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Instructional Video3:50
TED-Ed

An Athlete Uses Physics to Shatter World Records

For Students 6th - 12th
Have you heard of the Fosbury Flop? It was invented by a college high jumper in and has become the standard technique for high jumpers world wide. Learn the physics of this move and why it is more effective for clearing the bar than the...
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Instructional Video3:56
TED-Ed

Poison vs. Venom: What's the Difference?

For Students 4th - 12th Standards
Did you know that poison and venom are not the same? Both are toxic, but poison must be inhaled, ingested, or absorbed, while venom must be injected into a wound. The narrator explains that some toxic compounds may be used for good, as...
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Instructional Video3:47
TED-Ed

The Case of the Vanishing Honeybees

For Students 6th - 9th
It's time for CSI: Honeybees! The numbers of domesticated honeybees in the US have been diminishing at an astounding rate, and investigators are out to find out why. The included video features three possible explanations and illuminates...
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Instructional Video3:51
TED-Ed

Dead Stuff: The Secret Ingredient in Our Food Chain

For Students 6th - 9th
A disgusting and direct description of detritus and decomposition is digested in this drill! Your life science class learns about the importance of decomposers in the food chain and finds out how one organism's trash is another...
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Lesson Plan3:27
TED-Ed

The Fundamentals of Space-Time: Part 3

For Teachers 9th - 12th
If you weren't already blown away by first two installments, check out this clip on how gravity and space-time interact! Our physicist friends, Pontzen and Whyntie, continue their discussion of these motion concepts for your high...
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Instructional Video3:19
TED-Ed

The Cancer Gene We All Have

For Students 9th - 12th
What is cancer? And why don't we all have it? These concepts are explored and tumor suppressor genes are introduced in this animated feature. This nutshell of information is fully packed and makes an outstanding resource for your biology...
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Instructional Video6:25
TED-Ed

How Whales Breathe, Communicate... and Fart with Their Faces

For Students 4th - 8th
Dr. Joy Reidenberg is an expert in comparative anatomy, but also quite relatable to preteens! Here, she lectures on echolocation by likening it to "farting with the face!" She explains with film, actual whale voice recordings, diagrams,...
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Instructional Video4:29
TED-Ed

Why is Ketchup so Hard to Pour?

For Students 7th - 12th
Shake and shake the ketchup bottle, none will come, and then a lot will pour out! Finally, a scientific answer to the age-old question of why it is nearly impossible to get this coveted condiment out and onto your french fries! Along the...
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Instructional Video4:43
TED-Ed

Why Aren't We Only Using Solar Power?

For Students 6th - 12th
Drive the clouds away from your day with this video. It thoroughly details how photovoltaics work and how clouds prevent us from relying solely on solar as an energy source. Unique knitted-object animation (bunnies, clouds, and all other...
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Instructional Video1:30
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Nemours KidsHealth

How the Body Works: Bones

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Coming soon: A full-length video about bones. Don't disregard this in the meantime, however. It's a valuable introduction that you could insert into your lesson about the skeletal system. With a silly Texas accent, the narrator covers...
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Instructional Video2:50
Curated OER

The ABC's of Gas: Avogadro, Boyle, Charles

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Using chalkboard animation, this video thoroughly explains the three empirical gas laws: Avogadro's, Boyle's, and Charles'. Use it as an introduction when teaching young chemists about the properties and behavior of gases.
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Instructional Video4:25
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TED-Ed

The Genius of Mendeleev's Periodic Table

For Students 4th - 12th Standards
The author-narrator refers to the periodic table of elements as a "massive slab of human genius," then goes on to explain Mendeleev's development of this foundational chemistry tool. Why was his version so much better than others that...
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Instructional Video17:41
TED-Ed

The History of Our World in 18 Minutes

For Students 7th - 12th
A fascinating lecture on history by David Christian, who is known for an interdisciplinary approach called Big History. His talk is enhanced by computer graphics and diagrams, but holds its own simply by its span of disciplines. Hear...
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Instructional Video7:11
PB Works

Film Viewing Guide for the movie “Glory” (1998)

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Check out this simple, ready-to-use learning exercise that your young historians can complete as they watch the motion picture Glory. It begins with a very brief list of characters to track, followed by seven short-answer questions to be...
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Activity7:11
Lehigh University

Glory (1989) - Should it be Shown in Class?

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
This is a fantastic activity that prompts learners to think like educators and consider the value of a historically based film beyond just the accuracy of information. Your young historians will work in groups to do a close reading and...
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Unit Plan3:32
pelinks4u

Volleyball

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Before coaching or beginning your next PE unit on volleyball, take a look at this 30-lesson unit that offers instructional techniques for each lesson, as well as warm-up activities, set inductions, and suggested coaching refinements.
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Instructional Video3:04
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Crash Course Kids

Here Comes the Sun

For Students 3rd - 8th
Get to know Sol with this fast paced, kid-friendly video featuring the closest star to Earth, the sun. Super scientists take part in a quick pop quiz, then learn all about Sol's size, distance, and how it creates and sends energy to Earth.
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Instructional Video9:43
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Calculus Expert

Sketch the Graph of a Parabola

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
How many ways can you graph a quadratic? The video shows two approaches to graphing a quadratic expression that is initially in standard form. The first method finds the vertex using -b/2a. The second approach is to find (h,k). 
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Instructional Video9:28
Bozeman Science

A Tour of the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The major groups on the periodic table and their general properties based on their electrons are the focus of a video that also explains why the table is drawn in two parts and which elements are crucial to life. 
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Instructional Video11:23
Crash Course

Dark Energy, Cosmology Part 2

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
What's driving the expansion of the universe, and will it ever stop? Take a trip to the dark side in a video full of surprising facts and twists about our view of what lies beyond. Junior cosmologists learn about the invisible energy of...
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Instructional Video1:48
PBS

Seasonal Science: Pine Pollen

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
More than 125 species of pine trees exist, and each species can live over 100 years, with some living over 1,000 years—that's a lot of pine pollen! The Seasonal Science series explains why pine trees produce pollen. The video details the...
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Instructional Video11:41
Crash Course

Moonlight

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences awarded its 2017 Best Picture award to Moonlight, which was written and directed by Barry Jenkins. The tender exploration of expectations for black men, contrasted with the reality of...
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Instructional Video7:00
Corbett Maths

Adding Algebraic Fractions

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
The process requires the combination of several concepts. A video shows how individuals need several concepts to add rational expressions. Pupils must remember they need to find common denominators, combine like terms, and use the...
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Instructional Video2:05
C-SPAN

On This Day: The Monroe Doctrine

For Students 7th - Higher Ed Standards
The Monroe Doctrine is one of the longest-lasting presidential policies, and it still impacts foreign policy today. Using three clips from historians and archivists, scholars explore the world of James Monroe and his watershed statement....

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