PBS
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Prepare first-time readers of Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God with a short video that provides information about how Hurston came to write the novel and how her use of free indirect discourse enriches the story and...
PBS
Public Reaction to Their Eyes Were Watching God
While white literary critics praised her work, the black literary establishment trashed Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God. See what other writers have to say about the novel in a short video from the PBS Masters series.
Curated OER
Trig Identities Part 3 (Part 5 if you watch the proofs)
Sal takes the mystery out of the trigonometric identities by showing how easily they can be derived. He continues with a problem he started in the video �Trig identities part three (part five if you watch the proofs) and proves the trig...
TED-Ed
Is Binge Watching Bad For You?
Straining the eyes, myopia, lack of sun, and a sedimentary lifestyle are all possible side-effects of watching too much tv too regularly. Watch a video that explains how binge watching can cause poor health and eye risks, especially in...
PBS
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God is the subject of a Crash Course Literature episode narrated by John Green. Here, Green shares the critical reactions to the novel as well as his own thoughts about its importance.
Periodic Videos
Gold and Casio Watch
A piece of gold walks into a classroom and the teacher says, "Au, get out." Observe the process of gold plating a cheap watch to better understand the properties of gold. Throughout the experiment, the professor shares the history, uses,...
SciShow
Asteroids to Watch Out for
Can you predict what will happen more than 850 years in the future, down to the exact date? Scientists and mathematicians know exactly when specific asteroids will pass near us or possibly hit us. The video explains how they track the...
TED-Ed
The Ferocious Predatory Dinosaurs of Cretaceous Sahara
What's not to love about dinosaurs? Lucky for us humans, we can love to learn about them from 100 million years away, especially a group of extra large predatory dinosaurs from the Cretaceous period. Watch a descriptive video that...
Age of Learning
The Letter A Song
A is for apple, ant, and alphabet! Introduce the alphabet with an engaging video meant for beginning readers. The video's catchy rhythm is guaranteed to excite youngsters as they watch it over and over again.
TED-Ed
"First Kiss" by Tim Seibles
Nothing compares to a first kiss. Viewers watch an art interpretation of Tim Seibles's poem "First Kiss." Viewers watch as the artists turn from one object to another as the narrator describes the emotions associated with a first kiss.
Crash Course
Labor Markets and Minimum Wage
Can raising the minimum wage lead to unemployment? Young economists watch a rapid-paced video from Crash Course Economics to learn about supply and demand in the labor market and the ways that the minimum wage can both stimulate economic...
Veritasium
How Long Does It Take for the Earth to Go around the Sun?
It's one of those questions that seems simple, but is it? Watch as an interviewer asks people how long it takes for the Earth to go around the sun — and their surprising responses. The video provides a humorous look at a basic earth...
Numberphile
Penney's Game
Stack the odds in your favor. Scholars watch a video in the Numberphile Coins series that introduces a game where contestants pick a sequence of three coin flips (such as HHT) and keep flipping a coin until that sequence appears. The...
Crash Course
Political Campaigns: Crash Course Government and Politics #39
In 2012, each presidential candidate spent a whopping $1 billion! Learners investigate how people create campaigns and run for office. They watch a short video, the 39th of a 50-part US government and politics series, to analyze what...
Curated OER
Trig Identities Part 2 (Part 4 if you watch the proofs)
In this video, Sal reviews the basic trigonometric definitions and identities including the sum of angles formulas and then derives the double angle formulas.
SciShow Kids
What Causes Thunder and Lightning?
Don't be afraid of thunderstorms! Watch a video that explains the science behind thunder and lightning. The speaker relates real-world experiences to the main components of a thunderstorm.
Veritasium
Spinning Disk Trick
Generally, heavy things go on the bottom and light things go on the top. Here is a video that presents a spinning wooden disk that doesn't appear to follow the rules. Young scientists hypothesize why this is before watching a video in...
Mathispower4u
Simplify Exponential Expressions: Product and Power Rule (Example)
See the properties of exponents come alive! Young scholars watch as the video instructor explains the properties of exponents highlighting the product and power rules. He details several examples that your pupils can watch and rewatch to...
Curated OER
Basic Conversation in Spanish - How Are You
There are several ways to ask someone how they are in Spanish, and many ways to respond. Acquaint your class with some basic conversational phrases that all relate to asking someone how they are, and responding to that same question. The...
Jacob Clifford
Positive Externalities
Watch as an economics instructor guides students through what happens when the free market fails to allocate an efficient quantity. He attempts in 90 seconds or less to discuss the positive externality graph and how a government can come...
Volleyball Canada
Listen to your Partner
Listening to your partner is an important life skill, both on and off the volleyball court. During your next volleyball lesson, watch how one team practices the skill; demonstrated by rotating two pairs passing the ball back and forth,...
Amoeba Sisters
DNA Replication: The Cell's Extreme Team Sport
Hey Ligase, what have you been up to? Just making ends meet. Watch a video that uses cartoon graphics to teach DNA replication in a clear and concise manner. It begins with the where and when, then covers helicase, primase, DNA...
Crash Course Kids
Material World
We are living in a material world. But how do we improve materials that have already been invented? Watch material scientists make current materials better and see how cell phone glass evolved from its once easy-to-break form to the...
Rockin' English Lessons
Here and There Song
Enjoy watching an instructive music video with a rock and roll beat and hand-drawn animation! The song showcases how to use the words here and there in sentences.