Crash Course
Synge, Wilde, Shaw, and the Irish Renaissance: Crash Course Theater #36
Some of the greatest plays contain only one act. A video, the 36th in the Crash Course Theater and Drama playlist, provides an overview of playwrights connected to the Irish Renaissance, particularly J.M. Synge, who was known for his...
Be Smart
Do Animals Mourn Their Dead?
Dolphin mothers whose babies have died have been photographed in the wild, holding their young above the water and staying with them for days in what scientists believe is a period of mourning. Viewers explore grief and the mourning...
Simple History
The California Gold Rush Cartoon 1849 (The Wild West)
There's gold in them thar hills! A short cartoon introduces middle schoolers to the California Gold Rush of 1849. The video encourages viewers to dig deeper and mine for a lode of information about gold mining, the 49ers, and the...
The Brain Scoop
Olinguito
Sometimes a brand new species of mammal is hiding right under our noses! Meet the olinguito, a raccoon-like mammal from South America. Part of a larger playlist on mammals, an interesting video discusses how a researcher from The...
MinuteEarth
Why Are There so Many Tigers in Texas?
Everything is bigger in Texas, including its cats! An engaging video compares and contrasts the global wild tiger population to the domesticated population in Texas. By comparing habitat characteristics, the instructor explains why the...
MinuteEarth
The Great North American Locust Plague
The largest locust swarm recorded in North America measured 110 miles wide and 1,800 miles long, making it roughly twice the size of Colorado. A video begins with what locusts are and where they came from then explains the damage they...
PBS
How Horses Took Over North America (Twice)
Should horses be considered native to North America? PBS Eons presents the fossil record to answer this question. the video starts with the evolution of animals that eventually led to the family scientists now know includes horses. Then,...
Crash Course
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
Sleep, as another form of consciousness, gets the Crash Course treatment in the ninth video in a 13-part, introduction to psychology course. Information about the four stages of sleep, sleep disorders, and dream interpretation theories...
Domain of Science
The Map of Physics
Aristotle said, "The more you know, the more you know you don't know." Physics includes everything from the laws of motion to quantum gravity. An interesting video attempts to cover the main concepts of every branch of physics in only a...
Deep Look
Why Does Your Cat's Tongue Feel Like Sandpaper?
A cat's tongue makes a purr-fect grooming tool. But why are cats such obsessive groomers? Discover the many advantages a clean, silky coat gives these predators in a short video. With reasons that range from skin health to remaining...
Curated OER
Symbiotic Relationships
It's not always tooth and nail in the wild; sometimes animals benefit from each other's presence. Watch a few unique partnerships natural to different environments. Particularly interesting is watching the Goby Fish and the shrimp keep...
Veritasium
Koala Encounters
Have you ever seen a koala jump from one tree branch to another? The video shares an encounter with a koala in the wild. It describes the typical day for a koala and the reasons for their lack of energy.
Crash Course
Poor Unfortunate Theater: Crash Course Theater #48
Sometimes it's impossible to keep up with the Joneses. Scholars watch video 48 in the Crash Course Theater and Drama series that describes poor theater, which takes out the typical lights, costume, and sets that rich theater includes....
Crash Course
Japan, Kabuki, and Bunraku: Crash Course Theater #23
Kabuki and Bunraku may sound like new age exercise routines, but they're actually types of Japanese theater. An informational video describes the history of theater in Japan during the nineteenth century. The resource includes a...
Crash Course
Where Did Theater Go? Crash Course Theater #18
Oh, the drama! According to Plato, poetry is a false representation of reality and, to him, poetry included drama. The Puritans also despised theater, a topic the informational video explores. The narrator describes the controversial...
Crash Course
Broadway Book Musicals: Crash Course Theater #50
Viewers of a short video learn about the development of the Broadway Book Musical in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Scholars explore the Golden Age of Broadway, which produced classics like Annie Get Your Gun and...
Khan Academy
Intro to Coloring
Programming without color is like watching the Wizard of Oz in black and white, you understand what's going on, but you lose the visual impact of the story. Here, we learn to add color to the images we are coding. Background, fill,...
Welch Labs
Imaginary Numbers Are Real (Part 2: A Little History)
In some cases, a square root of a negative number must exist in order to determine the roots of a cubic equation. An educational presentation provides a specific example of a cubic with a known root to have an understanding of a square...
TED-Ed
What Adults Can Learn From Kids
"For better or worse, we kids aren't hampered as much when it comes to thinking about reasons why not to do things." Watch and be inspired by Adira Svitak, an amazing young girl who challenges her adult audience to learn from kids....
National Geographic
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. not only paved the way for African American citizens' civil rights, he created an example for women's groups, Hispanic groups, and groups with disabilities to fight for their rights as well. Learn more with a...
TED-Ed
The Strange Case of the Cyclops Sheep
Did you know the cyclops sheep got its name from the cyclopamine molecule found in wild corn lilies? But wht else is there to know about the cyclops sheep? Watch a video that explains the strange yet amazing discovery of the cyclopomine...
Bill Nye
Bill Nye The Science Guy on Wind
Heating and spinning of our planet are what generate wind. A very large tank is used to model the phenomenon of convection, which is explained by Bill, but never specifically mentioned. If you show this mini movie to your meteorology...
Crash Course
Westward Expansion
Take a closer look into the American movement to the wild west during the late nineteenth century and the drastic consequences this had for native populations. The video discusses the importance of the transcontinental railroad in...
Be Smart
The Surprising Origin of Thanksgiving Foods
Many of the foods pilgrims ate include foods people still eat at American Thanksgiving celebrations today. The turkey, a domesticated animal native to the Americas, often finds itself the center of attention on this holiday. Today's corn...