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Instructional Video2:12
Curated OER

President Healing Arts Institute

For Teachers 6th - 12th
President and instructor of a healing arts institute, Mwezo Kudumu, discusses his education, career, and passions. This is a fabulous video to show to your class, along with more career videos also found on our site.
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Instructional Video5:52
Lesson Planet

EdTech Tuesdays: Trello

For Teachers Pre-K - Higher Ed
Searching for an organizational tool to help manage the seemingly endless number of tasks educators are faced with on a daily basis? Though originally intended for the business world, Rich and Jennifer explore how this free web-based...
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TED-Ed

Four Sisters in Ancient Rome

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
What was leisurely life like for the young, wealthy women of ancient Rome? Though all records from the period were written by men, this video demonstrates that we are still able to construct some aspects of a woman's daily duties and...
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Instructional Video11:51
Bozeman Science

Enzymes

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Hydrogen peroxide bubbles might look painful on a cut, but they are actually doing an important job. The video explores enzymes by allowing learners to see active sites on enzymes and how substrates, like a key fitting a lock, fit within...
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Instructional Video4:39
PBS

Career Connections | Construction Manager

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Don a hard hat and grab an iPad; both are essential tools for construction managers. A short video details the education, skills, and tools required for those interested in a career in this fast-growing field.
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Instructional Video2:45
TED-Ed

Cicadas: The Dormant Army Beneath Your Feet

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
What's the buzz that happens every 13 or 17 years? The emergence of the cicadas! This quick and flashy animation explains the lifecycle of these unusual insects and ponders the timing. On the host site, you will also find comprehension...
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Instructional Video33:43
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The Day the Mesozoic Died

For Students 8th - Higher Ed Standards
A dynamic, three-part feature explores what caused mass extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period. Computer animations, interviews, and on-site footage from around the world divulge evidence that it was the K-T...
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Instructional Video5:07
TED-Ed

Who Built Great Zimbabwe? And why?

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
It's hard to image that a mystery surrounds the second largest settlement ruins found in Africa. Who built this stone city? Why was it built? What happened to it? Why was it abandoned? A short video explores the controversies surrounding...
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Instructional Video5:59
TED-Ed

Why Should You Read James Joyce's "Ulysses"?

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
What is Bloomsday? Why would thousands travel to Dublin on this day to visit sites depicted in a novel that is ridiculously hard to read? Why even bother with reading such a book? Find out by viewing a short video that suggests the...
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Instructional Video7:39
TED-Ed

The Search For King Richard III - The Archaeological Dig

For Students 9th - 12th
The discovery of the remains of King Richard III in early 2013 sparked media attention all over the world. Take a walk through the archaeological site itself and learn about the process behind the excavation, from how the dig site was...
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Curated Video

Policy - The Community Guidelines

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Following a site's community guidelines is just one step toward being an excellent digital citizen. After a brief introductory video, small groups come up with their own community guidelines and present their ideas to come up with a...
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Lesson Plan4:55
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Curated Video

What Makes YouTube Unique

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Start off a unit on YouTube with an introduction to the service and all that it offers. Learners watch various video clips before participating in a brief discussion about YouTube. The plan includes an activity based around information...
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Instructional Video0:48
Steve Spangler Science

Marble Gravitron - Sick Science! #023

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Entertain and educate physics pros with this activity. They place a marble in a wine glass, get it spinning, and then turn the glass upside down. As long as it spins, centripetal force keeps the marble from falling out! Show this video...
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Instructional Video10:21
TED-Ed

Cheese, Dogs, and a Pill to Kill Mosquitoes and End Malaria

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
This is a fantastic demonstration of how out-of-the-box science can serve the needs of mankind and save millions of lives. Bart Knois takes his audience through the step-by-step process of his research to kill mosquitoes and fight...
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Instructional Video4:01
Mathispower4u

Evaluate a Polynomial Equation - Flu Virus Application

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Catch the resource before it's too late. An educational video shows how to evaluate a quartic equation and how to interpret the answer. The context involves the number of flu virus particles in a person's body over time after catching...
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Instructional Video4:38
TED-Ed

Did Ancient Troy Really Exist?

For Students 8th - 12th
Because the monsters Scylla, Charybdis, and Polyphemus in Homer's Odyssey are fictional, scholars may assume the Iliad is also entirely fictional. A carefully researched video describes Heinrich Schliemann's discovery of the historical...
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Instructional Video3:37
TED-Ed

How Tsunamis Work

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
A flood of information about tsunamis can be learned by viewing this feature. How do they get started? How fast do they travel? How high can they rise? The answers to these questions, plus a little bit of history, are given for your...
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TED-Ed

A Digital Reimagining of Gettysburg

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Why would Robert E. Lee order Pickett's Charge, an action that changed the course of the Civil War? Geographer and historian Anne Knowles uses digital technology to explain what she thinks is the missing piece in trying to understand...
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Instructional Video3:41
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TED-Ed

How False News Can Spread

For Students 7th - 12th
Here's a must-see video. The topic—circular reporting, or the intentional spreading and leaking of false information. The big idea here is to teach viewers to recognize and avoid contributing to the cycle.
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Instructional Video5:00
Curated OER

Comma Story

For Students 7th - Higher Ed
Imagine the comma as a clever character, walking around town looking for conjunctions or subordinates to help. The video has an animated character for each of these parts of speech, and provides sample sentences that demonstrate where to...
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Instructional Video4:28
Curated OER

The Story of 'True'

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
The history of the English language is a long and winding road, forsooth. Here’s a short video that traces the truth about the history of the world true, from its Old English origins to modern usages. Consider generating a list of words...
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Instructional Video2:25
Curated OER

Shakespearean Dating Tips

For Students 7th - 12th
Want to get the attention of that special someone? Try out some metaphors! This colorfully animated video first points out the positives of Shakespeare’s works, before comparing complex metaphors about love to modern pick-up lines. The...
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Instructional Video3:17
TED-Ed

Let's Make History…By Recording It

For Students 6th - 8th
Celebrate the lives of the uncelebrated, participate in the Great Thanksgiving Listen, become a histographer and record the stories of your family. Learn about StoryCorps program to preserve the untold stories.
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Instructional Video2:47
TED-Ed

Why Facts Don't Convince People (and what you can do about it)

For Students 9th - 12th
Birthers. Fake news. Terms all too familiar in the 21st century. Why is it that even when presented with facts it is impossible to convince some people that their opinions are wrong? Check out a short video that examines the psychology...