Instructional Video6:10
TED-Ed

TED-ED: How fast are you moving right now? - Tucker Hiatt

Pre-K - Higher Ed
"How fast are you moving?" seems like an easy question, but it's actually quite complicated -- and perhaps best answered by another question: "Relative to what?" Even when you think you're standing still, the Earth is moving relative to...
Instructional Video4:40
SciShow

What Is Neurofeedback Therapy?

12th - Higher Ed
Neurofeedback therapy claims to help you change behaviors by monitoring your brain waves - but how does that actually work? And what does the science behind it look like?
Instructional Video5:10
SciShow

We Just Found a Galaxy with Almost No Dark Matter

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists have found a galaxy with almost no dark matter and we have finally solved the Leading Arm mystery!
Instructional Video3:05
SciShow

Gravitational Waves Discovered!

12th - Higher Ed
Einstein predicted their existence 101 years ago, and now it's official: we've detected gravitational waves directly for the first time ever!
Instructional Video10:44
Crash Course

Bonding Models and Lewis Structures: Crash Course Chemistry

12th - Higher Ed
Models are great, except they're also usually inaccurate. In this episode of Crash Course Chemistry, Hank discusses why we need models in the world and how we can learn from them... even when they're almost completely wrong. Plus, Lewis...
Instructional Video9:14
PBS

The Andromeda-Milky Way Collision

12th - Higher Ed
The Andromeda galaxy is heading straight toward our own Milky Way. The two galaxies will inevitably collide. Will that be the very last night sky our solar system witnesses?
Instructional Video17:10
TED Talks

Yang Lan: The generation that's remaking China

12th - Higher Ed
Yang Lan, a journalist and entrepreneur who's been called "the Oprah of China," offers insight into the next generation of young Chinese citizens -- urban, connected (via microblogs) and alert to injustice.
Instructional Video8:44
SciShow

6 Foods That Are Toxic If You Prepare Them Incorrectly

12th - Higher Ed
We prepare a lot of our food to make it safer to eat, but a piece of bread probably won’t hurt you if it’s not made correctly. These six foods, on the other hand, definitely can. Chapters KIDNEY BEANS 0:29 CASSAVA 1:42 3 ACKEE FRUIT 4:21...
Instructional Video12:00
TED Talks

TED: How play helps a kid's brain grow | Jesse Ilhardt

12th - Higher Ed
A little bit of playtime can have big benefits for a child's developing brain, like a superfood -- but adult participation is a crucial ingredient for best results. Early-education leader Jesse Ilhardt makes the case for you to put down...
Instructional Video4:36
SciShow

Is Sitting up Straight Actually Good Posture

12th - Higher Ed
Spines are naturally curved, not straight, so what good posture actually looks like isn't as straightforward as you might think.
Instructional Video16:10
TED Talks

TED: The ocean's glory -- and horror | Brian Skerry

12th - Higher Ed
Photographer Brian Skerry shoots life above and below the waves -- as he puts it, both the horror and the magic of the ocean. Sharing amazing, intimate shots of undersea creatures, he shows how powerful images can help make change.
Instructional Video11:52
Crash Course

Low Mass Stars

12th - Higher Ed
Today we are talking about the life -- and death -- of stars. Low mass stars live a long time, fusing all their hydrogen into helium over a trillion years. More massive stars like the Sun live shorter lives. They fuse hydrogen into...
Instructional Video5:25
SciShow

Detecting Tornadoes Early by Observing Lightning... from Space

12th - Higher Ed
It’s handy having a view of Earth from space. This particular view may be one that changes the way we predict weather phenomena.
Instructional Video5:20
TED-Ed

TED-ED: What makes a poem a poem? - Melissa Kovacs

Pre-K - Higher Ed
What exactly makes a poem - a poem? Poets themselves have struggled with this question, often using metaphors to approximate a definition. Is a poem a little machine? A firework? An echo? A dream? Melissa Kovacs shares three recognizable...
Instructional Video16:47
TED Talks

TED: Want to get great at something? Get a coach | Atul Gawande

12th - Higher Ed
How do we improve in the face of complexity? Atul Gawande has studied this question with a surgeon's precision. He shares what he's found to be the key: having a good coach to provide a more accurate picture of our reality, to instill...
Instructional Video8:20
SciShow

Hank Meets a Giant Squid and Other News

12th - Higher Ed
Hank is back in the studio and is very excited to be able again to share news of the universe with you, including his encounter with a giant squid, an English king discovered under a parking lot, new pyramids discovered in Africa, and...
Instructional Video10:54
TED Talks

Jacqueline Woodson: What reading slowly taught me about writing

12th - Higher Ed
Reading slowly -- with her finger running beneath the words, even when she was taught not to -- has led Jacqueline Woodson to a life of writing books to be savored. In a lyrical talk, she invites us to slow down and appreciate stories...
Instructional Video4:25
SciShow

The Truth About Biodegradable Plastic

12th - Higher Ed
This week, the truth about “biodegradable plastic,” and new insights into how global warming might eventually make winters colder.
Instructional Video6:24
SciShow

Editing Genes Inside the Human Body

12th - Higher Ed
We talk a lot about CRISPR and "designer babies" but the science of editing genes is varied and complex. This month, an adult man received billions of gene-editing viruses via an IV in an effort to treat a rare disease.
Instructional Video12:10
TED Talks

TED: The emergent patterns of climate change | Gavin Schmidt

12th - Higher Ed
You can't understand climate change in pieces, says climate scientist Gavin Schmidt. It's the whole, or it's nothing. In this illuminating talk, he explains how he studies the big picture of climate change with mesmerizing models that...
Instructional Video15:32
TED Talks

The myth of bringing your full, authentic self to work | Jodi-Ann Burey

12th - Higher Ed
Calls for authenticity at work ask for passionate people with diverse, fresh perspectives who challenge old ways of thinking. But too often workplace culture fails to support the authenticity of professionals of color and other...
Instructional Video5:06
TED-Ed

TED-ED: Mating frenzies, sperm hoards, and brood raids: the life of a fire ant queen - Walter R. Tschinkel

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In the spring, just after a heavy rainfall, male and female fire ants swarm the skies for a day of romance, known as the nuptial flight. Thousands of reproduction-capable ants take part in a mating frenzy, and for one successfully mated...
Instructional Video17:38
3Blue1Brown

But what is a partial differential equation? | DE2

12th - Higher Ed
The heat equation, as an introductory PDE.
Instructional Video14:12
3Blue1Brown

Solving the heat equation | DE3

12th - Higher Ed
Solving the heat equation.

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