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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Leslie Dodson: Don't Misrepresent Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
Broadcast journalist, Leslie Dodson, presents research that focuses on the intersection of micro-enterprise and digital technologies in developing communities in Africa. Dodson discusses how hard it is to be a journalist and the special...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Cockroach Beatbox

For Students 9th - 10th
Neuroscientist, Greg Gage, takes an unusual approach to showing how legs respond when brains receive and deliver electric impulses by dissecting a cockroach live on stage. [6:16]
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Erin Mc Kean Redefines the Dictionary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Lexicographer and co-founder of new online dictionary Wordnik, Erin McKean, discusses the many ways today's print dictionary is positioned to change, transforming not just dictionaries, but how we interact with language itself. [15:15]
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Martin Seligman on Positive Psychology

For Students 9th - 10th
As Martin Seligman discusses the state of psychology today, he introduces the eleventh reason to be positive. [23:46]
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Nancy Etcoff on the Surprising Science of Happiness

For Students 9th - 10th
Cognitive researcher, Nancy Etcoff looks at our pursuit of happiness and its surprising effect on our bodies. [14:22]
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Marcus Du Sautoy: Symmetry, Reality's Riddle

For Students 9th - 10th
Oxford mathematician, Marcus du Sautoy, presents a brief look of the invisible numbers that unite all symmetrical objects as he discusses prime numbers, symmetry groups, higher dimensions and other stumpers. [18:20]
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Folding Paper Can Get You to the Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
Animated lesson by Adrian Paenza shows what unbelievable things can happen when folding just one piece of paper. [3:49]
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: David Mc Candless: The Beauty of Data Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen and watch as David McCandless turns complex data sets into beautiful, simple diagrams. He suggests that information design is really important because we all like to visualize our information. [18:19]
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Jonathan Driori: The Beautiful Tricks of Flowers

For Students 9th - 10th
In this brillant talk, Jonathan Drori shows the amazing ways flowering plants have evolved to attract pollinators and discusses how plants reproduce in a variety of ways. [13:49]
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Clay Shirky: How Social Media Can Make History

For Students 9th - 10th
Clay Shirky shows how social media services such as Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, thus changing the nature of politics. [15:49]
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Maajid Nawaz: A Global Culture to Fight Extremism

For Students 9th - 10th
"Why do transnational extremist organizations succeed where democratic movements have a harder time taking hold?" Maajid Nawaz, a former Islamist extremist, talks about the new "age of behavior" and why people join extremists movements...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Deb Roy: The Birth of a Word

For Students 9th - 10th
MIT researcher, Deb Roy, shares amazing data-rich research on how children learn language which he discovered by analyzing hours of video taped conversations between his son and the adults in his home. [19:53]
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Pandemics Spread

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion about the globalization of disease, and the implications of a pandemic. Mark Honigsbaum describes the history of pandemics and how scientists can help prevent future outbreaks. [8:00]
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Gary Wolf: The Quantified Self

For Students 9th - 10th
Gary Wolf discusses how we use modern technology, more specifically gadgets and apps, to monitor our health and body. [5:11]
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Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Character Development

For Students 9th Standards
Read part three, chapter three from The Joy Luck Club to answer questions about Ted and Rose.
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Curated OER

Writing Fix: Unique Imaginary Friends: Ted by Tony Di Terlizzi

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Front cover of the book Ted by Tony DiTerlizzi.