Curated Video
KS2 Primary English Age 9-13 - Vocabulary: Fiction - Explained
SchoolOnline's Primary English videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners and skilled teachers. Ideal for ages 9-13, they cover every key skill in English Reading and Writing that students need to master in...
Chungdahm Learning
Monster Week Episode 3 - Mather’s Place
Werewolves, vampires, and monsters. It’s the stuff of nightmares. But for this town, it’s a real problem. With the police covering up local attacks and disappearances, it’s up to Gus and her best-friend Mac to find the truth behind the...
Chungdahm Learning
Monster Week Episode 1 - The Curse
Werewolves, vampires, and monsters. It’s the stuff of nightmares. But for this town, it’s a real problem. With the police covering up local attacks and disappearances, it’s up to Gus and her best-friend Mac to find the truth behind the...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
James A. Cusumano - I Can See Clearly: Finding Your Life Purpose and Passion
James A. Cusumano is chairman and owner of Chateau Mcely, chosen by the European Union as a leading Green, 5-star, Castle Hotel and Spa in Central Europe, and by the World Travel Awards as The World’s Leading Green Hotel. Chateau Mcely...
But Why
All Kinds of Religions
Throughout time, humans have developed systems of belief to address life’s big questions: How did the world begin? How should we treat other people? What happens to us after we die? Most religions rely on faith in some form of...
PBS
War and Peace and Everything Else (Feat. Lindsay Ellis and Princess Weekes)
According to Tolstoy himself, War and Peace was "not a novel, even less is it a poem, and still less a historical chronicle." And in this day and age of publishing, where word count, “readability”, and topical relevance are the lifeline...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Robbie Bach - On Creativity
Robbie joined Microsoft in 1988. Over the next twenty-two years, he worked in various marketing and business management roles—including supporting the successful launch and expansion of Microsoft Office. As Chief Xbox Officer, he led the...
Vlogbrothers
On Immunity, Inoculation, and Individuals
In which John, inspired by Eula Biss's book On Immunity, considers how immunity and inoculation happen. Other topics discussed include vaccination, the relationship between individual efforts and collaboration, and what must be shared to...
Makematic
Colorful world of animals
Nature and art can inspire children to tell amazing stories. Creating animal stories helps children understand the difference between fact and fiction. In this activity, children aged 8-11 will create an imaginary animal and build a...
PBS
The Constructed Languages of JRR Tolkien (Feat. Lindsay Ellis)
Tolkien is widely regarded as the most influential author on the fantasy genre… period. But one of the less-discussed aspects of his work is the way Tolkien used constructed language in his writing. Nowadays authors are constantly...
NASA
NASA | Return to Venus: Part II
Watch "Return to Venus - Part I" at:From Galileo and the Heliocentric model of the Solar System to James Hansen and climate research, observations of the planet Venus throughout history have given us the perspective we need to understand...
PBS
The (Stephen) King of Horror Feat. Lindsay Ellis
Few writers have had the sheer staying power, popularity, and prolific output as Stephen King. From insatiably flesh-hungry clowns and sentient cars to telekinetic teenagers and mystical gunslingers, if there’s one author who has taken...
PBS
Modern Warfare and Alien Invasions
What really crashed down to Earth in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947? Can we trust the government when they say it was just a weather balloon? Today Danielle looks at the history of alien conspiracies and what they teach us about the legacy...
Weird History
Hygiene In The Victorian Era
When you peel back all the layers of silk and lace, you'll discover that the Victorians were actually pretty gross.
Book Club for Kids
Race and "Maniac Magee"
In Jerry Spinelli’s Maniac Magee, a twelve-year-old orphan runs away in search of a home and finds himself in a small Pennsylvania town segregated by race. There, the mysterious stranger, who earns the nickname “Maniac” for his legendary...
Curated Video
3 Strategies to Become a Wonderfully Winning IELTS Writer
Today you learn about 3 strategies that will turn you into a high-scoring IELTS writer! Students often ask, “How do I improve my writing?” Or, also often, IELTS teachers hear, “How do I come up with ideas for my essays?” Good news! If...
Curated Video
Quantum Physics: Here’s Why Movies Always Get It Wrong
Quantum physics deals with the foundation of our world – the electrons in an atom, the protons inside the nucleus, the quarks that build those protons, and the photons that we perceive as light. These constitute everything that we are...
Makematic
Weather or not game
"Families need to be ready for whatever weather is coming and to help children prepare for the unexpected. In this activity, children aged 8-11 will design and play a game that helps them explore different types of weather. When children...
Book Club for Kids
Survival in "A Long Walk to Water"
The people of Sudan, a country in northeast Africa, have faced many difficult challenges, including civil war, drought, and famine. This audio interview focuses on A Long Walk to Water, a story about two young survivors of extreme...
Makematic
What if Objects Told Stories?
In this video, students will explore an old object, then sculpt their own and develop a story based on fact and fiction.
PBS
Who Can You Trust? Unreliable Narrators (Feat. Lindsay Ellis) | PBS Digital Studios
Who is the most powerful character in fiction? Villains may doom the world, heroes may save it, but no one has more control over the plot than the narrator - expositing the who, what, where, when and how directly into the reader’s mind....
PBS
The Case for Fan Fiction (feat. Lindsay Ellis and Princess Weekes)
For years writers of fan fiction were shamed, the butt of jokes, and even subject to copyright litigation. However, in the past few years, with the fan fiction writers of today becoming the published mainstream authors of today the past...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Julia Prendergast - Why Fiction Matters
Julia Prendergast’s novel, The Earth Does Not Get Fat was published in 2018 (UWA Publishing: Australia). Her short stories feature in the current edition of Australian Short Stories. Other stories have been recognised and published:...
Makematic
If I was there
"How do authors and illustrators weave information that they know into stories? Stories that are personally relevant help children understand the difference between fact and fiction. In this activity, children aged 3-7 will create...