The Brain Scoop
Two Bats and a Spider
What creatures lurk in the rainforest at night? Meet three of them in one short video. Part of a playlist exploring mammals, the video presents a look at night research in the Amazon. Scientists locate and photograph two bat species and...
The Brain Scoop
Olinguito
Sometimes a brand new species of mammal is hiding right under our noses! Meet the olinguito, a raccoon-like mammal from South America. Part of a larger playlist on mammals, an interesting video discusses how a researcher from The...
Socratica
Chemistry: Balancing Chemical Equations
Teaching chemical equations can be quite a balancing act! Bolster your class' balancing abilities using a video from a helpful chemistry playlist. The resource explains the theory behind balancing, then shows viewers how to accomplish it...
Socratica
Chemistry: Balancing Chemical Equations—Algebraic Method
If you love algebra, then you're gonna love this balancing method! Introduce young chemists to the algebraic method of balancing chemical equations using a video from an informative chemistry playlist. The narrator works five...
PBS
The Speed of Light is NOT About Light
Just when you thought you had this figured out! Engage young physicists in an interesting look at the nature of a universal constant with a video, part of a PBS playlist on space time and measurement....
The Brain Scoop
Chicago Adventure, Part Four: Rodents of Unusual Size (And Other Mammals, Too)
The Chicago Field Museum is home to some amazingly large creatures! The installment from a larger mammals playlist takes young biologists on a tour of the mammal curation labs. Experts explain the specimen collection in terms of their...
Be Smart
How Atom Bombs Can Uncover Forged Art
Art forgeries are works of art themselves? How can inspectors tell real art from fake? A video from the a large science playlist explores the techniques practiced by expert forgers and the subtle science behind telling a masterpiece from...
Crash Course
The Americas and Time Keeping: Crash Course History of Science #5
Time, time, time ... see how it shaped an entire culture! Science scholars discover the mysteries of the Mayan and Incan cultures during the fifth video in a History of Science series. The narrator shows how these time keepers developed...
Crash Course
Biology Before Darwin: Crash Course History of Science #19
When did biology become a proper science? Travel back in time to the evolution of natural history during part 19 in an ongoing History of Science series. Pupils discover early pioneers in the study of plants and animals, the birth of...
Crash Course
Political Campaigns: Crash Course Government and Politics #39
In 2012, each presidential candidate spent a whopping $1 billion! Learners investigate how people create campaigns and run for office. They watch a short video, the 39th of a 50-part US government and politics series, to analyze what...
Crash Course
Monetary and Fiscal Policy: Crash Course Government and Politics #48
Have you ever wondered how much cash is actually available at any point in time in the United States? Scholars research how the monetary system is set up in the 48th installment of a 50-part series covering the United States government...
Mathispower4u
Solving Equations Using the Story of x (Part 1)
Tell the story of solving an equation. With words and symbols, viewers learn to describe what is happening in an equation. Using that description, pupils reverse the story to arrive at the value of x that makes the equation true.
Be Smart
What's the Deadliest Animal in the World?
Do you know what animal causes more than one million deaths each year? This terrifying animal and how it causes so much death is the subject of a video that also shares how humans can avoid it and the research scientists have conducted...
Curated OER
Me Gusta (Part 1)
Provide instruction on how to use the verb gustar with a quick video. The instructor pairs gustar with a variety of different verbs and says several example sentences out loud. As he provides verbal instruction, the sentences appear on...
SciShow
Quantum Fishing for the Higgs Boson
The scientific models predicted the Higgs Boson for many years before it was proven. Filmed during the search for the Higgs Boson, the video discusses what it would mean for science if researchers proved it wrong. At the time of this...
The Great War
T.E. Lawrence And How He Became Lawrence Of Arabia
T.E. Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, is a legend in movies and popular imagination who was charged with breaking Ottoman rule on the Middle East. Yet, Lawrence's own words were prophetic in forecasting the foolishness of...
Geography Now
Geography Now! Iceland
First colonized by Vikings, Iceland is home to a unique blend of Nordic and Celtic cultures. The geothermal island is experiencing a tourism boom and is learning how to navigate the world stage. A video resource profiles the culture,...
Curated OER
Mao Zedong Biography
Rapidly narrated, this four-minute YouTube video traces the events in the life of Mao Zedong and the controversy surrounding his legacy.
Corbett Maths
Changing the Subject
In some situations, it's just polite to change the subject. A short YouTube video describes how to solve literal equations for a specific variable, sometimes referred to as changing the subject in British classrooms. Young mathematicians...
Corbett Maths
Changing the Subject Advanced
Your task? Get the variable by itself. Simple enough, right? A short YouTube video shows viewers how to solve literal equations requiring multiple steps for a specified variable. The narrator works through several examples of the topic...
Corbett Maths
Solving Inequalities - One Sign
Solve the problem of not knowing how to solve inequalities. Pupils learn to solve one-variable inequalities by watching a YouTube video. The video includes examples of two-step inequalities and inequalities with variables on both sides.
Corbett Maths
Solving Inequalities – Two Signs
Compound your knowledge of compound inequalities. A short YouTube video describes how to solve compound inequalities. It shows the steps to take to result in a solution of the form a < x < b. A set of examples covers the topic.
Corbett Maths
Graphical Inequalities Part 1
Plot your lesson on graphing inequalities. Viewers of an informative YouTube video learn how to plot linear inequalities as half-planes. Individuals focus on inequalities with vertical and horizontal boundaries as they complete part one...
Corbett Maths
Graphical Inequalities Part 2
Sequels are often letdowns, but not here. Pupils learn to graph linear inequalities on a coordinate plane. They do so by watching a short YouTube video that works through several examples. The resource is part two of the Graphing...