TED Talks
Jake Wood: A new mission for veterans -- disaster relief
After fighting overseas, 92 percent of American veterans say they want to continue their service. Meanwhile, one after another, natural disasters continue to wreak havoc worldwide. What do these two challenges have in common? In telling...
TED Talks
Afra Raymond: Three myths about corruption
Trinidad and Tobago amassed great wealth in the 1970s thanks to oil -- but 2 out of every 3 dollars earmarked for development ended up wasted or stolen. This fact has haunted Afra Raymond for 30 years. Shining a flashlight on a continued...
TED Talks
Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish
Chef Dan Barber squares off with a dilemma facing many chefs today: how to keep fish on the menu. With impeccable research and deadpan humor, he chronicles his pursuit of a sustainable fish he could love, and the foodie's honeymoon he's...
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Exchanging Information and Ideas, Part 2
This lesson on collaborative listening and speaking teaches English learners how to engage in conversational exchanges and express ideas on familiar topics by asking and answering yes-no and wh- questions (who, what, when, where why) and...
Next Animation Studio
Tulip observation tower planned for London
The Tulip observation tower is the newest architectural proposal for London.
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Interacting with Written English, Part 1
This video lesson for beginner English learners teaches how to communicate using written words and sentences.
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Interacting with Written English, Part 2
This video lesson for beginner English learners teaches how to communicate using written words and sentences.
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Reading and Viewing Closely, Part 1
This video teaches English learners how to breaking down presentations and / or passages to pinpoint the main idea, details, similarities and differences to gain deeper understanding. It also shows how to identify the concept of cause...
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Evaluating Language Choices
This standard-based video teaches English learners how to use specific language and word choices to either entertain, persuade, inform or give information.
Visual Learning Systems
Climates Quiz
This video is a quiz over the topics covered in the Climates series. In this video, we explore the various factors that influence climate, such as temperature, precipitation, latitude, elevation, winds, and topography. We also learn...
Language Tree
Getting the attention of a deaf person (ASL tips)
American Sign Language (ASL) is one of the fastest growing languages today. ASL is the primary language of the Deaf community and schools for the Deaf in the United States and Canada. After watching this video your child will learn more...
Language Tree
Intro Spanish Lesson: Location words to answer Where am I? Where are you?
Learn location words how to answer "Where am I?" and "Where are you?" in Spanish.
The Viral Fever
Yunnan Hani Tribe, China: Growing Sugar Cane
Yunnan Hani Tribe, China part 2/4: The video showcases the honey people who have started cultivating sugar cane to supplement their income. It takes us through the sugar-making process in a factory located 40 kilometers away from the...
Crash Course
The Black Legend, Native Americans, and Spaniards Crash Course US History
In which John Green kicks off Crash Course US History! Why, you may ask, are we covering US History, and not more World History, or the history of some other country, or the very specific history of your home region? Well, the reasons...
TED Talks
TED: How an old loop of railroads is changing the face of a city Ryan Gravel
Urban planner Ryan Gravel shares the story of how his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, rallied to build a massive urban park that will transform an abandoned railroad track into 22 miles of public green space called the Atlanta BeltLine....
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Using Specific Language for Writing and Speaking, Part 2
This lesson demonstrates to English Learners how the use of specific words such as apple and banana vs. just fruit can make a sentence more descriptive. It also reviews the use of prefixes such as un-, re- and mis-.
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Listening Actively
This lesson provides opportunity for English learners to practice listening to information and gaining insight by asking wh- questions (“who”, “what”, “when”, “where” and “why”).
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Justifying and Arguing
This lesson for beginner English learners covers: Offering our opinion or letting others know how we think and feel; Identifying key phrases used in this context such as " I think", "I like", "I believe". Using modals such as “can”,...
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Using Specific Language for Writing and Speaking, Part 1
This lesson demonstrates to English Learners how the use of specific words such as apple and banana vs. just fruit can make a sentence more descriptive. It also reviews the use of prefixes such as un-, re- and mis-.
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Writing
This lesson shows beginner level English learners how to create paragraphs using sentences on the same topic or idea and how to organize sentences in the paragraph by using “first”, “next”, “then”, “after”,” that” and “finally”.
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Analyzing Language Choices, Part 2
This video for beginner English learners covers choosing language or words to provide more detail and better understanding of the situation when speaking or writing.
Curated Video
GCSE Secondary Maths Age 13-17 - Algebra: Sequences - Explained
SchoolOnline's Secondary Maths videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners. Ideal for ages 13-17, they cover every key topic and sub topic covered in GCSE Maths in clear and easy to follow steps. This video...
Visual Learning Systems
Weather Safety: Video Review
Staying safe in all kinds of weather and avoiding weather-related injuries are the focus of this practical video. Concepts and terminology: lightning, tornado, wind, hurricane, and safe shelter.