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Instructional Video20:44
SciShow Kids

Amazing Scientist Story Time! | SciShow Kids Compilation

K - 5th
Squeaks is feeling a little wired and needs some story time to get sleepy this evening, so Jessi is showing him some videos about amazing scientists from history!
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Instructional Video5:14
Science360

Computer scientist and Watson co-creator David Ferrucci - ScienceLives

12th - Higher Ed
When David Ferrucci was introduced to computer programming as a high school student questions flooded his mind … Where does it stop? What can I get the computer to do? "My mind immediately went to the idea of artificial intelligence ......
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Instructional Video8:11
Free School

Biography of Marie Curie for Kids: Famous Scientists for Children - FreeSchool

K - 9th
Marie Curie was a physicist and chemist, most famous for her work in radiation. Also notable are her two Nobel Prizes (one in physics and one in chemistry)! She discovered two new elements, revolutionized our understanding of the atom,...
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Instructional Video19:10
TED Talks

Naomi Oreskes: Why we should trust scientists

12th - Higher Ed
Many of the world's biggest problems require asking questions of scientists -- but why should we believe what they say? Historian of science Naomi Oreskes thinks deeply about our relationship to belief and draws out three problems with...
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Instructional Video16:25
Wonderscape

Albert Einstein: The Genius Who Changed the World

K - 5th
In this video transcript, we learn about the life and contributions of Albert Einstein, a famous scientist who revolutionized our understanding of the universe. From his early curiosity in mathematics and electricity to his...
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Instructional Video16:25
Wonderscape

The Life and Contributions of Albert Einstein: Changing the Way We View the World

K - 5th
In this video, we learn about the life and contributions of Albert Einstein, the famous scientist who revolutionized our understanding of the universe. From his early curiosity about mathematics and electricity to his groundbreaking...
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Instructional Video2:30
Curated Video

Chien-Shiung Wu: The First Lady of Physics

9th - Higher Ed
We hear a lot about famous scientists like Marie Curie and Albert Einstein, but have you ever heard of Chien-Shiung Wu and her work on the Manhattan Project?
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Instructional Video4:37
SciShow

How Scientists Protect the World's Most Famous Art

12th - Higher Ed
Conserving and restoring art can be pretty tricky. Thankfully, scientists have been learning how to restore artwork in some pretty cool ways that are effective, safe, and a little weird, to be honest.
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Instructional Video7:21
Curated Video

How Did Our Most Famous Ancestor Really Die?

12th - Higher Ed
Did our most famous fossil ancestor, Lucy, die by falling out of a tall tree? The answer is part of a decades-long debate over how, exactly, our ancestors transitioned from life in the trees to life on the ground.
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Instructional Video3:20
Biography

John Dalton: First Scientist to Study Color Blindness | Biography

6th - 11th
John Dalton was an English scientist from the 18th century, most famous for his work on atomic theory and color blindness. At one point in time, he was the most famous scientist in England, bringing color blindness to the attention of...
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Instructional Video4:35
SciShow Kids

Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin! Science for Kids

K - 5th
We’re having a birthday party for one of the world’s most famous scientists, Charles Darwin!!!
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Instructional Video13:19
Jack Rackam

One Mad Scientist's Plan for WORLD PEACE through Voyeurism | The Life & Times of Santiago Genoves

12th - Higher Ed
One Mad Scientist's Plan for WORLD PEACE through Voyeurism | The Life & Times of Santiago Genoves
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Instructional Video15:21
Wonderscape

Preschool Prep: Famous and Fun People from A to Z

K - 5th
Journey through both the alphabet and history with ten-year-old animated character Alex, as he explores famous and fun people from A to Z! Each upper-case letter of the alphabet gets presented several times then linked to a corresponding...
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Instructional Video4:14
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Who is Alexander von Humboldt? - George Mehler

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Have you heard of Alexander von Humboldt? Not likely. The geologist turned South American explorer was a bit of an 18th century super scientist, traveling over 24,000 miles to understand the relationship between nature and habitat....
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Instructional Video5:43
Curated Video

The Sorry State of Dark Matter Alternatives

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists can’t directly observe dark matter, and they still don’t know what it is… so why are they so confident it exists?
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Instructional Video2:44
SciShow

Raccoons Don’t Really Wash Their Food

12th - Higher Ed
Raccoons are famous for "washing" their food, but this behavior, called dousing, isn't really about cleanliness.
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Instructional Video2:24
National Geographic

WWII Shipwreck USS Juneau Found—Famous for Five Sullivan Brothers | National Geographic

Pre-K - 11th
Researchers aboard Paul G. Allen's R/V Petrel have discovered the World War II shipwreck USS Juneau, known for five brothers who were among its many fallen sailors. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic:...
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Instructional Video1:02
National Geographic

This Famous Dodo Didn't Just Die—It Was Murdered | National Geographic

Pre-K - 11th
New analysis of one of the best preserved specimens of the extinct animal shows it was shot in the head. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for...
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Instructional Video5:51
Curated Video

Celebrating Stephen Hawking’s Most Famous Discoveries

12th - Higher Ed
Last week we lost legendary scientist Stephen Hawking. To honor of one of the greatest legacies in cosmology, we wanted to celebrate and unpack some of his most famous findings.
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Instructional Video6:46
SciShow

What That Famous Gorilla Suit Study Didn’t See

12th - Higher Ed
Inattentional blindness is a phenomenon where we can be so focused on a given task, we completely miss some pretty bizarre object cross our line of vision. Like a gorilla in the middle of a basketball game. But exactly why it happens is...
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Instructional Video1:00
One Minute History

Madame Marie Curie - Empowerment in Action - One Minute History

12th - Higher Ed
Madame Marie Curie is the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. She is awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics, along with her husband Pierre and Henri Becquerel, for developing the theory of ‘radioactivity’. In 1911, Curie wins a second...
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Instructional Video1:00
One Minute History

115 Madame Curie - One Minute History

12th - Higher Ed
Madame Marie Curie is the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. She is awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics, along with her husband Pierre and Henri Becquerel, for developing the theory of ‘radioactivity’. In 1911, Curie wins a second...
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Instructional Video4:00
Curated Video

Exploring the Kuiper Belt: Home of Dwarf Planets and Frozen Debris

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In this video, the topic of discussion is the Kuiper Belt, a region in our solar system that extends from the orbit of Neptune. It is similar to the asteroid belt but much larger, and is home to three recognized dwarf planets, including...
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Instructional Video9:17
Curated Video

NASA | Exploring the Inner Solar System (Part 2/6)

3rd - 11th
In part 2, Dr. Garvin continues explaining how much left we have to learn about Venus and recounts NASA's visits to the moon with the Apollo program. (Show Description) Chief Scientist of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Dr. Jim...

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