Instructional Video4:23
SciShow Kids

Build a Tiny Plant World! Science Project for Kids

K - 5th
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!
Instructional Video3:38
SciShow Kids

Real-Life Robots

K - 5th
Meet some real-life robots, and find out what robots really are, and what they do for us every day!
Instructional Video3:06
SciShow Kids

What’s Inside a Bean?

K - 5th
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!
Instructional Video3:24
SciShow Kids

How Does A Seed Become A Plant?

K - 5th
Jessi and Squeaks show you how a tiny seed, like the kind you eat in your trail mix! Grows into a big plant!
News Clip6:52
PBS

David Brooks on emerging from loneliness to find 'moral renewal'

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video3:50
SciShow Kids

The Color-Changing Celery Experiment!

K - 5th
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!
Instructional Video3:56
SciShow Kids

Endangered Animals!

K - 5th
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!
Instructional Video2:59
SciShow Kids

Need a Lift Try a Pulley!

K - 5th
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...
Instructional Video4:21
SciShow Kids

Could I Dig a Hole Through the Earth?

K - 5th
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...
Instructional Video4:24
SciShow Kids

Amazing Animal Groups

K - 5th
Groups of animals have some really interesting names! Learn about them with Jessi and Squeaks!
News Clip17:19
PBS

50 Years Later - Brown v Board of Education (May 17, 2004)

12th - Higher Ed
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,...
News Clip2:37
PBS

Learning computer coding opens up 'endless world' for these kids

12th - Higher Ed
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.
Instructional Video4:05
SciShow Kids

The Power of Sunlight! Science Project for Kids

K - 5th
Jessi and Squeaks use the power of the sun to conduct a cool science experiment!
Instructional Video4:17
SciShow Kids

Make a Moon Puzzle!

K - 5th
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!
Instructional Video10:13
TED Talks

Bill Gates: How state budgets are breaking US schools

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video9:26
TED Talks

Ellen Gustafson: Obesity + hunger = 1 global food issue

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video9:07
Crash Course

Social Development: Crash Course Sociology

12th - Higher Ed
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 &...
Instructional Video12:01
TED Talks

Liz Kleinrock: How to teach kids to talk about taboo topics

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video3:28
SciShow Kids

Check Out the Great Barrier Reef!

K - 5th
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!
Instructional Video5:13
SciShow

Equine Therapy Why Horses Might Make Great Therapy Animals

12th - Higher Ed
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.
News Clip5:52
PBS

Should high schools worry about what students do after graduation? This city says yes

12th - Higher Ed
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,...
Instructional Video3:38
SciShow Kids

Visiting the Dentist!

K - 5th
This video is brought to you by the Child and Teen Checkups program of the Minnesota Department of Health.
Instructional Video2:54
SciShow Kids

Meat-Eating Plants

K - 5th
Many animals eat plants, but did you know some plants eat animals? Jessi and Squeaks explore some of their favorite meat eating plants!
Instructional Video3:34
SciShow Kids

Plants with Weapons!

K - 5th
Jessi and Squeaks learn about plants with defensive weapons!