Instructional Video2:57
SciShow Kids

Take a Tour of the Space Station

K - 5th
Did you know some astronauts live in space for months at a time? Join Jessi and Squeaks for a tour of the International Space Station and learn what life is like in low gravity!
Instructional Video5:26
SciShow Kids

Sink or Float?

K - 5th
Join Jessi and some new friends for an experiment to see what sinks, and what floats!
Instructional Video3:41
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: How false news can spread - Noah Tavlin

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In previous decades, most news with global reach came from several major newspapers and networks with the resources to gather information directly. The speed with which information spreads now, however, has created the ideal conditions...
Instructional Video5:13
SciShow Kids

Life as a Tree!

K - 5th
Did you know you can read the story of a tree's life? By looking at a tree's rings, you can figure out way more than just how old it is! Jessi and Squeaks are here to show you what to look for next time you're on a hike and find a tree...
Instructional Video11:36
Crash Course

Race, Class, and Gender in To Kill a Mockingbird: Crash Course Literature 211

12th - Higher Ed
In which John Green teaches you MORE about To Kill a Mockingbird. In this installment, John teaches you about race, class, and gender in the American south, as seen through the eyes of Scout and Harper Lee. John will talk about how Scout...
Instructional Video2:50
SciShow

Kids and Sugar The SweetandLowdown

12th - Higher Ed
If you've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times: Parents blaming their kids' active behavior on sugar. But is it true? Hank gives you sweet-and-lowdown on the extent to which sugar can and can't affect behavior, in kids and...
Instructional Video14:29
TED Talks

Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin: What you should know about vaping and e-cigarettes

12th - Higher Ed
E-cigarettes and vapes have exploded in popularity in the last decade, especially among youth and young adults -- from 2011 to 2015, e-cigarette use among high school students in the US increased by 900 percent. Biobehavioral scientist...
Instructional Video4:08
SciShow Kids

The 5 Fabulous Food Groups

K - 5th
Learn about our 5 main food groups with Jessi and Squeaks, then see if you can name them all!
Instructional Video11:39
TED Talks

Kashfia Rahman: How risk-taking changes a teenager's brain

12th - Higher Ed
Why do teenagers sometimes make outrageous, risky choices? Do they suddenly become reckless, or are they just going through a natural phase? To find out, Kashfia Rahman -- winner of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair...
Instructional Video4:13
SciShow Kids

Meet the 5 Dwarf Planets!

K - 5th
Jessi introduces you to some of the most newly-named members of the solar system: the five dwarf planets!
Instructional Video18:19
TED Talks

TED: The ethical dilemma of designer babies | Paul Knoepfler

12th - Higher Ed
Creating genetically modified people is no longer a science fiction fantasy; it's a likely future scenario. Biologist Paul Knoepfler estimates that within fifteen years, scientists could use the gene editing technology CRISPR to make...
Instructional Video4:10
SciShow Kids

Trees That Never Lose Their Leaves! Science for Kids

K - 5th
Some trees lose their leaves in the fall, but some keep their green leaves all year round. Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn about evergreens: where they grow, and how they survive in harsh conditions!
Instructional Video2:58
SciShow Kids

Why Do Leaves Change Colors in the Fall?

K - 5th
Autumn means leaves are turning different shades of red, orange, and yellow and falling to the ground. But why? Jessi takes you deep inside a leaf to explain!
Instructional Video3:11
SciShow Kids

How Do Our Bodies Move?

K - 5th
A SciShow Kids viewer wants to know: How Do Our Bodies Move? Jessi explains, while Squeaks works out!
Instructional Video3:13
SciShow Kids

How to Feel Your Heart Beat

K - 5th
Get to know your body’s most important muscle -- your heart -- and learn how to take your own pulse!
Instructional Video2:54
SciShow Kids

Let’s Get Rolling! Physics for Kids

K - 5th
Jessi and Squeaks found a ton of rocks for their rock collection... but they're too heavy to get back to the fort! Join them as they figure out the perfect simple machine to help them out: the wheel and axle!