TED-Ed
Why Should You Read "A Midsummer Night's Dream?"
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...
Lehigh University
Glory (1989) - Should it be Shown in Class?
This is a fantastic activity that prompts learners to think like educators and consider the value of a historically based film beyond just the accuracy of information. Your young historians will work in groups to do a close reading and...
TED-Ed
A Poetic Experiment: Walt Whitman, Interpreted by Three Animators
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.
TED-Ed
How a Few Scientists Transformed the Way We Think About Disease
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...
TED-Ed
How Your Muscular System Works
Get ready for some heavy lifting! A detailed video lesson explains the different muscle groups and their functions. The presenter compares and contrasts different types of muscle compositions related to their purposes.
TED-Ed
Why Do Hospitals Have Particle Accelerators?
Viewers gain insight into medical technology with a short video that examines how PET scanners can track FGD injected into a patient's body to find tumors.
TED-Ed
How Close Are We to Eradicating HIV?
What is being done to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS? An intriguing short video details current treatments available, including the use of antiretrovirals, to stop the transmission of the devastating disease.
TED-Ed
What’s the Smallest Thing in the Universe?
Quarks have some interesting features—including their names! Young scholars learn about up, down, strange, charming, bottom, and top quarks in an engaging video presentation. The narrator begins with an overview of molecules and atoms,...
Crash Course
Behavioral Economics
Understanding how consumers think is key to staying in business. Show high schoolers how their buying behavior really does affect the way the economy works with an informative video from Crash Course Economics. The video illustrates the...
TED-Ed
Ideasthesia: How Do Ideas Feel?
When our senses provide data to the brain, does the brain translate those senses simultaneously or only after they are transmitted? Ponder this interesting inquiry with another fantastic TED video, and consider whether our...
Socratica
Chemistry: Charles's Law (Gas Laws)
Gay-Lussac first published the law relating the volume and temperature of gas, but he kindly credited Charles in what is now known as Charles's Law. Part of Socratica's chemistry playlist, the video explains Charles's Law. It also works...
Socratica
Chemistry: Boyle's Law (Gas Laws)
Pressure and volume remain inversely proportional for all gases. Socratica presents a video about this relationship as part of their chemistry playlist. It explains Boyle's Law and the associated formulas before demonstrating the...
Socratica
Chemistry: Gay-Lussac's Law (Gas Laws)
If an aerosol can lands in a fire, it explodes due to Gay-Lussac's Law. A video from a chemistry playlist explains Gay-Lussac's Law and the relationship between pressure and temperature of gases. It includes two guided practice problems...
TED-Ed
What Happens to Our Bodies After We Die?
Burial practices are the focus of a short video that not only investigate how and why bodies decompose, but also looks at some modern approaches to the treatment of bodies and burials.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Math in Decision Making: Lesson 5
In this lesson, students see that math can be used to help come to a decision. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Math in Decision Making."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Math in Decision Making: Lesson 1
In this lesson, students see that math can be used to help come to a decision. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Math in Decision Making."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Alma's Way: Collection
ALMA'S WAY follows 6-year-old Alma Rivera, a proud, confident Puerto Rican girl who lives in the Bronx with her family among a diverse group of close-knit friends and community members. In every episode, It aims to model self-awareness,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Is Lm Model: Investment and Real Interest Rates
Discusses why high real interest rates lead to low investment, and why low rates lead to high investment.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Math in Ecology: Lesson 2
In this lessons, students see that math is used in the study of the earth. It is 2 of 5 in the series titled "Math in Ecology."
The Economics of Seinfeld
The Economics of Seinfeld: The Glasses
Funny clip from Seinfeld episode [0:35] in which Jerry illustrates the economic concepts of dual-self models and time inconsistency when he talks about staying up late and paying the price in the morning.