Instructional Video4:13
SciShow Kids

Meet the 5 Dwarf Planets!

K - 5th
Jessi introduces you to some of the most newly-named members of the solar system: the five dwarf planets!
Instructional Video4:10
SciShow Kids

Trees That Never Lose Their Leaves! Science for Kids

K - 5th
Some trees lose their leaves in the fall, but some keep their green leaves all year round. Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn about evergreens: where they grow, and how they survive in harsh conditions!
Instructional Video2:58
SciShow Kids

Why Do Leaves Change Colors in the Fall?

K - 5th
Autumn means leaves are turning different shades of red, orange, and yellow and falling to the ground. But why? Jessi takes you deep inside a leaf to explain!
Instructional Video3:11
SciShow Kids

How Do Our Bodies Move?

K - 5th
A SciShow Kids viewer wants to know: How Do Our Bodies Move? Jessi explains, while Squeaks works out!
Instructional Video3:13
SciShow Kids

How to Feel Your Heart Beat

K - 5th
Get to know your body’s most important muscle -- your heart -- and learn how to take your own pulse!
Instructional Video3:20
SciShow Kids

Super Simple Machines: Levers

K - 5th
Levers are a simple machine that help us make work easier. But how do they work and how can you make one to help you? Check out this episode with Squeaks and Jessi to learn all about levers!
Instructional Video2:54
SciShow Kids

Let’s Get Rolling! Physics for Kids

K - 5th
Jessi and Squeaks found a ton of rocks for their rock collection... but they're too heavy to get back to the fort! Join them as they figure out the perfect simple machine to help them out: the wheel and axle!
Instructional Video15:12
TED Talks

TED: How porn changes the way teens think about sex | Emily F. Rothman

12th - Higher Ed
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. "The free, online, mainstream pornography that teenagers are most likely to see is a completely terrible form of...
Instructional Video3:27
SciShow Kids

What Makes Bridges So Strong?

K - 5th
A SciShow Kids viewer wrote us to ask how bridges are strong enough to carry cars and trucks! Jessi and Squeaks can explain -- with blocks!
Instructional Video4:23
SciShow Kids

Build a Tiny Plant World! Science Project for Kids

K - 5th
Jessi and Squeaks just learned about terrariums, and now they want to make one for themselves! Join them to learn all about these tiny gardens in a bottle and how you can make one of your own!
Instructional Video3:38
SciShow Kids

Real-Life Robots

K - 5th
Meet some real-life robots, and find out what robots really are, and what they do for us every day!
Instructional Video3:06
SciShow Kids

What’s Inside a Bean?

K - 5th
Have you ever wondered how a tiny little seed grows into a plant? Well, there's a special kind of seed, one you've probably eaten before, that's big enough for you to open up and see how it works: a bean!
Instructional Video3:24
SciShow Kids

How Does A Seed Become A Plant?

K - 5th
Jessi and Squeaks show you how a tiny seed, like the kind you eat in your trail mix! Grows into a big plant!
Instructional Video3:50
SciShow Kids

The Color-Changing Celery Experiment!

K - 5th
Want to learn how plants move water around inside them? Or do you just want to turn a stalk of celery purple? Then try our amazing color-changing celery experiment, in class or at home!
Instructional Video3:56
SciShow Kids

Endangered Animals!

K - 5th
What's something pandas, orangutans, rhinos, and gorillas have in common? They're all endangered animals. Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn how an animal becomes endagered and what we can do to help them!
Instructional Video2:59
SciShow Kids

Need a Lift Try a Pulley!

K - 5th
Jessi and Squeaks just got a new telescope, and they can't wait to check out the night sky! But there's just one problem: it's too heavy to bring up the stairs into the observatory! Join them as they learn about a simple machine that can...
Instructional Video4:21
SciShow Kids

Could I Dig a Hole Through the Earth?

K - 5th
Have you tried to dig a deep hole? So deep that you could dig all the way to the other side of the Earth? It's pretty hard, and lots of people have tried. So what's stopping us from digging through the Earth? It has something to do with...
Instructional Video4:24
SciShow Kids

Amazing Animal Groups

K - 5th
Groups of animals have some really interesting names! Learn about them with Jessi and Squeaks!
Instructional Video4:05
SciShow Kids

The Power of Sunlight! Science Project for Kids

K - 5th
Jessi and Squeaks use the power of the sun to conduct a cool science experiment!
Instructional Video4:17
SciShow Kids

Make a Moon Puzzle!

K - 5th
Have you noticed that the moon looks different over the course of the month? Follow along with this fun activity to help you remember the different phases of the moon!
Instructional Video10:13
TED Talks

Bill Gates: How state budgets are breaking US schools

12th - Higher Ed
America's school systems are funded by the 50 states. In this fiery talk, Bill Gates says that state budgets are riddled with accounting tricks that disguise the true cost of health care and pensions and weighted with worsening deficits...
Instructional Video9:26
TED Talks

Ellen Gustafson: Obesity + hunger = 1 global food issue

12th - Higher Ed
Co-creator of the philanthropic FEED bags, Ellen Gustafson says hunger and obesity are two sides of the same coin. In her talk, she launches The 30 Project -- a way to change how we farm and eat in the next 30 years, and solve the global...
Instructional Video9:07
Crash Course

Social Development: Crash Course Sociology

12th - Higher Ed
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 &...
Instructional Video12:01
TED Talks

Liz Kleinrock: How to teach kids to talk about taboo topics

12th - Higher Ed
When one of Liz Kleinrock's fourth-grade students said the unthinkable at the start of a class on race, she knew it was far too important a teachable moment to miss. But where to start? Learn how Kleinrock teaches kids to discuss taboo...