TED-Ed
TED-ED: The city of walls: Constantinople - Lars Brownworth
The world owes much of its cultural legacy to Constantinople's walls. When Constantinople was under seige by neighboring enemies, the Roman city's elaborate system of moats, outer walls, and inner walls stood tall. Surviving numerous...
Southbank Centre
Benjamin Britten's War Requiem | WORDS - the Latin requiem mass, Wilfred Owen's poetry
To commemorate 100 years since World War One in Nov 2014, Southbank Centre staged a special performance of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem featuring hundreds of young performers. UNCOVERING CLASSICS: Benjamin Britten's War Requiem. More...
Science360
Smartphone beats paper for some with dyslexia
Matthew Schneps is a researcher at Harvard University with a doctorate in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He also happens to have dyslexia, so reading has always been a challenge for him. That is, until he...
Mazz Media
Heat of Fusion
In this video viewers will learn that heat of fusion is equal to the amount of heat that must be added or given off to melt or freeze one gram or kilogram of a substance and it’s expressed J/g or J/kg. Students will learn what units are...
Curated Video
Precision Farming: Using Echolocation to Grow More with Less
Video 6 of the Echolocation Unit. In this final segment, students will discover how farmers are using precision farming to adapt to the challenges of climate change. Using an analogy of doing homework with different tools for different...
Curated Video
How can AI Transform Project Management?
Any video about Artificial Intelligence is likely to be – at best – provisional. The technology is improving fast and what seems possible now is likely to be little more than the leading edge of a massive transformation. With that said,...
National Geographic
Live Free or Die | National Geographic
Follow six Americans who have left their mainstream lives to survive completely off the land in Live Free or Die. They have rejected the pull of money and material possessions in favor of getting back to their primal roots and reveling...
Southbank Centre
Benjamin Britten's War Requiem | DOCUMENTARY - students' journey
To commemorate 100 years since World War One in Nov 2014, Southbank Centre staged a special performance of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem featuring hundreds of young performers. UNCOVERING CLASSICS: Benjamin Britten's War Requiem. More...
Southbank Centre
Benjamin Britten's War Requiem | WAR - the ethics of conflict and artistic responses to war
To commemorate 100 years since World War One in Nov 2014, Southbank Centre staged a special performance of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem featuring hundreds of young performers. UNCOVERING CLASSICS: Benjamin Britten's War Requiem. More...
Southbank Centre
Benjamin Britten's War Requiem | Watch full concert in HD, conducted by Marin Alsop
To commemorate 100 years since World War One in Nov 2014, Southbank Centre staged a special performance of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem featuring hundreds of young performers. UNCOVERING CLASSICS: Benjamin Britten's War Requiem. More...
Southbank Centre
Benjamin Britten's War Requiem | MUSIC - learning about composition and performance
To commemorate 100 years since World War One in Nov 2014, Southbank Centre staged a special performance of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem featuring hundreds of young performers. UNCOVERING CLASSICS: Benjamin Britten's War Requiem. More...
TED Talks
TED: What security means to me | Eve Ensler
Playwright Eve Ensler explores our modern craving for security -- and why it makes us less secure. Listen for inspiring, heartbreaking stories of women making change.
TED-Ed
Haptography: Digitizing our Sense of Touch
We have cameras to record what we see, but how can we record what we touch? Katherine Kuchenbecker, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Pennsylvania, is working to answer exactly that question. Using sensitive...
TED-Ed
How Do Self-Driving Cars “See”?
What do you get when you mix LiDAR and integrated photonics technology? Why a self-driving car, of course. A fascinating short video describes how light detection and ranging, LiDAR for short, and integrated photonics technologies enable...
Engenius Films
3-D printing
Tired of printing in 2-D?. An informative video explains the basics of printing in three dimensions. It goes on to point out some of the fun and practical applications the new technology offers.
Crash Course
Cybersecurity: Crash Course Computer Science #31
The three most important words for cybersecurity? Secrecy, integrity, and availability. The 31st installment of an informative video series describes cybersecurity measures in the digital age. It explains the three different goals of...
GCFGlobal.org
Excel 2016: Using Find and Replace
There's a Lost and Found equivalent for Microsoft Excel, and it's called Find and Select! Viewers learn how to search for cell content in a spreadsheet and discover how to replace words and phrases within a Microsoft workbook.
Townsend Press
Relationships I
Transition words can be a very important addition to any writer's toolbox. Learn more about addition words and time words, and how they can enhance the organization of any writing passage, with an informative video about reading...
TED-Ed
The Hidden Network that Makes the Internet Possible
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.
TED-Ed
The Prison Break | Think Like A Coder, Ep 1
Break free from monotonous lessons. An engaging video introduces the computer coding series and describes the ongoing context. Robots have taken over, and the hero needs to escape from prison and save the world by solving a set of clues....
TED-Ed
How a Few Scientists Transformed the Way We Think About Disease
During the first few sniffles of a cold, you can't help wondering where you picked up the illness. Watch an Ed Ted video that details the difference between miasma theory and germ theory, and the ways that Dr. John Snow's research...
TED-Ed
Can Robots Be Creative?
What is creativity, anyway? Check out this fascinating video on the potential for creativity from artificial intelligence. The resource provides insight into the world of computer programming and algorithms, while at the same...
Code.org
The Internet: HTTP and HTML
Four-letter words aren't necessary a bad thing. The fifth video of an eight-part series about how the Internet works focuses on HTTP and HTML. It describes how computers call up websites from servers using Get and Post requests.
Lesson Planet
EdTech Tuesday: AnimalWatch
Kids love animals, so encourage them to explore matches with animal-themed math. Jennifer and Rich present the app's features, spending particular time on how to use it and apply it to your classroom needs.