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Instructional Video4:34
Be Smart

How Many Smells Can You Smell?

For Students 6th - 12th
Do you know what doesn't stink? This resource! The video explains how people can smell, when they start smelling, and the changing idea of how many different smells individuals can identify. It introduces the concept of olfactory...
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Instructional Video5:45
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What's the Deadliest Animal in the World?

For Students 6th - 12th
Do you know what animal causes more than one million deaths each year? This terrifying animal and how it causes so much death is the subject of a video that also shares how humans can avoid it and the research scientists have conducted...
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Instructional Video7:14
Be Smart

The Strange Science of the Placebo Effect

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Scholars see how doctors first used placebos to help soldiers during WWII with pain. Viewers then see what placebos are and how effective they can be. The narrator reminds viewers that while placebos cannot cure everything, their...
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Instructional Video5:06
Be Smart

%$?# Allergies!

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
About 40,000 people have sinus surgery every year, hoping to relieve sinus congestion due to allergies. Learners see why some people have allergies and others don't. From flowers' pollen to pet dander, some human immune systems are...
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Instructional Video8:22
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Why Do We Have To Sleep?

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Humans are the only mammals who delay sleep. Viewers learn this and other interesting facts in a video that explores sleep in humans. The narrator also discusses how lights affect our sleep, the importance of sleep, and how sleep is...
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Instructional Video7:24
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Rise of the Superbugs

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
The narrator of a short video shows learners the history of antibiotics with the use of penicillin. Viewers then see how bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics and what that means for our future health and for the development of...
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Instructional Video4:32
Be Smart

Where Do Birds Go In Winter?

For Students 6th - 12th
The poet Homer believed that birds went to battle tribes of goat-riding dwarfs during the winter. As the video explains, this myth and many others that seem crazy to us now, wasn't questioned for many years. The reality isn't quite as...
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Instructional Video3:32
Be Smart

Why I'm Scared of Spiders

For Students 6th - 12th
Eighty-four percent of people have an irrational fear. This video focuses on a fear of spiders. It explains the different types of fear, the conditioning that creates fear, and the evolutionary advantage to these fears. It doesn't just...
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Instructional Video3:09
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SciShow Kids

Lunar Eclipses

For Students Pre-K - 6th Standards
A lunar eclipse or the red moon? This is the focus question of a captivating video hosted by the knowledgable and energetic Jessi and her mouse sidekick Squeaks. Here, the two examine the what, why, and how of lunar eclipses and...
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Instructional Video7:30
The School of Life

Philosophy - Aristotle

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
How easy is it to change your virtues? High schoolers learn about Aristotle and his philosophical views with a short analysis video. It links the value of art, particularly drama, to one's virtues, values, friendships, and social...
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Instructional Video12:17
Crash Course

Memory and Storage: Crash Course Computer Science #19

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Don't take your USB memory stick for granted. An engaging video describes the evolution of computer memory and storage devices over time. It covers punch cards, delay line memory, magnetic core memory, magnetic tape, magnetic drum...
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Instructional Video5:36
TED-Ed

Why Should You Read Virgil's "Aeneid"?

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Is Virgil's Aeneid, as Augustus believed, written in praise of the first Roman emperor, or a criticism of his rule? Introduce the famous epic poem with a short video that provides background information about the poet, the historic...
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Instructional Video5:07
American Chemical Society

How Do We Tell Temperature?

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Explore the science behind thermometers. Rather than measuring temperature, thermometers track the movement of heat from hot to cold. The installment of the ACS Reactions series examines the chemical response that make thermometers work.
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Instructional Video9:59
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Socratica

Empirical Formula

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
With empirical formulas, it's all about keeping it simple! Introduce the concept of empirical formula to your chemistry scholars through a detailed video from Socratica's Chemistry Lessons series. The resource uses visual cues,...
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Instructional Video5:36
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Socratica

Chemistry: Ionic Bonds vs Covalent Bonds (Which is Stronger?)

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Both ionic and covalent bonds present as strong bonds, but which is stronger? Socratica presents a video from its chemistry playlist that attempts to answer this question. It addresses how strength is measured and the range of strengths...
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Instructional Video5:54
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Socratica

Chemistry: Charles's Law (Gas Laws)

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Gay-Lussac first published the law relating the volume and temperature of gas, but he kindly credited Charles in what is now known as Charles's Law. Part of Socratica's chemistry playlist, the video explains Charles's Law. It also works...
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Instructional Video14:35
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Socratica

Using Scientific Notation

For Students 8th - Higher Ed Standards
Scientists and engineers in every field use scientific notation. The Socratica video explains what scientific notation is and why people use it. Then, it offers examples of how to convert a number into and out of scientific notation....
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Instructional Video4:48
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Socratica

Chemistry: Introduction to Unit Conversion and Dimensional Analysis (Part 2)

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
If you know how much carbon dioxide you produce in one breath, can you figure out how much you produce in one month? Socratica helps solve multi-step unit conversion problems. The video walks through how to set up these challenges and...
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Instructional Video7:23
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Socratica

Chemistry: Average Atomic Mass (AMU, Daltons, etc.)

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Scientists created a new measurement, the atomic mass unit, which is defined as carbon 12 = 12amu. So why isn't carbon listed as having exactly 12 amu on the periodic table? An installment from the Socratica chemistry playlist answers...
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Instructional Video4:32
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Socratica

Chemistry: How to Write Electron Configuration

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Before determining which electrons are available for reactions, scientists identify each atom's electron configuration. An informative video from Socratica's chemistry playlist includes how to write electron configurations. It explains...
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Instructional Video6:30
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Socratica

Chemistry: What Is a Covalent Bond? (Polar and Nonpolar)

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
When it comes to covalent bonding, sharing is caring! As part of the Socratica chemistry playlist, a useful video explains the definition of covalent bonding. Then, it works through examples of single bonding, double bonding, polar...
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Instructional Video5:26
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Socratica

Chemistry: Boyle's Law (Gas Laws)

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Pressure and volume remain inversely proportional for all gases. Socratica presents a video about this relationship as part of their chemistry playlist. It explains Boyle's Law and the associated formulas before demonstrating the...
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Instructional Video7:59
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Socratica

What Are Intermolecular Forces?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Johannes Diderik van der Waals won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1910. The video, part of the Socratica chemistry playlist, explains what the van der Waals forces are and how they interact based on type. It details dipole interactions...
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Instructional Video8:38
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Socratica

Chemistry: Intro to Stoichiometry with Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What do grilled cheese sandwiches have to do with chemistry? Show your class the answer and introduce them to stoichiometry using an intriguing video from the Socratica chemistry playlist. Through an easy example—making a grilled cheese...

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