Speaking
Are You A Good Listener?
Lesson duration 04:58
We hear a lot about how to speak well in public, but very little about how to learn the equally...
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Psychology
What should you listen to when you want to focus?
Lesson duration 03:29
"I will focus better if I listen to music." This is a common statement made by many people. Is...
Environmental Science
How do pelicans survive their death-defying dives?
Lesson duration 03:48
The pelican has a special body parts that help it to get its food and survive. Let's listen to...
Health
Can you trust your ears? (audio illusions)
Lesson duration 03:29
Can you trust what your ears are hearing? What is an audio illusion? Maybe you have experienced...
Earth and Space Science
What outer space does to your body
Lesson duration 02:00
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth on March 1,...
Earth and Space Science
Eyes on the stars
Lesson duration 03:17
On January 28, 1986, NASA Challenger mission STS-51-L ended in tragedy when the shuttle exploded...
Performing Arts
An interview with Vusi Mahlasela
Lesson duration 06:29
I had the pleasure of doing a short tour with Vusi Mahlasela a few years ago. While the shows...
Health
Why do we get goose bumps?
Lesson duration 05:22
BrainCraft explains the weird and wonderful science behind goose bumps.
Consciousness, Sensation and Perception
I Forgot My Phone
Lesson duration 02:11
Are we living in a world forever transformed by our use of smartphones? Before you make a...
Literature & Language
Contractions! | English grammar practice
Lesson duration 02:52
Contractions are used to shorten words by replacing one or two letters by an apostrophe.
Literature
I Just Forgot by Mercer Mayer
Lesson duration 05:18
Sometimes is can be hard to remember things...especially chores and other things you may not want...
Literature & Language
Phonics - Learn to read the letter 'R'
Lesson duration 11:53
Letters are like puzzles. Each letter has a unique sound. When you put the letter puzzle pieces...
Science & Technology
Can ketchup clean a penny?
Lesson duration 04:15
Have you every noticed that some pennies are shiny, but some are dirty? Let's learn why some...
Literature & Language
The that song
Lesson duration 02:08
There are some words that we use all the time when we read or write! These words are used so...
Social Studies
Freedom to Change
Lesson duration 09:42
The United States contains twenty-five percent of the world's prison population. Innovative...
Literature & Language
The prepositions song
Lesson duration 02:20
Prepositions are a special part of speech. Prepositions are like glue or bridges that help to...
The Arts
What a conductor actually does on stage
Lesson duration 04:42
You are at an concert observing the orchestra and suddenly it occurs to you, what is the...
Literature & Language
The Road Less Traveled By
Lesson duration 03:58
"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost is one of the most famous and widely-read American poems....
Business & Economics
How streaming caused the TV writers strike
Lesson duration 10:33
Thousands of television and film writers who are part of the Writers Guild of America are in the...
Science & Technology
Why beavers are the smartest thing in fur pants
Lesson duration 04:59
Beavers play a key role in the environment and can affect other organisms. Find out the meaning...
Social Studies
The massacre of Tulsa's "Black Wall Street"
Lesson duration 09:13
In 1921, a white mob destroyed an American neighborhood called “Black Wall Street,” murdering an...
History
How Southern socialites rewrote Civil War history
Lesson duration 06:56
The United Daughters of the Confederacy was a significant leader of the “Lost Cause,” a movement...
Science & Technology
Are we all related?
Lesson duration 06:26
Basic math tells us that all humans share ancestors, but it’s amazing how recently those shared...
Stanford researchers find high emissions of greenhouse gases and toxic pollutants from gas stoves
Lesson duration 02:33
Natural gas stoves pose a threat to the climate and to human health. Stanford researchers found...