Curated Video
Chien-Shiung Wu: The First Lady of Physics
We hear a lot about famous scientists like Marie Curie and Albert Einstein, but have you ever heard of Chien-Shiung Wu and her work on the Manhattan Project?
National Geographic
WWII Shipwreck USS Juneau Found—Famous for Five Sullivan Brothers | National Geographic
Researchers aboard Paul G. Allen's R/V Petrel have discovered the World War II shipwreck USS Juneau, known for five brothers who were among its many fallen sailors. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic:...
The Royal Institution
Project Apollo: Shooting for the Moon
Project Apollo: the most famous space programme to date. In the final part of our trilogy exploring American’s first steps into space, we tell the tale of the Apollo program. Watch Project Gemini: https://youtu.be/rXTTXAJJkhc Watch...
Schooling Online
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - Overall Plot Summary
We begin this famous horror story on board Captain Robert Walton’s ship. He’s an English explorer bound for the Arctic. While on his voyage, Walton rescues a man from the ice - his name is Victor Frankenstein. But what’s a Swiss...
Blank on Blank
Richard Feynman on What It Means
"The key was somehow to know what was important and what was not important, what was exciting, because I can’t learn everything." - Richard Feynman in 1966 Hear more interview outtakes and learn more about Richard Feynman...
Curated Video
GRIT: Character Traits that Matter for School, Work and Life
Join us at https://www.patreon.com/sprouts and listen to http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2016/07/angela_duckwort.html for a deeper insight into the concept. Sources: http://www.webcitation.org/62C0yfhcJ...
TED-Ed
The Exceptional Life of Benjamin Banneker
Introduce your class to Benjamin Banneker, self-taught mathematician and scientist, with a short video that details some of the many accomplishments of the son of freed slaves and contemporary of Thomas Jefferson.
National Woman's History Museum
Women's History Minute: Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu
Born in Suzhou, China, experimental physicist Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu immigrated to the United States, where she worked on the Manhattan Project. A short video introduces viewers to the amazing achievements of this remarkable woman.
SciShow
Great Minds: Margaret Hamilton
Don't push that button! Margaret Hamilton wrote the computer codes that saved Apollo 8 and Apollo 11 from various glitches, including an astronaut pushing the wrong button at the wrong time. The video describes her groundbreaking work...
Crash Course
The Atomic Bomb: Crash Course History of Science #33
Einstein, a famous pacifist, sent a letter to FDR encouraging development of a nuclear weapon. An interesting video opens with this historical event and moves through the development of atomic bombs. It shares the use of atomic weapons...
SciShow
Great Minds: Richard Feynman, The Great Explainer
Who is known for his bongo playing and solving the hardest algebra problem of all time? Richard Feynman loved to solve puzzles and didn't handle being bored very well. He is known for the Feynman diagrams that explain quantum...
TED-Ed
The Great Brain Debate
How do speech and memory operate within the human brain? Compare and contrast the localistic and distributed models with your young psychologists using this highly engaging and informative video.