Paul Andersen reflects on Digital Aristotle, his trip to the YouTube Edu summit, and the future of education

It's finally spring where Jessi and Squeaks live! Join them as they take a look back at some of their favorite springtime subjects like why it rains, how plants grow, and all the amazing bugs you can find in the spring!

Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational "death valley" we now face,...

In 1993, Bill and Melinda Gates took a walk on the beach and made a big decision: to give their Microsoft wealth back to society. In conversation with Chris Anderson, the couple talks about their work at the Bill & Melinda Gates...

How can we be so sure of the way celestial bodies behave when they're so far away? With the help of some speakers, garbage cans, and springs of course.

Humans judge each other within 33 milliseconds of seeing each other! We learn better if we think we have to teach someone else, and video games are good for us!

In which John Green teaches you how Russia evolved from a loose amalgamation of medieval principalities known as the Kievan Rus into the thriving democracy we know today. As you can imagine, there were a few bumps along the road. It...

2013 was a year of hype for MOOCs (massive open online courses). Great big numbers and great big hopes were followed by some disappointing first results. But the head of edX, Anant Agarwal, makes the case that MOOCs still matter -- as a...

Jessi and Squeaks are getting ready to go on a big trip to a different state... but that mean they're going to have to leave the Fort for a long time! Join them one last time and learn why it can be so sad to say goodbye, and why it can...

Paul Andersen describes his philosophy for group size.<br/>
One is for learning, active a<br/>nd private.
Two is for teachi<br/>ng, it goes both ways.
Three <br/>is for working, the jobs divided.
Four is for nothing but wasting the days.

Squeaks almost lost a balloon outside, but what would have happened to it had it floated away into the sky?

The list of symptoms for “Long COVID” are even more vast than the opinions about the right name for the condition. But the more we learn about it, and how it is similar to other post-infection syndromes, the better we can help those who...

Jessi has a cool pair of gardening gloves, which makes her wonder, what special tools do animals have for living underground?



First Grade Next Generation Science

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Squeaks got hurt playing outside and had to get stitches! Jessi explains what happens at the doctor's office and how stitches help us heal!

Between the new, potentially Earth-like planets, organic molecules on Ceres, and SpaceX's successful launch, it's been quite a week in space!

There's a helicopter on Mars, but you don't have to go that far to make one in your own home!

Squeaks and Jessi are spending the day making art and revisiting some videos to help them remember all the different ways they can do it!

Jessi and Squeaks want to learn about what (and how) owls eat! Time to experiment!

Even though it may be cold outside, we can always think like engineers! Learn how to build a snowman -or a snowrat- with Jessi and Squeaks!

Fairies do exist! Well, sort of...meet the fairyfly, the smallest insect on Earth that specializes in the magic of miniaturization!

Logarithms are confusing, but perhaps some alternate notation could make them more intuitive.

Woodpeckers search for food by using their face to dig through tree bark! But why doesn't this give them a headache?

Do you have any questions about dinosaurs, or anything else about nature, or outer space, or machines?

Companies are counting on their future leaders to manage with more speed, flexibility and trust than ever before. But how can middle managers climb the corporate ladder while also challenging the way things have always been done?...