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Happy Birthday, Sir Isaac Newton!
There's a birthday party at the fort, for one of history's most important scientists, Isaac Newton!
TED Talks
TED: Easy DIY projects for kid engineers | Fawn Qiu
TeD Resident Fawn Qiu designs fun, low-cost projects that use familiar materials like paper and fabric to introduce engineering to kids. In this quick, clever talk, she shares how nontraditional workshops like hers can change the...
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Weird Animal Teeth
Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn about a few animals with extreme teeth!
TED Talks
TED: Documentary films that explore trauma -- and make space for healing | Almudena Toral
TEDmakes a documentary films that explore trauma
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Fizzy Soda Experiment!
You're just in time to help Jessi and Squeaks with their baking soda and vinegar experiment! Then, stick around to learn all about chemists, special scientists who study chemicals!
TED Talks
TED: How moms shape the world | Anna Malaika Tubbs
Mothers undeniably impact and shape history -- but their stories are often left out or misrepresented, says sociologist and author Anna Malaika Tubbs. This erasure limits policies to support mothers and their essential roles in society....
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What Is the Sun Made Of? | Dr. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Have you ever wondered what the sun is made of? Dr. Cecilia Payne-Gaposhkin wondered that, too, and she used science to figure out the answer! Find out how she did that and more about her amazing life and...
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Why Do Kangaroos Have Pouches? Animal Science for Kids
What do kangaroos, koalas, and opossums all have in common? Find out when you learn all about marsupials!
TED Talks
Claudia Miner: A new way to get every child ready for kindergarten
Early education is critical to children's success -- but millions of kids in the United States still don't have access to programs that prepare them to thrive in kindergarten and beyond. Enter the UPSTART Project, a plan to bring early...
TED Talks
Gever Tulley: Life lessons through tinkering
Gever Tulley uses engaging photos and footage to demonstrate the valuable lessons kids learn at his Tinkering School. When given tools, materials and guidance, these young imaginations run wild and creative problem-solving takes over to...
TED Talks
Gustavo Dudamel and the Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra: El Sistema's top youth orchestra
The Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra contains the best high school musicians from Venezuela's life-changing music program, El Sistema. Led here by Gustavo Dudamel, they play Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10, 2nd movement, and Arturo Márquez'...
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The Amazing Flag Raiser! | Solving Problems with Engineering | SciShow Kids
Jessi and Squeaks want a way to let their friends know when it's time to play at the Fort, so they work together and use engineering to build a prototype solution! NGSS: ETS1.A : Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems A situation...
TED Talks
Aditi Shankardass: A second opinion on developmental disorders
Developmental disorders in children are typically diagnosed by observing behavior, but Aditi Shankardass suggests we should be looking directly at brains. She explains how one EEG technique has revealed mistaken diagnoses and transformed...
TED Talks
Arunabha Ghosh: 5 steps for clean air in India
India's big cities have some of the worst air quality in the world. How can we fix this public health crisis? In an actionable talk, social entrepreneur Arunabha Ghosh lays out a five-step plan to put India on the path to cleaner, safer...
TED Talks
TED: A new way to fund health care for the most vulnerable | Andrew Bastawrous
In 2011, eye surgeon and TED Fellow Andrew Bastawrous developed a smartphone app that brings quality eye care to remote communities, helping people avoid losing their sight to curable or preventable conditions. Along the way, he noticed...
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Why Are Flamingos Pink? | The Science of Colors! | SciShow Kids
Mister Brown and Squeaks learn all about the awesome flamingo - and find out what makes them pink! Next Generation Science Standards Crosscutting Concept: Cause and Effect: Events have causes, sometimes simple, sometimes multifaceted....
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There Was No First Human
If you traced your family tree back 185 million generations, you wouldn't be looking at a human, a primate, or even a mammal. You'd be looking at a fish. So where along that line does the first human show up? The answer may surprise you
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Can Ketchup Clean a Penny?
Squeaks loves collecting shiny pennies, but sometimes he finds one that's sort of grimy and dull. Lucky for him, Jessi knows a really cool science trick to clean up those tarnished pennies!
TED Talks
What COVID-19 revealed about US schools -- and 4 ways to rethink education | Nora Flanagan
The abrupt shift to online learning due to COVID-19 rocked the US education system, unearthing many of the inequities at its foundation. Educator Nora Flanagan says we can reframe this moment as an opportunity to fix what's long been...
TED Talks
Margaret Heffernan: Dare to disagree
Most people instinctively avoid conflict, but as Margaret Heffernan shows us, good disagreement is central to progress. She illustrates (sometimes counterintuitively) how the best partners aren’t echo chambers -- and how great research...
TED Talks
Sabine Doebel: How your brain's executive function works -- and how to improve it
You use your brain's executive function every day -- it's how you do things like pay attention, plan ahead and control impulses. Can you improve it to change for the better? With highlights from her research on child development,...
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The Bug Hunting Game! Science for Kids
There are some animals with special adaptations that help them blend in to the places they live! See for yourself how this works as you take on the role of a hungry bird looking for tasty bugs!
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Whizpops! Manta Ray Music Video
Join Squeaks and his favorite band, The Whizpops, for a musical experience with Manta Rays!
TED Talks
Wanjira Mathai: 3 ways to uproot a culture of corruption
Corruption is a constant threat in Kenya, says social entrepreneur Wanjira Mathai -- and to stop it there (or anywhere else), we need to intervene early. Following the legacy of her mother, political activist and Nobel Prize recipient...