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Instructional Video17:25
TED-Ed

Are We Ready for Neo-Evolution

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
As technology and medicine continue to make huge leaps, the days of choosing our own genes or the genetic traits of our offspring are right around the corner. Harvey Fineberg takes a look at some of the potential pathways humans may take...
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Instructional Video16:03
TED-Ed

The Danger of Science Denial

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions... but they're not entitled to their own facts." Michael Specter, a well-respected science and technology journalist, speaks eloquently about modern attitudes toward science and progress and...
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Instructional Video21:08
TED-Ed

HIV and Flu -- The Vaccine Strategy

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
What is the biggest threat to a mass number of humans? Not natural disasters, but rather, pandemics! With a lecture and slide show, the speaker discusses how medical technology in the form of vaccines is bringing an end to suffering and...
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Instructional Video1:38
Curated OER

JayCut, Part 4: Transitions, Titles, and Drawings

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Explore part four of this five-part tutorial explaining how to use JayCut software to make educational videos. You'll learn how to add transitions, titles, and drawings to make a very interesting and informational product.
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Instructional Video1:57
Curated OER

JayCut, Part 5: Final Editing and Publishing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Final editing and publishing of your JayCut home movie will be a breeze after viewing part five of this five-part series. You and your class will have no problems putting those final touches into your original works of educational art.
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Instructional Video2:25
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California Academy of Science

Your Digital Footprint: Data and Energy Use

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Understanding energy usage requires knowing more than how much energy it takes to charge your cell phone. Scholars learn each text sent uses energy as does each video, game, and phone call. They observe the larger grid of data transfers...
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Instructional Video4:47
TED-Ed

How Containerization Shaped the Modern World

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
"It's the reason we have a thriving global market place, offering us the infinite variety of things, and it's the reason we can move cargoes from remote parts of the world at minimal cost." Learn about how small-town truck driver Malcom...
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Instructional Video6:32
Curated OER

How Superconducting Magnetic Levitation Works

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Are you looking for a video to introduce your physicists to superconductors? This educational resource details the workings of magnetic levitation with small magnets. It is fascinating! It concludes with possible uses of superconductor...
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Instructional Video2:38
Curated OER

Chevy Volt - How It Works

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The Chevy Volt is an electric vehicle. This presentation reveals how these quiet cars work. This would be an educational resource to show in an engineering and technology class, or in your physical science unit when exploring alternative...
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Instructional Video25:02
TED-Ed

From Mach-20 Glider to Humming Bird Drone

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" This question guides Regina Dugan's exploration of amazing achievements in science and engineering that push the boundary of impossibility. From robotic hummingbirds and...
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Instructional Video16:49
TED-Ed

A Future Beyond Traffic Gridlock

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Bill Ford, great-grandson of Henry Ford and executive chairman of Ford Motor Company, discusses his struggle to reconcile his two passions: automobiles and the environment. He explains how our current transportation systems are simply...
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Instructional Video4:53
TED-Ed

What's the Difference Between Accuracy and Precision?

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
While often used interchangeably, the distinction between accuracy and precision is critical for many scientific endeavors. Discover the importance of consistency for precise results, and the need for accuracy in the field of research,...
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Lesson Plan2:39
Code.org

Star Wars: Building a Galaxy with Code

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Welcome to the code side. The interactive lesson introduces coding in a game format with familiar characters. Young computer experts learn to develop code to control the interaction of the characters in the game. The activity ends with...
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Instructional Video17:27
TED-Ed

The Tribes We Lead

For Students 9th - 12th
With all the information and technology we offer to our learners, we can sometimes neglect the importance of directing them on how to best use these opportunities. In this video, Seth Godin encourages his audience to 1) tell a story to...
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Instructional Video5:19
TED-Ed

The Hidden Network that Makes the Internet Possible

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Many use the Internet but few know how it works. Viewers learn more about the network behind the Internet with a short video that explains the fiber optics and integrated photonics that make global communication possible.
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Instructional Video5:11
TED-Ed

How Do Hard Drives Work?

For Students 9th - 12th
Curious minds want to know: How do hard drives work? It's the question everyone has been asking, and here is a short video with the answer. And you don't have to be a quantum physicist to understand the explanation.
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Instructional Video5:15
TED-Ed

The High-Stakes Race to Make Quantum Computers Work

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Quantum mechanics just might take computing to a new level. Pupils watch an animated video to learn about quantum computers and how they differ from classical computers. They learn about two current approaches to quantum computing,...
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Lesson Plan3:02
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Teach Engineering

How Antibiotics Work

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Take two pills and call me in the morning. The first lesson in a short unit of four introduces class members to delivery methods of medicines. The instruction introduces the question of which delivery method is best to get you feeling...
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Lesson Plan0:31
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Teach Engineering

Microfluidic Devices and Flow Rate

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
When you have to flow, you have to flow. The activity introduces class members to microfluidic devices and their uses in medicine. They watch a short video on how the diameter affects the rate of flow. The worksheet has individuals...
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Instructional Video3:49
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Cisco

Episode 2.5: The Business Plan

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Sometimes helping communities after a natural disaster requires a solution of monstrous proportions! The fifth episode in a seven-part shows scholars how the Problem Solvers rise above climbing waters by enlisting the help of monster...
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Instructional Video6:10
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TED-Ed

The Resistance | Think Like A Coder, Ep 2

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Join the resistance and learn computer code while you're at it. Continuing from the previous installment, the hero of the series looks for a resistance leader using a set of conditional statements. Scholars learn how to include if,...
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Instructional Video6:12
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TED-Ed

The Furnace Bots | Think Like A Coder, Ep 3

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
It's time to defeat the army of furnace bots. Continuing from the previous episode, the hero of the story must locate and take over the zero bot that controls all of the other furnace bots. Viewers see how writing a program that involves...
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Instructional Video6:42
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TED-Ed

The Artists | Think Like A Coder, Ep 5

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Create a diversion! Continuing the quest to save the world, the hero of the series needs to find an artifact inside a tower. To distract the guards, she programs a robot to vandalize some artwork. Viewers learn how to apply loops and...
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Instructional Video6:41
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TED-Ed

The Chasm | Think Like A Coder, Ep 6

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
It'd be a shame if the hero fell into the chasm. The saga of the hero trying to save the world continues, this time requiring a bridge to cross a ravine. The blocks for the bridge must form a palindrome, and the hero must program a robot...

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