In this video Paul Andersen shows you how to use mathematical and computational thinking in a mini-lesson on computational representations. Two examples are included in the video and two additional examples are included in the linked...

What happens if you extend a piston through a portal? Or try to sandwich a cube between two portals? That's right, it's time to explore more portal paradoxes!

Paul Andersen details the first 7 of 13 labs in the AP Biology Curriculum. The following topics are all covered: Artificial Selection, Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, Comparing DNA using BLAST, Diffusion and Osmosis, Photosynthesis,...

Your team has developed a probe to study an alien monolith. It needs protective coatings — in red, purple and green — to cope with the environments it passes through. Can you figure out how to apply the colors so the probe survives the...

In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on causal relationships.

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Cause - a thing that gives rise t
o an event
Ef
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Relationship - interconnection betwe
en parts of...

It's moments after the Big Bang and you're still reeling. You're a particle of matter, amidst a chaotic stew of forces, fusion, and annihilation. If you're lucky and avoid being destroyed by antimatter, you'll be the seed of a future...

Sometimes the hairs on the back of your neck raise up when you sense that danger might be near, but what if you were also able to bulk yourself up like a muscular balloon to fend off that danger? This fish, it turns out, can do exactly...

In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on orders of magnitude.

Scale models - a representation that has been reduced or enlarged to a specific
scale
Orders of magnitude - is an approximation...

Squeaks and Jessi are spending the day making art and revisiting some videos to help them remember all the different ways they can do it!

Have you ever wanted to make a painting but you've run out of paint? Learn how you can make your own watercolors with Jessi and Squeaks!

In this video Paul Andersen explains how you can have your students plan and carry out their own investigations.

Playing with LEGOS is fun. But, they can also teach us something about matter. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina chats about chemical reactions and the Conservation of Matter.

In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on explaining stability and change. Two examples are included in the video and two additional examples are included in the linked thinking slides. ...

Water is a special substance for several reasons, and you may have noticed an important one right in your cold drink: ice. Solid ice floats in liquid water, which isn't true for most substances. But why? George Zaidan and Charles Morton...

In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on quantifying and modeling change. Two examples are included in the video and two additional examples are included in the linked thinking slides. ...

Glass is really cool, but where does it come from? Jessi and Squeaks have a pretty sweet activity to show you how glass is made



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In 2013, astronomers reported that they'd found what was, at the time, the biggest thing in the known universe.

In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on physical quantities.


TERMS
Physical quantities - the properties of a material or system that can b
e measured
>Standard units
- Weight -...

Hod Lipson demonstrates a few of his cool little robots, which have the ability to learn, understand themselves and even self-replicate.

What makes crystals grow into their signature shapes? Dig into the atomic patterns and unique properties of crystals. -- Many crystals have signature shapes— like the cascade of pointed quartz or a pile of galena cubes. Every...

Howcast - Learn how to deep fry paneer from cookbook author Maya Kaimal in this Howcast Indian food video.

Cheese casserole with cherry tomatoes. This is such a beautiful and delicious dish! This is a delightful way to serve tomatoes. We loved the mealted parmesan on top.

Howcast - Cubing isn't just for math geeks anymore. Just ask your local sous-chef, who probably cubes more items in a single night than all the 10th graders in America.

Ok, it's not the biggest problem in the world, but an ice bucket full of water is a not-so-subtle hint that the party's over. Make your cubes last until the final guest has had their fill.