TED-Ed
What Makes a Poem … a Poem?
What makes a poem a poem? The narrator of a short video wades into the debate with the contention that the three characteristics that poems share are musical qualities, condensed language, and intense feelings.
Physics Girl
How to Make a Cloud in Your Mouth
Could you make a cloud with only what you have on you right now? The video explains how to use only your mouth to create a cloud, no matter the temperature outside. It also discusses the physics principles allowing this to occur, various...
TED-Ed
Music and Math: The Genius of Beethoven
Math will resonate with your young artists and musicians when they learn that a mathematical formula describes a musical sound that is pleasing to our ears. Beethoven uses the certainty of mathematics to convey emotion and...
TED-Ed
A Different Way to Visualize Rhythm
Take a musical journey around the world with a short video that demonstrates the value of using the wheel method of representing rhythm, rather than the usual notes on a musical bar line.
Pentatonix
Evolution of Music - Pentatonix
Explore music through the decades with an engaging video brought to you by the 5-part harmony acapella group, Pentatonix. Genuine musical talents sing through a variety of popular music from the 11th century to the 2010's. Artists...
Be Smart
Making Music From Space!
We know that sound cannot be heard in space, but can space make sound? Artists use various techniques to turn radiation waves, the earth's magnetic field, and other scientific data into music. This is the 20th video in a series of 22.
Be Smart
Is This A New Species?!
Which makes a better name for a new species: Hermit Crab Caterpillar or Sir Leafs-a-Lot? Exploring a rainforest in Peru, the video helps viewers discover a unique species as part of a larger biology playlist. As scientists learn more...
TED-Ed
Why We Love Repetition in Music
Why does music rely so heavily on repetition? This is an interesting video from which to explore not only the psychological answers to this question, but also the ways in which humans perceive and rate different types of music.
HISTORY Channel
Women of Music
There were a lot of firsts for women in music. From being the first to sing and write about birth control to speaking out about issues of their time, female singers represent a voice that had not been heard by many before. Young...
Numberphile
Pi Prog Rock
Make music using math. Young mathematicians listen to a musical score in a video from the Numberphile Pi series. It turns out that the music in the video has all sorts of connections to pi and tau.
Common Sense Media
What Is Musical.ly?
Scholars with a song in their hearts love the Musical.ly app! How do they use it safely? Discover best practices for budding song artists using a short digital citizenship video from an extensive playlist. The narrator explains the...
Physics Girl
How I Broke a Wine Glass with My Voice (Using Science!)
You've seen talented singers break glass with a single high note ... is it as easy as it looks? Discover the physics behind the phenomenon with a video from the Physics Girl playlist. The resource covers sound wave terminology, tensile...
Scratch Garden
The Sentence Song ♫♪♫ | Scratch Garden
A laid back beat and silly animation makes a music video about sentence structure a hit among young learners. Find out what a capital letter is and when we use them, as well as end punctuation; the period, exclamation point, and question...
Crash Course
Dances to Flute Music and Obscene Verse. It's Roman Theater, Everybody: Crash Course Theater #5
Believe it or not, ancient Romans had a sense of humor—although it may have been a bit absurd. The fifth video in the Crash Course Theater series discusses the evolution of Roman drama, incorporating images and animations to help bring...
Crash Course
Get Outside and Have a (Mystery) Play: Crash Course Theater #10
In the Middle Ages, theater left the church of moved outside to a secular stage. An interesting video describes the transition from pulpit to public venue, discussing common plot lines and other aspects of medieval drama. Animated...
ABCmouse
A Week Is Seven Days
Tap your toes to a jazzy tune featuring the seven days of the week. Captivating graphics make up a music video that sings about the fun activities awaiting each day of the week.
TED-Ed
Group Theory 101: How to Play a Rubik’s Cube Like a Piano
The strong connections between math and music are explored in this short video that uses group theory to visualize musical chords. Makes you wonder what Arthur Rubinstein would have thought of all this.
Flocabulary
The Importance of Setting in a Story
Where does it happen? When did it happen? These are two questions that play a key role in understanding the setting of a story. The fourth and final video in a Language Arts playlist uses a song to explain how the setting connects to...
GrammarSongs by Melissa
Context Clues Song (Context Clues by Melissa)
Remind scholars to use context clues when they come across unknown words with the help of a music video that describes what context clues are, and how to use them to come up with a definition.
TED-Ed
From Aaliyah to Jay-Z: Captured Moments in Hip-hop History
To take "the definitive portrait of that person in that moment" is the quest of photographer and hip-hop historian Jonathan Mannion. For this short video, Mannion details his dedication to his art and the process he goes through to catch...
Phys Ed Games
Fitness Musical Hoops
A new take on musical chairs! Pupils run, skip, jump, high knees, etc. around the perimeter of the gym, making sure not to cross through the middle, as music is being played. Then, when the music stops, children have to put their feet in...
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
A New History for Humanity—The Human Era
When was the year 0? Scholars view a short video clip on the history of humanity to determine just when to mark the start of human time. They analyze how the human population changed the earth and the structures of humanity, ultimately...
Rockin' English Lessons
The World is Magic
The world outside is more amazing than any television show. Young learners watch a music video that features many fascinating attributes about our world.
American Chemical Society
The Universe in a Cup of Coffee
Connect the chemical aspects of coffee to the world in which we live! Scholars consider the molecules within coffee and how they interact with the environment as they view an episode of the ACS Reaction series. From caffeine as a...