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Andreas Schleicher: Use data to build better schools
How can we measure what makes a school system work? Andreas Schleicher walks us through the PISA test, a global measurement that ranks countries against one another -- then uses that same data to help schools improve. Watch to find out...
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TED: A child of the state | Lemn Sissay
Literature has long been fascinated with fostered, adopted and orphaned children, from Moses to Cinderella to Oliver Twist to Harry Potter. So why do many parentless children feel compelled to hide their pasts? Poet and playwright Lemn...
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TED: The fight against sex slavery | Sunitha Krishnan
Sunitha Krishnan has dedicated her life to rescuing women and children from sex slavery, a multimilion-dollar global market. In this courageous talk, she tells three powerful stories, as well as her own, and calls for a more humane...
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Salmon Parents Are Amazing!
What swims in rivers and the ocean and is an awesome parent? Jessi and Squeaks talk about the amazing life cycle of salmon.
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Make Your Own Ice Cream!
The weather is warming up where Jessi lives, which means its time for some cool treats! Join Jessi and Squeaks and learn how to whip up some tasty vanilla ice cream!
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Salt’s Secret Powers!
From pancakes to ice cream, salt goes in so many things to make them taste better! But what is it and where does it come from?
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Nicholas Negroponte: One Laptop per Child
Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the MIT Media Laboratory, describes how the One Laptop Per Child project will build and distribute the "$100 laptop."
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Jarrett J. Krosoczka: How a boy became an artist
This talk paints the funny and touching story of a little boy who pursued a simple passion: to draw and write stories. With the help of a supporting cast of family and teachers, Jarrett J. Krosoczka tells how he grew up to create beloved...
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Viewer Mail! - How Do Bugs Hang Upside-Down?
Jessi and Squeaks love getting interesting science questions from their friends! Join them as they check their email and answer questions from kids like you!
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TED: Do kids think of sperm donors as family? | Veerle Provoost
How do we define a parent -- or a family? Bioethicist Veerle Provoost explores these questions in the context of non-traditional families, ones brought together by adoption, second marriages, surrogate mothers and sperm donations. In...
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Patricia Ryan: Don't insist on English!
Patricia Ryan is a longtime English teacher who asks a provocative question: Is the world's focus on English preventing the spread of great ideas in other languages? In other words: What if Einstein had to pass the TOEFL? It's a...
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TED: The real harm of the global arms trade | Samantha Nutt
In some parts of the world, it's easier to get an automatic rifle than a glass of clean drinking water. Is this just the way it is? Samantha Nutt, doctor and founder of the international humanitarian organization War Child, explores the...
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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...
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Why Do We Get Goosebumps?
Jessi got so cold outside that she got goosebumps! Join her and Squeaks as they learn what causes your body to make these bumps in the first place.
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4 Things to Do When It's Too Cold Outside! | Winter Science | SciShow Kids
Jessi and Squeaks were supposed to go sledding today, but it's really cold outside! That won't stop them from having fun, though! Join them as they look back on some great experiments to do on a freezing cold day!
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Jon Lowenstein: Family, hope and resilience on the migrant trail
For the past 20 years, photographer and TED Fellow Jon Lowenstein has documented the migrant journey from Latin America to the United States, one of the largest transnational migrations in world history. Sharing photos from his...
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The music of a war child - Emmanuel Jal
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. For five years, young Emmanuel Jal fought as a child soldier in the Sudan. Rescued by an aid worker, he's become an...
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Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone?
As we expect more from technology, do we expect less from each other? Sherry Turkle studies how our devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication -- and asks us to think deeply about the new kinds of...
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Tyler DeWitt: Hey science teachers -- make it fun
High school science teacher Tyler DeWitt was ecstatic about his new lesson plan on bacteria (how cool!) -- and devastated when his students hated it. The problem was the textbook: it was impossible to understand. He delivers a rousing...
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TED: An Internet without screens might look like this | Tea uglow
Designer Tea uglow is creating a future in which humanity's love for natural solutions and simple tools can coexist with our need for information and the devices that provide us with it. "Reality is richer than screens," she says. "We...
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TED: Why a good book is a secret door | Mac Barnett
Childhood is surreal. Why shouldn't children's books be? In this whimsical talk, award-winning author Mac Barnett speaks about writing that escapes the page, art as a doorway to wonder -- and what real kids say to a fictional whale.
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How Plants Drink Fog! | SciShow Kids
Trees need water to grow, so how do Redwood trees get so big, despite the fact that it gets so dry?
First Grade Next Generation Science Standards
Crosscutting Concept:
Structure and Function: The way an object is shaped or structured...
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Bunker Roy: Learning from a barefoot movement
In Rajasthan, India, an extraordinary school teaches rural women and men -- many of them illiterate -- to become solar engineers, artisans, dentists and doctors in their own villages. It's called the Barefoot College, and its founder,...
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TED: How to design a library that makes kids want to read | Michael Bierut
When Michael Bierut was tapped to design a logo for public school libraries, he had no idea that he was embarking on a years-long passion project. In this often hilarious talk, he recalls his obsessive quest to bring energy, learning,...