The School of Life
Political Theory - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Are politicians destined to be corrupt, or is there hope for morality in the political world? Use the video to teach pupils Rousseau's theories behind corruption in Western civilization. The visuals help to further enhance understanding.
Be Smart
The 12 Days of Evolution - Complete Series!
Scientists believe red hair and pale skin evolved in northern Europe because it helped humans synthesize vitamin D easier than those with more melanin in their skin. Viewers explore many interesting facets of evolution in a...
Crash Course
Kinetic Theory and Phase Changes: Crash Course Physics #21
Things get heated in a physics video on Kinetic Theory! The 21st lesson in a Crash Course playlist explains Kinetic Theory in relation to phase change. As the heat in a system changes, the motion of the particles also changes. The...
TED-Ed
Einstein's Miracle Year
Why was Albert Einstein initially labeled as a "failed" academic, and what events occurred in 1905 that constituted a major turning point for this great scientist? Review Einstein's major theories regarding relativity, light...
Crash Course
Evolution: It's a Thing
Evolution is a theory but thank goodness gravity is a law. What is the theory of evolution and what are the facts supporting this theory? Here's a short video that explains how fossils, homologous structures, biogeography, and direct...
Crash Course
The Epic of Gilgamesh: Crash Course World Mythology #26
Meet a scary demon named Humbaba in the 26th installment of the 41-episode Crash Course World Mythology series. Scholars learn about The Epic of Gilgamesh, an ancient Mesopotamian poem. Viewers also consider how the epic relates to...
Domain of Science
The Chain of Life
The narrator of a short animated video asks viewers to consider how they are just one link in a great chain of life that extends all the way back through time to the first single-cell organisms.
Curated OER
Galaxies, Part 3 of 3
Part three concludes "A Practical Guide to the Universe," completing the description of the Big Bang Theory and what it means. This episode touches on light travel, light speed, and what that means in relation to what we see. While this...
TED-Ed
Game Theory Challenge: Can You Predict Human Behavior?
Game theorists will love the challenge proposed in this video. Every player has the same information (common knowledge) and must guess the closest whole number that represents 2/3 of the average of all numbers other players guessed.
Socratica
What Is a Black Hole? Black Holes Explained
Black holes are not just events in sci-fi movies—they're part of real life! Learners experience the creation of a black hole as they watch an episode of the Socratica playlist. The presenter explains the creation and composition of...
MinutePhysics
Length Contraction and Time Dilation — Special Relativity Chapter 5
Special relativity provides rules for making time both shorter and longer simultaneously—and does the same for distances. This concept seems confusing, but with help from a spacetime globe and mathematical explanation, the concepts...
MinutePhysics
The Twins Paradox Hands-On Explanation — Special Relativity Chapter 8
The final video in a series on Special Relativity offers a new hands-on approach to solving the twins paradox developed by Paul Langevin over 100 years ago.
MinutePhysics
Lorentz Transformations — Special Relativity Chapter 3
Generally, Lorentz transformations require high level math skills, but conceptual understanding can slip just beyond the grasp of many. Using a story and graph about the time and motion of people and cats, viewers of a short video can...
The School of Life
Political Theory - John Rawls
Pretty much everyone has heard the phrase life is unfair. A theory by John Rawls, a famous political theorist, as to why this occurs in government and society presents itself. Pupils watch his theory through primary resource...
The School of Life
Political Theory - Adam Smith
Can capitalism have virtue? Adam Smith thinks so! The 12th video in a series of 13 discusses Smith's political and economic views. Pupils discover these concepts and more through primary source photographs and examples that relate to...
MinutePhysics
Faster Than Light Neutrinos (Maybe): Field Trip!
Walk in the shoes of a research scientist. A short video describes the hurdles necessary to prove that neutrinos are faster than light. The narrator describes the initial experiment and the follow-up research necessary to support the...
Stated Clearly
What is Natural Selection?
If you carefully observe populations with short life cycles, you can observe natural selection happening. The video explains what natural selection is, how scientists theorized it, and how science proves the concept. It highlights the...
American Chemical Society
We Are Made of "Star Stuff"
Explore the validity of a famous quote by Carl Sagan, "We are made of star stuff." An episode of the ACS Reactions playlist explains how deteriorating stars became the origin of all the elements in our world. Learners consider different...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Making of the Fittest: Evolving Switches, Evolving Bodies
How did the stickleback fish, which was once ocean bound, evolve to be able to persist in freshwater lakes? Hear from the scientists who identified the genes and related switches that allowed these survivors to adapt. In addition to the...
TED-Ed
Does Time Exist?
The simple question What time is it? may not be so simple after all. Learn about the history of measuring time and the debate on if time even exists with a short video that considers both classical physics and quantum physics when...
Curated OER
General Relativity: Gravitational Waves
What is a gravitational wave, and did Einstein describe it correctly? Learn how Einstein's theory was challenged over time, proved to be correct, and what gravitational waves are. This is an informative clip describing the phenomena of...
MinutePhysics
The Origin of Quantum Mechanics (feat. Neil Turok)
How do you get the most light out of a light bulb? That's the task Max Planck took on, and it turned out to be rather...enlightening! The illustrated video introduces physics scholars to Planck's plight, which ultimately changed our...
MinutePhysics
Albert Einstein: The Size and Existence of Atoms
How do you prove the existence of something you can't see? For Albert Einstein, a liberal application of math usually did the trick! Physics scholars discover the relationship between atomic size and the motion of larger particles...
Socratica
Kepler's First Law of Motion—Elliptical Orbits
Discover the transition from circular orbit theories to elliptical orbits. An episode of a video series on astronomy models the different elliptical shapes of the orbits of the planets in the solar systems. Using string, the presenter...
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