TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The benefits of good posture - Murat Dalkilinc
Has anyone ever told you, "Stand up straight!" or scolded you for slouching at a family dinner? Comments like that might be annoying"but they're not wrong. Your posture is the foundation for every movement your body makes and can...
Bozeman Science
ETS1C - Optimizing the Design Solution
In this video Paul Andersen explains how engineers optimize the design solution. After a number of solutions have been identified engineers will test each of them against a given set of criteria. They will trade-off different phenomenon...
SciShow Kids
How Do Our Bodies Move?
A SciShow Kids viewer wants to know: How Do Our Bodies Move? Jessi explains, while Squeaks works out!
SciShow Kids
How to Feel Your Heart Beat
Get to know your body’s most important muscle -- your heart -- and learn how to take your own pulse!
SciShow Kids
Super Simple Machines: Levers
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!
SciShow Kids
Let’s Get Rolling! Physics for Kids
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!
Bozeman Science
Animals
Paul Andersen briefly surveys members of the Domain Animalia. He begins with brief description of the phylogeny of animals. He then describes the characteristics of all animals, heterotrophy, multicellularity, motility and blastula. He...
TED Talks
TED: Why we're storing billions of seeds | Jonathan Drori
In this brief talk from TED U 2009, Jonathan Drori encourages us to save biodiversity -- one seed at a time. Reminding us that plants support human life, he shares the vision of the Millennium Seed Bank, which has stored over 3 billion...
Bozeman Science
ESS1C - The History of the Earth
In this video Paul Andersen explains in more detail the history of the Earth. He shows how the history of the Earth is written in the rocks that are built up over time. Fossils allow us to compare different rock layers relative to one...
TED Talks
TED: What rivers can tell us about the earth's history | Liz Hajek
Rivers are one of nature's most powerful forces -- they bulldoze mountains and carve up the earth, and their courses are constantly moving. Understanding how they form and how they'll change is important for those that call their banks...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you solve the giant spider riddle? | Dan Finkel
Once every century, the world's greatest spiders gather to compete in a series of grueling games. The winner will become the next arachnomonarch, able to command all the world's spiders to their will. That day is today, and for the first...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you solve the Trojan War riddle? | Dennis Shasha
On Olympus, you've been waiting for an opportunity to bring the bloody Trojan War to its conclusion. The two sides have agreed to a brief truce, and when you consult the Fates, they advise: should the peace last for 10 days, all will end...
Crash Course Kids
Current Events
What are air currents? Air currents are like rivers of wind caused by areas of high and low pressure.The air above the land is warmer and less dense, so it rises. The air over the water is cooler and heavier. The cool air rushes in...
Bozeman Science
Geology
In this video Paul Andersen explains how rock is formed and changed on the planet. The video begins with a brief description of rocks, minerals, and the rock cycle. Plate tectonics is used to describe structure near plate boundaries. Hot...
SciShow
The Science of Chocolate
While you unwrap that luscious truffle, let Hank explain the science of chocolate -- where it comes from, what its active ingredient is, and how it works. Also learn the difference between chocolate, cocoa, cacao and coca, so you really...
SciShow
Did a Planet Escape the Solar System?
Astronomers still aren't sure about how our solar system might have formed, but they have simulations to help them get closer to the answer!
Bozeman Science
Matter as a Particle
In this video Paul Andersen explains how matter, like light, can be treated as both a particle and a wave. Louis de Broglie proposed that matter could act as a wave and described the wavelength of matter as a function of Planck's...
SciShow Kids
The Color-Changing Celery Experiment!
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!
SciShow Kids
Need a Lift Try a Pulley!
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...
SciShow Kids
Dissect a Pumpkin!
Jessi and Squeaks want to learn more about the inside of a pumpkin. How? By dissecting it!
SciShow
Does Photographic Memory Exist?
Don't you think it would be nice if you had a photographic memory? But is it actually a thing?
Bozeman Science
Transverse and Longitudinal Waves
In this video Paul Andersen compares and contrasts transverse and longitudinal waves. Waves carry energy through oscillations. In transverse waves the oscillations are perpendicular to the direction of the wave and in longitudinal they...
Crash Course Kids
Constellation Location
Let's say you're looking for a specific constellation in the sky, but can't find it? That could be because you're on the wrong part of the planet to see it. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about how the Earth's...
Bozeman Science
ESS2C - The Role of Water in Earth's Surface Processes
In this video Paul Andersen explains the vital role that water plays in the processes on the Earth's surface. Water has several unique properties including high heat capacity, transparency, polarity and the ability to change the chemical...