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How Atom Bombs Can Uncover Forged Art
Art forgeries are works of art themselves? How can inspectors tell real art from fake? A video from the a large science playlist explores the techniques practiced by expert forgers and the subtle science behind telling a masterpiece from...
Crash Course
The Americas and Time Keeping: Crash Course History of Science #5
Time, time, time ... see how it shaped an entire culture! Science scholars discover the mysteries of the Mayan and Incan cultures during the fifth video in a History of Science series. The narrator shows how these time keepers developed...
Crash Course
Biology Before Darwin: Crash Course History of Science #19
When did biology become a proper science? Travel back in time to the evolution of natural history during part 19 in an ongoing History of Science series. Pupils discover early pioneers in the study of plants and animals, the birth of...
Crash Course
Political Campaigns: Crash Course Government and Politics #39
In 2012, each presidential candidate spent a whopping $1 billion! Learners investigate how people create campaigns and run for office. They watch a short video, the 39th of a 50-part US government and politics series, to analyze what...
Crash Course
Monetary and Fiscal Policy: Crash Course Government and Politics #48
Have you ever wondered how much cash is actually available at any point in time in the United States? Scholars research how the monetary system is set up in the 48th installment of a 50-part series covering the United States government...
Mathispower4u
Solving Equations Using the Story of x (Part 1)
Tell the story of solving an equation. With words and symbols, viewers learn to describe what is happening in an equation. Using that description, pupils reverse the story to arrive at the value of x that makes the equation true.
Emergent Order
Fight of the Century: Keynes vs. Hayek Round Two
In a witty and entertaining video, world-renowned economists John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek come to life and debate impact of government spending on the economy through the medium of a rap song and metaphor of a boxing match.
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100,000,000 Years From Now
Holocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Miocene, Oligocene, Eocene, Paleocene ... wait, did I miss one? PBS Digital Studios explains how human impact on Earth has potentially brought about a new epoch in geologic history, the Anthropocene....
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You Are Mainly Microbe… Meet Your Microbiome!
Can your body be its own ecosystem? Yes, in fact there are many ecosystems in your body. The video explains what microbes are, where they are located, and why. It focuses on the many good things bacteria do for bodies and the issues that...
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Why I'm Scared of Spiders
Eighty-four percent of people have an irrational fear. This video focuses on a fear of spiders. It explains the different types of fear, the conditioning that creates fear, and the evolutionary advantage to these fears. It doesn't just...
SciShow
Strong Interaction: The Four Fundamental Forces of Physics #1a
The strong force holds quarks together to form hadron particles, which include baryons and mesons. Common baryons, such as protons and neutrons, are the focus of a video that shows how they use the strong force. Then it explains the...
FuseSchool
Decoding Basic Trigonometric Ratios
Demonstrate the calculator keystrokes necessary for finding a measure of an angle using trigonometry. A straight forward lesson explains how to calculate an angle measure given a sine, cosine, or tangent ratio. The narrator...
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What's the Deadliest Animal in the World?
Do you know what animal causes more than one million deaths each year? This terrifying animal and how it causes so much death is the subject of a video that also shares how humans can avoid it and the research scientists have conducted...
Curated OER
Me Gusta (Part 1)
Provide instruction on how to use the verb gustar with a quick video. The instructor pairs gustar with a variety of different verbs and says several example sentences out loud. As he provides verbal instruction, the sentences appear on...
SciShow
Quantum Fishing for the Higgs Boson
The scientific models predicted the Higgs Boson for many years before it was proven. Filmed during the search for the Higgs Boson, the video discusses what it would mean for science if researchers proved it wrong. At the time of this...
The Great War
T.E. Lawrence And How He Became Lawrence Of Arabia
T.E. Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, is a legend in movies and popular imagination who was charged with breaking Ottoman rule on the Middle East. Yet, Lawrence's own words were prophetic in forecasting the foolishness of...
Geography Now
Geography Now! Iceland
First colonized by Vikings, Iceland is home to a unique blend of Nordic and Celtic cultures. The geothermal island is experiencing a tourism boom and is learning how to navigate the world stage. A video resource profiles the culture,...
Curated OER
Mao Zedong Biography
Rapidly narrated, this four-minute YouTube video traces the events in the life of Mao Zedong and the controversy surrounding his legacy.
Corbett Maths
Changing the Subject
In some situations, it's just polite to change the subject. A short YouTube video describes how to solve literal equations for a specific variable, sometimes referred to as changing the subject in British classrooms. Young mathematicians...
Corbett Maths
Changing the Subject Advanced
Your task? Get the variable by itself. Simple enough, right? A short YouTube video shows viewers how to solve literal equations requiring multiple steps for a specified variable. The narrator works through several examples of the topic...
Corbett Maths
Solving Inequalities - One Sign
Solve the problem of not knowing how to solve inequalities. Pupils learn to solve one-variable inequalities by watching a YouTube video. The video includes examples of two-step inequalities and inequalities with variables on both sides.
Corbett Maths
Solving Inequalities – Two Signs
Compound your knowledge of compound inequalities. A short YouTube video describes how to solve compound inequalities. It shows the steps to take to result in a solution of the form a < x < b. A set of examples covers the topic.
Corbett Maths
Graphical Inequalities Part 1
Plot your lesson on graphing inequalities. Viewers of an informative YouTube video learn how to plot linear inequalities as half-planes. Individuals focus on inequalities with vertical and horizontal boundaries as they complete part one...
Corbett Maths
Graphical Inequalities Part 2
Sequels are often letdowns, but not here. Pupils learn to graph linear inequalities on a coordinate plane. They do so by watching a short YouTube video that works through several examples. The resource is part two of the Graphing...