Instructional Video10:11
Weird History

Bizarre Geography Facts From Around the World

12th - Higher Ed
We learn about geography in school. We have a basic understanding, or at least we should, of where places are, how they got there, and why they are that way. We piece together an image of the world in our heads based on maps and globes,...
Instructional Video16:25
Curated Video

Discover the World: Locating Places

K - 8th
This program helps students to hone their map skills. Using colorful graphics and animation, students will come to understand the uses of map grids and the compass rose. In addition, viewers will learn how to locate any location on...
Instructional Video1:23
NASA

Lights of Human Activity Shine in NASA's Image of Earth at Night

3rd - 11th
NASA scientists have just released the first new global map of Earth at night since 2012. This nighttime look at our home planet, dubbed the Black Marble, provides researchers with a unique perspective of human activities around the...
Instructional Video1:22
Curated Video

Gaia and the Killer Asteroids - 60 Second Adventures in Astronomy (14/14)

9th - 11th
How do you take a census in space? Find out how it is possible to produce a 3D map of the galaxy, with a little help from the new Gaia Spacecraft and a whole heap of measuring. (Part 14 of 14) Playlist
Instructional Video1:43
NASA

NASA | Human Fingerprint on Global Air Quality

3rd - 11th
Using new, high-resolution global satellite maps of air quality indicators, NASA scientists tracked air pollution trends over the last decade in various regions and 195 cities around the globe. The United States, Europe and Japan...
Instructional Video3:30
Active Galactic

Are we Losing the Sky?

3rd - 11th
Stars are becoming an endangered species due to light pollution that is plaguing the world. How big has this easily forgotten problem become and is there any way to bring back our night skies? Please like, comment, and subscribe for more...
Instructional Video17:24
Curated Video

A guide to using diagrams

9th - 11th
Drawing diagrams is a very different type of communication than most of us are used to, but it allows us to think in new ways and encourages us to approach problems differently. The Open University's Simon Bell and Kevin Collins explain...
Instructional Video2:54
Curated Video

Will artificial intelligence put us out of work?

9th - 11th
Evan Davies, presenter of Dragon's Den, Newsnight and The Bottom Line examines the impact new technology might have on business in the future, and what it could mean for us. Third party Creative Commons assets: Optimization of Parenthood...
Instructional Video1:25
Curated Video

Taking a Galactic Census - 60 Second Adventures in Astronomy (13/14)

9th - 11th
How do you take a census in space? Find out how it is possible to produce a 3D map of the galaxy, with a little help from the new Gaia Spacecraft and a whole heap of measuring. (Part 13 of 14) Playlist