Instructional Video4:21
SciShow Kids

Compound Eyes: See Like a Dragonfly! | Amazing Animal Senses | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
Jessi and Squeaks learn all about how dragonflies see - did you know they have thousands of eyes?! First Grade Next Generation Science Standards Crosscutting Concept: Structure and Function: The way an object is shaped or structured...
Instructional Video2:50
SciShow

Why Do Some Drugs Make Your Pupils Wider?

12th - Higher Ed
How do your pupils work and why do some substances make them dilate?
Instructional Video16:09
SciShow

From Wombat Butts to Quantum Mechanics | SciShow Quiz Show

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow script writer and D&D enthusiast Alexa Billow goes head to head against Hank in his 50th Quiz Show appearance! Who will win in the battle of Wombat Butts and Quantum Mechanics?
Instructional Video3:58
SciShow

Can Sneezing Make Your Eye Pop Out?

12th - Higher Ed
When you were a kid, one of your friends probably told you that if you sneezed with your eyes open, your eyeballs would pop out of your head. But that can't really happen... right?
Instructional Video2:54
SciShow Kids

Make an Eclipse Viewer!

K - 5th
Jessi and Squeaks show you how to make a pinhole viewer so you can safely watch the solar eclipse!
Instructional Video8:36
SciShow

8 Things People Get Wrong About Animals

12th - Higher Ed
If you watched a lot of cartoons as a kid, chances are you picked up some common animal stereotypes like "cats love milk!" or "bears can't get enough of that sweet, sweet honey!" What if we told you that everything cartoons taught you is...
Instructional Video6:22
SciShow

3 Weird Stars You Can See with the Naked Eye

12th - Higher Ed
These three stars can easily be seen with the naked eye, but it took some fancy telescopes for us to realize how weird they really are!
Instructional Video13:21
SciShow

SciShow Quiz Show: With the Brain Scoop's Emily Graslie!

12th - Higher Ed
Hank goes head-to-head with the Brain Scoop’s Emily Graslie to match wits about springs, hoaxes, and human evolution!
Instructional Video16:02
TED Talks

TED: Let's save the last pristine continent | Robert Swan

12th - Higher Ed
2041 will be a pivotal year for our planet. That year will mark the end of a 50-year agreement to keep Antarctica, the Earth's last pristine continent, free of exploitation. Explorer Robert Swan — the first person to walk both the North...
Instructional Video3:58
SciShow Kids

Do I Need Glasses?

K - 5th
This video is brought to you by the Child and Teen Checkups program of the Minnesota Department of Health.
Instructional Video9:18
SciShow

Things That Go Bump in Your Brain: 4 Scientific Explanations for Ghosts

12th - Higher Ed
Wandering an old dark place at night sounds pretty scary, but you can take comfort in the fact that ghostly encounters can be explained by natural phenomena: no “super-” prefix necessary.
Instructional Video3:37
SciShow Kids

The Science of Being Scared

K - 5th
Squeaks surprises Jessi, which makes her wonder: What's the science behind getting scared?
Instructional Video5:43
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: What causes hallucinations? - Elizabeth Cox

Pre-K - Higher Ed
A condition called Charles Bonnet Syndrome can cause blind patients to hallucinate scenes in vivid color. fMRI studies show that these hallucinations activate the same brain areas as sight - areas that are not activated by imagination....
Instructional Video4:27
SciShow

Victorian Pseudosciences: Solving Murders with Eyeballs

12th - Higher Ed
In the 1800s, Wilhelm Kuhne created an image of a window from the eyes of a rabbit. Was this technology applicable to humans?
Instructional Video9:30
SciShow

8 Strange New Deep Sea Creatures

12th - Higher Ed
Learn about some new sea creatures that recently made their debut to the land world!
Instructional Video2:32
SciShow

Do Fish Dream?

12th - Higher Ed
It’s easy to look at a sleeping dog’s leg twitching and imagine that it’s having a wonderful rabbit-chasing dream. But can animals with brains that are very different from ours have dreams?
Instructional Video2:30
MinutePhysics

Why is the Sun Yellow and the Sky Blue

12th - Higher Ed
Why is the Sun Yellow and the Sky Blue
Instructional Video5:15
SciShow

Why Do We Get the Spins When We’re Drunk?

12th - Higher Ed
If you're old enough to drink, you may have had a few too many cocktails and suddenly everything is spinning. Strange as it might seem, that’s not because the alcohol you drank is messing with your brain! So what causes the spins?
Instructional Video5:00
SciShow

Communication While Dreaming

12th - Higher Ed
It’s hard to study dreams because it’s not like you can communicate back and forth with someone while they’re asleep...at least you couldn’t, until now!
Instructional Video3:16
SciShow

Brittle Stars Could Teach Robots To See With Their Skin

12th - Higher Ed
Brittle stars are eyeless, brainless animals that spend their time hanging out in dark crevices of coral reefs. But despite all this, it seems that they can still see...using their skin!
Instructional Video18:16
TED Talks

Playtime with Pleo, your robotic dinosaur friend - Caleb Chung

12th - Higher Ed
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Pleo the robot dinosaur acts like a living pet -- exploring, cuddling, playing, reacting and learning. Inventor and...
Instructional Video9:48
PBS

Telescopes of Tomorrow

12th - Higher Ed
The telescopes of tomorrow will see in infrared and ultraviolet. They will peer through space and scan across time. They will allow us to find new supernovae, spot potentially hazardous asteroids, better understand dark energy and peer...
Instructional Video4:06
Be Smart

The Scale of the Universe

12th - Higher Ed
From the very large to the very small, the universe is an amazing place. Here's my favorite ways to explore its scale.
Instructional Video11:27
SciShow

SciShow Quiz Show: The Science of Puppies!

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Quiz Show is back, with familiar faces Hank Green and Lindsey Doe matching wits about ancient science, puppies, and all kinds of words that have “sex” in them!