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Black History Month Video: Black Inventors and Electricity
My son came home from school, told me that his school wasn't doing anything for Black History Month and then just stood there looking me in the eye like "So what you gonna do Dad." So I stepped up and recorded this episode about famous...
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Marian Croak: the Inventor of the VoIP Technology
Marian R. Croak is a prolific inventor in the voice and data communication field. Born in 1955 in Pennsylvania and raised in New York City, she is the highest female patent holder at AT&T with 127 patents and counting. Her career...
Curated Video
Black History Month Showcase
Take a look at some of the channels on the Boclips platform that explore topics in Black History. From innovative technologies to civil rights to the arts, these channels have a little of everything. Experience the different styles and...
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Subtracting Using a Number Line
In this lesson, students learn how to subtract using a number line. The video provides examples of subtracting using the number line method and emphasizes that counting on the number line can be done by any number, not just by ones.
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Sarah Goode
Sarah Elisabeth Goode was an American inventor and the first known African-American woman to receive a patent in the United States. She invented the folding bedm which was the precursor to the murphy bed.
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Easter Vocabulary And Game For Christian Kids | 4K
Hi all 😊 Easter is just around the corner and what better way to help celebrate this wonderful occasion than to learn about Easter by practicing 20 easter themed words and playing a fun Christian themed easter egg game. Easter is the...
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Benjamin Banneker: Time Lord
Benjamin Banneker was a self-taught mathematician, astronomer, compiler of almanacs, a writer, an inventor and the man who may have completed the design for Washington DC Capitol City of the United States of America from memory. Banneker...
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Annie Minerva Turnbo Malone
Annie Minerva Turnbo Malone was an American inventor, philanthropist, and businesswoman regarded as the first black woman to become a millionaire. Hugely recognized for her hair products the "Wonderful Hair Grower", her cosmetology...
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The History of Bread as an Eraser: Edward Nairn and the First Rubber Eraser
In this video, we learn about the surprising historical use of bread as an eraser before the discovery of rubber erasers in 1770. The trivia question challenges viewers to guess the different purposes bread served, including as an...
SciShow
Awesome Inventions by African Americans
Who invented microphones, PCs, and video game consoles? In honor of Black History Month, Hank talks about some African Americans scientist/inventors who've helped make all our lives more awesome.
The Kiboomers
I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee | The Kiboomers | Kids Songs | Nursery Rhymes | Baby Songs
I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee is a silly action song for kids. Enjoy! I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee song lyrics for kids : (Buzz, buzz bumblebee) I'm bringing home a Baby bumblebee, Won't my mommy Be so proud of me? I'm...
National Parks Service
Yosemite Nature Notes 33: Meadows
There are over 3,000 meadows in Yosemite National Park, but they only cover 3% of the area of the park. They make up for this small percentage by providing habitat for a wide variety of plant and animal species.
SciShow
This is Weird but...COVID Decreased Lightning Strikes
The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t just affected us. It’s also affected the weather. And this turns out to be a lucky natural experiment to help us understand how much we influence the world around us.
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My People are Innovative by Dr. Tasha Thompson-Gray
Did you know that potato chips, cell phones, and the hairbrush were all created by African American inventors? Kareem did not realize these intriguing facts until his homework assignment turned into an evening of learning. Join Kareem...
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Explorer Society Episode 1: Full Steam Ahead
Lance and Cleo are time-traveling agents for the Explorer Society. Follow them to Industrial Revolution London to help famous inventor James Watt recover his stolen steam engine plans.
Kids Learning Videos
If You're Happy and You Know it Song
If You're Happy and You Know it ... sing along! This is a fun song that kids and children can sing and dance as they listen to this song. Lyrics If you're happy and you know it clap your hands, If you're happy and you know it clap your...
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The Negro League Baseball: Shattering Segregation
Like much of American in the early 19th century, sports were segregated. But with the newly established Negro Baseball League, African American baseball players overcame racial segregation to claim the national pastime as their own.
Bozeman Science
Transport Across Cell Membranes
Paul Andersen describes how cells move materials across the cell membrane. All movement can be classified as passive or active. Passive transport, like diffusion, requires no energy as particles move along their gradient. Active...
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Marie van Brittan Brown: Creating CCTV in Queens
How did a hardworking nurse from New York City invent the world's first home security system? When a burglar tried to break into her apartment in the 1960s, this kickass crimefighter went where no-one had gone before.
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John Rollin Ridge: the Native American Novelist Like No Other
We've had some great American Novelists? You've read some of them in school, right? But one writer you've probably never heard of is John Rollin Ridge, aka Yellow Bird: the first Native American to ever publish a novel about a fictitious...
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The Enslaved Chef Who Revolutionized American Cuisine
James Hemings was an enslaved man and the first American to learn classic French cuisine. He helped popularise many of the dishes you know and love today.
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The Battle of the Sexes
Although half of Americans are female, women make up just 25% of Congress. In fact, women have been treated unfairly in America since day one – but what are the causes of that inequality and what are the effects?
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 Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: I Am Black History: Emilda Rivers
The National Science Foundation recognizes our very own Black History makers advancing science and impacting their communities in outstanding ways. [1:00]