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TED-Ed

Can You Solve the Prisoner Hat Riddle?

For Students 5th - 12th
You've been abducted by aliens! The good news: they don't eat collaborative and logical beings. The bad news: You need to prove that you are capable of working together with your fellow captives to solve a logic riddle. Enjoy a video...
Instructional Video4:34
TED-Ed

Where Does Gold Come From?

For Students 6th - 12th
Your class will never believe that their gold jewelry originated in outer space, but it's true! Learn about the way Earth's gold supply originated in a supernova and became integrated with our planet's terrain with a short, informative...
Instructional Video4:59
TED-Ed

The race to sequence the human genome

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
The world of genetics and DNA is much clearer than it was 25 years ago, in large part due to the success of the Human Genome Project. Watch a short, engaging video about the dueling organizations who raced to be the first to sequence the...
Instructional Video4:39
TED-Ed

How a Few Scientists Transformed the Way We Think About Disease

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
During the first few sniffles of a cold, you can't help wondering where you picked up the illness. Watch an Ed Ted video that details the difference between miasma theory and germ theory, and the ways that Dr. John Snow's research...
Instructional Video4:55
TED-Ed

How does anesthesia work?

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Many people know the feeling of counting backward from 100 before a surgical procedure begins, but what actually happens between number 99 and waking up after surgery? Watch a short video about the different types of anesthesia, the...
Instructional Video3:46
Amoeba Sisters

Homeostasis (and the Cell Membrane King)

For Students 7th - 12th
The homeostasis pose is a popular yoga pose, and a video will explain how to do it properly. It also covers why we shiver, why we sweat, and the difference between a cell wall and a cell membrane. 
Instructional Video4:32
TED-Ed

How Miscommunication Happens (And How to Avoid It)

For Students 7th - 12th
The transactional model of communication is used in this short video to explain how miscommunication happens and to offer suggestions for how to improve listening and communication skills.
Instructional Video4:50
TED-Ed

How Ancient Art Influenced Modern Art

For Students 7th - 12th
What do Picasso, Matisse, and Gauguin have in common? They are all considered modern artists, a movement that began over 150 years ago. And despite the label, their work was influenced by artists much, much, older. Check out this video...
Instructional Video4:43
TED-Ed

Why Are There so Many Insects?

For Students 3rd - 12th
Bugs! Bugs! Why are there so many bugs? Find out why is this short video.
Instructional Video4:37
TED-Ed

The Origins of Ballet

For Students 7th - 10th
The role of Louis XIV, the Royal Academy of Dance and the Paris Opera Ballet, the five main positions of the body are are featured in a short video that traces the history of Ballet, the little dance.
Instructional Video3:52
TED-Ed

Why Is This Painting so Captivating?

For Students 7th - 12th
Diego Velazquez's Las Meninas is the focus of a short video that examines the context and complexity of one of the most analyzed works in the history of art.
Instructional Video4:58
TED-Ed

How Do Solar Panels Work?

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
What are those shiny things that people are installing on the roofs of their houses? Learn about the structure, function, and logistics of solar panels, as well as the challenges of using the sun's energy as our exclusive power source on...
Instructional Video4:43
TED-Ed

The Invisible Motion of Still Objects

For Students 10th - 12th
Launching a study of molecules? Check out a short video that explores rotation, translation, and vibration—the three ways molecules move.
Instructional Video4:30
TED-Ed

Real Life Sunken Cities

For Students 3rd - 8th
What made ancient cities sink underwater? What do these cities look like now? A short video describes how earthquakes and tsunamis caused ancient cities to become sunken cities.
Instructional Video6:22
TED-Ed

Forget Shopping. Soon You'll Download Your New Clothes

For Students 7th - 12th
Zounds! 3-D printed clothes? With the advent of 3-D printers, the unimaginable has become the manageable. Check out these clothes, designed by Danit Peleg, and created on a 3-D printer.
Instructional Video4:20
TED-Ed

Why Wildfires Are Necessary

For Students 1st - 6th
Are wildfires necessary for some forests? Get the answer to this burning question with a short video that examines the role of fire in forest growth and health.

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