In this video Paul Andersen explains how many possible solutions are developed in the design process. As many solutions to the problem are identified using a brainstorming process. These solutions are compared to the specific...

Eating disorders are very serious psychological conditions<br/>
that can also be very dangerous - and they are much more common than you think.

We've talked about variables and solving problems. But how do we keep working on a problem if the first solution doesn't fix it? Trials! In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina shows us how to use Trials to figure out what the...

At TED2009, Tim Berners-Lee called for "raw data now" -- for governments, scientists and institutions to make their data openly available on the web. At TED University in 2010, he shows a few of the interesting results when the data gets...

Considering humans' increased impact on the environment, we may want to reconsider whether there is still a place in our legal system for the Act of God...

The sun may have thousands of stellar siblings, many of them probably just like it, elsewhere in the galaxy. Find out how astronomers are looking for them, and learn about a match that could be our star's long-lost sibling!

Legendary actor Nicolas Cage is renowned for his reliably weird roles across many genres of modern film. Is he just a victim of a bad agent, or does he instead follow the philosophy of Taoism, or as its modern derivative is known - YOLO...

Decades ago, few pediatricians had heard of autism. In 1975, 1 in 5,000 kids was estimated to have it. Today, 1 in 68 is on the autism spectrum. What caused this steep rise? Steve Silberman points to “a perfect storm of autism awareness”...

It's time to design some trials. Sometimes engineers need to figure out how to test ideas. In order to do that, we need to design trials to find failure points and see how things are going to work in the real world (with gravity, wind,...

More trials! This time we need to figure out what to do if you don't have all the things you'd like to have to perform your tests. How do you isolate a variable across multiple tests? A good engineer will work to find a way to make it...

Do animals think? It's a question that has intrigued scientists for thousands of years, inspiring them to come up with different methods and criteria to measure the intelligence of animals. Bryan B Rasmussen navigates through this...

Most of us experience specific fears at one point or another, like of death or the future, but psychologists believe there might be one underlying fear from which all others originate.

In our last episode, Sabrina talked about how Engineers define the problems they need to solve. But how do you know when you've actually solved a problem? What do you expect to happen that would equal success? In this episode, Sabrina...

In this video Paul Andersen explains the first step in the design process, defining and delimiting the engineering problem. Design requires a clear definition of the problem and this is done by addressing both the constraints and...

In this video Paul Andersen explains how engineers optimize the design solution. After a number of solutions have been identified engineers will test each of them against a given set of criteria. They will trade-off different...

While the concept of a dictionary dates back to ancient civilizations, the first English dictionary wasn't published until 1604. In the centuries that followed, many more dictionaries were written by individual authors who chose what to...

New ReviewIn this video, I answer the question, ‘What is the Analytical Hierarchy Process?’ and look at how we carry it out, with a worked example.

When firms set out to hire suppliers for their projects there are a lot of criteria that they use, and hoops that suppliers/venders have to jump through. Here we look at some of the basic ways that firms decide who to...

BUILD is a non-profit organization that uses entrepreneurship to ignite the potential of the youth who are most at-risk of dropping out of high school. More specifically, BUILD supplements traditional education with the...

Howcast - Learn how schizophrenia is diagnosed from psychiatrist Jeanie Tse in this Howcast video.

Howcast - Learn about the three best tarantula breeds for beginners from Jungle Bob in this Howcast video.

Howcast -Learn if there is a cure for autism from pediatrician and child development expert Asma J. Sadiq, M.D. in this Howcast video.

Pupil outcome: I can use a success criteria to have an effective discussion and use it to provide specific feedback. Key learning points: - A specific success criteria enables you to evaluate how effective a discussion is. - When giving...

Pupil outcome: I can review and provide feedback on a digital product. Key learning points: - Feedback should be carefully crafted to provide constructive information that informs improvement. - Criteria can be used to help structure the...