SciShow Kids
Looking at the Earth! | How We Study Space | SciShow Kids
If you were looking down at the Earth from space, what would you be able to see? Do you think you would be able to see your house? What if you were super far away?
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The Layers of the Redwood Forest | Explore the Redwoods | SciShow Kids
There's all sorts of life in the Redwood forest, but not just in the ground, different animals live in all layers of the Redwoods!
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Learn About the Oceans!
Learn about the oceans with some of Jessi and Squeaks' favorite ocean videos!
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Why Do Things Float in Space? | How We Study Space | SciShow Kids
Living in space is pretty different from living on Earth, and not just because people can float around! Today, Jessi and Sam the Bat learn about the weird ways things like fire and water behave when they are in space.
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The Great Elephant Toothpaste Experiment! | Summer Experiments | SciShow Kids
Jessi and Squeaks experiment with mixing things together and learn how to create a lot of foam!
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How Does Food Get to Our Stomachs and More Answers to Your Questions! | SciShow Kids
This week, Mister Brown joins Squeaks to answer a bunch more of your questions about the Earth and about our bodies!
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Can You Guess the Weather? | Weather Guessing Game | SciShow Kids Compilation
There’s all sorts of weather out there, so Squeaks and Mister Brown are playing a game show where they will learn all about the different types!
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Being a New Parent is Hard | Compilation
From the baby blues to helping your toddler through a temper tantrum, many things can make being a new parent a hard time for you and your child, but a bit of science can help us navigate this period of life.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: History vs. Thomas Jefferson | Frank Cogliano
Thomas Jefferson, founding father of the United States and primary author of the Declaration of Independence, was part of America's fight for freedom and equality. But in his personal life, he held over 600 people in slavery. Are his...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: A day in the Islamic Golden Age | Birte Kristiansen and Petra Sijpesteijn
It's 791 CE. As the morning sun shines on the Golden Gate Palace, brother and sister Hisham and Asma prepare for the journey of a lifetime: the hajj, a holy pilgrimage to Mecca. They intend to travel with the big hajj caravan— but a...
TED Talks
TED: Why autism is often missed in women and girls | Kate Kahle
Women and girls with autism spectrum disorder often don't display the behaviors people typically associate with neurodivergence, greatly impacting when, how -- and if -- they are diagnosed. Autism acceptance advocate Kate Kahle makes the...
PBS
Why Cambodian Orphanages House So Many Children Whose Parents Are Still Alive
The concept of orphanages has long been considered outdated in developed countries. In the developing world, however, these institutions still house hundreds of thousands of children. But the surprising reality is that the parents of...
PBS
How Minnesota's Lack Of Teachers Of Color Hurts Students, And What Reform Could Look Like
Many schools across the United States are grappling with ways to close the
achievement gap between white students and students of color. Special
correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on those efforts in Minnesota,
which has some of...
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These Colorado preschoolers learn hands-on farming to prevent childhood obesity
As childhood obesity soars among low-income communities with limited access to fresh produce, some educators in Colorado are combating the problem by joining the farm-to-preschool movement. Now these preschoolers are learning their ABCs...
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Syrian refugees find mental and physical rehabiliation in Jordan
Now five years old, the war in Syria has taken an immense emotional and physical toll on those close to the fighting. Nisreen Katbi fled from Syria to Jordan four years ago and now runs a center that helps fellow refugees experiencing...
PBS
Many pre-school teachers are scared of teaching STEM
Everyone knows that 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds ask a lot of questions. But that
unrestrained curiosity can unsettle preschool teachers who feel they lack
sufficient understanding of science, technology, engineering and math,
often...
PBS
National parks turn into classrooms for a new generation
At the Muir Woods National Monument just north of San Francisco, students learning by seeing, touching and smelling. The education program is administered by the National Park Service in an attempt to expose the next generation to the...
PBS
Children of color with autism face disparities of care and isolation
African-American children are often diagnosed with autism at older ages than white children, missing years of potential intervention and treatment. Special correspondent John Donvan and producer Karen Zucker meet a black family who...
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Inmates get federal grants for higher ed in experimental progam
In a pilot project announced this summer, the Department of Education will partner with dozens of colleges to provide higher education to prisoners who can't afford to pay; eligible inmates will be able to apply for federal grants under...
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How this educator is guiding Liberian girls toward school
Liberia has had more than its fair shares of challenges, and is trying to rebuild after enduring a devastating Ebola epidemic and civil war. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro meets an American woman who has made her home in...
PBS
How one woman brought life-saving maternity care to Somaliland
Somaliland, a region of Somalia that lay in ruin from years of war, suffers
some of the world's highest rates of infant and maternal mortality. But 15
years ago, Edna Adan fulfilled a lifelong dream by building a nonprofit
hospital...
PBS
A community overwhelmed by opioids
At the epicenter of America's opioid epidemic, Huntington, West Virginia’s
growing addiction problem has overwhelmed everyone from first responders to
business owners to newborns. So far, the city's robust efforts to fight
back...
PBS
How faculty mentors can help first-generation students succeed
A new initiative by the University of California system uses first-generation faculty to guide first-generation students, with the goal of decreasing dropout rates. As part of our series Rethinking College, Hari Sreenivasan visits UCLA...
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Telling stories helps refugee children learn a new language
How do young children who have come to the United States as immigrants or refugees learn English? At one early education school and laboratory in Houston, the new language comes to life when kids use storytelling and dramatic play to get...