Instructional Video3:56
SciShow Kids

Roar! Meet the Big Cats! Animal Science for Kids

K - 5th
Can you tell a leopard from a jaguar? How are lions different from tigers -- other than those stripes? Jessi introduces you to the four big cats!
Instructional Video15:31
SciShow Kids

Brr! 5 Videos about Winter!

K - 5th
The snow is really coming down where Jessi lives, so she and Squeaks decided to stay indoors where it's nice and warm and look back on some of the amazing things they've learned about winter! Grab a fuzzy sweater and a mug of cocoa and...
Instructional Video26:57
TED Talks

Amory Lovins: A 40-year plan for energy

12th - Higher Ed
In this intimate talk filmed at TED's offices, energy innovator Amory Lovins shows how to get the US off oil and coal by 2050, $5 trillion cheaper, with no Act of Congress, led by business for profit. The key is integrating all four...
Instructional Video5:36
SciShow

The Chromosomes Hiding in Specks of Lint

12th - Higher Ed
Tiny versions of chromosomes show up in things like birds, reptiles, and amphibians. These mysterious lint-like flecks may be the building blocks for our entire genomes.
Instructional Video6:11
SciShow

The Strange Case of the Hypatia Stone

12th - Higher Ed
The Hypatia stone is one of the weirdest rocks on the planet. It's not just out of this world, it might be out of this solar system!
Instructional Video7:01
SciShow

When The Universe Will End

12th - Higher Ed
Hank serves up a buffet of news items that includes an approximate date for the end of everything, scientific proof that when it comes to sex bigger IS better, and a look behind how the London Olympics are going green. Bon appetit!
Instructional Video8:21
TED Talks

Jiabao Li: Art that reveals how technology frames reality

12th - Higher Ed
In a talk that could change how you see things, designer and artist Jiabao Li introduces her conceptual projects that expose the inherent bias of digital media. From a helmet that makes you "allergic" to the color red to a browser...
Instructional Video8:44
SciShow

The Future of Our Sun and Earth

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space gives you a blow by blow account of what's going to happen to the sun -- and Earth.
Instructional Video15:43
SciShow Kids

Our Favorites | Compilation

K - 5th
Jessi and Squeaks are packing up for a long trip, but before saying goodbye, wanted to share some of their favorite videos.
Instructional Video3:49
SciShow Kids

Armadillos: Animals with Armor!

K - 5th
Animals use all kinds of tricks and adaptations to keep themselves safe from predators, but armadillos stand out for a really special reason: they have their own, built-in suit of armor!
Instructional Video4:06
SciShow Kids

Make Your Own Rock Candy!

K - 5th
Jessi and Squeaks learn all about crystallization while they make some yummy rock candy! Second Grade Next Generation Science Standards Disciplinary Core Ideas: PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter - Different kinds of matter exist...
Instructional Video6:26
SciShow

How Restaurants Use Psychology to Make You Spend More Money

12th - Higher Ed
Restaurants have a whole bucket-load of tricks up their sleeves to get you to spend more money.
Instructional Video3:39
SciShow Kids

Explore Saturn's Rings

K - 5th
There's a lot more to Saturn's rings than just looking awesome! Find out why!
Instructional Video5:00
SciShow

Does a Bigger Brain Make You Smarter?

12th - Higher Ed
In some cartoons, the one with a bigger brain is often described as "smart," but is it true in real life?
Instructional Video2:36
MinuteEarth

Why Do Some Animals Get Gigantic?

12th - Higher Ed
This video explores how various animals throughout evolutionary history have managed to grow to gigantic sizes through unique adaptations and environmental factors. From megabugs benefiting from a spike in atmospheric oxygen levels to...
Instructional Video4:44
TED-Ed

TED-ED: How do we study the stars? - Yuan-Sen Ting

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Our best technology can send men to the Moon and probes to the edge of our solar system, but these distances are vanishingly small compared to the size of the universe. How then can we learn about the galaxies beyond our own? Yuan-Sen...
Instructional Video11:32
TED Talks

Peter Beck: Small rockets are the next space revolution

12th - Higher Ed
We're in the dawn of a new space revolution, says engineer Peter Beck: the revolution of the small. In a talk packed with insights into the state of the space industry, Beck shares his work building rockets capable of delivering small...
Instructional Video2:13
SciShow

Why Do We Have Baby Teeth?

12th - Higher Ed
What's up with baby teeth? Do other animals have them, and what are they good for -- other than squeezing money out of the tooth fairy? We have the answers!
Instructional Video3:20
SciShow Kids

Alien Egg Experiment!

K - 5th
Join Jessi and Squeaks to see how you can make your very own alien egg!
Instructional Video3:58
Instructional Video20:55
TED Talks

Jeffrey Kluger: The sibling bond

12th - Higher Ed
Were you the favorite child, the wild child or the middle child? Jeffrey Kluger explores the profound life-long bond between brothers and sisters, and the influence of birth order, favoritism and sibling rivalry.
Instructional Video2:03
MinutePhysics

Why Are Airplane Engines So Big?

12th - Higher Ed
The answer to this question has everything to do with drag & kinetic energy vs momentum change (thrust) ie, a bigger engine fan allows for a larger air mass to be accelerated a smaller amount to give the same thrust as you'd get from a...
Instructional Video3:34
SciShow

Big Martian Lake!

12th - Higher Ed
Hank shares the latest exciting findings from the Mars Science Laboratory, known to its friends as Curiosity. Learn what Curiosity has discovered about the giant Gale Crater, and what those developments mean for the prospects of ancient...
Instructional Video2:24
SciShow

This Fish Bulks Up When Danger is Near

12th - Higher Ed
Sometimes the hairs on the back of your neck raise up when you sense that danger might be near, but what if you were also able to bulk yourself up like a muscular balloon to fend off that danger? This fish, it turns out, can do exactly...