TED Talks
Shashi Tharoor: Why nations should pursue soft power
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...
TED Talks
Honor Harger: A history of the universe in sound
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...
TED Talks
Benjamin Zander: The transformative power of classical music
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.
Crash Course Kids
The Engineering Process
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...
SciShow
Why Do We Keep Needing New "G"s?
What’s with all the "G"s and why do we keep having to develop new ones to use our phones in this technology.
TED Talks
Nicholas Negroponte: Taking OLPC to Colombia
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...
Crash Course
Cinema, Radio, and Television: Crash Course History of Science
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...
Curated Video
How Do Mobile Phones Work?
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...
Wonderscape
Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park and the Invention of the Phonograph
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...
Wonderscape
Alexander Graham Bell’s Other Inventions and Contributions
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...
Wonderscape
Alexander Graham Bell’s Journey to Inventing the Telephone
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...
Curated Video
Big Ideas - Episode 2 - Edison
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...
Curated Video
The Evolution of Telecommunications: From Telegraph to Smartphone
Explore the transformative history of telecommunications technology, from the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell to the modern smartphone. Discover how early devices like the phone and TV revolutionized communication and...
Curated Video
ASP.NET 6.0 - Build Hands-On Web Projects - Create UpdateCustomer View
You will be able to understand the creation and working of the view to render an update of a customer record. They will get a refresher on the client- and server-side validation in the process. The completed application until this point...
Curated Video
ASP.NET 6.0 - Build Hands-On Web Projects - Create the Customer and Order Classes
In this video, you will learn the creation of the model classes: Customer and Order that map to the corresponding database tables. This clip is from the chapter "Coding Project Part 2: Consume the Web API Using an ASP.NET Core 3.1 MVC...
Curated Video
ASP.NET 6.0 - Build Hands-On Web Projects - Create the Customer Model Class
The Customer model is created in this video. The model is mapped to the corresponding Customer table in the database. This clip is from the chapter "Coding Project Part 1: Build a Web API" of the series "ASP.NET 6.0 - Build Hands-On Web...
Great Big Story
Ask NYPL, Your curious questions answered by librarians
Discover the Ask NYPL service, where librarians answer intriguing queries, from moon phases to historic art.
Great Big Story
The New York Public Library Has a Human Google
Discover the fascinating world of the New York Public Library's Ask Nypl department, where 10 librarians answer 30,000 calls per year!
Curated Video
Use the Keys to Unlock the Meaning
Mr. Griot demonstrates how to use Greek and Latin affixes and root words to understand the meanings of unfamiliar words.
Curated Video
The Inventor of the Light Bulb: Thomas Edison's Impact on Modern Technology
Thomas Edison, a brilliant inventor born in 1847, revolutionized the world with over 1000 big ideas during his lifetime. One of his most famous inventions is the practical light bulb, which he perfected by experimenting with different...
Curated Video
Yoga in the Park
Join Rashmi on a magical yoga adventure where objects come to life through yoga poses. Close your eyes, count to five, and watch as swings, slides, and lotus flowers magically appear on the screen.
Curated Video
Make Believe
Miss Palomine compares two stories, a true story that actually happened and a make-believe story. Using “Henrietta’s Birthday,” she goes through the story and points out the parts that are make-believe.
Curated Video
Exploring the Home Environment
This video provides a simple and engaging way to introduce common household items in English through repetition and visual cues. By showcasing objects like clocks, televisions, chairs, microwaves, tables, and sofas, viewers can easily...
Curated Video
Let’s Communicate About Communication
Miss Palomine gives the student an overview of how communication and related devices have changed.