Curated Video
The Clarinet and the Oboe
Nobel Laureate David Politzer (Caltech) relates how trying to mathematically quantify the difference in sound between an oboe and a clarinet is much more difficult than one might appreciate.
Curated Video
Modelling Materials
Solar physicist Jenny Nelson, Imperial College, describes the importance of using the combination of computer models and laboratory experiments to understand the nature of materials involved in the development of solar cell technology.
Curated Video
Perfect Timing
SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) astronomer and former longtime research director Jill Tarter describes the history of scientific searches for extraterrestrial life and how she became involved shortly after completing her...
Curated Video
Computational Complexity and Public Key Cryptography
Quantum physicist Artur Ekert (Oxford and NUS) describes how aspects of computational complexity are harnessed by cryptosystems like RSA (Rivest–Shamir–Adleman) which is a public-key cryptosystem that is widely used for secure data...
Curated Video
Mind vs. Brain
Cognitive scientist Victor Ferreira (UC San Diego) gives his perspective on the difference between the mind and the brain.
Learn French With Alexa
Practise your French Possessive Pronouns
In this episode of Alexa's 'Practise Your French' series, Alexa helps you practise your french Possessive Pronouns.
Curated Video
I WONDER - When Was The Internet Invented?
This video is answering the question of when was The Internet invented.
Curated Video
I WONDER - How Powerful Are Mobile Phones?
This video is answering the question of how powerful are mobile phones.
Curated Video
Katherine Johnson: Trailblazing NASA Mathematician
At a time when American space exploration was dominated by men, mathematician Katherine Johnson broke through gender and racial barriers to help change our understanding of the cosmos forever.
One Minute History
120 Bitcoin - One Minute History
August 18, 2008, the domain BItcoin.org was registered, followed by a link to a paper titled, Bitcoin. It was authored under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, whose identity has yet to be revealed. The idea, a secure, open source, peer to...
R Programming 101
Separate and Unite - manipulate your data with R programming
If you're working with data or learning to do statistical analysis using R programming, then this is a short tutorial that will help you use and understand the seperate and unite functions as part of the tidyverse set of packages. So if...
Virtually Passed
3.0 A better way to understand Differential Equations | Nonlinear Dynamics | Linearization
These second-order nonlinear differential equations can be written in the form: dx/dt = f(x,y) dy/dt = g(x,y) Got a nonlinear differential equation? No problem, just linearize it! This method approximates the vector field as a linear...
Learn French With Alexa
23 French phrases to do with computing
Do you know how to say a browser in French? In this video Alexa teaches you 23 useful French phrases to do with computing.
Zach Star
Computer Science Vs Software Engineering | How to Pick the Right Major
The differences in computer science and software engineering can sometimes come down to what university you go to. In terms of their definition computer science is more math and theory based, while software engineering is more applied....
Curated Video
Community Helpers
Ms. Mapple tells your student about community service providers and why they are important to the community.
Curated Video
The Essential Electric Motor
The video “The Essential Electric Motor” explores the components of electric motors and gives examples of how these motors are used in everyday life.
Curated Video
Take This Job and Do It
“On the Job” explores some different job options for grown-ups.
Teaching Without Frills
Informational Writing for Kids - Episode 3: Making a Plan
In this video, you will learn how to make a plan for your informational writing. You can think about the structure of your book and the subtopics you will include. This will help you organize your ideas before writing!
Teaching Without Frills
Informational Writing for Kids - Episode 2: Brainstorming & Choosing a Topic
In this video, you will learn how to brainstorm and then choose the best topic by thinking about the following questions: "What do I know a lot about?" "Who is my audience?" "What am I interested in?"
Teaching Without Frills
Informational Writing for Kids - Episode 8: Making a Glossary
In this video, you will learn how to make a glossary for your informational writing book. We will discuss how to choose important key words and provide short definitions.
Teaching Without Frills
Informational Writing for Kids - Episode 5: Writing a Draft
In this video, you will learn how to write a first draft of your informational book. We will discuss how to use headings to organize the facts that go together. We will also draw and label pictures that help to teach the reader more...
Hip Hughes History
Teaching Best Practices: The DV Quilt
How to start using video production to help your kids learn! A powerful teaching methodology which can be rolled out in any age group with any curriculum.
Vlogbrothers
I Quit Social Media. Here's How It's Going
In which John describes what he has (and hasn't) learned in his first month away from his twitter, reddit, instagram, and facebook.