SciShow
Why Do Fish School?
You might think that fish ride the undercurrents with all their buds to avoid the hungry mouths of predators - safety in numbers, right? But, it turns out, there’s more to consider when asking why fish swim in schools.
TED Talks
Geoff Mulgan: A short intro to the Studio School
Some kids learn by listening; others learn by doing. Geoff Mulgan gives a short introduction to the Studio School, a new kind of school in the UK where small teams of kids learn by working on projects that are, as Mulgan puts it, "for...
Crash Course
Education In Society: Crash Course Sociology
Today we’ll explore the history of education as a social institution, with a specific focus on how the US organizes its educational system. We’ll look at education through the lenses of some sociological paradigms: structural...
TED Talks
TED: How I became part sea urchin | Catherine Mohr
As a young scientist, Catherine Mohr was on her dream scuba trip -- when she put her hand right down on a spiny sea urchin. While a school of sharks circled above. What happened next? More than you can possibly imagine. Settle in for...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
David E. Kirkland - Critical Race Theory
David E. Kirkland is a transdisciplinary scholar of language, literacy, and urban education, who explores through the construct of literacy the intersections among language, race, gender, and urban youth culture. His work has also...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Constance Steinkuehler - Games, Learning and Society
Constance Steinkuehler is an Associate Professor in Digital Media at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and co-directs the Games+Learning+Society (GLS) center at the Wisconsin Institute of Discovery and chairs their annual GLS...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Deborah Meier - The Power of Their Ideas - AERO Conference 2015
Deborah Meier is currently senior scholar at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Education She has spent more than four decades working in public education as a teacher, principal, writer, advocate, and ranks among the most...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Nikhil Goyal - The Tyranny of Testing
Nikhil Goyal is the author of the new book Schools on Trial: How Freedom and Creativity Can Fix Our Educational Malpractice (Random House).
Mazz Media
Instincts
This live-action video program is about the word instincts. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word instincts through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Lucien Vattel - Learning Through the Heart
Lucien Vattel is a leader and visionary in educational game development, research, and curriculum, and a designer and producer of over a dozen distributed educational games with over 14 years of experience on a wide variety of projects...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Pat Farenga - Unschooling - AERO Conference 2015
Patrick Farenga worked closely with the author and teacher John Holt for four years, until Holt’s death in 1985. He is the President of Holt Associates Inc. and was the Publisher of Growing Without Schooling magazine (GWS) from 1985...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Sigal Ben-Porath & Michael Johanek - What School Choice is Really About
Dr. Ben-Porath received her doctorate in political philosophy from Tel Aviv University in 2000. She was awarded two successive Tel Aviv University President’s postdoctoral grants. In 2001-2004, she was a postdoctoral research associate...
Schooling Online
Shakespeare Today: Romeo and Juliet - Act 4 Summary
Poor Juliet! Romeo has been exiled, and now Juliet’s father has declared that she must marry Paris next Thursday! Juliet and the Friar come up with a desperate plan so that Juliet and Romeo can be reunited... Watch our summary of Romeo...
Schooling Online
Shakespeare Today: The Tempest - Act 5 Summary
All of Prospero’s plans are coming together. He has taken revenge on the nobles, and Caliban’s plans are well and truly thwarted. Will Prospero continue to use his magic for vengeance? Or will he finally learn how to forgive? Watch our...
Schooling Online
Shakespeare Today: Othello - Act 2 Summary
Before Othello arrives on Cyprus, a storm has already destroyed the Turkish fleet! Everyone prepares to celebrate – but the scheming Iago is plotting to take Othello down... Watch our summary of Othello: Act II to find out what happens.
Schooling Online
Shakespeare Today: Romeo and Juliet - Act 2 Summary
Romeo and Juliet have fallen head over heels in love for each other! They decide that they have to marry as soon as possible. The monk Friar Laurence and Juliet’s nurse help the two love-birds plan their secret wedding... Watch our...
Curated Video
First Day of School Memories
People from all over the world reflect on what they remember about the first day of school. For some people it was traumatic, for others it was exciting. How do these first day stories compare to your own early memories of school?
Curated Video
Fish: Schooling and Shoaling
This video provides an overview of fish, their diverse species, and their behaviors of shoaling and schooling. It explains how fish form groups for social reasons, migration, and defense against predators. The video also touches on their...
Schooling Online
Physics Introduction to Statics and Dynamics: Forces and Newton's Laws - Inertia
Although the impromptu surgery was a success, Shannon is taken to the hospital. This lesson will define inertia and apply Newton’s Law of Inertia.
Definitions included: inertia
Misconceptions included: inertia is a force, objects only...
Schooling Online
Shakespeare Today: Macbeth - Act 1 Summary
Three spooky witches appear to Macbeth, giving him a crazy prophecy that he is destined to become King of Scotland. Fired with ambition, Macbeth’s wife has a dangerous plot to make sure that the prophecy comes true… Watch our summary of...
Healthcare Triage
Health Professionals and Their Income, Childhood Violence, and King v Burwell
This week, Aaron looks at studies on how health care workers' incomes compare to the rest of the population and to each other. Also, there's a new study out showing to many kids are victims of violence, and King v Burwell has been...
Press Association
What is the science behind Covid-19 and schools ?
As the Government faces calls to boost Covid-19 testing in order to make returning to schools safe, we look at the research driving the decisions.
Bridgeman Arts
French visitors cut hair, teach children and give medical care to a Bedouin camp, Algeria 1957
Clip 3 from 16mm 1957 film about the Tuareg Bedouin tribe in Algeria. Daily life at a Bedouin encampment. French visitors cut hair and teach children to read and write. Claude Blanguernon, Director of Schools of the Hoggar / Ahaggar...
Bridgeman Arts
Tuareg tribe set up camp in desert. French teacher living with the nomads teaches French to children. Algeria 1957
Clip 7 from 16mm 1957 film about the Tuareg Bedouin tribe in Algeria. Tuareg people set up camp in desert. French teacher (Jacques Beauvau?) living w/ nomads and teaching Tuareg children after building his classroom. Also shots of the...