Trauma doesn't just affect the person who originally experienced it. It can also be passed down to their children and grandchildren.

Lindsay Amer is the creator of "Queer Kid Stuff," an educational video series that breaks down complex ideas around gender and sexuality through songs and metaphors. By giving kids and their families a vocabulary to express themselves,...

People say Einstein had an IQ of 160, and you need an IQ score higher than 130 to join Mensa. But does IQ really measure how intelligent you are?

Squeaks and Jessi use their pretend time machine to go way back in time and meet a creature even older than dinosaurs, called Dimetrodon!



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Where does the water on the road go after a rain day? And taking care of them can be very important!



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In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank takes a look at a few experiments that helped us understand how we develop as human beings. Things like attachment, separation anxiety, stranger anxiety, and morality are all...

This week on Crash Course Literature, John Green is continuing to talk about Shakespeare's dark, bloody, Scottish play, Macbeth. This time around, we're looking at the play's characters operate, how the play deals with gender, and the...

Squeaks has a big problem! Every year, he grows lettuce in the Fort's greenhouse, but this year it just won't grow. Luckily, Mister Brown knows someone who can help Squeaks and his lettuce: botanist and inventor George Washington Carver!...

Anthony and Squeaks are spending the day watching videos all about cats and dogs of all varieties and they’re learning all sorts of interesting things along the way!

In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank talks about how we learn by observation... and how that can mean beating the tar out of an inanimate clown named Bobo. -- Table of Contents Limitations of Classical and Operant...

More than a billion people worldwide, mostly children, do not have a legal identity. In many countries, this means they can't get access to vital services like health care and education, says legal identity expert Kristen Wenz. She...

Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that...

Jessi and Squeaks learn about special spots on a shark's face that help them find food using electricity!



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There's a big thunderstorm happening where Squeaks lives, and it's making the Fort kind of creepy... <br/>
Join Squeaks as he faces his fears and learns more about the things that scare him!

Squeaks is feeling a little wired and needs some story time to get sleepy this evening, so Jessi is showing him some videos about amazing scientists from history!

It's a beautiful day, so Squeaks is going to go on a hike! And he's bringing his trusty field journal so he can take notes on all of the plants and animals he sees along the way!

Squeaks and Mister Brown pretend to go back in time to learn more about Trilobites, using special clues from fossils!



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Did you know that bees can remember things? It's true, and it's thanks to Dr. Charles Henry Turner that we know so much about insects!

If you've ever gone outside really early on a cold day in fall, you might have seen a thin layer of sparkly ice crystals covering everything! That ice is called frost, and it can only form if the weather is exactly...

Have you ever lost a tooth? Or maybe you have teeth that are getting a little wiggly? It's all part of growing up! Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn why we lose our baby teeth and how we can take care of our new permanent teeth! Say cheese!

To get young kids to thrive in school, we need to do more than teach them how to read and write -- we need to teach them how to manage their emotions, says educator Olympia Della Flora. In this practical talk, she shares creative tactics...

In which John Green teaches you about Beloved by Toni Morrison. I'll warn you up front, this book is something of a downer. That's because it deals with subjects like slavery, the death of a child, a potential haunting, and a bunch of...

Jessi teaches Squeaks all about recycling, and together, they recycle his old crayons to make cool new ones!



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Animals have all kinds tricks to help them get through the winter, but there are things people can do to help them out! Join Jessi and Dino to learn about how you can help the birds in your neighborhood have a safer, warmer winter.