Instructional Video4:53
TED-Ed

Where Did English Come From?

For Students 7th - 12th
How did modern language evolve over the course of history? Discover the roots of the English language, spoken by over three billion people in the world today, and explore how historical conquests and intercultural exchanges are...
Instructional Video4:42
TED-Ed

Why Do Blood Types Matter?

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Here is a fascinating video that explores the genetic implications of our blood types as humans, how we can determine an individual's blood type based on cell alleles, the RH factor, and how blood types can mean life or death for those...
Instructional Video4:37
TED-Ed

The Law of Conservation of Mass

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
This short video simply explains the Conservation of Mass with graphics that show the atoms being conserved in pictures of balanced equations. The connection between mass and energy is explained and Einstein's energy equation is mentioned.
Instructional Video4:58
TED-Ed

Who Am I? A Philosophical Inquiry

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The narrator of this short, animated video uses Plutarch's "Ship of Theseus" to launch an exploration of the philosophical question, "Who Am I?"
Instructional Video3:28
TED-Ed

A Poetic Experiment: Walt Whitman, Interpreted by Three Animators

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Three animators provide different visual interpretations of Walt Whitman's "A Noiseless Patient Spider." What a great way to generate a discussion of interpretation, mood, and tone.
Instructional Video4:19
TED-Ed

How Memories Form and How We Lose Them

For Students 7th - 12th
Beware! Memory thieves are at work! Aging, chronic stress, and depression are just a few of the villains exposed in this short video that also includes suggestions for how to protect yourself from these bad guys.
Instructional Video4:09
TED-Ed

The Treadmill's Dark and Twisted Past

For Students 3rd - 12th
Did you know that treadmills were actually designed as punishment devices? Check out this short history of what has now become a staple of fitness centers.
Instructional Video4:16
TED-Ed

3 Tips to Boost Your Confidence

For Students 3rd - 8th
Practice failure? Yes, practicing failure is just one of three great tips presented in a clever video about how to boost self-confidence.
Instructional Video4:54
TED-Ed

Do Animals Have Language?

For Students 5th - 12th
Do animals have language? To answer this question, Michele Bishop's video examines the four qualities often associated with language—discreteness, grammar, productivity, and displacement—that separate communications systems from language.
Instructional Video5:19
TED-Ed

Where Did Russia Come From?

For Students 7th - 12th
What do Vikings, missionaries, and Mongol hordes have to do with Russia? Find out in this short video that traces the history of the world's biggest country.
Instructional Video4:29
TED-Ed

Who Was Confucius?

For Students 7th - 12th
2500 years ago Confucius said, "Do not inflict upon others that which you yourself would not want." Bryan W. Van's video introduces viewers to this wise Chinese philosopher.
Instructional Video4:46
TED-Ed

What Are the Universal Human Rights?

For Students 7th - 12th
Help class members develop an understanding of the complexity of establishing an enunciation of universal human rights, with this short video that overviews the some of the issues involved.
Instructional Video4:42
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How Stress Affects Your Body

For Students 7th - 12th
Need motivation to alter your life style? This video on the affects of stress will serve as a wake-up call and get you moving.
Instructional Video4:34
TED-Ed

What Would Happen If You Didn’t Sleep?

For Students 6th - 12th
"To die, to sleep, to sleep perchance to dream." To sleep is a "consummation devoutly to be wished for" for without sleep, according to this video, hallucinations and death are very real outcomes. check out how the body uses sleep to...
Instructional Video4:15
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TED-Ed

How Stress Affects Your Brain

For Students 7th - 12th
Motivate your class members (and yourself) to manage stress with this short video that explores what happens to the brain when it is exposed to continual stress.
Instructional Video4:09
TED-Ed

Would You Opt for a Life with No Pain?

For Students 6th - 12th
Is there more to life than just pleasure? Viewers will be entranced by Robert Nozick's Experience Machine experiment that promised those who plugged in a life free of pain. Would you plug in?
Instructional Video4:31
TED-Ed

The Science Behind the Myth: Homer's "Odyssey"

For Students 7th - 12th
Lions, and tigers, and bears, oh, my! Sorcerers, cyclops, and drugs, oh, my! Matt Kaplan theorizes that there might be a scientific basis for some of the events in the Odyssey, that Circe might actually have been a chemist and have mixed...
Instructional Video4:06
TED-Ed

How Exposing Anonymous Companies Could Cut Down on Crime

For Students 9th - 12th
The tangled web of financial transparency is the focus of this short video that highlights how companies weave their way through artificial entities to cover up crime and corruption.
Instructional Video4:57
TED-Ed

What Happens When Continents Collide?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Ever heard of the Great American Biotic Interchange? The joining of North and South America caused one of the greatest biological migrations in Earth's history. Watch the continents collide and learn about the global consequences.
Instructional Video4:48
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Why Do Some People Go Bald?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Here's a short video that examines the hair growth cycle to explain why some people go bald.
Instructional Video4:16
TED-Ed

How Does a Jellyfish Sting?

For Students 5th - 12th
Jellyfish are not aggressive creatures. They simply use their stinging cells as a defense mechanism. Some animals have developed adaptations that prevent them from being affected by a jellyfish's sting. Watch to find out the science...
Instructional Video3:49
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Can You Solve the Bridge Riddle?

For Students 3rd - 12th
The zombies are charging and it is your job to get your party safely across the bridge. Are you up for the challenge?
Instructional Video4:57
TED-Ed

The Incredible Collaboration Behind the International Space Station

For Students 4th - 12th
Imagine 16 nations working together to build a six-bedroom house. In space. Welcome to the International Space Station and follow along as it is built room-by-room.
Instructional Video5:12
TED-Ed

Can You Solve "Einstein’s Riddle"?

For Students 7th - 12th
Riddle me this. The world's rarest fish has been stolen. Who done it? Challenge your young sleuths to tackle Einstein's Riddle and come up with the culprit before being shown the solution.

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