Instructional Video1:43
NativLang

Learn to Write Aramaic - the Herodian alphabet (square script 4 of 4)

9th - 11th
The Herodian script was used to write Palestinian Aramaic around the time of Jesus, the Dead Sea Scrolls and early Rabbinic Judaism. My previous videos taught you the basics of the square script, and you will notice many similarities...
Instructional Video3:08
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Cara Erdheim Kilgallen - Humor in the Classroom

Higher Ed
Cara Kilgallen earned her B.A. in English and Spanish from Colby College in 2001M.A. and Ph.D. from Fordham University in 2010.Cara is a professor at Sacred Heart University in the department of Languages and Literatures. Her teaching...
Instructional Video4:06
TED-Ed

What Is the Biggest Single-Celled Organism?

7th - 12th
Meet Caulerpa taxifolia, believed to be the largest single-celled organism in the world. How does it work and where is it found? Learn all about this invasive algae and why it is so successful.
Instructional Video4:01
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TED-Ed

The Simple Story of Photosynthesis and Food

4th - 8th Standards
Meet adorable, animated chloroplasts as they produce glucose with the help of the sun. Viewers learn how carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and electrons are combined to form carbohydrates with an engaging video. The narrator also explains how...
Instructional Video3:52
TED-Ed

How Polarity Makes Water Behave Strangely

6th - 12th Standards
Water is common? Not really! Learn how the polarity of the water molecule gives it tremendous properties that make is quite unique in the universe. Learners will understand surface tension, adhesion, and cohesion, as well as why these...
Instructional Video3:37
TED-Ed

How Tsunamis Work

7th - 10th Standards
A flood of information about tsunamis can be learned by viewing this feature. How do they get started? How fast do they travel? How high can they rise? The answers to these questions, plus a little bit of history, are given for your...
Instructional Video5:15
TED-Ed

What Causes Kidney Stones?

9th - 12th Standards
Could you imagine having a kidney stone the size of a coconut? Viewers learn about the largest kidney stone ever recorded in a video that explains what kidney stones are and how they form. Then, it details multiple procedures to treat or...
Instructional Video4:20
TED-Ed

How Do Contraceptives Work?

7th - 12th
How do contraceptives work? What are the forms of contraceptives? Is one form better than others? How reliable is each type? The three forms of contraception—block, disable, or suppress—are examined in a short video designed for high...
Instructional Video5:04
TED-Ed

How Computer Memory Works

7th - 12th
Just how does computer memory work? Really, it's all zeros and ones. Learn more about bits, binary digits, memory cells, memory latency, and CPS in a short video about how computer memory works.
Instructional Video5:02
TED-Ed

A Day in the Life of an Ancient Athenian

6th - 12th Standards
To learn more about life in ancient Greece, viewers spend a day with Athenians Archias and his wife, Dexileia. Viewers learn about Archias's household and observe the roles of his wife, his children and their tutors, and his slaves. Then...
Instructional Video4:25
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TED-Ed

The Pangaea Pop-up

5th - 12th Standards
The amazing animation for a video on continental drift is comprised of the pages of a sophisticated pop-up book, The Moving Earth. As the pages turn, your earth scientists discover the tectonic plates of the lithosphere and the...
Instructional Video3:17
TED-Ed

Let's Make History…By Recording It

6th - 8th
Celebrate the lives of the uncelebrated, participate in the Great Thanksgiving Listen, become a histographer and record the stories of your family. Learn about StoryCorps program to preserve the untold stories.
Instructional Video4:33
TED-Ed

How to Spot a Fad Diet

7th - 12th
Learn how to separate the fat from the meat—the facts from the misinformation about diets—with a short video that offers guidelines for assessing diet regimens that offer long-term health benefits as opposed to short-term changes.  
Instructional Video4:53
TED-Ed

How Transistors Work

7th - 12th
Imagine 1.7 billion transistors in one tiny chip running all the operations in a microprocessor. Now imagine that that number doubles every two years. Learn all about transistors in this short video that provides easy to understand...
Instructional Video4:09
TED-Ed

Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Unsung Hero

7th - 12th
She was robbed! Robbed of her photograph. Robbed of recognition. Robbed of a Nobel prize. Meet Rosalind Franklin, "the woman behind the helix," the DNA double helix, that is, and learn the real story behind the discovery of the structure...
Instructional Video5:13
TED-Ed

How Does Impeachment Work?

6th - 12th
Did you know that in the United States any civil officer can be impeached? But just what does impeachment mean? How does the process work? Who can demand impeachment of a public official? Who can initiate the process? Learn everything...
Instructional Video4:39
TED-Ed

How Exactly Does Binary Code Work?

9th - 12th
As far as languages go, binary is pretty easy to learn. Scholars watch an informative video on binary code. It explains the basics of how binary code works, and then shows how people encode colors and sound as binary code.
Instructional Video5:19
TED-Ed

The Hidden Network that Makes the Internet Possible

9th - 12th Standards
Many use the Internet but few know how it works. Viewers learn more about the network behind the Internet with a short video that explains the fiber optics and integrated photonics that make global communication possible.
Instructional Video5:37
TED-Ed

This One Weird Trick Will Help You Spot Clickbait

6th - 12th Standards
Here's a resource that will save you tons of money! Viewers learn how to spot clickbait by watching a short video that model how to assess a headline's credibility.
Instructional Video4:26
TED-Ed

What Is the Coldest Thing in the World?

9th - 12th Standards
A video that demonstrates the process for cooling atoms launches a journey to comprehend physics. After watching the video, class members answer multiple-choice and short-answer questions to prepare for a whole-class discussion of the...
Instructional Video1:56
TED-Ed

How Blue Jeans Were Invented

7th - 12th
Can you even imagine life without blue jeans? Viewers get the goods on this oh so American apparel from a short video that traces the origins of these durable duds.
Instructional Video4:08
TED-Ed

Are Spotty Fruits and Vegetables Safe to Eat?

4th - 12th
Are funky-looking fruits and vegetables dangerous? Not if you carefully wash them. Find out why by checking out this short video that explains the science behind the cosmetic problems.
Instructional Video5:24
TED-Ed

The Sexual Deception of Orchids

6th - 12th Standards
A plant engaged in sexual deception? Strange but true. Believe it or not, orchids have developed a range of sexual adaptations that permit them to attract pollinators. The narrator of a short video describes a variety of strategies used...
Instructional Video5:27
TED-Ed

Turbulence: One of the Great Unsolved Mysteries of Physics

9th - 12th Standards
While airlines acknowledge turbulence, scientists have yet to solve the mysteries of these air currents. Find out what is known with a short video that explores the complex nature of turbulence.