artifacts and...

Hank brings us breaking news from a team of geneticists working on figuring out what all that "junk DNA" in the human genome really is - turns out it's not junk after all.

An orchestra conductor faces the ultimate leadership challenge: creating perfect harmony without saying a word. In this charming talk, Itay Talgam demonstrates the unique styles of six great 20th-century conductors, illustrating crucial...

Another year, another security breach that could expose all of your information. Installing updates might be a good New Year's resolution.

The brain of luchador Hanko wants to take on the worlds fastest supercomputer, "K," in a cage match for bragging rights - which one is the most impressive information processor?

Today we’re going to take our first baby steps from hardware into software! Using that CPU we built last episode we’re going to run some instructions and walk you through how a program operates on the machine level. We'll show you how...

So now that we’ve built and programmed our very own CPU, we’re going to take a step back and look at how CPU speeds have rapidly increased from just a few cycles per second to gigahertz! Some of that improvement, of course, has come from...

Paul Andersen reflects on the flipped classroom

Since Joseph Marie Jacquard’s textile loom in 1801, there has been a demonstrated need to give our machines instructions. In the last few episodes, our instructions were already in our computer’s memory, but we need to talk about how...

So we ended last episode with programming at the hardware level with things like plugboards and huge panels of switches, but what was really needed was a more versatile way to program computers - software! For much of this series we’ve...

Today we’re going to build the ticking heart of every computer - the Central Processing Unit or CPU. The CPU’s job is to execute the programs we know and love - you know like GTA V, Slack... and Power Point. To make our CPU we’ll bring...

In this video Paul Andersen explains how modeling instruction can be used in the science classroom. Instead of presenting a model for the students the teacher presents and experience or experiment and the students develop the model.

This video outlines Zimbardo's most famous experiment - the Stanford Prison Experiment - which has to be called off within a week because it proved to be too dangerous to continue.

In this video we practice small letters — the lowercase letters that go on the baseline or ground. Perfect for young learners, preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students, this video helps improve letter formation, fine motor...

In this video we practice fall letters — the lowercase letters that go below the line: g, j, p, q, and y. Perfect for young learners, preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students, this video helps improve letter formation, fine...

In this video, we practice handwriting the tall letters This interactive video teaches the strokes while encouraging kids to practice along. Whether you're a classroom teacher or homeschool parent this video will give you practical...

In this video, we explore the four types of sentences and practice identifying them along with using the correct punctuation mark at the end—a crucial step in building strong writing skills for students of all ages. We cover...

This video shows how to count on from different numbers by 1's up to 100. It helps kids learn to count and get comfortable counting on from various numbers.

This video introduces and practices Doubles facts.



This is perfect for kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, and early learners, this video covers doubles math facts practice. Whether you're teaching in the classroom or at home,...

This video introduces and practices Counting On facts.



This is perfect for kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, and early learners. This video covers counting on math facts practice. Whether you're teaching in the classroom or...

This video shows ways to make 10, gives practice with make 10 facts and practice completing make 10 facts.



Perfect for kindergarten, 1st grade, and early learners, this video covers essential number bonds, making 10...