Instructional Video1:55
Curated Video

The Windshield Wiper: A Female Innovation

9th - Higher Ed
The first mass-produced car in America was basically a lawnmower with leather trim, but it was a start, right? This is the story of Mary Anderson and the Windshield Wiper - an invention that happened by a stroke of fate!
Instructional Video5:45
Amor Sciendi

The Birth of Venus and Phi

12th - Higher Ed
Trying to work through the rumor that the Golden Ratio appears in Botticelli's famous work "The Birth of Venus" The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli Works Cited Hagen, Rose-Marie, and Rainer Hagen. Masterpieces in Detail: What Great...
Instructional Video15:50
Curated Video

Vincent Van Gogh's The Starry Night: Great Art Explained

9th - Higher Ed
Vincent van Gogh was a largely self-taught artist who didn’t pick up a paintbrush until he was 30 years old.



Just seven years later, he would

be dead.

It was really his last four years where he developed the...
Instructional Video5:29
History Hit

Rodin and the art of ancient Greece: The burghers of Calais and dance movements

12th - Higher Ed
Learn the history and intent of the Berghers of Calais, be it in England or in Calais. Finally, what inspired Rodin to capture motion and how did he inspire future generations of artists?<br/>
Rodin and the art of ancient Greece, Part 4
Instructional Video1:40
Curated Video

Hedy Lamarr: Mother of WiFi

9th - Higher Ed
Did you know? The amazing technology behind Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS was the brainchild of Hollywood actor turned visionary inventor Hedy Lamarr - the Mother of Wi-Fi.
Instructional Video1:47
Curated Video

Tennis for Two: America's First Video Game

9th - Higher Ed
It was pretty basic – but also revolutionary! Find out how American physicist William Higinbotham created Tennis For Two and discover its links to the mysterious Manhattan Project.
Instructional Video1:40
Curated Video

DJ Kool Herc's Turntables: Hip Hop Extraordinaire

9th - Higher Ed
In 1970s New York, 16-year-old Jamaican immigrant Clive Campbell (aka DJ Kool Herc) used his trusty turntables to loop funk records and bring the beat. In the process he helped create one of America's true art forms: hip hop.
Instructional Video2:09
Curated Video

John Rollin Ridge: the Native American Novelist Like No Other

9th - Higher Ed
We've had some great American Novelists? You've read some of them in school, right? But one writer you've probably never heard of is John Rollin Ridge, aka Yellow Bird: the first Native American to ever publish a novel about a fictitious...
Instructional Video4:26
Cerebellum

America: Growth Of A New Nation 1798-1814 - Judicial Review

9th - 12th
American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. In this edition of America’s...
Instructional Video4:13
Tarver Academy

Adding and Subtracting Fractions

12th - Higher Ed
In This Episode, Tyler Teaches Us About Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Nova Online: Einstein's Big Idea

9th - 10th
A many-faceted investigation into Albert Einstein. Includes, a Timeline, Light Stuff, Genius among Geniuses, Time Traveler, Relativity and the Cosmos, and much more. Also, Einstein Links and a Teacher's Guide are provided.
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: What Is an Artist?: Lesson 1

9th - 10th
This lesson will define the concept of an artist. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "What is an Artist?."