Brainwaves Video Anthology
Claire Bond Potter - Teachers Make a Difference - Doris Balant
Claire Bond Potter, Professor Emeritus at The New School, reflects fondly on her third-grade teacher, Doris Balant, as the most special educator in her life. Balant, who still lives in upstate New York, created a relaxed and supportive...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ari Weinzweig - Teachers Make a Difference - Emma Goldman
Ari Weinzweig reflects on a powerful influence in his life—Emma Goldman, someone he never met but considers a teacher through her writings and ideas. Goldman, a Lithuanian-born anarchist who immigrated to the U.S. in 1885, championed...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Erica Chenoweth - Teachers Make a Difference - Joyce Jarboe
Erica Chenoweth credits their middle school English and homeroom teacher, Joyce Jarboe, with making the biggest difference in their life. Recognizing that Erica had a different learning style and was often bored in class, Ms. Jarboe...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Maria J. Stephan - Teachers Make a Difference
Maria Stephan shares that she’s had many influential teachers throughout her life. In sixth grade, Tom Smith inspired her curiosity and creativity with his warm presence and inventive teaching style. In high school, biology teacher...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Kati Marton - Teachers Make a Difference: Vladimir Petrov and Ilona Marton
Kati Marton credits two influential teachers for shaping her passions. Vladimir Petrov, a Russian refugee and professor at George Washington University, inspired her love for international relations through his lived experiences and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Gopal Krishnamurthy - Gesturing Towards Teaching: A Teacher’s Flip Book
Gopal Krishnamurthy reflects on his journey in teacher education and the concept of transformative education—not just seeking new answers, but learning to ask new and deeper questions. He is turning his PhD dissertation into a book...
The Daily Conversation
We've Disrupted the All-Important ‘Ocean Conveyor Belt’
Warming ocean water is weakening a major current system called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), which helps regulate global weather. Melting ice in Greenland and freshwater from rivers are making the ocean less...
The Daily Conversation
How More Water Vapor is Causing Extreme Weather
As the planet warms, there's more water vapor in the air, which makes storms stronger and causes heavier rain and snow. This extra heat and humidity can also make it dangerous to live in some places, especially at night when bodies can’t...
The Daily Conversation
Category 6 Hurricanes?: How Extreme Jet Streams Are Wreaking Havoc
The Arctic is warming quickly, and this is changing the jet stream—a strong wind high in the sky that affects weather. The jet stream is becoming slower and more wavy, which causes extreme weather to last longer, like very cold winters...
The Daily Conversation
Arctic Warming: A Very Bad Positive Feedback Loop
The oceans are very important in climate change because they take in almost 90% of the heat trapped by greenhouse gases and a lot of carbon dioxide. This makes the oceans warmer and more acidic, which has led to record-low sea ice,...
Bedtime History
The Life of Aristotle for Kids
Discover the fascinating life and ideas of Aristotle, one of the most important philosophers in history. In this video, we explore his teachings on logic, ethics, politics, and science. Learn how Aristotle’s work shaped Western...
Curated Video
History of Smartphones for Kids
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...
Curated Video
History of Plato: The Father of Western Philosophy
Take a journey to ancient Greece and meet Plato, one of the greatest thinkers in history. Plato was a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle, and he loved asking big questions about life, government, and how we know what is true....
Curated Video
Eleanor Roosevelt for Kids
Eleanor Roosevelt was one of the most important women in American history. In this video, you’ll learn how she helped people and made a big difference in the world. She was the First Lady when her husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt, was...
Curated Video
Booker T. Washington
Learn the incredible story of Booker T. Washington, a man who was born into slavery and rose to become one of the most respected leaders in American history. Through education, hard work, and determination, he helped open doors for...
Curated Video
Will the Cubes Fill the Prism? | 6.G.A.2 | Grade 6 Math 💜💙
In this math video we will determine will the cubes fill the prism. We will be asked if 32 cubes with 1/4 foot edge length will completely fill the given right rectangular prism. We will consider three different prisms. We will review...
Curated Video
Types of Evaluation: Placement, Formative, Diagnostic and Summative Evaluation
This video explains the different types of evaluation based on the new updated SET syllabus 2019
Curated Video
20 COMMON English Phrasal Verbs for Students & Teachers
Discover 20 commonly used English phrasal verbs particularly useful for students and teachers.
Curated Video
10 IDIOMS that describe PEOPLE
Want to describe your mum in English in a natural way? In this video, I’ll teach you 10 powerful English idioms to express love, admiration, and appreciation for your mother. These common idioms will help you sound more fluent and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Samantha Barbas - Teachers Make a Difference - Robert Slayton
Samantha Barbas's favorite teacher wasn’t someone from her early schooling, but a colleague she met while beginning her career as a professor at Chapman University: historian Robert “Bob” Slayton. Bob profoundly influenced her approach...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Bradley W. Hart - Teachers Make a Difference - Richard J. Evans
Bradley Hart reflects on the many teachers he's had, both in and out of the classroom, but names his doctoral supervisor, Richard J. Evans, as the most influential. He praises Evans for his encyclopedic knowledge of historiography and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
H.W. Brands - Teachers Make a Difference - Joe DeJardin
H.W. Brands shares that the teacher who had the most influence on his career was his ninth-grade history teacher, Joe DeJardin. Though he didn’t realize it at the time, DeJardin's radical experiment deeply shaped his path. He split the...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Agustina Paglayan - Teachers Make a Difference
UC San Diego professor Agustina Paglayan reflects on the many teachers and mentors who influenced her, making it difficult to choose just one. She highlights a high school teacher and several university professors who shared two key...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Deborah Riley Draper - Teachers Make a Difference - Jeanette Coleman Riley
Throughout her life, Deborah Riley Draper has learned from everyone she met, but her greatest teacher has been her mother, Janette Coleman Riley. A dedicated public school teacher for over 40 years, she instilled in her the values of...