Syria: what students need to know
Thinking about how to discuss Syria with your students? Here are 4 key ideas that can help kids...
TED-Ed Blog
Why do people get allergies?
Anyone with an allergy has their origin story, a tale of how they discovered that their immune...
10 great books recommended for students, by students
Every great book is a portal — to adventure, to knowledge, or to new perspectives. Beyond the...
Fact-checking 101
What are facts? Facts are the truthful answers to a reporter’s 5 key questions: who, what, when,...
What are your rights at a protest?
Citizen activism is as American as apple pie. Whether you call it a protest, a parade, a tea...
8 fun facts about bees (in TED-Ed GIFs)
How much do you know about the tiny, mighty bees? Here are 8 facts worth learning about our...
Are you more powerful than you think?
This is an age of epic political turbulence. From the fracturing of major political parties, to...
9 TED Talks recommended by students, for students
Which TED Talks do students love? We asked TED-Ed Club Members around the world to share their...
Can US Customs and Border officials search your phone?
Recent detentions and seizures of phones and other material from travelers to the United States...
How to lead a brainstorm
Brainstorming was invented in the 1930s as a practical idea-generation technique for regular use...
Turn your classroom into a citizen science lab with GlobalXplorer
“Citizen science” projects can boost student engagement by giving kids the opportunity to help...
How much do you know about the women who shaped modern physics?
Theoretical physicist (and TED Fellow) Shohini Ghose has two great passions: physics, and...
10 tips for talking about news, politics and current events in schools
In schools everywhere, students are deeply affected by current events. Certain policy changes and...
Should emotions be taught in schools?
Who taught you how to identify and manage your emotions, how to recognize them when they arose,...
I made my classroom look like the real world…and test scores soared
Anthony Johnson is an elementary school teacher in North Carolina and a TED-Ed Innovative...
History vs…: a TED-Ed Lesson playlist
“History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the...
A brief history of African-American social dance (in TED-Ed GIFs)
This is the Bop. The Bop is a type of social dance. Dance is a language, and social dance is an...
Should every kid learn to love computer science?
The short answer is yes. Here’s why. In the Lego Movie, the protagonists are “master builders” —...
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture classroom resources
“I, too, am America,” wrote Langston Hughes in 1927. Like James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, and August...
TED-Ed Weekend June 2017: Coming to you via livestream!
It’s almost time: TED-ED WEEKEND RETURNS on JUNE 17, 2017! To watch the show and cheer...
5 practical ways to keep your creative resolutions
The Oxford English Dictionary defines creativity as “the use of imagination or original ideas to...
How to protect your online privacy
At the American Civil Liberties Union, privacy researcher Christopher Soghoian (TED...
5 TED-Ed Lessons about American power, politics and protests
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress,” said Frederick Douglass in 1857. “Those who...
Rhetoric 101: The art of persuasive speech
How do you get what you want, using just your words? Aristotle set out to answer exactly that...