Curated Video
What is a Disaster Recovery Plan? And How to Make one.
What would happen if a disruptive event meant you no longer have full access to your critical technology infrastructure or data? You need a Disaster Recovery Plan. While Business Continuity (BC) focuses on restoring and maintaining the...
Curated Video
Managing Helicopter Traffic in Sao Paulo: A Technological Solution
Sao Paulo, Brazil's bustling business capital, has found a solution to its intense traffic congestion with a unique focus on helicopter transportation. Facing challenges with increased helicopter traffic interfering with commercial...
Seeker
Why Did We Just Shoot A “Bullet” At An Asteroid?
We keep sending spacecrafts to asteroids, but what makes these floating space rocks so special? Well, they could reveal the secrets about the formation of our solar system. The Mystery of Our First Interstellar Visitor Just Got More...
Khan Academy
Looping Through Arrays, Computer Programming
In computer programming, loops and arrays are made for each other. This video describes adding a while loop to print out each element in an array and then doing the same procedure using a for loop.
Khan Academy
Object Inheritance, Intro to JS: Drawing & Animation, Computer Programming
There is an easier way to share functions among objects. The fifth section of a six-part series on object-oriented design introduces the concept of object inheritance. The coding helps pupils create a base object type that has all the...
TED-Ed
The Factory | Think Like A Coder, Ep 9
Here's a surefire cure to your computer programming needs. The penultimate episode of the series follows the hero as she attempts to determine a cure for a harmful compound. She must make sense of a directed graph to identify the correct...
TED-Ed
What's the Difference Between Accuracy and Precision?
While often used interchangeably, the distinction between accuracy and precision is critical for many scientific endeavors. Discover the importance of consistency for precise results, and the need for accuracy in the field...
TED-Ed
How does anesthesia work?
Many people know the feeling of counting backward from 100 before a surgical procedure begins, but what actually happens between number 99 and waking up after surgery? Watch a short video about the different types of anesthesia, the...
Teach Engineering
The Grand Challenge: Fix the Hip Challenge
It may be time to get to know the skeletons in your family. The first lesson in a series of 5, introduces the class to the concept of osteoporosis. The class members brainstorm possible causes and whether the family should be concerned...
Teach Engineering
How Antibiotics Work
Take two pills and call me in the morning. The first lesson in a short unit of four introduces class members to delivery methods of medicines. The instruction introduces the question of which delivery method is best to get you feeling...
Engenius Films
Chemical Engineering: Metal Recycling
Why do we recycle industrial waste? Zubera, a chemical engineer helps find ways to recover precious metals from industrial waste so the United States can decrease its reliance on other countries for the metals. Learners discover her...
Curated Video
Privacy Part 2
Why is online privacy so important? Explore privacy with a group assignment for which pupils create word clouds with words they associate with privacy. A discussion and online activity follow. Learners will read articles, explore the...
PBS
Career Connections | Medical Technologist
Want to work in health care but not necessarily directly with patients? A medical technologist explains her important role in ensuring patients get the proper care they need through her work in the lab giving feedback to doctors and...
PBS
Real-Life Math | Woodworker
Woodworking is math-intensive work. Viewing a video of a woodworker explaining how he applies math in his craft sets the stage for a crafty lesson. Pupils use ratios and proportions to create scale drawings of objects.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Teaching Tips: Learning Is Social (Odd Squad)
In this segment, a 1st grade teacher shares her teaching tips for encouraging collaboration in the classroom, using technology such as games from Odd Squad, and pairing students in small groups. [2:51]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Teaching Tips: Teaching With Transmedia (Peg + Cat)
Kindergarten teacher Allison Frometa demonstrates teaching students new concepts and vocabulary using multiple platforms such as the interactive whiteboard, individual whiteboards, videos, and Peg + Cat online games. She discusses how...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Ready to Learn 2010 2015 Initiative: Teaching Tips: Differentiated Instruction (Peg + Cat)
Kindergarten teacher Allison Frometa uses Peg + Cat games to demonstrate and discuss how she provides differentiated instruction to meet the needs of all students. [3:16]