Let’s Travel to The Most Extreme Place in The Universe
Adults Education
This time you can join us on a journey through the microcosm. Curious? Head over to our shop and get it while supplies last.
Theme
Youth Education
Learn how to find the theme or the moral of a story.
A Molecule-Thick Coating Changes What a Surface Does, Thanks to Nanoscience
Adults Education
This episode was made in partnership with The Kavli Prize. The Kavli Prize honors scientists for breakthroughs in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience — transforming our understanding of the big, the small, and the complex.
What's The Smartest Age?
Youth Education
At what age are you smartest? Dig into how your brain development affects your skills at different stages of your life.
Befriending A Millipede
Youth Education
David Attenborough makes friends with one of natures creepiest crawlies: the millipede.
Primitive Technology: Smelting Iron In Brick Furnaces
Adults Education
I made 3 furnaces from bricks using different configurations to test their effectiveness. The benefit of using bricks to make a furnace is that it's quicker, easier, re-useable and portable relative to a furnace constructed in-situ from clay.
How to read music - Tim Hansen
Adults Education
Like an actor's script, a sheet of music instructs a musician on what to play (the pitch) and when to play it (the rhythm).
The Real Reason Leaves Change Color In the Fall
Adults Education
Want to learn more about the topic in this week’s video? Here are some keywords to get your googling started:
Leaf senescence, chlorophyll, carotenoid, anthocyanin
The hidden meanings of yin and yang - John Bellaimey
Adults Education
The ubiquitous yin-yang symbol holds its roots in Taoism/Daoism, a Chinese religion and philosophy.
Primitive Technology: Rock-Throwing Catapult (Trebuchet)
Adults Education
I built a trebuchet, a type of catapult that uses a counter weight to store gravitational potential energy which is then used to fire a projectile via a sling.
World Teachers’ Day
Teachers Education
“On behalf of the Government of Canada, I thank all teachers and educators for the incredible work they do and their adaptability every day on the job. Thanks to your dedication and commitment, you continue to change lives and communities for the better.”
How To Navigate Using Nature
Kids Education
Here’s your guide to using the sun, sticks, shadows, trees - and even moss! - to guide you when you’re out in nature.
The Sound Of Temperature Rising
Youth Education
Lanka Tattersall talks about the surprising layers of technique and meaning in Christine Sun Kim’s 2019 drawing "The Sound of Temperature Rising."
This Plant Spontaneously Combusts
Youth Education
David Attenborough ventures into Kew Gardens and unearths the shocking story of a plant that, at the right temperature, can spontaneously combust!
How to write like the best-selling author of all time
Adults Education
Dig into Agatha Christie’s writing style to find out how she crafted her mystery novels and how to employ these strategies in your own work.
How Schools Can Nurture Every Student's Genius | Trish Millines Dziko | TED
Adults Education
Forget home economics and standardized tests, education visionary Trish Millines Dziko has a much more engaging and fulfilling way for students to develop real-world skills.
How Society Affects Your Health
Adults Education
Society does a lot to improve our health, from sanitation to healthy foods. But society can have negative impacts on our health as well, and whether or not we get the positive impacts or the negative ones, can often come down to social and economic standing.
Bill Nye Breaks Down Webb Telescope Space Images | WIRED
Adults Education
The James Webb Space Telescope has dazzled us with its first batch of images. WIRED got in touch with the one and only Bill Nye to break down some of these astonishing photos, explaining what we're really looking at.
Primitive Technology: Trebuchet
Adults Education
I built a trebuchet, a type of catapult that uses a counter weight to store gravitational potential energy which is then used to fire a projectile via a sling.
How Different Species of Fireflies Blink
Adults Education
Did you know that not all species of fireflies blink the same?
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Birds
Adults Education
This summer, we partnered with Nate Senner of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Tebughna School in Beluga, Alaska to make this series of videos all about how, why, and where birds migrate.