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Curated Video
How to Make Simplest Air Cannon
Send pom-poms flying with this simplest air cannon! This easy-to-do engineering project turned into a fun game for my boys.
NativLang
Romance Languages: noun number & gender
The next in a series of lessons introducing the basic grammar of the Romance languages. This video gives a brief overview of the grammatical gender and number of nouns in Vulgar Latin and the Romance languages. Learn about masculine,...
Clarendon Learning
Cultures of the World | A fun overview of the world cultures for kids
In our Cultures of the world video we will learn about what culture means and how cultures can be very different around the world. We will learn how to appreciate the differences and how they influence our own identities. We will explore...
Curated Video
How to Write the Perfect First Message on an Online Dating Site
Howcast -First impressions count -- especially when you're writing to someone on an online dating site. These research-based tips will help you pen the perfect introductory note.
Curated Video
How to Do a Dumbbell Workout with a Bosu Ball
Howcast - Learn how to do a dumbbell workout with a bosu ball from personal trainer Rachel Shasha in this exercise ball workout video from Howcast.
Math Fortress
Calculus II: Trigonometric Integrals (Level 3 of 7)
This video is an introduction to solving trigonometric integrals that contain combinations of trigonometric functions. Specifically, those that contain powers of sine and cosine. This video covers 1 basic example illustrating the case...
Curated Video
The Evolution and Usage of 'Thou' and 'You' in English
This video provides an engaging and informative explanation of the historical usage of "thou", "thee", "thy", and "ye" in the English language. It explores how these words were used in early modern English and their relationship to...
Curated Video
Why Mormons identify with Syrian refugees
They were religious exiles once too Subscribe to our channel!'http://goo.gl/0bsAjO' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>channel! When Republican governors call for a ban on Syrian refugees, or Donald Trump calls for a ban on all Muslims,...
NileRed
Making Indigo - The dye that makes jeans blue
Join the Dollar Shave Clubref='http://www.dollarshaveclub.com/nilered' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Club Thanks to our sponsor Dollar Shave Club, new members get their 1st month of the ‘Sh*t, Shower, Shave’ Starter Set including...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The controversial origins of the Encyclopedia - Addison Anderson
The first encyclopedia contained 70,000 entries and over 20,000,000 words. It was broken into 35 volumes written over the course of 3 decades. It was also banned by Louis XV and Pope Clement XIII. But why was this encyclopedia so...
Programming Electronics Academy
Ep. 2: I2C and SPI with Dan Hienzsch
This week Michael sits down with the founder of Rheingold Heavy, Dan Hienzsch.
The two talk about Dan’s beginnings in Silicon Valley (1:45), how Arduino opened him up to the world of microcontrollers (7:55), and the inspiration...
The two talk about Dan’s beginnings in Silicon Valley (1:45), how Arduino opened him up to the world of microcontrollers (7:55), and the inspiration...
TV411
How Many Languages Do You Speak When You Speak English?
What do the words pizza, broccoli, and ciao have in common? Why they are all English words that originally came from Italian. Ask your middle schoolers to guess the origins of a list of words by matching the word with the language from...
The School of Life
Marcel Proust
What is the meaning and purpose of life? Find out in a short video that summarizes the key ideas in Marcel Proust's A la recherche du Temps Perdu (In Search of Lost Time), that at two million words, just happens to be the longest...
The School of Life
Gustave Flaubert
How is it possible that an author can create sympathy in the minds of readers for characters who behave in ways that we disdain? Gustave Flaubert was able to accomplish such a goal with Madame Bovary. Introduce readers to this...
Macat
An Introduction to Thomas Paine's The Rights of Man
Should leadership be inherited? Is it the responsibility of a government to ensure the rights of its people? Thomas Paine argues in his Rights of Man that it is not only the obligation of a government, but also that revolution is...
The School of Life
Voltaire
Fascinated with the concept of good and evil, Voltaire formed his main character from the eponymous Candide, the most widely read text of the European Enlightenment. Learn more about Voltaire's life, beliefs, writing, and influence...
Camelea Publishing
Camelea: Like a Seagull
Hummingbirds and seagulls—how different and alike are the two birds? At her brother's birthday party, Camelea taps into her inner bird as she dances like a zippy hummingbird. But when it is time to sleep, she thinks of the calm seagull...
TED-Ed
Why Should You Read "Waiting for Godot"?
Sometimes life feels like a tragic comedy. A video about the play Waiting for Godot describes the play as a tragic comedy. Viewers see a summary of the famous drama and its history before answering multiple-choice and open-ended...
VOA Learning English
Paul Bunyan, an American Folk Tale
Paul Bunyan was a big guy—but not as big as his story has grown to be! Young readers listen and read along to the enjoyable story of Paul Bunyan, his big blue ox Babe, and the amazing imprint they left along the American landscape.
TED-Ed
Mysteries of Vernacular: X-Ray
What is they mystery behind the name of the x-ray? Find out in a brief informational video that tracks the etymology back to Descartes. Class members can watch the video and then interact with the additional resources. Flip the lesson to...
MinutePhysics
Ye Olde Debunking
Just how do you pronounce Ye? Scholars view a short video clip on Old English to better understand how languages evolved over time. They analyze the word Ye and translate it into today's American English.
Be Smart
Why Are Some People Left-Handed?
Most animals that show a paw preference are split 50/50 with half of the population preferring one side and the other half preferring the other, yet in humans only 10 percent are left-handed. The video explains what part of the brain...