Brainwaves Video Anthology
Alisha Collins - Storytelling and Making
Alisha is a designer and educator interested in exploring experiential and experimental ways of integrating storytelling, craft, wellness, play, and interactive technologies to create participatory learning practices. Her practice...
Curated Video
Exploring Trauma Through Storytelling and Fiction
As Liyana's story expands, we learn about the challenges she and her family face, including abuse and neglect from her father and his eventual death from HIV/AIDS. Her mother also falls ill with AIDS and dies, leaving Liyana with the...
National Parks Service
Glacier National Park - St. Mary Falls Trailhead
The St Mary's Trailhead Shuttle stop provides access to several trails on the east side of Glacier National Park. One of these, St Mary's Falls, is one of the most popular hikes in the park, and for good reason. Glacier National Park
TED Talks
TED: The infinite alchemy of storytelling | Zahra Al-Mahdi
TED Fellow Zahra Al-Mahdi was raised by screens -- "storytelling machines" like TV and the internet that shaped her sense of self and reality. Now a multimedia artist and filmmaker, she challenges common historical narratives and brings...
Curated Video
How Lewis Carroll Transformed Western Perceptions of Children
Charles Dodgson, also known as Lewis Carroll, had a deep interest in the emerging art of photography, becoming a skilled amateur photographer. Among his subjects was Alice Liddell, the inspiration behind "Alice's Adventures in...
Catalyst University
Exercise Physiology | Variation of Fuel Source with Exercise Intensity
Exercise Physiology | Variation of Fuel Source with Exercise Intensity
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Alex Kotlowitz - The Power of Storytelling
For forty years, Alex Kotlowitz has been telling stories from the heart of America, deeply intimate tales of struggle and perseverance. He is the author of four books, including his most recent, An American Summer: Love and Death in...
TED Talks
Jarrett J. Krosoczka: How a boy became an artist
This talk paints the funny and touching story of a little boy who pursued a simple passion: to draw and write stories. With the help of a supporting cast of family and teachers, Jarrett J. Krosoczka tells how he grew up to create beloved...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why should you read “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan? - Sheila Marie Orfano
In her Auntie An-mei’s home, Jing-Mei reluctantly takes her seat at the eastern corner of the mahjong table. At the north, south and west corners are her aunties, long-time members of the Joy Luck Club. This gathering is the point of...
National Geographic
Healing From a Civil War, These Children Choose Forgiveness | Short Film Showcase
Bintou, a 12-year-old Muslim girl, and Gaus, a nine-year-old Christian boy, found themselves on opposite sides of a sectarian civil war spreading across the Central African Republic in 2012. Novo Films interviewed dozens of children from...
Curated Video
Liyana's Story Begins
Legendary South African storyteller, Gcina Mhlophe, guides five orphaned children from Eswatini as they collaborate to craft an original fairytale drawn from their darkest memories and brightest dreams. Their fictional character, Liyana,...
Curated Video
Parallel Journeys: Liyana's Fictional Trials and the Authors' Real Fears
In this clip, the children narrate Liyana's story as she endures a journey through harsh conditions without water or food, feeling exhausted and weak. The difficulty Liyana is facing mirrors what some of the children feel on a trip to...
Curated Video
Liyana's Fictional Journey Inspires Real Perseverance and Hope
The children reflect on the challenges in Liyana's story and their own lives, emphasizing the importance of perseverance and hope. Liyana's story parallels their experiences, teaching them to be brave and resilient. They express a desire...
Curated Video
Confronting Danger and Despair
The children continue to narrate the story of Liyana as she faces dangerous animals, hunger, and exhaustion. Liyana's greatest challenge arises when she encounters a monstrous creature in a dark cave while trying to rescue her kidnapped...
Curated Video
The Importance of Friends When the Journey Gets Difficult
The children delve deeper into building Liyana's story, with her continuing her journey and encountering various adventures. They describe beautiful sunrises, chameleons, and an amazing view of the ocean. Later that night though, Liyana...
Makematic
Make stories shine
The art that children create can inspire them to tell amazing stories. By creating their own stories, children begin to understand characters, themes and settings. In this activity, children aged 8-11 will design a new story around an...
Makematic
Colorful days
Looking at illustrations before reading the words in picture books helps children see that there are many different ways of telling stories. In this activity, children aged 8-11 will look at the pictures in a book, then retell the story...
Makematic
Weather or not game
"Families need to be ready for whatever weather is coming and to help children prepare for the unexpected. In this activity, children aged 8-11 will design and play a game that helps them explore different types of weather. When children...
Makematic
Colorful world of animals
Nature and art can inspire children to tell amazing stories. Creating animal stories helps children understand the difference between fact and fiction. In this activity, children aged 8-11 will create an imaginary animal and build a...
Curated Video
Christmas Train
"All aboard the Christmas Train! Join Santa and all his festive friends on a fun-filled train ride that teaches counting. Keep an eye out for all the seek-and-find holiday characters and items along the journey! Start in the North Pole...
Makematic
In my world
"Skills and mindsets that students cultivate today, including curiosity, imagination, open-mindedness, persistence and growth mindset, prepare them for STEAM careers. In this activity, children aged 12-14 and parents will work together...
Makematic
Celebrate and honor
Art and writing offer families opportunities to celebrate traditions and honour those who have made a difference. Stories about those who have come before us help young adults develop respect for their heritage. In this activity,...
Makematic
Design innovations
"Designers and engineers create new products by identifying unmet needs, then defining, exploring and assessing solutions. In this activity, children aged 12-14 will use the IDEA Design Thinking Process to reimagine and improve items...
Makematic
Steps to success
"Making visual connections between the present and the future helps to open gateways and expand possibilities. Futurists predict that the majority of students will work in jobs that do not even exist today. In this activity, children...