Instructional Video4:05
Curated OER

Dance Theatre Of Harlem

Pre-K - K
Exposing younger students to fine art enriches their learning experience and opens them up to a different mode of self-expression. Elmo and Zoe attend and narrate a ballet at the Dance Theater of Harlem. Show your class a similar ballet...
Instructional Video14:50
Khan Academy

Proof: Hyperbola Foci, Conic Sections, Algebra II

10th - 12th
In a video that is quite involved, algebraically, Sal proves that the distance of the foci from the center of a hyperbola is the square root of a2+b2. Since the algebra shown here is challenging, this video might be appropriate as an...
Instructional Video4:52
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TED-Ed

Should We Eat Bugs?

5th - 10th Standards
Cricket cookies? Mealworm mac and cheese? Bugs are super nutritious! Why don't we eat them? Viewers discover the history of entomophagy, that is, the practice of eating insects and spiders, by viewing a fascinating video that explores...
Instructional Video3:54
MinutePhysics

Where is the True North Pole?

7th - 12th
Do you believe in Santa Clause? Or a more practical question might be to ask if you believe in the location of the North Pole. Because of the convection currents in Earth's out core, the magnetic north pole drifts about 55 km per year....
Instructional Video4:54
TED-Ed

The Physics of Playing Guitar

5th - 12th
Everyone knows that guitar music rocks - but why? And how? Learn about the ways a single pluck can create sounds that resonate from string, to ear, to soul with a fascinating video about the physics of sound vibration.
Instructional Video2:50
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NASA

The Anatomy of a Raindrop

6th - 8th
After reviewing the water cycle, zoom in on a raindrop and learn about the physics determining its shape. See actual footage of raindrops falling with high-speed photography! A written description of the same information is also provided...
Instructional Video11:22
Geography Now

Geography Now! Comoros

8th - Higher Ed Standards
The East African island group has a complicated political history, with 20 coups since declaring independence. The people groups of Comoros are just as complex, reflecting ancestry from Bantu peoples, Asian groups, and Europeans. A video...
Instructional Video7:50
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PBS

Should We Have Mandatory Military Service? | America From Scratch

7th - 12th Standards
Mandatory service in a democratic society? On July 1, 1973, the draft ended. Now the United States relies on an all-volunteer military. But what if all citizens were required to perform some sort of service, either military or public...
Instructional Video2:46
Curated OER

STEMbite: Careers ~ Math at the Pharmacy

9th - 12th
How do you use math in the real world? Mr. Vander Heuvel visits a pharmacy and, using a fictional woman's weight and height, calculates an appropriate antibiotic prescription. You could show this video as an enrichment for your math...
Instructional Video3:24
Curated OER

How The Georgia Aquarium Works

6th - 12th
The Georgia Aquarium is the largest of its type in the world. How do they filter the water, maintain temperatures, and feed the marine life? An astonishing 261, 000 gallons of water is filtered per minute. Part of the staff is dedicated...
Instructional Video6:10
National Science Foundation

Science of the Winter Olympic Games: Engineering Faster and Safer Bobsleds

6th - 12th
While your physical science class is studying mechanics, this would be a fabulous enrichment video for covering aerodynamics or friction. Mechanical engineers dedicate their time to developing Olympic-quality bobsleds to be as fast, but...
Instructional Video9:02
SciShow

Performance Enhancing Drugs

9th - 12th
There is science behind the adage, "Cheaters never prosper!" Biochemistry or physical education classes find out how steroids, blood doping, and other performance-enhancing methods claim to work, and how unreliable and even dangerous...
Lesson Plan4:55
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Curated Video

What Makes YouTube Unique

7th - 12th
Start off a unit on YouTube with an introduction to the service and all that it offers. Learners watch various video clips before participating in a brief discussion about YouTube. The plan includes an activity based around...
Instructional Video5:38
Be Smart

The Cosmic Origins of Earth's Water

6th - 12th Standards
Was Earth born as a Blue Planet? Discover where water came from with a video from an intriguing science playlist. The resource covers the three most likely origins of water, how scientists differentiate between comet and asteroid water,...
Instructional Video9:34
The School of Life

Marcel Proust

9th - Higher Ed Standards
What is the meaning and purpose of life? Find out in a short video that summarizes the key ideas in Marcel Proust's A la recherche du Temps Perdu (In Search of Lost Time), that at two million words, just happens to be the longest...
Instructional Video17:49
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Flipped Math

Remainder Theorem

9th - 12th Standards
Don't divide! Pupils view three examples relating the remainder of a polynomial division and the polynomial function evaluated at a related value. Learners notice how to find a missing coefficient in a polynomial given the remainder of a...