Instructional Video5:42
TED Talks

Where DEI falls short — and how to rethink it | Y-Vonne Hutchinson

12th - Higher Ed
Tired of “privilege walks” and black squares on social media that feel hollow? Workplace inclusion expert Y-Vonne Hutchinson peels back the superficial layer of performative DEI to reveal a fresh approach that meets people’s real-life...
Instructional Video4:40
TED-Ed

Why you feel stuck — and how to get motivated | Shannon Odell

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Many of us have experienced feeling stuck. People often report feeling highly motivated at the start and end of a project, but the middle can feel untethered. It can happen when tackling something as simple as a term paper or as...
Instructional Video9:37
TED Talks

Why joy is a serious way to take action | Pattie Gonia

12th - Higher Ed
While doom and gloom may wake people up, joy keeps them in the fight, says drag queen and environmentalist Pattie Gonia. With humor, creativity and a dress made of thrifted shower curtains and upcycled pink flamingo pool floaties, Pattie...
Instructional Video4:06
MinuteEarth

Who’s Eating All The Spiders?

12th - Higher Ed
The average human, in theory, eats 3 spiders a year. If you're not eating them and I'm not eating them, who is?
Instructional Video17:05
TED Talks

TED: How to set the right goals and stay motivated | Ayelet Fishbach

12th - Higher Ed
You can't just "find" motivation, says scientist Ayelet Fishbach — you have to learn how to motivate yourself. She shares a handful of tips backed by 20 years of motivation research, offering surprisingly simple wisdom on how to optimize...
Instructional Video10:58
TED Talks

TED: How your childhood toys tell your life story | Chris Byrne

12th - Higher Ed
What was your favorite toy when you were a kid? Your answer might reveal more about you than you expect, says toy historian Chris Byrne. From Matchbox cars and Barbie to Rubik's Cube and Squishmallows, he explores how playthings reflect...
Instructional Video3:35
MinutePhysics

What if the Earth Were Hollow

12th - Higher Ed
What if there were a tunnel through the middle of the earth and you jumped in?
Instructional Video1:44
MinutePhysics

The Limb of the Sun

12th - Higher Ed
The Limb of the Sun
Instructional Video4:46
MinutePhysics

How Long To Fall Through the Earth?

12th - Higher Ed
How Long To Fall Through the Earth?
Instructional Video5:40
SciShow Kids

Antarctica: The Coldest Place on Earth! | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
If you think it's cold outside where you are, you should try living in the coldest place on Earth: Antarctica! Learn why it's a desert even though it's very cold, and about awesome animals like seals and penguins.
Instructional Video5:07
TED Talks

TED: 3 rules for better work-life balance | Ashley Whillans

12th - Higher Ed
Have you answered a work email during an important family event? Or taken a call from your boss while on vacation? According to behavioral scientist and Harvard Business School professor Ashley Whillans, "always-on" work culture is not...
Instructional Video5:19
SciShow

Why Isn't Mount Denali a Volcano?

12th - Higher Ed
Alaska has the most volcanoes out of all the US states, but researchers think they don't have enough. Here's the weird science behind looking for Alaska's volcanoes, and what we've learned about volcanism along the way.
Instructional Video7:42
SciShow

Our Galaxy May Be 10 Times Bigger Than We Thought

12th - Higher Ed
The Milky Way is often described as measuring 100,000 light years across and containing the mass of a trillion Suns. But our home galaxy is actually far bigger, and might be much less massive. Astronomers aren't sure what the exact stats...
Instructional Video6:45
SciShow

This Light is a Different Kind of Invisible

12th - Higher Ed
Dark matter's most famous trait is its inability to interact with light, the particle version of which we call "photons". But in their attempts to figure out exactly what dark matter is, some scientists have proposed "dark photons".
Instructional Video6:30
SciShow

This Simple Test Could Detect Half of All Cancers

12th - Higher Ed
Cancer is a complicated disease, and there's no simple blood test for early detection and screening to spot cancer in general. That might be changing thanks to LINE-1, a retrotransposon gene that doesn't do anything.
Instructional Video7:46
SciShow

This Crystal Is ELECTRIC

12th - Higher Ed
There's a few minerals that exhibit something called piezoelectricity and pyroelectricity, which mean that either heat or pressure can turn them electric. Here's a demo from the SciShow Rocks Box where you can see this for yourself - all...
Instructional Video4:08
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Can you solve the secret assassin society riddle? | Alex Rosenthal

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Your agent has infiltrated a life or death poker game in a hidden back room of a grand casino. Your team is on the trail of an elite society of assassins, each of whom carries a signature playing card corresponding to their role—...
Instructional Video6:09
SciShow

The Particle So Extreme Scientists Called it OMG

12th - Higher Ed
In 1991, a subatomic particle smashed into Earth's atmosphere traveling faster than anything humans can replicate. It's the most energetic particle detected to date, and maybe even the fastest (except light itself). Astronomers call it...
Instructional Video9:32
PBS

How Plants Caused the First Mass Extinction

12th - Higher Ed
In the middle of the Cambrian, life on land was about to get a little more crowded. And those newcomers would end up changing the world. The arrival of plants on land would make the world colder, drain much of the oxygen out of the...
Instructional Video6:54
PBS

The Return of Giant Skin-Shell Sea Turtles

12th - Higher Ed
The biggest turtle ever described wasn’t an ancestor of today’s leatherback turtles or any other living sea turtles. But it looks like there are some things about being a giant, skin-shelled sea turtle that just work, no matter where, or...
Instructional Video10:45
SciShow

6 Construction Failures, and What We Learned From Them

12th - Higher Ed
Things can go wrong in scientific experiments sometimes, but when it comes to engineering, getting things wrong can be disastrous.
Instructional Video4:34
SciShow

How Smart Are Animals, Really?

12th - Higher Ed
Measuring 'intellect' is a difficult task. Check out one way scientists are attempting to make this endeavor more testable. Hosted by: Hank Green
News Clip6:10
PBS

How Residents From El Paso Feel About Border Barriers

12th - Higher Ed
Amid the roiling national debate about immigration and a border wall, construction crews in El Paso, Texas, are busy replacing 20 miles of wire mesh fencing with a bollard-style structure. Border Patrol says this kind of barrier is...
News Clip8:06
PBS

Cracking down on poaching with 3D-printed fake turtle eggs

12th - Higher Ed
One of the world's most endangered species, the sea turtle, is under threat from human encroachment and poaching. But a conservation biologist has developed a strategy that could help save them. By placing 3D-printed eggs with GPS...