Curated Video
Converting Units of Weight in Real World Problems
This video teaches students how to solve real-world problems involving weights by converting larger units to smaller units. It explains common conversions in the customary weight system, such as ounces to pounds and pounds to tons.
Schooling Online
Shakespeare Today: Othello - Theme of Gender
Watch this lesson today to discover how Shakespeare explores the way gender roles are presented in Othello. See the destructive stereotypes that governed the way men and women were expected to act, as Shakespeare warns against blindly...
Natural History Museum
POSTPONED Gender Equality in a Planetary Emergency | Our Broken Planet
This event has been postponed, please check back soon for a new date. Women are disproportionately affected by the climate crisis. They are also leading the way as the most active and effective agents and campaigners of action against...
Curated Video
DC Series circuits explained - The basics working principle
Series circuits DC Direct current. In this video we learn how DC series circuits work, looking at voltage, current, resistance, power consumption as well as how to use a multimeter. There's also a problem at the end of the video for you...
Weird History
Courtship In Regncy England
The Regency era - which technically lasted in Great Britain from 1811 to 1820, but was part of the larger social and cultural era of the late 18th and early 19th centuries - might have had a reputation for licentiousness when it came to...
Curated Video
Lozen: Fearless Apache Warrior
At a time when Apache men and women followed specific gender roles, Lozen defied convention – to become one of the finest warriors in the tribe's history.
Curated Video
Afghan woman who defied Taliban now in exile working for Afghan girls
For years, Rahela Sidiqi risked her life to educate Afghan women and men living under the austere rule of the Taliban. When the hardline Taliban seized power in 1996 they set about imposing conservative, tribal village codes of conduct...
Curated Video
7+ IELTS Part 3 Vocabulary Advertising
Use these words and phrases to impress the examiner in Speaking Part 3. For many students, informal slang and idioms are harder to learn than academic, formal vocabulary. So-called high-level vocabulary you can find in textbooks....
Curated Video
Italy, Pompeii - Roman Basilica
Researchers believe that the town was founded in the 7th or 6th century BC by the Osci or Oscans. It came under the domination of Rome in the 4th century BC, and was conquered and became a Roman colony in 80 BC after it joined an...
Big Think
The biggest change to manhood? Equal parenting. | Michael Kaufman
Being a successful caregiver is part of today's definition of manhood - The biggest example of a change in men's gendered behavior in recent years is the transformation of fatherhood. Nowadays, the definition of manhood has increasingly...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Janel George - Teachers Make a Difference - Opal Moore
Janel George is an Associate Professor of Law and the founding Director of the Racial Equity in Education Law and Policy (REELP) Clinic. Her clinical projects and research focus on the development and implementation of legislative...
Neuro Transmissions
The Neuroscience of Pokemon GO
SCIENCE, I CHOOSE YOU!! Pok_mon GO has surprised a lot of people by becoming the most downloaded mobile game ever created. Today, you can't go to a park or popular destination without seeing at least a handful of trainers. But why is...
Curated Video
Embedding women's rights into constitutions
Thomson Reuters Foundation. In countries of the Arab Spring, new constitutions offer an opportunity to embed women's rights in the very fabric of the state. But many rights activists have expressed concern that, despite women's major...
Curated Video
UN Free & Equal: The Lesson
Every day, lesbian, gay, bi, trans (LGBT) and intersex kids – and other children seen as defying gender stereotypes - are bullied at school, at home and in their community. Bullying can take many forms –from taunting and name-calling to...
Curated Video
Arab Spring: opportunity or disaster for women?
Thomson Reuters Foundation. "We've learned that rights are not a gift -- we have to snatch them." -- Amira Yahyaoui. "We cannot talk about the revolution in the past because it is not over... For women, I think the Arab Spring has been...
Big Think
Maria Mitchell: America’s First Celebrity Scientist
Big Think is proud to partner with the 92Y in bringing you this series on female genius as part of its 7 Days of Genius Festival -http://www.92y.org/Genius. Read more at BigThink.com:...
Crash Course
Discrimination: Crash Course Government and Politics #31
Too often the majority rules, and the minorities suffer. Scholars investigate how the Fourteenth Amendment deals with the issue of discrimination. A short video, the 31st of a 50-part series, helps individuals analyze the concept of...