Be Smart
The Largest River on Earth Is in the Sky
Water vapor released by trees in the Amazon creates a floating river. In fact, it's the largest river on Earth! A video presentation examines the science behind the water vapor and explains how rains seeds form to create clouds.
Physics Girl
Why Do We Care about Gravitational Waves?
Advances in technology lead to advances in science. As part of a larger playlist on physics, the video presenter explains the history of the discovery of gravitational waves. Using these waves provides insight into many different...
FuseSchool
Plot Straight Line Graphs: Part 1
Demonstrate how to create an input-output table to graph a linear function with a video lesson that begins with evaluating the function for a set of values and then plotting the results. It includes opportunities for learners to practice...
Bill Nye
Bill Nye The Science Guy on Reptiles
A two-minute mini lesson on reptiles entertains and educates your elementary life science learners. The facts that reptiles are cold-blooded, they conserve their energy, and have protective scales, are all divulged by Bill in a way that...
Krista King Math
Surface Area of Prisms
Create a solid understanding of the concept of surface area. Building from the previous lesson in the series, the instructor demonstrates how to apply a formula to find the surface area of a rectangular prism. Examples use the formula to...
MinuteEarth
How to Keep Elephants and Wolves Out of Your Yard
Are animals taking over your garden? Learn how humans tend to approach this problem and investigate new innovative approaches to the dilemma. The lesson includes discussion of both animal and plant invaders.
MinuteEarth
Why Can't Mules Have Babies?
The ancient Romans use the saying "When a mule foals" as a metaphor for the impossible. Viewers learn through a video lesson the genetics behind hybrid breeding, giving more meaning to this saying. The instructor explains the...
FuseSchool
Area of a Triangle 1/2absinC
Can you find the area of a triangle without knowing the height? Applying trigonometry makes quick work of this type of problem. The video instructor presents problems for scholars to consider and then provides a worked out solution. She...
FuseSchool
Finding the Equation of a Line Through 2 Points: Part 2
Reinforce your young mathematicians' linear equation-writing skills. A video lesson does a nice job explaining the steps of writing the equation of a line when given two points. It begins by giving scholars a problem to try on their own...
FuseSchool
Equation of a Straight Line y=mx+c
What do the graph of a line and its equation have in common? This is the first question the video poses to scholars as they begin watching the lesson. The instructor then explains how to use the graph to write the linear equation.
Physics Girl
Quantum Cryptography Explained
Cryptography keeps your identifying information safe! An interesting lesson explains the history of encryption and decryption. The instructor begins with simple strategies and progresses to quantum cryptography to finish the well-rounded...
MinutePhysics
Spacetime Intervals: Not EVERYTHING Is Relative — Special Relativity Chapter 7
Special relativity proves that both length and time are relative—but, that's not the complete story. Scholars learn how both length and time have absolute values that don't vary with perspective. The seventh lesson in the eight-part...
Be Smart
Does Someone Else Have Your Face?
Our brains may misrepresent features that make some faces look more alike than they actually are. Learners watch a video lesson that breaks down how the brain reads facial features and how those features themselves are not as important...
Be Smart
The Dinosaur on Your Dinner Table
Believe it or not, birds are dinosaurs! Scholars view evidence that connects birds to dinosaurs in a video lesson. The narrator outlines factors that prove birds are descendants of dinosaurs.
PBS
How Evolution Works (And How We Figured It Out)
The concept of evolution changed the way scientists view the world. Part of the PBS Ions series, a thorough video lesson explains the process of evolution by exploring the work of scientists like Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel. The...
Emergent Order
The Economics of Ghostbusters
How do the men of Ghostbusters represent entrepreneurship, the market economy, and government oversight? This video provides unique insight into the risks of startup companies, as well as the foundational features of a market economy,...
The School of Life
Philosophy - Immanuel Kant
The categorical imperative, Immanuel Kant claimed in his Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, was the moral obligation to do the right thing in every circumstance. An introduction to Kantian ethics and philosophy guides class members...
PBS
The Whole Saga of the Supercontinents
See the world as it was—and also how it will be! A riveting video from a vast biology and earth science playlist takes viewers back in time to see how supercontinents formed, broke apart, and formed again. The resource includes a sneak...
Emergent Order
Robert Skidelsky on Keynesian Economics - It's All About Spending
Get the full scoop on John Maynard Keynes and the origins of his incredible influence on macroeconomics and the role of government. British economist Robert Skidelsky offers unique insight into Keynesian economics and its fundamental...
Peekaboo Kidz
The Five Senses - The Dr. Binocs Show
Dr. Binocs shows viewers his bag of five senses! He explains how important our eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin are, and how they are related to our five senses.
Krista King Math
Calculus - Functions
An understanding of the basics of a function is key to success in upper-level math courses! A video describes in detail the important aspects of functions including domain, range, combinations, compositions, and vertical line test.
Krista King Math
How to find Domain and Range for a function
Calculating domain and range of a function is a challenge! A helpful video shows learners the steps to finding the domain and estimating the range algebraically. Scholars understand the relationship of the domain and range.
Amoeba Sisters
DNA Structure and Function
Chromosomes come in pairs and in pears. The video covers DNA structure and function including the parts of the nucleotide and the four bases. It provides examples of cloning, gene regulation, and mutation.
Amoeba Sisters
Protein Synthesis and the Lean, Mean Ribosome Machines
Don't copy from each other, unless you are DNA — in which case, please make an exact copy. The video explains protein synthesis including the difference in transcription and translation. It touches on codon and how reading three bases at...