Instructional Video5:52
3Blue1Brown

How pi was almost 6.283185

12th - Higher Ed
Happy pi day! Did you know that in some of his notes, Euler used the symbol pi to represent 6.28..., before the more familiar 3.14... took off as a standard?
Instructional Video5:39
SciShow

Did This Ancient Asteroid Cause an Ice Age? - SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Around 500 Million years ago, Earth’s climate was warm, and the planet had nearly no ice, even at the poles. Then an asteroid broke apart deep in our solar system, and our planet plunged into an ice age at the same time. Are the two...
Instructional Video14:05
TED Talks

Fight injustice with raw video - Peter Gabriel

12th - Higher Ed
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Musician and activist Peter Gabriel shares his very personal motivation for standing up for human rights with the...
Instructional Video5:59
TED Talks

Sally Kohn: Let’s try emotional correctness

12th - Higher Ed
It's time for liberals and conservatives to transcend their political differences and really listen to each other, says political pundit Sally Kohn. In this optimistic talk, Kohn shares what she learned as a progressive lesbian talking...
Instructional Video3:51
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: One is one or is it? - Christopher Danielson

Pre-K - Higher Ed
One bag of apples, one apple, one slice of apple -- which of these is one unit? Explore the basic unit of math (explained by a trip to the grocery store!) and discover the many meanings of one.
Instructional Video3:36
SciShow

Mission Cliffhanger On Venus

12th - Higher Ed
Akatsuki missed Venus once, but with a little ingenuity and its secondary engines, it's heading back on December 7th!
Instructional Video3:45
SciShow

8 New Earth-Like Planets Discovered!

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space starts the year off with a bang, and the discovery of 8 Earth-like planets, two of which may be the most promising candidates yet for harboring life.
Instructional Video4:45
TED-Ed

TED-ED: Can you solve the egg drop riddle? - Yossi Elran

Pre-K - Higher Ed
The city has just opened its one-of-a-kind Faberge Egg Museum, with a single egg displayed on each floor of a 100-story building -- and the world's most notorious jewel thief already has her eyes on the prize. Can you help the thief...
Instructional Video10:06
TED Talks

TED: Why jobs of the future won't feel like work | David Lee

12th - Higher Ed
We've all heard that robots are going to take our jobs -- but what can we do about it? Innovation expert David Lee says that we should start designing jobs that unlock our hidden talents and passions -- the things we spend our weekends...
Instructional Video9:18
TED Talks

TED: How I started a sanitary napkin revolution! | Arunachalam Muruganantham

12th - Higher Ed
When he realized his wife had to choose between buying family meals and buying her monthly "supplies," Arunachalam Muruganantham vowed to help her solve the problem of the sanitary pad. His research got very very personal -- and led him...
Instructional Video2:31
SciShow

Meet the Worlds Most Terrifying Caterpillar

12th - Higher Ed
When you think of a caterpillar, you probably picture a cute, chubby little critter, chewing on leaves and dreaming of becoming a butterfly. But the whip-fast, razor clawed Hawaiian inchworm is here to challenge those stereotypes.
Instructional Video5:13
SciShow

Phobos Is Hiding Secrets About Mars's Atmosphere | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
This week, researchers are getting ready to learn about earth and Mars, in places that you might not expect.
Instructional Video2:07
MinuteEarth

An Egg Is Just One Cell

12th - Higher Ed
One of Earth's biggest cells is one you're probably really familiar with.
Instructional Video7:58
Bozeman Science

Teaching Science at Home: A Survival Guide for Parents

12th - Higher Ed
A short guide for parents teaching science during the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020.
Instructional Video13:04
TED Talks

Lisa Mosconi: How menopause affects the brain

12th - Higher Ed
Many of the symptoms of menopause -- hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, memory lapses, depression and anxiety -- start in the brain. How exactly does menopause impact cognitive health? Sharing groundbreaking findings from her research,...
Instructional Video8:08
Bozeman Science

Thinking in Patterns - Level 6 - Causal Patterns

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on causal patterns. TERMS Patterns - regularity in the world Cause - a thing that gives rise to an event Effect - an event Relationships - interconnection between...
Instructional Video6:07
TED Talks

ShaoLan: Learn to read Chinese ... with ease!

12th - Higher Ed
For foreigners, learning to speak Chinese is a hard task. But learning to read the beautiful, often complex characters of the Chinese written language may be less difficult. ShaoLan walks through a simple lesson in recognizing the ideas...
Instructional Video21:56
TED Talks

Frank Gehry: A master architect asks, Now what?

12th - Higher Ed
In a wildly entertaining discussion with Richard Saul Wurman, architect Frank Gehry gives TEDsters his take on the power of failure, his recent buildings, and the all-important "Then what?" factor.
Instructional Video16:28
TED Talks

Fields Wicker-Miurin: Learning from leadership's missing manual

12th - Higher Ed
Leadership doesn't have a user's manual, but Fields Wicker-Miurin says stories of remarkable, local leaders are the next best thing. At a TED salon in London, she shares three.
Instructional Video9:30
TED Talks

Daria van den Bercken: Why I take the piano on the road ... and in the air

12th - Higher Ed
Pianist Daria van den Bercken fell in love with the baroque keyboard music of George Frideric Handel. Now, she aims to ignite this passion in others. In this talk, she plays us through the emotional roller coaster of his music — while...
Instructional Video11:09
TED Talks

Roger Stein: A bold new way to fund drug research

12th - Higher Ed
Believe it or not, about 20 years' worth of potentially life-saving drugs are sitting in labs right now, untested. Why? Because they can't get the funding to go to trials; the financial risk is too high. Roger Stein is a finance guy, and...
Instructional Video7:52
TED Talks

Peter van Manen: Better baby care -- thanks to Formula 1

12th - Higher Ed
During a Formula 1 race, a car sends hundreds of millions of data points to its garage for real-time analysis and feedback. So why not use this detailed and rigorous data system elsewhere, like at children's hospitals? Peter van Manen...
Instructional Video21:42
TED Talks

Ricardo Semler: How to run a company with (almost) no rules

12th - Higher Ed
What if your job didn't control your life? Brazilian CEO Ricardo Semler practices a radical form of corporate democracy, rethinking everything from board meetings to how workers report their vacation days (they don't have to). It's a...
Instructional Video12:12
TED Talks

Diébédo Francis Kéré: How to build with clay ... and community

12th - Higher Ed
Diébédo Francis Kéré knew exactly what he wanted to do when he got his degree in architecture... He wanted to go home to Gando in Burkina Faso, to help his neighbors reap the benefit of his education. In this charming talk, Kéré shows...