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...

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...

Top 5 TED-Ed Lessons of all time

Videos like PBS Ideas, Vsauce and ours are designed to spark curiosity about ideas — from...

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,...

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...

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....

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...

5 fun facts about your body

5 fun facts about the human body — starting at the top. 1. You’re already using 100% of your...

One family’s daily learning ritual — and their top 10 TED playlist

Erin Freschi, a California mom who has worked in education for nearly 25 years, has a ritual with...

Meet the first cohort of TED-Ed Innovative Educators!

Brazil. Indonesia. South Korea. These are just three of the 11 countries represented by the...

This is the TED-Ed Innovative Educator program

  What does innovation in education look like around the world? What is a great idea in...

Featured TED-Ed Club videos: New Voices from Han Chiang High School’s TED-Ed Club

One of the main goals of TED-Ed Clubs has always been to provide a platform for student...

Does school prepare students for the real world? This teen speaker says no

Are teenagers today prepared for life after school? Or are American students too coddled?...

Featured TED-Ed Club videos: Big Ideas from Warrawee Public School’s TED-Ed Club

One of the main goals of TED-Ed Clubs has always been to provide a platform for student...