Instructional Video1:35
Teaching Without Frills

How to Write a Research Paper for Kids Episode 1: Brainstorming Topics

K - 5th
This video series will teach you how to write a research paper or report. Each episode leads you through each step of the writing process. In this video, you will learn how to brainstorm research topic ideas!
Instructional Video4:22
Curated Video

Organizing Your Research: Creating a Brainstorming Web

K - 5th
In this video, the teacher explains how to organize research by creating a brainstorming web. The lesson focuses on the importance of choosing the right brainstorming format and provides step-by-step instructions for creating a web with...
Instructional Video5:57
Curated Video

Insect Research Report: Part 1

K - 8th
Mr. Griot introduces the concept of a research report to the student. He chooses an insect to write a research report about and shows how a KWL chart can be helpful when organizing research.
Instructional Video11:42
Curated Video

How to Write an Essay: The Complete Step by Step Guide for Beginners

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In this video, I'm going to teach you a step-by-step guide to writing a great essay. I have created a simple 8 step process to write an effective essay quickly. I will explain the process and model each step. This is a great video to...
Instructional Video5:35
Curated Video

Mackinac Island: An Informative Essay

K - 8th
Mr. Griot gives a brief explanation of the characteristics of an informative essay. He then models the steps in choosing a topic, researching, and planning an informative essay.
Instructional Video5:19
Curated Video

Guarding Our Coastline

K - 8th
Mr. Griot chooses a branch of the military and walks through the steps of planning and researching the topic.
Instructional Video11:23
Oxford Comma

How to Write a Paper

9th - 12th
In this video we'll explore the EPA method for writing academic papers. The EPA method encourages writers to start with the Evidence, look for Patterns, and then and only then to settle on an Argument.
Instructional Video10:03
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Howard Rheingold - Net Smart How to Thrive Online

Higher Ed
Rheingold was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon, from 1964 to 1968. His senior thesis was entitled "What Life Can Compare with This? Sitting Alone at the Window, I Watch the...
Instructional Video2:43
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Howard Rheingold - Teachers Make a Difference

Higher Ed
Rheingold was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon, from 1964 to 1968. His senior thesis was entitled "What Life Can Compare with This? Sitting Alone at the Window, I Watch the...
Instructional Video16:21
PBS

Splitting Rent with Triangles

10th - Higher Ed
No one wants to pay more for rent than they need to. Here is a video where future renters can learn how to fairly split rent with roommates based on room preferences. An explanation of the Sperner's lemma using an simplex isn't as...
Instructional Video5:44
TED-Ed

The Science of Smog

6th - 12th Standards
In 1952, a mysterious fog killed an estimated 4,000 people in London, raising awareness of the relationship between air quality and public health. An interesting video explains two different types of smog, describing the conditions...
Lesson Plan3:31
Teach Engineering

The Grand Challenge

11th - 12th
Magnetic resonance imaging, just how safe is it? The introduction to unit study of magnetic resonance imaging technology presents the grand challenge questions of how an MRI machine works, the risks involved, the physics involved,...
Instructional Video3:12
Deep Look

The Hidden Perils of Permafrost

6th - 12th Standards
Hidden bacteria have been trapped in the permafrost of our northernmost climates. An intriguing video explores climate change and its effects on the melting permafrost. Learners discover possible impacts these bacteria can have on the...
Instructional Video8:04
Veritasium

Khan Academy and the Effectiveness of Science Videos

6th - 12th Standards
Do science videos really enhance learning? Pupils examine the facts in a video about videos. The narrator shows how science scholars perform on a quiz after watching a related video, then how they perform on the same quiz after watching...
Instructional Video1:07
National Woman's History Museum

Women's History Minute: Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu

6th - 12th Standards
Born in Suzhou, China, experimental physicist Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu immigrated to the United States, where she worked on the Manhattan Project. A short video introduces viewers to the amazing achievements of this remarkable woman.
Instructional Video1:35
National Woman's History Museum

Women's History Minute: Dorothea Lange

6th - 12th Standards
Teach young scholars how to, in the words of Dorothea Lange, see life without a camera by looking at her life through the lens of a short video. Viewers are introduced to Lange's life, her work, and some of her famous photographs.
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Picking a Research Topic

9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on picking a research topic by brainstorming and freewriting about what interests you or what you want to learn more about and doing background reading to see what information is available for your possible topics....
Instructional Video4:31
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Generate Research Questions

5th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to generate burning questions to guide your research by asking, What do I want to know more about? [4:31]