Instructional Video8:29
TED-Ed

Haptography: Digitizing our Sense of Touch

9th - 12th Standards
We have cameras to record what we see, but how can we record what we touch? Katherine Kuchenbecker, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Pennsylvania, is working to answer exactly that question. Using sensitive...
Instructional Video6:16
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TED-Ed

Cambridge Ideas - How Many Lightbulbs?

6th - 12th Standards
Humans have become addicted to fossil fuels. From pumping oil into our cars, to burning natural gas to heat our water, or using coal to create electricity that lights our homes, we are constantly relying on these nonrenewable resources....
Instructional Video4:46
TED-Ed

Is There a Reproducibility Crisis in Science?

7th - 12th Standards
Less than 25 percent of published research proves reproducible. The video discusses the importance of duplicating results, introduces the challenge related to this task, and examines the issue from multiple points of view, allowing for...
Instructional Video5:12
TED-Ed

Animation Basics: The Option Illusion of Motion

7th - 12th Standards
From creating simple flip books to watching Saturday morning cartoons, we have all experienced the magic of animation. But how is it that a series of still images can be brought to life? It all has to do with the speed at which our brain...
Instructional Video4:47
TED-Ed

What's Hidden Among the Tallest Trees on Earth?

6th - 12th Standards
Hidden hundreds of feet above the ground in the redwoods of Northern California is a whole world that was just waiting to be discovered. This video tells the story of Stephen Sillett who, inspired by his grandmother, set out to...
Instructional Video4:34
TED-Ed

Under the Hood: The Chemistry of Cars

7th - 12th Standards
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! Explore the cumbustion reactions driving the world's automobiles and the chemical solutions used to keep their engines cool with this fun instructional video.
Instructional Video5:01
TED-Ed

How Quantum Mechanics Explains Global Warming

9th - 12th Standards
What do quantum mechanics and global warming have to do with each other? More than you might think. Surprisingly, this video explains how it's not the energy emitted from the sun that causes the problem, but how the infrared radiation...
Instructional Video4:17
TED-Ed

The Coelacanth: A Living Fossil of a Fish

6th - 12th Standards
It was just another day of fishing at the local pier when a man unknowingly reeled in a fish thought to be extinct for 65 million years. This short video explains how scientists were surprised to discover that this 360 million year...
Instructional Video3:49
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TED-Ed

Can You Solve the Bridge Riddle?

3rd - 12th
The zombies are charging and it is your job to get your party safely across the bridge. Are you up for the challenge?