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Build a Tiny Plant World! Science Project for Kids
Jessi and Squeaks just learned about terrariums, and now they want to make one for themselves! Join them to learn all about these tiny gardens in a bottle and how you can make one of your own!
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Real-Life Robots
Meet some real-life robots, and find out what robots really are, and what they do for us every day!
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What’s Inside a Bean?
Have you ever wondered how a tiny little seed grows into a plant? Well, there's a special kind of seed, one you've probably eaten before, that's big enough for you to open up and see how it works: a bean!
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How Does A Seed Become A Plant?
Jessi and Squeaks show you how a tiny seed, like the kind you eat in your trail mix! Grows into a big plant!
PBS
David Brooks on emerging from loneliness to find 'moral renewal'
In his new book, "The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life," New York Times columnist and NewsHour regular David Brooks explores the current American cultural moment, in which he argues we have become self-centered and cognitive...
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The Color-Changing Celery Experiment!
Want to learn how plants move water around inside them? Or do you just want to turn a stalk of celery purple? Then try our amazing color-changing celery experiment, in class or at home!
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Endangered Animals!
What's something pandas, orangutans, rhinos, and gorillas have in common? They're all endangered animals. Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn how an animal becomes endagered and what we can do to help them!
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Need a Lift Try a Pulley!
Jessi and Squeaks just got a new telescope, and they can't wait to check out the night sky! But there's just one problem: it's too heavy to bring up the stairs into the observatory! Join them as they learn about a simple machine that can...
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Could I Dig a Hole Through the Earth?
Have you tried to dig a deep hole? So deep that you could dig all the way to the other side of the Earth? It's pretty hard, and lots of people have tried. So what's stopping us from digging through the Earth? It has something to do with...
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Amazing Animal Groups
Groups of animals have some really interesting names! Learn about them with Jessi and Squeaks!
PBS
50 Years Later - Brown v Board of Education (May 17, 2004)
The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case desegregated America's public schools, but most minority students still attend schools where they are the majority. Gwen Ifill talks to four experts (Sheryll Cashin, John McWhorter,...
PBS
Learning computer coding opens up 'endless world' for these kids
In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a nationwide computer science immersion program sets up shop at a couple Virginia elementary schools. The NewsHour's Student Reporting Labs has the story.
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The Power of Sunlight! Science Project for Kids
Jessi and Squeaks use the power of the sun to conduct a cool science experiment!
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Make a Moon Puzzle!
Have you noticed that the moon looks different over the course of the month? Follow along with this fun activity to help you remember the different phases of the moon!
TED Talks
Bill Gates: How state budgets are breaking US schools
America's school systems are funded by the 50 states. In this fiery talk, Bill Gates says that state budgets are riddled with accounting tricks that disguise the true cost of health care and pensions and weighted with worsening deficits...
TED Talks
Ellen Gustafson: Obesity + hunger = 1 global food issue
Co-creator of the philanthropic FEED bags, Ellen Gustafson says hunger and obesity are two sides of the same coin. In her talk, she launches The 30 Project -- a way to change how we farm and eat in the next 30 years, and solve the global...
Crash Course
Social Development: Crash Course Sociology
What makes you… you? How did you get to be that way? Today we’re talking about social development, starting with the role of nature and nurture in influencing a person’s development. We’ll discuss socialization, the importance of care &...
TED Talks
Liz Kleinrock: How to teach kids to talk about taboo topics
When one of Liz Kleinrock's fourth-grade students said the unthinkable at the start of a class on race, she knew it was far too important a teachable moment to miss. But where to start? Learn how Kleinrock teaches kids to discuss taboo...
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Check Out the Great Barrier Reef!
Barrier reefs are home to all kinds of amazing animals, but did you know that the coral itself is an animal? Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn all about coral and the longest coral reef in the world, The Great Barrier Reef!
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Equine Therapy Why Horses Might Make Great Therapy Animals
Psychologists have been using animals in therapy for a long time, but cats and dogs aren’t the only options. Hippotherapy, also known as equine therapy, uses horses in therapies for everything from cerebral palsy to PTSD.
PBS
Should high schools worry about what students do after graduation? This city says yes
Chicago has a new plan to make sure kids pursue a college degree or have another viable career path after high school. By 2020, in order to get a diploma from Chicago public schools, a student will have to prove that they have a job,...
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Visiting the Dentist!
This video is brought to you by the Child and Teen Checkups program of the Minnesota Department of Health.
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Meat-Eating Plants
Many animals eat plants, but did you know some plants eat animals? Jessi and Squeaks explore some of their favorite meat eating plants!