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Curated Video
Supporting Claims with Relevant Evidence
This video explains how to support claims in writing with relevant evidence from credible sources. It emphasizes the importance of using specific examples and information to strengthen arguments and make them more convincing. The video...
Wonderscape
History Kids: Alexander Graham Bell
This video provides a brief overview of the life and inventions of Alexander Graham Bell, focusing on his invention of the telephone and his contributions to the education of deaf individuals. It highlights key events and achievements in...
Wonderscape
Thomas Edison: The Inventor Who Changed the World
This video provides an overview of the life and inventions of Thomas Edison, highlighting his contributions to electric light, the phonograph, and motion pictures. It explores how Edison's innovative ideas and determination shaped the...
60 Second Histories
The 1001 Inventions Museum
A time-travelling student tells the audience about the Golden Age and some of the amazing inventions created by Muslim people. This video was created by an Epic Era Competition winner
SciShow
The Truth About 10 Famous Inventions
A scientific video focuses on ten famous inventions and the person credited with inventing each one. Then it describes the bigger picture of each invention and how it relied on those before them and around them.
Khan Academy
When Capitalism is Great and Not-So-Great
Comparing and contrasting Capitalism and Socialism, this lecture outlines many nuances between the two economic systems, including the ideas of meritocracy and "fairness." A discussion about the effects of either system gone "unchecked"...
Bite Sci-zed
Biomimicry
Nature often offers the best inspiration. Scholars learn about biomimicry and how humans often copy nature to create new products. They explore real-world examples such as including solar panels that mimic leaves, the texture of shark...
TED Talks
The Incredible Inventions of Intuitive AI
Welcome to the Augmented Age. Futurist Maurice Conti introduces viewers to his predictions of what to expect from the Augmented Age, an age of computers and robotic systems that work with humans to imagine, design, and build all sorts of...
Code.org
What is the Internet?
You probably use the Internet every day, but do you really know what it is? A captivating video describes how the Internet works. One of the people involved in the development of the Internet explains how it came into existence.
Code.org
How Computers Work: What Makes a Computer, a Computer?
You see computers all the time, but do you really know how a computer works? The first installment of a five-part playlist explains the essential functions of a computer. The video describes, in detail, each of the functions: input,...
Crash Course
Breaking the Silence
The most impressive movie you've ever seen can't compare to the astonishment audiences felt when feature films began to synchronize sound with the picture. Learn about the complex path to the talkie, including the invention of the...
Crash Course
The Lumière Brothers
Light up your film history instruction with an examination of the contributions of the Lumière brothers. Their cinématograph, as well as the devices of other inventors, are the focus of the third episode from a playlist on film history.
Real Engineering
Wright Brothers Didn't Invent Flight
If you thought the Wright brothers invented flight, you'd be wrong. Scholars learn how Otto Lilienthal used gliders to simulate flight before the Wright brothers. The Real Engineering video then explains how the Wright brothers perfected...
Real Engineering
Transistors—The Invention That Changed the World
When you think about the greatest inventions in the world, transistors probably don't come to mind. Scholars learn about how transistors have had a huge impact on computing. The video also explains aspects of computing from vacuum tubes...
TED-Ed
The Power of Creative Constraints
Lucky you has been assigned with a creative task. There are no limitations, no rules, just endless possibilities. But where do you start? If such a project leaves you feeling paralyzed, watch a video that demonstrates the power of...
TED-Ed
How the Bendy Straw Was Invented
Sitting in a soda parlor, Joseph Freedman notices the difficulty his young daughter has trying to drink from the paper straw in her milkshake. This sparks the invention of a bendy straw. Watch to learn more about this small but widely...
TED-Ed
How the Popsicle was Invented
One stick or two? Water based or milk based? Who would have thought there is so much drama in the history of the popsicle? Check out the story behind Frank Epperson's tasty treat.
TED-Ed
How Super Glue Was Invented
Ever heard of cyanoacrylates? Encourage class members to stick with an engaging resource that will glue their attention to a video that traces the part this family of chemicals played in the history of Super Glue.
Participant
How To Be An Inventor!
Celebrate inventors all February long with a video that introduces a problem and demonstrates the steps toward solving that problem using the scientific method, and using the resources—especially education—in getting an idea working.
TED-Ed
How the Sandwich Was Invented
Sandwich: a delicious meal stacked with meats, cheeses, and veggies, or a parish in England? How about both! The sandwich was invented in—yes, you got it—Sandwich, by John Montagu. Watch this creative and inventive video that gives a...
TED-Ed
How the Bra Was Invented
Ida Rosenthal, her husband William, and her business partner came up with the idea and design of the first brassiere. View a brief video that explains how the design came to be.
TED-Ed
A Call to Invention: DIY Speaker Edition
Can you build a homemade speaker out of a potato chip? Bestselling author and do-it-yourself expert William Gurstelle shows you how in his brief presentation at TEDYouth 2012. He encourages young people to be creative and explore...
TED-Ed
From Mach-20 Glider to Humming Bird Drone
"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...
TED-Ed
How Farming Planted the Seeds for the Internet
Is farming the greatest innovation in all of history? Watch as modern technology and advancements are traced back to the invention of farming in the Neolithic Revolution. The video illustrates how agricultural surplus led to division of...