Crash Course
Charts Are Like Pasta - Data Visualization Part 1 - Crash Course Statistics
Today we're going to start our two-part unit on data visualization. Up to this point we've discussed raw data - which are just numbers - but usually it's much more useful to represent this information with charts and graphs. There are...
Crash Course
Intro to Big Data - Crash Course Statistics
Today, we're going to begin our discussion of Big Data. Everything from which videos we click (and how long we watch them) on YouTube to our likes on Facebook say a lot about us - and increasingly more and more sophisticated algorithms...
SciShow
The Carnivorous Plants That Gave Up Meat for Poop
Seymour might have had better luck had he raised one of these Bornean plants instead of a giant Venus flytrap. Instead of evolving to eat animals, they’ve evolved to play nice in exchange for their nutrient rich feces.
Be Smart
DNA Doesn't Look Like What You Think!
Biology textbooks are full of drawings of DNA, but none of those show what DNA actually looks like. Sure, they're good models for understanding how DNA works, but inside of real cells, it's a whole lot more interesting. Learn why we...
Bozeman Science
Ray Diagrams - Mirrors
In this video Paul Andersen explains how ray diagrams can be used to determine the size and location of a reflected image. Ray diagrams for plane, concave, and convex mirrors are included.
SciShow Kids
How Do We Know When It Will Rain?
Have you ever seen a weather report on TV and wondered how they can tell when it's going to rain days before it happens? Well, there are special scientists called meteorologists who use all kinds of cool equipment to predict the weather!
Bozeman Science
ESS2B - Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions
In this video Paul Andersen explains how plate tectonics explains the large-scale system interactions on our planet. Large plates float on the mantle and interact to form the major landforms on the planet. Evidence for plate tectonics...
Bozeman Science
DNA and RNA - Part 1
Paul Andersen introduces the nucleic acids of life; RNA and DNA. He details the history of DNA from Griffith, to Avery, to Hershey and finally to Watson and Crick. He also details the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic...
SciShow Kids
Be a Weather Watcher
Learn about different types of weather and how to keep track of your weather observations!
TED Talks
TED: How comic strips create better health care | Sam Hester
Comics creator Sam Hester is part of a growing movement within health care: graphic medicine. In short, literally drawing attention to a patient's needs and goals with pictures to foster better and more accessible caretaking. Hester...
SciShow
New Insights Into The Minds Eye
SciShow explores a newly identified neurological condition, aphantasia, the inability to visualize things in your imagination, and gives tribute to Dr. Oliver Sacks, popular explorer of the human mind.
SciShow Kids
Frog or Toad?
Frogs are really cool! They can jump high, swim fast, and their skin is super slimy! But frogs have some less-slimy, less-hoppy relatives that are just as cool: toads! Join Jessi and squeaks to learn the big and little differences...
MinutePhysics
Tour of the Map of the Big Bang
Ever wanted to explore the Cosmic Background Radiation? It's our best picture of the big bang, and now you can!
TED Talks
Vik Muniz: Art with wire, sugar, chocolate and string
Vik Muniz makes art from pretty much anything, be it shredded paper, wire, clouds or diamonds. Here he describes the thinking behind his work and takes us on a tour of his incredible images.
Curated Video
Wait For It...The Mongols!: Crash Course World History
In which John Green teaches you, at long last, about the most exceptional bunch of empire-building nomads in the history of the world, the Mongols! How did the Mongols go from being a relatively small band of herders who occasionally...
Crash Course Kids
Weathering and Erosion
In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina gives us a real world example of how the Hydrosphere and Geosphere affect each other in the form of Weathering and Erosion. Think of Weathering as the force that makes a mess and Erosion as...
SciShow Kids
Mixing Colors!
Join Squeaks and Jessi as they work on their paintings, and learn how you can make new colors!
PBS
The Eye of Sauron Reveals a Forming Solar System!
Fomalhaut is a massive young star surrounded by a ring of dust debris that can tell us a great deal about the formation of our own solar system.
TED Talks
TED: Women should represent women in media | Megan Kamerick
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. How do you tell women’s stories? Ask women to tell them. At TEDxABQ, Megan Kamerick shows how the news media...
SciShow Kids
Check Out the Great Barrier Reef!
Barrier reefs are home to all kinds of amazing animals, but did you know that the coral itself is an animal? Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn all about coral and the longest coral reef in the world, The Great Barrier Reef!
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How to spot a misleading graph - Lea Gaslowitz
When they're used well, graphs can help us intuitively grasp complex data. But as visual software has enabled more usage of graphs throughout all media, it has also made them easier to use in a careless or dishonest way - and as it turns...
Bozeman Science
The Skeletal System
Paul Andersen describes the important features of the skeletal system. He starts by comparing and contrasting endoskeletons and exoskeletons. He then explains how the human skeleton provides support, movement, storage, blood production...
Bozeman Science
A Tour of the Periodic Table
Mr. Andersen describes the major groups on the periodic table.