TED Talks
TED: The rise of predatory scams -- and how to prevent them | Jane Walsh
Questionable phone calls, concerning emails, heart-rending stories from a sudden new friend in need of endless financial support: elder abuse can take many forms, says lawyer Jane Walsh. And as technology becomes more sophisticated,...
Curated Video
I WONDER - Why Do Chameleons Change Colour?
This video is answering the question of why do chameleons change colour.
Curated Video
Hamlet 3.3 “My Mother Stays”
This video unpacks a scene from Act 3 of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," where Hamlet comes upon Claudius praying just as he is on his way to meet his mother. The analysis explores the metaphor of physical and spiritual purging used in the play,...
Crash Course
PC Gaming: Crash Course Games
Today, we're FINALLY going to talk about PC Gaming. So the personal computer is the precursor to the console, but it's not quite accurate to say that it just led to the console. PCs and the video games created on them have and continue...
Curated Video
Analyzing the Multiplicity of Roots and Sign Changes in Functions
In this lesson, students will learn how the multiplicity of roots affects the graph of a function. They will understand that a double root splits the graph into two intervals with positive Y values on both sides, while roots with odd...
TED-Ed
The Art of the Metaphor
Show this poetic and captivating video to your class to activate thought about figurative language. The narrator conjures up scenes with her use of metaphor and describes not only what a metaphor is, but what a metaphor can do. She uses...
TED-Ed
Beware of Nominalizations (AKA Zombie Nouns)
Save your sentences from the zombie apocalypse! All you need are juicy, verb-driven sentences. Watch the video to find out how to awaken the living dead in your writing, and then how to put the dead to rest and the life back into your...
Fuse School
Covalent Bonding of Carbon Dioxide
How does a polar molecule, H2O, compare with a nonpolar molecule, CO2? Young chemists learn the similarities and differences between their covalent bonds and properties. They practice applying prior knowledge in a new way to reinforce...
Curated OER
The Story of 'True'
The history of the English language is a long and winding road, forsooth. Here’s a short video that traces the truth about the history of the world true, from its Old English origins to modern usages. Consider generating a list of words...
Macat
An Introduction to Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France
Change is not always best. Edmund Burke's pamphlet Reflections on the Revolution in France takes this perspective as he argues against the potential instability of upending the traditional government model in France. High schoolers...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: Tragedy of the Commons
This lesson introduces students to the "Tragedy of the Commons," an extended metaphor for problems of shared environmental or man-made resources that are overused and eventually depleted. In this metaphor, shared resources are compared...
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