3Blue1Brown
What they won't teach you in calculus
A visual for derivatives which generalizes more nicely to topics beyond calculus. Thinking of a function as a transformation, the derivative measure how much that function locally stretches or squishes a given region.
PBS
The Geometry of SET
In the card game SET, what is the maximum number of cards you can deal that might not contain a SET?
3Blue1Brown
Implicit differentiation, what's going on here? | Chapter 6, Essence of calculus
How to think about implicit differentiation in terms of functions with multiple inputs, and tiny nudges to those inputs.
SciShow
SciShow Quiz Show: Weird Facts About Humans
Hank squares off against the host of SciShow Kids, Jessi Knudsen Castaneda, to match wits about chemistry, evolution, and how babies are weird!
3Blue1Brown
The hardest problem on the hardest test
A geometry/probability question on the Putnam, a famously hard test, about a random tetrahedron in a sphere. This offers an opportunity not just for a lesson about the problem, but about problem-solving tactics in general.
3Blue1Brown
The hardest problem on the hardest test
A geometry/probability question on the Putnam, a famously hard test, about a random tetrahedron in a sphere. This offers an opportunity not just for a lesson about the problem, but about problem-solving tactics in general.
3Blue1Brown
e to the pi i, a nontraditional take (old version)
The enigmatic equation e^{pi i} = -1 is usually explained using Taylor's formula during a calculus class. This video offers a different perspective, which involves thinking about numbers as actions, and about e^x as something which turns...
3Blue1Brown
But what is the Fourier Transform? A visual introduction.
An animated introduction to the Fourier Transform, winding graphs around circles.
PBS
Telling Time on a Torus
What shape do you most associate with a standard analog clock? Your reflex answer might be a circle, but a more natural answer is actually a torus. Surprised? Then stick around.
3Blue1Brown
Understanding e to the pi i
The enigmatic equation e^{pi i} = -1 is usually explained using Taylor's formula during a calculus class. This video offers a different perspective, which involves thinking about numbers as actions, and about e^x as something which turns...
TED Talks
Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor: Why it's so hard to talk about the N-word
Historian Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor leads a thoughtful and history-backed examination of one of the most divisive words in the English language: the N-word. Drawing from personal experience, she explains how reflecting on our points of...
SciShow
Archeology from Space: Mapping Tombs with Satellites
Sometimes, ancient ruins can be a little out of the way, but with some creativity, we can use satellites for those hard to reach areas.
3Blue1Brown
A Curious Pattern Indeed
Moser's circle problem. What is this pattern: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 31,...
TED Talks
Nick Sears: Demo: The Orb
Inventor Nick Sears demos the first generation of the Orb, a rotating persistence-of-vision display that creates glowing 3D images. A short, cool tale of invention.
SciShow
Insect Filth and Bloody Messes with Evelyn From The Internets!
Hank faces off against his Crash Course co-worker Evelyn from the Internets in this test of wits and sticky science knowledge! Who will win and who will lose?
SciShow
SciShow Quiz Show with Phil Plait
Hank squares off against Crash Course Astronomy host Phil Plait in our special Valentine’s/Old Timey Medicine edition of SciShow Quiz Show!
Bozeman Science
Using Game Design to Improve My Classroom
Paul Andersen explains how he is using elements of game design to improve his AP Biology class. The entire class revolves around Moodle. Students complete levels to acquire experience points and move up the leader board
SciShow
The IPBES Report with Brit Garner | SciShow Talk Show
Brit Garner is here to give Hank a breakdown of the May 2019 preview of the IPBES report, and Jessi from Animal Wonders brings along Kizmit, the African Crested Porcupine.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Inside OKCupid: The math of online dating - Christian Rudder
When two people join a dating website, they are matched according to shared interests and how they answer a number of personal questions. But how do sites calculate the likelihood of a successful relationship? Christian Rudder, one of...
TED Talks
Ben Kacyra: Ancient wonders captured in 3D
Ancient monuments give us clues to astonishing past civilizations -- but they're under threat from pollution, war, neglect. Ben Kacyra, who invented a groundbreaking 3D scanning system, is using his invention to scan and preserve the...