Instructional Video17:50
TED Talks

Shashi Tharoor: Why nations should pursue soft power

12th - Higher Ed
India is fast becoming a superpower, says Shashi Tharoor -- not just through trade and politics, but through "soft" power, its ability to share its culture with the world through food, music, technology, Bollywood. He argues that in the...
Instructional Video11:09
TED Talks

Honor Harger: A history of the universe in sound

12th - Higher Ed
Artist-technologist Honor Harger listens to the weird and wonderful noises of stars and planets and pulsars. In her work, she tracks the radio waves emitted by ancient celestial objects and turns them into sound, including "the oldest...
Instructional Video20:39
TED Talks

Benjamin Zander: The transformative power of classical music

12th - Higher Ed
Benjamin Zander has two infectious passions: classical music, and helping us all realize our untapped love for it -- and by extension, our untapped love for all new possibilities, new experiences, new connections.
Instructional Video5:16
Crash Course Kids

The Engineering Process

3rd - 8th
So, how do we go about being engineers? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks to us about the Engineering Process and why we should do things in order, as well as many of the questions we should ask along the way. This...
Instructional Video10:54
SciShow

Why Do We Keep Needing New "G"s?

12th - Higher Ed
What’s with all the "G"s and why do we keep having to develop new ones to use our phones in this technology.
Instructional Video6:17
TED Talks

Nicholas Negroponte: Taking OLPC to Colombia

12th - Higher Ed
TED follows Nicholas Negroponte to Colombia as he delivers laptops inside territory once controlled by guerrillas. His partner? Colombia's Defense Department, who see One Laptop per Child as an investment in the region. (And you too can...
Instructional Video11:19
Crash Course

Cinema, Radio, and Television: Crash Course History of Science

12th - Higher Ed
Radio, Cinema, and Television have been staples in news coverage, entertainment, and education for almost 100 years. But... where did they all come from? Who started what and when and why? In this episode, Hank Green talks to us about...
Instructional Video5:34
Curated Video

Alexander Graham Bell: Inventor of the Telephone

K - 5th
Alexander Graham Bell was a scientist and inventor who changed the world by creating the telephone. He was curious about sound and wanted to help people communicate better—especially those who were deaf, like his own mother and wife. He...
Instructional Video3:05
Curated Video

How to Dance like Lady Gaga in Telephone, Part 1

9th - Higher Ed
Howcast - Learn how to dance like Lady Gaga in Telephone from Matt Lopez and DEF-C Crew in this hip hop dance video, part one of a three-part Howcast series.
Instructional Video1:53
Curated Video

How to Dance like Lady Gaga in Telephone, Part 2

9th - Higher Ed
Howcast - Learn how to dance like Lady Gaga in Telephone from Matt Lopez and DEF-C Crew in this hip hop dance video, part two of a three-part Howcast series.
Instructional Video1:45
Curated Video

How to Dance like Lady Gaga in Telephone, Part 3

9th - Higher Ed
Howcast - Learn how to dance like Lady Gaga in Telephone from Matt Lopez and DEF-C Crew in this hip hop dance video, part three of a three-part Howcast series.
Instructional Video2:21
Curated Video

How to Donate Your Car to Charity

9th - Higher Ed
Howcast -In cities across the U.S., public transportation is unreliable. For people without cars, that can mean no access to work, school, or other locations. Donating your car can be a wonderful way to help someone improve their situation.
Instructional Video1:23
Curated Video

How to Make Your Desk Chair Ergonomic for Less than $1

9th - Higher Ed
Make your back happy at work for less than the price of a hot dog.
Instructional Video2:45
Curated Video

Nigeria: Govt announces 50% hike in mobile tariffs

9th - Higher Ed
Mobile telephone and data subscribers in Nigeria will now have to pay more after the government approved a 50-percent increase in tariffs, as the country battles one of its worst cost-of-living crises in decades.
Instructional Video6:43
Curated Video

History of Smartphones for Kids

K - 5th
Phones weren’t always smart! In this episode, we’ll talk about how phones changed over time, starting with big, heavy ones that could only make calls. We’ll learn how they got smaller, faster, and smarter, turning into the smartphones we...
Instructional Video2:24
Makematic

The Second Industrial Revolution

K - 5th
From barbed wire to the automobile, key inventions between 1870 and 1900 revolutionized American farming, communication, entertainment, and transportation.
Instructional Video2:39
Makematic

The Gilded Age

K - 5th
Between the 1870s and 1900s, the United States experienced a period of rapid economic growth. But beneath the shiny veneer of the Gilded Age lurked profound inequality and widespread want.
Instructional Video8:34
The Business Professor

Professionalism - Phone Etiquette

Higher Ed
This Video Explains Professionalism - Phone Etiquette
Instructional Video4:24
Curated Video

Inventions

3rd - 8th
“Inventions” explains the reasons why things are invented.
Instructional Video2:46
Curated Video

How Do Mobile Phones Work?

6th - 12th
Microwaves are not only used to heat food. Mobile phones utilise this type of electromagnetic radiation, allowing us to communicate over large distances. Physics - Waves - Learning Points. Mobile phones work by converting the sound into...
Instructional Video4:41
Wonderscape

Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park and the Invention of the Phonograph

K - 5th
Explore Thomas Edison’s achievements at Menlo Park, including his groundbreaking invention, the phonograph. Learn how Edison improved the telephone with the carbon transmitter, and how his "talking machine" earned him the nickname, the...
Instructional Video3:49
Wonderscape

Alexander Graham Bell’s Other Inventions and Contributions

K - 5th
This video highlights Alexander Graham Bell's achievements beyond the telephone, including his efforts to develop a bullet detection device to help save President James Garfield and his role in transforming National Geographic into a...
Instructional Video6:01
Wonderscape

Alexander Graham Bell’s Journey to Inventing the Telephone

K - 5th
This video traces the key events leading up to Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone, from his move to North America to his partnership with Thomas Watson. Discover how Bell’s dedication to communication technology...
Instructional Video5:07
Curated Video

Big Ideas - Episode 2 - Edison

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Every phone line, traffic light or piece of office equipment owes a lot to the Big Idea of a man who lived in the 19th Century. During his lifetime Thomas Edison had more than one thousand big ideas, and was credited with more U.S...