Crash Course
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream - Crash Course Psychology
Why do we sleep? Well... that's a tricky question. More easily answered is the question,"How do we sleep?" In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank discusses some of the ways our brain functions when sleeping and how it can...
Crash Course
Social Development: Crash Course Sociology
What makes you… you? How did you get to be that way? Today we’re talking about social development, starting with the role of nature and nurture in influencing a person’s development. We’ll discuss socialization, the importance of care &...
Crash Course
The Growth of Knowledge: Crash Course Psychology
How does our knowledge grow? It turns out there are some different ideas about that. Schemas, Four-Stage Theory of Cognitive Development, and Vygotsky's Theory of Scaffolding all play different roles but the basic idea is that children...
Curated Video
From Head to Toe | By Eric Carle | With Quiz!
Welcome to a captivating journey through the animal kingdom in "From Head to Toe" by renowned children's author and illustrator, Eric Carle. Join us for an interactive storytime adventure that will engage young viewers and ignite their...
Mister Simplify
Vygotsky’s theory of Social Development - Simplest explanation ever
Vygotsky's Theory of Social Development is as much a benchmark as Piaget's theory in understanding child psychology and cognition. It was, and is still used to develop curriculum the world over. This video covers the important aspects of...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
James Heckman: Early Interventions Lead To Higher IQs
The Jesuits used to argue that if they could get someone in their church by age five, they’d have them hooked for life. Nobel Laureate James Heckman doesn’t go quite so far in his ideas for early childhood education, but he does suggest...
ProTeachersVideo
The Brain: Enriched Environments
Find out about research into the impact of the environment on education outcomes, which has concluded that a mix of high quality education and social development work best for young children. Enriched environments are important for brain...
Mister Simplify
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development - Simplest Explanation ever
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development is a benchmark in understanding child psychology and was used to develop curriculum for a number of years. This video covers the important aspects of Piaget's Theory with relevant examples and...
Food Farmer Earth
Concerned about Mercury Levels In Tuna?
Is it safe to eat tuna? We talk with Michael Morrissey Ph.D, formerly with the Oregon State University Seafood Lab in Astoria, Oregon, and the lead author of a 2005 study that examined mercury levels in West Coast albacore tuna. As we...
Mister Simplify
Mintzberg's Management Roles for successful managers - Simplest Explanation Ever
Mintzberg's Management Roles is a very useful tool in understanding what it takes to be a successful manager in business. It consists of 10 roles, and this video covers the roles and their meaning. This will hopefully help you understand...
Curated Video
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
This video explains Piaget's theory of cognitive development, which argues that humans go through four stages of development to reach full intelligence. The stages are the sensorimotor stage, preoperational stage, concrete operational...
Sprouts Learning
Piaget's theory of cognitive development
Piaget's theory argues that we have to conquer 4 stages of cognitive development: 1. Sensori-Motor Stage 2. Pre-Operational Stage 3. Concrete Operational Stage 4. Formal Operational Stage
TED-Ed
Inside the Minds of Animals
Is it instinct and intelligence that divide animals from humans? What are they really thinking, and how do we define that? Check out this great video that discusses everything from Descartes' thoughts on the topic and Darwinian...
TED-Ed
What Is Schizophrenia?
A short illustrated video details what little is known about the symptoms, causes, and treatments for schizophrenia. What is known about the disease, considered a syndrome, is detailed in the video and the links provided to other resources.
PBS
Why Do Our Brains Love Fake News?
Fake news is all about the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex versus the orbitofrontal cortex. Huh? Get the facts, the real deal, with a short video that explains clearly and succinctly what's going on in our brains that leads us to listen...
NASA
STEMonstrations: Sleep Science
How often do people get a full night's sleep? Scholars discover the importance of healthy sleep patterns from the viewpoint of space station astronauts in an episode of the STEM on Station series. After viewing a short video, viewers...
Smithsonian Institution
Why Right Brained Is Wrong…Brained
The brain is an especially complex organ. A PD lesson from the Good Thinking series discusses the importance of not isolating processes to the right or left side of the brain. The instruction uses specific examples to illustrate how...
Crash Course
Media and the Mind: Crash Course Media Literacy #4
Media really messes with your head! Psychological scholars explore the tricks our brains sometimes play when presented with new information during a video in a Crash Course series discussing media literacy. Topics include false memory,...
Macat
An Introduction to Leon Festinger's A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
Why do people continue to do things they know are harmful? A short video analysis of Leon Festinger's A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance discusses the conflict between held beliefs and contradictory information, and the lengths that...
SciShow
Can You Really 'Train' Your Brain?
Can video games really reduce your chances of dementia and cognitive decline? Turns out, the majority of the research doesn't support this idea. A video explains why it doesn't work, the studies that have been done, and concludes...
PBS
Pbs:word on the Street: Empathy With Murray Sesame Street
In this video, Murray from Sesame Street shows examples of empathy for preschoolers.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Ready to Learn 2010 2015 Initiative: Teaching Tips: Differentiated Instruction (Peg + Cat)
Kindergarten teacher Allison Frometa uses Peg + Cat games to demonstrate and discuss how she provides differentiated instruction to meet the needs of all students. [3:16]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Kid Vision: Kindergarten Field Trip
Are you ready to take the next big step into Kindergarten? Penny and the KidVision VPK Kids visit one, where they meet the teacher and see how kindergarteners help take care of themselves, follow rules, make friends, and write their own...