TED Talks
TED: This company pays kids to do their math homework | Mohamad Jebara
Mohamad Jebara loves mathematics -- but he's concerned that too many students grow up thinking that this beautiful, rewarding subject is difficult and boring. His company is experimenting with a bold idea: paying students for completing...
Curated Video
Multiplication Equal Groups
Join Mrs. Taylor at the ranch as we learn how to multiply using the strategy of "equal groups." There is a math challenge that students may complete after the guided lesson.
PBS
Cosmic Microwave Background Challenge | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios
If a photon leaves the train station shortly after the Big Bang ...
Curated Video
4 Tips for Getting Through Finals Week
This video goes over 4 tips for getting through finals week. Finals week is always a stressful time, but with proper planning, it's possible to make it through this stressful time and perform to the best of your ability. One of the...
Seeker
This Fluoride Battery Could Mean Phone Batteries That Last a Week
Scientists have been working on this alternative battery design since the 1970s, and now they’ve made a breakthrough. Is this the end of the lithium-ion battery? Batteries! -...
Food Farmer Earth
Nourishing Traditions: Reviving Ancient Wisdom through Bone Broth
This video outlines the inspiration behind a bone broth bar, aimed at making traditional foods more accessible and enhancing people's relationship with their food. It emphasizes the health benefits of bone broth and traditional foods,...
Programming Electronics Academy
Ep. 3: In the Classroom with Jack Gupton
This week Michael sits down with public school teacher Jack Gupton to talk about the successes and challenges he’s had teaching electronics and programming to his students with Arduino. The two discuss how he introduced his 8th graders...
Seeker
What Drugs Do You Need to Survive in Space?
Traveling through space is rough on an astronaut’s body. What drugs do they take to cope? How One of NASA’s Deep Space Challenges Could Be Solved in the Ocean | The Swim - https://youtu.be/ogpE0mem9xE Read More: Preventing Bone Loss in...
TED-Ed
Can You Solve the Seven Planets Riddle?
Can you use math and logic to beat the bad guys? You can in space! Take an intergalactic trip into a seedy and speedy crime syndicate with the Seven Planets Riddle, which challenges two interstellar police officers to use deductive...
TED-Ed
Can You Solve the Counterfeit Coin Riddle?
Math enthusiasts and riddle gurus are sure to love a mind-bending puzzle involving a king, a scale, and a counterfeit coin. Middle and high schoolers work through a video that describes a mathematician's challenge to find a false coin in...
TED-Ed
Can You Solve the Virus Riddle?
A vicious airborne virus is about to leak out of your lab, and it is up to you to stop it. Once entering a contaminated room, you destroy it, preventing you from leaving the room the same way you entered. Challenge your class to solve...
Teaching Channel
Algebra Skills: Support at Every Step
"My biggest challenge in class is to get some students to put a pen to paper, because they don't want to make a mistake." Discover how two teachers are working to help special education students develop the skills they will...
TED-Ed
Can You Solve the Bridge Riddle?
The zombies are charging and it is your job to get your party safely across the bridge. Are you up for the challenge?
TED-Ed
Can You Solve the Three Gods Riddle?
The Three Gods Riddle has been called the "hardest logic puzzle ever." Introduce viewers to the problem with a video that challenges scholars to find the solution.
TED-Ed
Can You Solve the Pirate Riddle?
Yo Ho Ho! Landlubbers, seadogs, and scallywags are sure to treasure a video that presents them with the challenge of the pirate riddle. Heave ho! Hornswagglers beware!
TED-Ed
Can You Solve the Fish Riddle?
Riddles are a great way to encourage learners to develop their logical thinking skills, and the fish riddle offers the perfect challenge. Viewers must determine how to rescue a series of tanks containing an endangered species of fish.
TED-Ed
The Coin Flip Conundrum
Mathematical paradoxes always intrigue learners. An engaging lesson explores the probability of flipping a heads/heads or tails/heads combination. A video introduces the paradox and explains the mathematics.
TED-Ed
How the Königsberg Bridge Problem Changed Mathematics
There is one bridge too many. A video presents the history of the Konigsberg Bridge problem. To solve the problem, Euler invented a new branch of mathematics—and graph theory was born. Using this new branch of mathematics, mathematicians...
TED-Ed
The Fascinating History of Cemeteries
An irreverently illustrated video history of how human societies have honored their dead is both suitable and thought-provoking for high schoolers in the frame of mind to step back from the sadness of death. Scholars...