TED-Ed
Can You Solve "Einstein’s Riddle"?
Riddle me this. The world's rarest fish has been stolen. Who done it? Challenge your young sleuths to tackle Einstein's Riddle and come up with the culprit before being shown the solution.
TED-Ed
How Computers Translate Human Language
Universal Translating Devices? Babel Fish? Johnny Mnemonics? Although standard features of science fiction, computer translating programs have a ways to go before they achieve the success seen in TV shows and films. Here's why.
TED-Ed
The Surprising (And Invisible) Signatures of Sea Creatures
Airplanes resulted from observations of birds flying. What inventions could be inspired by watching sea creatures move? Viewers are challenged to consider how bio-observation might lead them to design something to overcome a challenge in...
TED-Ed
How Science Fiction Can Help Predict the Future
Fortune tellers have their glass ball, futurists have their charts of trends, and science fiction writers have their imaginations. Which would you use to predict the future? See what this video has to say about predicting the future.
TED-Ed
Why is Bread Fluffy, Vinegar Sour, and Swiss Cheese Holey?
The gourmands and foodies in your class will love this gastronomical video! Educational and entertaining, the video explains the natural and added microorganisms that occur with food production, including yeast in bread, carbonation in...
statisticsfun
How to Calculate Conditional Probability
Under which condition should you calculate a conditional probability? An educational video explains in detail the notation and calculations involved when finding a conditional probability. Using Venn diagrams to organize the information,...
TED-Ed
Why Do Some People Have Seasonal Allergies?
Not everyone looks forward to the spring, because it means allergy season for some. An informative video takes a deeper look into what happens to the immune system when seasonal allergens attack.
TED-Ed
What is Obesity?
As the output of foods has increased over the years, so has world-wide epidemic of obesity. However, sometimes genetics plays a role in obesity. But what about being overweight? View a video that discusses the difference between being...
TED-Ed
How does anesthesia work?
Many people know the feeling of counting backward from 100 before a surgical procedure begins, but what actually happens between number 99 and waking up after surgery? Watch a short video about the different types of anesthesia, the...
TED-Ed
What Does the Pancreas Do?
We are all born with one, but how many people actually know what the pancreas does? Follow along with a short video as it examines the important role this often-overlooked organ plays in digesting food and maintaining healthy blood-sugar...
TED-Ed
How Do Animals See in the Dark?
How can nocturnal animals see at night? Bigger eyes? More photoreceptors? Use this video to discover the amazing ways animals have adapted in order to see at night.
TED-Ed
Making Sense of Irrational Numbers
Non-terminating. Non-recurring decimal. Irrational numbers. Proof by Contradiction? Root 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8. Don't be afraid to explore the impossible and check out this short video that offers a rational explanation of irrational numbers.
TED-Ed
Is It Bad to Hold Your Pee?
How many times should a person pee a day? Is it a bad habit to hold it? What makes us have to go pee? These questions are answered in an informative video about the urinary system, and the importance of urinating at the first sign of...
Crash Course
The Creation of Chemistry - The Fundamental Laws
Imagine if scientists today were killed for their thoughts, ideas, and beliefs. And yet, Antoine Lavoisier was beheaded for just those things in 1794. Learn about this fascinating aspect of science along with the contributions of...
TED-Ed
How Much of Human History Is on the Bottom of the Ocean?
Shipwrecks and lost cities are just a few of the artifacts left behind by humans over the years. Take a look at a video that dives into the shallow and deep depths of the ocean to explore pieces of human history.
TED-Ed
How Does the Nobel Peace Prize Work?
What do Juan Manuel Santos Calderon, the Tunisian Nation Dialogue Quartet, Barrack Obama, Bertha Von Suttner, and Malala Yousafzai all have in common? Each of these remarkable individuals is the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. But just...
Khan Academy
What is Inside a Coffee Maker?
You'll never look at your coffee maker the same way again after viewing a video on reverse engineering that shows the components inside a coffee maker. The narrator explains how each part was made, what material it is made from, and how...
statisticsfun
How to Calculate Confidence Intervals and Margin of Error
Explore the meaning of the margin of error and how to use it to calculate the confidence interval with a video that explains how to calculate a margin of error based on the sample size. The instructor also makes a connection between the...
Bozeman Science
Acids, Bases and pH
This resource must have a greater concentration of hydroxide ions than hydrogen ions because it makes pH seem basic. The video describes what happens on a molecular level to change the pH of a liquid and focuses on the importance of the...
Khan Academy
What is Inside a Tap Light?
Turning on a tap light requires just a tap, but breaking it apart requires a bit more work. Viewers watch as the narrator breaks a tap light apart into its component parts. The video explains the purpose of each part and how the tap...
TED-Ed
The Myth Behind the Chinese Zodiac
According to the Chinese zodiac, 2017 is the Year of the Rooster. But why? Viewers are treated to a retelling of The Great Race myth that details the story behind the animal signs, their arrangement on the Chinese zodiac, and the...
Mathematics Assessment Project
Modeling Motion: Rolling Cups
Connect the size of a rolling cup to the size of circle it makes. Pupils view videos of cups of different sizes rolling in a circle. Using the videos and additional data, they attempt to determine a relationship between cup measurements...
TED-Ed
How An Igloo Keeps You Warm
How is it possible that a structure made of snow can keep you warm? Find out with an entertaining video that explains the science involved in igloo construction and how body heat is used to warm them.
TED-Ed
The History of Chocolate
Since 1900 BCE the cocoa bean has been harvested, but much has changed in the ways it is harvested today. Watch and learn about the history of chocolate in an informative and interesting video.