Instructional Video3:46
TED-Ed

How Playing Sports Benefits Your Body ... and Your Brain

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Exercising is undeniably beneficial for our brains and bodies. But how do these benefits compare to the participation and joining of a sports team? Watch an educational video to discover the psychological and health benefits of...
Instructional Video4:30
TED-Ed

Can You Solve the Frog Riddle?

For Students 4th - 8th
Hey, diddle diddle. Here's a great riddle. But you need to use conditional probability, not a fiddle, to help you pick the right frog in this riddle.
Instructional Video4:22
TED-Ed

The Sun’s Surprising Movement across the Sky

For Students 6th - 9th
The Sun's analemma, or its apparent figure-eight pattern as it moves across the sky, is the topic of a short video that explains the science behind this trajectory.
Instructional Video4:23
TED-Ed

How Do We Know What Color Dinosaurs Were?

For Students 6th - 8th
Are the depictions of the colorful raptors in Jurassic Park accurate? No so much. Imaginative, but not scientific. Find out how researchers determine the color of dinosaur feathers in this short, entertaining video.
Instructional Video4:28
TED-Ed

Why Is Being Scared so Fun?

For Students 7th - 12th
"What could possibly be fun about being scared?" That is the question addressed by a short animated video that offers the idea that feeling pain-free and being energized, a natural high, is a pretty good trade-off.
Instructional Video5:04
TED-Ed

How Computer Memory Works

For Students 7th - 12th
Just how does computer memory work? Really, it's all zeros and ones. Learn more about bits, binary digits, memory cells, memory latency, and CPS in a short video about how computer memory works.
Instructional Video4:37
TED-Ed

The Power of the Placebo Effect

For Students 7th - 12th
What is the placebo effect? How does it work? Is it real or imagined? What are the ethical concerns surrounding using placebos? And what about benefits? Here is a short video that answers some of these questions and poses others.
Instructional Video4:32
TED-Ed

How Smart Are Orangutans?

For Students 6th - 12th
Much like humans, orangutans learn by watching. They use tools in their everyday lives to live more efficiently. But displaying self-identity is true intelligence. Wow your class with a video that showcases the brilliant orangutan, and...
Instructional Video6:26
TED-Ed

The Insanely Painful Sting of the Bullet Ant

For Students 7th - 12th
Milking venomous ants? Dissecting bullet ants? Watch a very interesting and informative video on the anatomy of a bullet ant and the power of its venomous sting.
Instructional Video4:35
TED-Ed

Why Are Sharks so Awesome?

For Students 7th - 10th
Sharks are amazing! They can heat their own blood, they can sense even the faintest of electrical currents, and their sense of smell is is acute. Rather than wanting to eradicate this species, class members can educate others as a result...
Instructional Video3:33
TED-Ed

How You Could Get Away with Murder in Yellowstone’s “Zone of Death"

For Students 9th - 12th
Looking for loopholes in the Constitution? Watch a video that describes how one could get away with a crime in the "Zone of Death." Because Yellowstone National Park is considered to be federal land, and it is technically in three...
Instructional Video4:49
TED-Ed

How To Practice Effectively...For Just About Anything

For Students 6th - 12th
Want to be a superstar, a pro athlete, or a world-class musician? Start practicing — and be prepared to practice for 10,000 hours for over 20 years. An informative video lets young learners know exactly how long they'll to practice...
Instructional Video5:23
TED-Ed

Can You Solve the Pirate Riddle?

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Yo Ho Ho! Landlubbers, seadogs, and scallywags are sure to treasure a video that presents them with the challenge of the pirate riddle. Heave ho! Hornswagglers beware!
Instructional Video5:44
TED-Ed

Where Do New Words Come From?

For Students 3rd - 12th Standards
Gadzooks! Where do new words come from? Who decides what a word means? What about memes? Young etymologists will be fascinated by a short video all about words, words, words.
Instructional Video6:04
TED-Ed

The Life Cycle of a T-Shirt

For Students 3rd - 12th Standards
Did you know that 2,700 liters of water are required to produce just one t-shirt? Or that cotton uses more insecticides and pesticides than any other crop? An engaging video traces the cycle of t-shirt production from cotton bolls to the...
Instructional Video4:32
TED-Ed

Is it Possible to Create a Perfect Vacuum?

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
It turns out that vacuums are not really vacuums. An engaging video lesson explains the process scientists use to create a vacuum. Their efforts get them close, but the video instructor explains why they cannot create a perfect vacuum.
Instructional Video5:17
TED-Ed

Why Should You Read Charles Dickens?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Prisons, orphanages, slums, workhouses. Such are the settings of Charles Dickens' novels. Why would anyone (except for literature teachers, perhaps) want to read these tales? Find out why with a short video that explores the allure of...
Instructional Video5:10
TED-Ed

How to Manage Your Time More Effectively (According to Machines)

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
The good news: you can run your life like a computer runs its schedule. The bad news: computers are not always the best at running their schedules. Learn more about schedulers within operating systems and what happens when something goes...
Instructional Video10:32
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Online Advertising: Crash Course Media Literacy #7

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Ever notice how that pair of shoes you looked at online last week seems to be following you? Introduce young consumers to the world of online advertising with a well-written, media literacy video, part of an ongoing series. Viewers...
Instructional Video4:43
TED-Ed

Why Should You Read "A Midsummer Night's Dream?"

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Set the stage for a study of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream with an engaging animated video that is sure to stoke the interest of readers as it gets to the bottom of the key themes of the comedy. The narrator's arguments...
Instructional Video4:53
TED-Ed

Why Is Meningitis so Dangerous?

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Meningitis is scary and life-threatening—but preventable. Learn the science behind the disease and how to prevent contraction in a three-part lesson. Scholars first view a video describing the characteristics of meningitis and how people...
Instructional Video5:31
TED-Ed

Why Should You Read "One Hundred Years of Solitude"?

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
How does One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez represent the genre of magical realism? Scholars explore the topic by watching an informative video. Next, they answer quiz questions and join an online...
Instructional Video5:39
TED-Ed

Why Should You Read "Don Quixote"?

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
What value could there possibly be in a story about a man who sets out to fight windmills? Turns out, quite a bit! A video and interactive lesson about the novel Don Quixote sets out to explain the answer to the question. Viewers track...
Instructional Video4:58
TED-Ed

Why Isn't the World Covered in Poop?

For Students 6th - 12th
Here's a resource that is definitely not a waste. Viewers learn about rollers, tunnelers, and dwellers, three types of dung beetle clean-up crews and the important roles they play in preventing global warming and in indicating the health...

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