PBS
Career Connections | Public Relations Specialist
Imagine promoting various products—developing ad campaigns that create the buzz needed to attract customers for these products. Such is the job of public relations specialists. Find out what is involved by viewing a short video about...
Crash Course
Women in the 19th Century
How did women transform pre-Civil War America? Your young historians will learn about the cult of domesticity and discover the efforts of women to improve prisons, schools, and end slavery in the United States during the nineteenth...
Crash Course
Intro to Big Data: Crash Course Statistics #38
What makes data big? The 38th installment in the series Crash Course Statistics provides a definition of big data and its origins. It shows various methods and resources on how to collect big data and how companies use big data for a...
Be Smart
Why Does The Earth Have Layers?
How is the Earth like an onion? In this video from PBS Digital Studios, viewers first learn the different layers of Earth and their properties. In addition, they hear how these layers came about, starting with the Big Bang theory and the...
Real Engineering
The History of Iron and Steel
Steel a great resource to teach your class all about iron. Viewers of an engaging video see how the production of wrought iron, cast iron, and steel have changed over time. The video also explains some societal advances due to these...
American Chemical Society
Why Does Metal Rust?
Are your learners' oxidation skills a little rusty? Shake it off using an informative and engaging resource. Scholars view a video in the ACS Reactions channel to learn why metals rust. They see how oxidation and reduction (redox)...
Physics Girl
Spool Riddle - Which Way Will It Roll?
Looking for a challenging brain teaser to stimulate conversation? The spool riddle will make things roll right along! The narrator of the a physics video series explains the constraints of the spool in terms of movement and friction,...
Geography Now
Geography Now! Iceland
First colonized by Vikings, Iceland is home to a unique blend of Nordic and Celtic cultures. The geothermal island is experiencing a tourism boom and is learning how to navigate the world stage. A video resource profiles the culture,...
The Great War
T.E. Lawrence And How He Became Lawrence Of Arabia
T.E. Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, is a legend in movies and popular imagination who was charged with breaking Ottoman rule on the Middle East. Yet, Lawrence's own words were prophetic in forecasting the foolishness of...