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Cause and Effect Text Structure

K - 8th
Cause and Effect Text Structure identifies the common characteristics of the cause and effect structure of informational text.
Instructional Video1:23
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Sonnet 147 – William Shakespeare

3rd - Higher Ed
"Sonnet 147" presents one of William Shakespeare's sonnets.
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Logic in Late Ancient Philosophy

12th - Higher Ed
Previously we outlined Aristotle's enormous contributions in establishing logic as a formal field of inquiry. So what happened after that? How did the minds that followed, many directly in his lineage, develop this field further? What is...
Instructional Video4:11
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The Modern Galileo

12th - Higher Ed
Nobel Laureate Roger Penrose, University of Oxford, describes how, while he's not exactly aware of what exactly motivates him to write his popular books about physics, he clearly looks to Galileo as an inspiring role model.
Instructional Video4:39
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Fringe Benefits

12th - Higher Ed
Princeton historian of science Michael Gordin describes how being receptive to wacky, unorthodox ideas - up to a point - brings various benefits to our understanding of the world.
Instructional Video3:17
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Redesigning the Violin, Part 2

12th - Higher Ed
Award-winning violinmaker and acoustical researcher Joseph Curtin continues his description of how the design of the violin might be improved upon, this time focussing on changes to the sound.
Instructional Video4:00
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Understanding Vision

12th - Higher Ed
Stanford University neuroscientist Kalanit Grill-Spector describes how the act of vision is much more complicated than we might naively assume, as 30% of our brains is dedicated to vision processing.
Instructional Video2:32
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Making a Difference

12th - Higher Ed
Solar physicist Jenny Nelson, Imperial College, describes the importance of combining scientific research with real-world impact as we grapple with the pressing challenges of improving our environment.
Instructional Video2:36
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Evolutionary Evidence

12th - Higher Ed
UC Berkeley sleep scientist Matthew Walker invokes a series of related evolutionary arguments to support his point that sleep must serve our most basic biological functions and is key to our survival.
Instructional Video4:31
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Probing the Ocean Depths

12th - Higher Ed
Marine biologist Edie Widder at the Ocean Research & Conservation Association describes how she developed an innovative undersea camera that significantly contributed to our understanding of marine life.
Instructional Video4:46
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Time’s Arrow & EPR

12th - Higher Ed
Nobel Laureate Anthony Leggett (Illinois) speculates on how we might re-interpret the famous EPR experiments by flipping the arrow of time.
Instructional Video5:33
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Shepherding, Gravitationally

12th - Higher Ed
Astrophysicist Scott Tremaine (Institute for Advanced Study) describes his experiences at developing our understanding of "shepherding moons" and how it related to the rings of Saturn and Uranus.
Instructional Video4:44
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Redesigning the Violin, Part 1

12th - Higher Ed
Award-winning violinmaker and acoustical researcher Joseph Curtin describes how, despite the fact that the violin is often said to be a perfect design, there are many ways it can be improved upon.
Instructional Video4:39
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Octaves and Harmonics

12th - Higher Ed
Nobel laureate in Physics David Politzer (Caltech) uses a banjo to demonstrate how octaves and harmonics arise from vibrating strings.
Instructional Video4:39
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No Explanation

12th - Higher Ed
Nobel Laureate Roger Penrose, University of Oxford, describes why he believes that inflationary cosmology doesn't explain the mystery of why the universe began in such an unlikely, very smooth state, arguing that had it started out...
Instructional Video2:48
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The Sociology of Mindsets

12th - Higher Ed
Psychologist Carol Dweck (Stanford) discusses the effect of community values on mindsets.
Instructional Video4:06
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Born or Made?

12th - Higher Ed
Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck describes how we can be routinely deceived into concluding that highly accomplished people are just “naturally gifted” at what they do, ignoring all the effort they put in and challenges they overcame.
Instructional Video3:56
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Between Two Extremes

12th - Higher Ed
Cognitive scientist Victor Ferreira (UC San Diego) discusses the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, while admitting that most cognitive scientists opt for the middle road between the two intellectual poles.
Instructional Video2:57
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Anatomical Discoveries

12th - Higher Ed
Neuroscientist Kalanit Grill-Spector (Stanford) describes a discovery she made with her graduate student of a certain region of the brain.
Instructional Video2:03
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Abusing Abuse

12th - Higher Ed
Psychologist and memory scientist Elizabeth Loftus (UC Irvine) speculates on the sudden boom in so-called "repressed memory therapy" that led to a spate of accusations of past abuses.
Instructional Video4:45
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Cultural Mindsets

12th - Higher Ed
Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck describes how, while she believes that her work on mindsets is universally relevant, understanding distinct values and practices is essential to getting the message across diverse cultures.
Instructional Video4:35
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The Anthropic Principle

12th - Higher Ed
Nobel Laureate in Physics Anthony Leggett (Illinois) describes the so-called Anthropic Principle that some invoke to answer the "fine tuning problem" of cosmology.
Instructional Video3:10
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Situational Popularity

12th - Higher Ed
Stanford University psychologist Philip Zimbardo describes a formative influence he had as a teenager that tangibly demonstrated the strong impact situational factors have on group behavior.
Instructional Video3:28
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Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

12th - Higher Ed
Cognitive scientist Victor Ferreira (UC San Diego) describes a core question in linguistics concerning how language and thought are related.