TED-Ed
How False News Can Spread
Here's a must-see video. The topic—circular reporting, or the intentional spreading and leaking of false information. The big idea here is to teach viewers to recognize and avoid contributing to the cycle.
California Academy of Science
Sustainable Seafood
Memory, brain health, and seafood often go hand in hand, but is eating fish good for the planet? The third video in a four-part series on Health Oceans explains which fish consumers need to avoid and which are safe to consume without...
TED-Ed
Can We Eat to Starve Cancer?
Is there an answer for cancer? Your AP biologists will be inspired by this lecture on how the foods that we eat stimulate or inhibit the growth of blood vessels, which in turn, bring health or disease to the human body. Research is...
TED-Ed
From DNA to Silly Putty, The Diverse World of Polymers
Polymers make up nearly everything in the world around us; some are naturally occurring, while others are synthetic. Learn about how polymers form, what they are used for, and some of the potential environmental and health dangers of...
TED-Ed
Actually, the World Isn't Flat
Are we really as connected to the world community as we believe? Economist Pankaj Ghemawat conveys that peoples' perceptions of the degree of globalization that exists today is drastically inflated, which in turn may have negative...
TED-Ed
How Does Your Smartphone Know Your Location?
When your smartphone tells you the weather of your current location or gives you directions to the nearest gas station, there's more going on that you might realize. Follow along with this short video as it explains how...
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
The Chemistry of Cold Packs
How can it take water hours to freeze, but a cold pack can go from room temperature to near freezing in an matter of moments? Find out with this short video that explores the endothermic reaction that make these modern marvels possible.
TED-Ed
Why Isn't the World Covered in Poop?
Here's a resource that is definitely not a waste. Viewers learn about rollers, tunnelers, and dwellers, three types of dung beetle clean-up crews and the important roles they play in preventing global warming and in indicating the health...
TED-Ed
Pool Medical Patents, Save Lives
People with HIV and AIDS are living for a much longer time and with a better quality of life now thanks to improved pharmaceuticals. With these higher-quality drugs, however, comes a high price tag that makes the drugs unavailable to a...
Physics Girl
Should You Go to Mars? Ft. Bill Nye
Would you move to Mars? A video discussion explores the realities of traveling and living on Mars. Characteristics of the planet, its orbit, and revolutions provide key facts to help you make your decision.
TED-Ed
Why Wildfires Are Necessary
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.
SciShow
Epigenetics
Epigenetics shows that basically you are what your parents eat. This video explores epigenetics or the factors that determine which genes are expressed in your body. From behavior to environments to dietary choices, some genes change in...
TED-Ed
Self-Assembly: The Power of Organizing the Unorganized
What if buildings could grow, adapt, and repair themselves like a living organism? Using the process of self-assembly, this crazy idea may one day become a reality. The video looks at how unordered parts interact with one another and...
TED-Ed
The Benefits of Good Posture
The importance of good posture, especially in the electronic age, is the focus of a short, cleverly animated video that reminds viewers to "stand up straight."
TED-Ed
How Mucus Keeps Us Healthy
Meet Mucus, the shape-shifting super fluid that heroically lubricates and keeps the body safe from deadly microbes and pathogens.
TED-Ed
What Is a Calorie?
Learners discover how we measure a healthy energy budget for our bodies with this educational video from TED-Ed. It reviews not only the definition of a calorie, but also such concepts as basal metabolic rate and how...
TED-Ed
How Memories Form and How We Lose Them
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.
TED-Ed
3 Tips to Boost Your Confidence
Practice failure? Yes, practicing failure is just one of three great tips presented in a clever video about how to boost self-confidence.
TED-Ed
How Stress Affects Your Body
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.
TED-Ed
What Would Happen If You Didn’t Sleep?
"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...
TED-Ed
How Stress Affects Your Brain
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.
TED-Ed
What is Obesity?
As the output of foods has increased over the years, so has world-wide epidemic of obesity. However, sometimes genetics plays a role in obesity. But what about being overweight? View a video that discusses the difference between...
TED-Ed
Why Do Our Bodies Age?
The physiological traits that cause our bodies to age are examined in a short, animated video.