Instructional Video13:23
TED Talks

TED: SpaceX's supersized Starship rocket -- and the future of galactic exploration | Jennifer Heldmann

12th - Higher Ed
SpaceX's Starship launch vehicle has the potential to explore the solar system in a bold, new -- and supersized -- way. Planetary scientist Jennifer Heldmann talks about how reusable, large-scale spacecraft like Starship could help...
Instructional Video7:27
Amoeba Sisters

Meiosis (Updated)

12th - Higher Ed
Updated meiosis video. Join the Amoeba Sisters as they explore the meiosis stages with vocabulary including chromosomes, centromeres, centrioles, spindle fibers, and crossing over. Major Points in Table of Contents: Intro 00:00 Mitosis...
Instructional Video8:13
SciShow

9 Animals That Will Outlive Us

12th - Higher Ed
Lack of food, no sunlight and nuclear disaster might mean the end of the world for humans, but these 9 animals just might make it.
Instructional Video6:10
TED Talks

Drew Dudley: Everyday leadership

12th - Higher Ed
We have all changed someone's life -- usually without even realizing it. In this funny talk, Drew Dudley calls on all of us to celebrate leadership as the everyday act of improving each other's lives.
Instructional Video12:42
TED Talks

TED: We can start winning the war against cancer | Adam de la Zerda

12th - Higher Ed
Learn about the latest advances in the war against cancer from Stanford researcher Adam de la Zerda, who's working on some cutting-edge techniques of his own. using a remarkable imaging technology that illuminates cancer-seeking gold...
Instructional Video3:06
SciShow

How Long Would You Survive on Mars?

12th - Higher Ed
Just how long could you survive on the surface of Mars without a spacesuit? Find out what it'd be like to stand on the surface of Mars, if you forgot to pack properly.
Instructional Video17:48
TED Talks

TED: Watson, Jeopardy and me, the obsolete know-it-all | Ken Jennings

12th - Higher Ed
Trivia whiz Ken Jennings has made a career as a keeper of facts; he holds the longest winning streak in history on the US quiz show Jeopardy. But in 2011, he played a challenge match against IBM's supercomputer Watson -- and lost. With...
Instructional Video14:01
TED Talks

TED: Technology crafts for the digitally underserved | Vinay Venkatraman

12th - Higher Ed
Two-thirds of the world may not have access to the latest smartphone, but local electronic shops are adept at fixing older tech using low-cost parts. Vinay Venkatraman explains his work in "technology crafts," through which a mobile...
Instructional Video12:21
TED Talks

TED: A practical way to help the homeless find work and safety | Richard J. Berry

12th - Higher Ed
When Richard J. Berry, the mayor of Albuquerque, saw a man on a street corner holding a cardboard sign that read "Want a job," he decided to take him (and others in his situation) up on it. He and his staff started a citywide initiative...
Instructional Video15:06
TED Talks

TED: Pay attention to penguins | Dee Boersma

12th - Higher Ed
Think of penguins as ocean sentinels, says Dee Boersma -- they're on the frontlines of sea change. Sharing stories of penguin life and culture, she suggests that we start listening to what penguins are telling us.
Instructional Video4:05
Bozeman Science

What's the Best Way to Teach Science?

12th - Higher Ed
What's the Best Way to Teach Science?
Instructional Video2:48
SciShow

Warding Off Murder Hornets with... Poop?

12th - Higher Ed
The murder hornets of your nightmares aren't totally unstoppable - all you need is a little poop.
Instructional Video5:37
SciShow

3 Space Missions to Look for in 2021

12th - Higher Ed
2021 is expected to bring some very exciting missions: We're putting more cool tech on Mars, going back around the Moon, and testing some sweet planetary defense from asteroids!
Instructional Video14:21
TED Talks

TED: The science of preserving sight | Joshua Chu-Tan

12th - Higher Ed
As you get older, your eyes worsen and become susceptible to a disease called age-related macular degeneration -- the leading cause of blindness, with no cure in sight. Sharing the science of how your vision works, researcher Joshua...
Instructional Video27:16
TED Talks

Natalie MacMaster: Fiddling in reel time

12th - Higher Ed
Natalie MacMaster and her musical partner Donnell Leahy play several tunes from the Cape Breton tradition -- a sprightly, soulful style of folk fiddling. It's an inspired collaboration that will have you clapping (and maybe dancing) along.
Instructional Video8:13
TED Talks

Theo Jansen: My creations, a new form of life

12th - Higher Ed
Artist Theo Jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His creatures are designed to move -- and even survive -- on their own.
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 Video14:50
TED Talks

TED: The smelly mystery of the human pheromone | Tristram Wyatt

12th - Higher Ed
Do our smells make us sexy? Popular science suggests yes — pheromones send chemical signals about sex and attraction from our armpits to potential mates. But, despite what you might have heard, there is no conclusive research confirming...
Instructional Video10:49
TED Talks

Why gender-based marketing is bad for business | Gaby Barrios

12th - Higher Ed
Companies often target consumers based on gender, but this kind of advertising shortcut doesn't just perpetuate outdated stereotypes -- it's also bad for business, says marketing expert Gaby Barrios. In this clear, actionable talk, she...
Instructional Video11:18
SciShow

SciShow Quiz Show: Weird Water Creatures & Spontaneous Combustion!

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Quiz Show is back, with familiar faces Hank Green and Caitlin Hofmeister battling it out over questions on water, fire, and computer science!
Instructional Video12:23
SciShow

3 Surprising Things That Act Like Fluids

12th - Higher Ed
Sometimes being in a traffic jam can feel like being stuck in a clogged pipe. And it turns out, maybe that feeling isn’t too far off. Today we look at 3 things that are remarkably unlike fluids, yet still behave in liquid-like ways.
Instructional Video10:02
Bozeman Science

PS4A - Wave Properties

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen describes some of the properties of waves. He starts be identifying particles and waves as the only phenomenon that can transfer energy from place to place. He identifies the defining characteristics of waves;...
Instructional Video16:28
TED Talks

Julia Sweeney: Letting go of God

12th - Higher Ed
When two young Mormon missionaries knock on Julia Sweeney's door one day, it touches off a quest to completely rethink her own beliefs, in this excerpt from Sweeney's solo show "Letting Go of God."
Instructional Video14:45
TED Talks

Yves Rossy: Fly with the Jetman

12th - Higher Ed
Strapped to a jet-powered wing, Yves Rossy is the Jetman -- flying free, his body as the rudder, above the Swiss Alps and the Grand Canyon. After a powerful short film shows how it works, Rossy takes the TEDGlobal stage to share the...