20 creative writing prompts that you can do in 10 minutes
What can you write in 10 minutes or less? Let’s find out! For a quick creative writing exercise,...
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TEDYouth 2015: Quotes + notes
Fast-forward 20, 50, or even 100 years into the future — what will our lives be like? Will flying...
These 4 TED-Ed Club members will give talks at TEDYouth
TEDYouth is the annual youth conference hosted by TED-Ed — a free, inspiring, day-long event...
3 quick tips to boost your confidence
Confidence can help you reach your goals. But where does confidence come from — and how can you...
6 effective ways to stop bullying and teach kindness to kids
How do you teach kindness, acceptance and empathy to kids? We asked TED-Ed Innovative Educators...
TED-Ed Club Connect Week: Students share ideas, questions…and dance moves
TED-Ed Club Connect Week gives students a virtual space to discuss ideas with other students...
Zombies! 5 TED-Ed Lessons that animate the walking dead
Zombies eat brains. They also feed brains — when they star in educational videos like ours, that...
What’s your future TED Talk? Tell us on Instagram
Hoverboards. Roadtrips. Why you should make something everyday. These are just a few of the ideas...
Inside Sugata Mitra’s first School in the Cloud learning lab in the United States
John B. Russwurm Elementary School in New York City is a bustling primary school filled with...
One of our animators takes on Inktober
Each October, artists around the globe commit to doing 31 ink drawings in 31 days. This daily...
10 teachers share the books that changed their lives
Happy National Book Month! To celebrate the power of a good book, we asked the TED-Ed Innovative...
Teach science with art? This astronomer says yes
Aomawa Shields is a scientist, actor and TED Fellow. Through her organization Rising Stargirls,...
One student’s advice: Watch more TED-Ed Lessons in high school
Abike Sonubi is a first-year student at Wesleyan University. This summer, she interned at the TED...
Top 5 TED-Ed Lessons of all time
Videos like PBS Ideas, Vsauce and ours are designed to spark curiosity about ideas — from music...
A TED speaker coach shares 11 tips for right before you give a talk
The weekend before a TED conference, each speaker rehearses their talk in the TED theater. It’s a...
How 3 animators interpreted the same Whitman poem in different ways
One of the most amazing things about poetry is its seemingly infinite capacity for...
IT’S TIME: Connect Week is Here!
SIGN UP FOR OCTOBER CONNECT WEEK HERE! If you’re involved in the TED-Ed Club program, chances are...
How telling stories can transform a classroom
Caitlyn, a quiet seventh grader, was bullied by the other kids in her class at Luther Burbank...
4 species on the verge of extinction, animated by high school students
As part of the Ottawa International Animation Festival, the TED-Ed Animation team recently spent...
Perfect your punctuation: 4 TED-ED Lessons on commas, semicolons and more
Let’s face it: Punctuation is hard. Even the most seasoned writers can get tripped up on the...
The science of ‘The Martian’: 5 TED-Ed Lessons to help you understand the film
The Martian stars Matt Damon as a stranded astronaut — and Mars as the red planet of doom. Can...
25 awesome apps for teachers, recommended by teachers
What are the best apps for teachers? We asked TED-Ed Innovative Educators and the TED-Ed...
How you can experience TEDYouth 2015
What will life be like in the year 2035? Will the typical classroom still be full of desks, or...
TED-ED Clubs asks: How do you talk about depression?
I grew up in love with stories. There were days when I’d refuse to go outside or come to dinner...