There’s a lot of confusion out there about what is and isn’t a dinosaur. And you’d be forgiven for being kinda confused. Maybe paleontologists are just messing with us. Or… maybe the question of what is and isn’t a dinosaur goes deeper...

Hank tells us about the awesomeness of the periodic table and the genius of the man who invented it.

Former Louisville head basketball coach Rick Pitino says the NCAA "cannot rewrite history." The NCAA ruled yesterday to uphold sanctions against the Cardinal men's basketball program because of a sex scandal stemming from a former...

As war, terrorism and uncertainty pervade the globe, travelers are flocking to Iceland -- regarded as one of the safest nations on the planet. Fishing used to be the country's most profitable industry, but in recent years, tourism has...

In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on cause, mechanism and effect.

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We're at a unique moment in history, says UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown: we can use today's interconnectedness to develop our shared global ethic -- and work together to confront the challenges of poverty, security, climate change and...

Hank shares the nuts-and-bolts of the world’s first robot swarm, and explains what the creepy, cute and extinct animal known as Hallucigenia can teach us about evolution.

Join the Amoeba Sisters in discovering how to use a dichotomous key to identify organisms. This video also touches on the importance of scientific names. Table of Contents: Intro 00:00 What is a Dichotomous Key? 0:29 Scientific Names vs....

How do you teach an entire country how to vote when no one has done it before? It's a huge challenge facing fledgling democracies around the world -- and one of the biggest problems turns out to be a lack of shared language. After all,...

So what does perception even mean? What's the difference between seeing something and making sense of it? In today's episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank gives us some insight into the differences between sensing and...

People all around the world tend to represent time via space, but there’s no consensus on which way time goes.

The first encyclopedia contained 70,000 entries and over 20,000,000 words. It was broken into 35 volumes written over the course of 3 decades. It was also banned by Louis XV and Pope Clement XIII. But why was this encyclopedia so...

In this video Paul Andersen explains the major phases of meiosis including: interphase, prophase I, metaphase I, anaphase I, telophase I, cytokinesis, interphase II, metaphase II, anaphase II, and telophase II. He explains how variation...

Hank tells us about the awesomeness of the periodic table and the genius of the man who invented it.

On January 17, 1920, less than one hour after spirits had become illegal throughout the United States, armed men robbed a Chicago freight train and made off with thousands of dollars worth of whiskey. It was a first taste of the...

Paul Andersen explains how scientists analyze and interpret data. Data can be organized in a table and displayed using a graph. Students should learn how to present and evaluate data.

Down here, on Earth, if you look up at the night sky, it seems like all the stars up there look the same. Or maybe at least similar. But, it turns out that stars are very different and we shouldn't stereotype them. Some are bigger, some...

This video tutorial provides a comprehensive guide on how to effectively manage and organize files on Google Drive. The instructor demonstrates various features and functions within Google Drive to help users easily locate, preview,...

This video explains the structure of writing a MLA style outline for writing.

This video provides valuable tips on how to effectively interpret and present a poem out loud, likening it to giving a persuasive speech. It emphasizes the importance of clarity, organization, and supporting your interpretation with...

In this video, the importance of creating an outline before writing a biography is emphasized. The outline serves as a roadmap, helping to organize research notes into sections and subsections labeled with Roman numerals, letters, and...

This video, entitled "Note Taking," explains the importance of taking notes while researching.

This video, entitled "MLA Style Outline," explains how to create an outline for a paper in MLA format.

This video, entitled "Connecting Points," describes how to compare and contrast to find connections between ideas.