Instructional Video5:06
SciShow

The Lesser-Known Symptoms of Depression

12th - Higher Ed
Depression is not just feeling hopeless or apathetic, there are lots more symptoms that we aren’t familiar with.
Instructional Video10:19
TED Talks

An election system that puts voters (not politicians) first | Amber McReynolds

12th - Higher Ed
From hours-long lines and limited polling locations to confusing and discriminatory registration policies, why is it so hard to vote in the US? Voting rights expert Amber McReynolds offers a proven alternative: a new process, already...
Instructional Video11:29
TED Talks

Tiana Epps-Johnson: What's needed to bring the US voting system into the 21st century

12th - Higher Ed
The American election system is complicated, to say the least -- but voting is one of the most tangible ways that each of us can shape our communities. How can we make the system more modern, inclusive and secure? Civic engagement...
Instructional Video6:42
PBS

What Will Destroy Planet Earth?

12th - Higher Ed
Killing all the life on Earth is easy. But what about destroying the planet itself? That is DEFINITELY going to happen!! But HOW? Could it be Nukes? A Giant Asteroid? A Collision with another planet? And what's more, will anyone be...
Instructional Video19:24
TED Talks

Elizabeth Gilbert: Your elusive creative genius

12th - Higher Ed
Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius. It's a funny, personal and surprisingly...
Instructional Video21:53
SciShow

Learn To Taxidermy | SciShow Talk Show

12th - Higher Ed
Olivia Gordon shows Hank how to taxidermy a squirrel and Zoe the Red Lored Amazon parrot shows off with the help of Jessi from Animal Wonders.
Instructional Video5:33
Amoeba Sisters

What is ATP?

12th - Higher Ed
Table of Contents: 00:00 Intro 0:40 Some Examples of ATP Uses in Cell Processes 1:14 What is ATP? 1:52 How do we get ATP? 3:05 How does ATP work? Note: We received an excellent comment in an older video (about cellular respiration) that...
Instructional Video9:02
SciShow

Fritz Haber: Great Minds

12th - Higher Ed
Hank introduces us to the brilliant and heartless Fritz Haber, a great mind who is considered "the father chemical warfare," but who also made discoveries and innovations that helped lead to the Green Revolution which is credited with...
Instructional Video5:37
SciShow

3 Mars Mysteries We Really Should Have Solved By Now

12th - Higher Ed
We've learned a lot about Mars over the years, but we keep uncovering new mysteries - important, fundamental aspects of The Red Planet that we just can't explain. Here are three of them.
Instructional Video5:18
SciShow

That’s Not a Black Hole, It’s a Vampire

12th - Higher Ed
What was once thought to be a black hole might in fact be a star that feeds on its own kind!
Instructional Video12:08
Bozeman Science

Scientific Inquiry: A Teacher's Guide

12th - Higher Ed
This video is the first of a five part series on scientific inquiry. Supporting material can be found below.
Instructional Video5:59
Amoeba Sisters

Gene Regulation and the Order of the Operon

12th - Higher Ed
Explore gene expression with the Amoeba Sisters, including the fascinating Lac Operon found in bacteria! Learn how genes can be turned "on" and "off" and why this is essential for cellular function.
Instructional Video5:29
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: How do ventilators work?

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In the 16th century, physician Andreas Vesalius described how a suffocating animal could be kept alive by inserting a tube into its trachea and blowing air to inflate its lungs. Today, Vesalius’s treatise is recognized as the first...
Instructional Video36:56
TED Talks

Michael Moschen: Juggling as art ... and science

12th - Higher Ed
Michael Moschen puts on a quietly mesmerizing show of juggling. Don't think juggling is an art? You might just change your mind after watching Moschen in motion.
Instructional Video3:56
TED Talks

Christopher deCharms: A look inside the brain in real time

12th - Higher Ed
Neuroscientist and inventor Christopher deCharms demonstrates a new way to use fMRI to show brain activity -- thoughts, emotions, pain -- while it is happening. In other words, you can actually see how you feel.
Instructional Video2:35
SciShow

Déjà Vu

12th - Higher Ed
Hank describes some of the best explanations that neurologists have come up with to account for the strange sensation we know as déjà vu.
Instructional Video14:24
TED Talks

TED: How kids can help design cities | Mara Mintzer

12th - Higher Ed
Adults tend to think of kids as "future citizens" -- their ideas and opinions will matter someday, just not today. But kids make up a quarter of the population, so shouldn't they have a say in what the world they'll inherit will look...
Instructional Video3:56
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Gerrymandering: How drawing jagged lines can impact an election - Christina Greer

Pre-K - Higher Ed
District lines, and the groups of voters within them, may seem arbitrary, but a lot of thought (and political bickering) is put into these carefully drawn lines. From "packing" a district to "cracking" a district--learn how the shape of...
Instructional Video11:17
TED Talks

Jorge Soto: The future of early cancer detection?

12th - Higher Ed
Along with a crew of technologists and scientists, Jorge Soto is developing a simple, noninvasive, open-source test that looks for early signs of multiple forms of cancer. Onstage at TEDGlobal 2014, he demonstrates a working prototype of...
Instructional Video7:38
TED Talks

TED: How computers learn to recognize objects instantly | Joseph Redmon

12th - Higher Ed
Ten years ago, researchers thought that getting a computer to tell the difference between a cat and a dog would be almost impossible. Today, computer vision systems do it with greater than 99 percent accuracy. How? Joseph Redmon works on...
Instructional Video5:34
SciShow

3D Printing Moon Bricks for a Moon Base

12th - Higher Ed
ESA's newest printer at the DLR German Aerospace Center in Cologne,
Instructional Video13:23
TED Talks

Carla Harris: How to find the person who can help you get ahead at work

12th - Higher Ed
The workplace is often presented as a meritocracy, where you can succeed by putting your head down and working hard. Wall Street veteran Carla Harris learned early in her career that this a myth. The key to actually getting ahead? Get a...
Instructional Video5:09
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Oxygen's surprisingly complex journey through your body - Enda Butler

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Oxygen forms about 21% of the air around us. In your body, oxygen forms a vital role in the production of energy in most cells. But if gases can only efficiently diffuse across tiny distances, how does oxygen reach the cells deep inside...
Instructional Video3:59
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Cell vs. virus: A battle for health - Shannon Stiles

Pre-K - Higher Ed
All living things are made of cells. In the human body, these highly efficient units are protected by layer upon layer of defense against icky invaders like the cold virus. Shannon Stiles takes a journey into the cell, introducing the...