TED Talks
Bill Gates: Teachers need real feedback
Until recently, many teachers only got one word of feedback a year: "satisfactory." And with no feedback, no coaching, there's just no way to improve. Bill Gates suggests that even great teachers can get better with smart feedback -- and...
TED Talks
TED: How teachers can help kids find their political voices | Sydney Chaffee
Social justice belongs in our schools, says educator Sydney Chaffee. In a bold talk, she shows how teaching students to engage in activism helps them build important academic and life skills -- and asks us to rethink how we can use...
Bozeman Science
Using Game Design to Improve My Classroom
Paul Andersen explains how he is using elements of game design to improve his AP Biology class. The entire class revolves around Moodle. Students complete levels to acquire experience points and move up the leader board
TED Talks
Freeman Hrabowski: 4 pillars of college success in science
At age 12, Freeman Hrabowski marched with Martin Luther King. Now he's president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where he works to create an environment that helps under-represented students -- specifically...
TED Talks
Alan Kay: A powerful idea about ideas
With all the intensity and brilliance for which he is known, Alan Kay envisions better techniques for teaching kids by using computers to illustrate experience in ways -– mathematically and scientifically -- that only computers can.
TED Talks
TED: How marijuana reform could repair, reclaim and restore communities | Khadijah Tribble
Khadijah Tribble eloquently describes how marijuana reform is necessary to end the destructive war on drugs. Differential enforcement of marijuana drug laws have led to ongoing, systemic social and economic inequity. Tribble suggests...
TED Talks
Dave Eggers: My wish: Once Upon a School
Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, author Dave Eggers asks the TED community to personally, creatively engage with local public schools. With spellbinding eagerness, he talks about how his 826 Valencia tutoring center inspired others around...
Bozeman Science
Reflections on the 2013 AP Biology Exam
Paul Andersen reflects on the 2013 AP Biology Exam.
Amoeba Sisters
Ecological Succession: Nature's Great Grit
Discover a process that truly demonstrates nature's grit: ecological succession! The Amoeba Sisters introduce both primary and secondary succession
Amoeba Sisters
Food Webs and Energy Pyramids: Bedrocks of Biodiversity
Explore food chains, food webs, energy pyramids, and the power of biodiversity in this ecology video by the Amoeba Sisters! This video also introduces general vocabulary for the unit of ecology.
Bozeman Science
Proper Group Size for Learning
Paul Andersen describes his philosophy for group size. One is for learning, active and private. Two is for teaching, it goes both ways. Three is for working, the jobs divided. Four is for nothing but wasting the days.
Bozeman Science
Improving Education - First Draft
Paul Andersen talks about three ways to improve education and how it is reflected in what we are doing at Bozeman Public Schools.
Amoeba Sisters
Dichotomous Keys: Identification Achievement Unlocked
Join the Amoeba Sisters in discovering how to use a dichotomous key to identify organisms. This video also touches on the importance of scientific names. Table of Contents: Intro 00:00 What is a Dichotomous Key? 0:29 Scientific Names vs....
Amoeba Sisters
Natural Selection
Discover natural selection as a mechanism of evolution with the Amoeba Sisters. This video also uncovers the relationship of natural selection and antibiotic resistance in bacteria and emphasizes biological fitness. Note: This video is...
Bozeman Science
Questions and Answers
I just hit 100,000 subscribers and so I put together this Q&A video. Chapters View all Questions Answers 0:08 How old are you? Are you married? Do you have kids? 0:22 Why did you decide to do videos about science in the first place? 0:53...
PBS
A Visit to Mr. Monfre's Class
Every week, Mr. Monfre's class in Milwaukee, Wisconsin watches Idea Channel, has a great discussion and posts an awesome comment. We were lucky enough to surprise them with a visit to their classroom!!! So come watch as Mike meets the...
TED Talks
Sugata Mitra: Kids can teach themselves
Speaking at LIFT 2007, Sugata Mitra talks about his Hole in the Wall project. Young kids in this project figured out how to use a PC on their own -- and then taught other kids. He asks, what else can children teach themselves?
Amoeba Sisters
Biomagnification and the Trouble with Toxins
Explore biomagnification which can happen when toxins become more highly concentrated when moving up through trophic levels in the food chain. Uncontrolled use of DDT is used in video as an example. Learn why bioaccumulation can occur in...
TED Talks
TED: The global learning crisis -- and what to do about it | Amel Karboul
The most important infrastructure we have is educated minds, says former Tunisian government minister Amel Karboul. Yet too often large investments go to more visible initiatives such as bridges and roads, when it's the minds of our...
Bozeman Science
Constructing Scientific Explanations
In this video Paul Andersen shows you how you can use modeling to have your students construct explanations in the science classroom.
Amoeba Sisters
Incomplete Dominance, Codominance, Polygenic Traits, and Epistasis!
Discover more types of non-Mendelian inheritance such as incomplete dominance and codominance with the Amoeba Sisters!
Bozeman Science
Teaching Science at Home: A Survival Guide for Parents
A short guide for parents teaching science during the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020.
TED Talks
Rita Pierson: Every kid needs a champion
Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, "They don't pay me to like the kids." Her response: "Kids don't learn from people they don't like.'" A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually...
TED Talks
TED: Technology crafts for the digitally underserved | Vinay Venkatraman
Two-thirds of the world may not have access to the latest smartphone, but local electronic shops are adept at fixing older tech using low-cost parts. Vinay Venkatraman explains his work in "technology crafts," through which a mobile...