This brief video describes the laws that govern gas properties (Boyle's Law, Charles' Law, and Avogadro's Law). Assessments for the student to complete after viewing the video and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

This brief video lesson discusses chemical reactions in the body and how enzymes assist in the process. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

In this lesson, students analyze the arguments used by Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson regarding the role of the government in managing the economy.

This brief video lesson discusses internal and external plant defenses. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

How do metaphors help us better understand the world? And, what makes a good metaphor? Explore these questions with writers like Langston Hughes and Carl Sandburg who have mastered the art of bringing a scene or emotion to life in this 5 minute lesson.

The world of modern theater owes its roots to the tragedians of Ancient Greece. As far back as the 5th Century BCE, actors and playwrights were entertaining the masses with intriguing stories. This five-minute video unveils the ancient theatrical innovations that made the way for Broadway.

With enough passion and practice, becoming a slam poet is within your reach. Explore a distant memory on paper, then read it out loud. Edit. Try reading it out loud again, and add your finishing touches. This three-minute video offers five steps to being a slam poet -- while being downright poetic in the process.

Few mistakes sour good writing like nominalizations, or, as Helen Sword likes to call them, zombie nouns. Zombie nouns transform simple and straightforward prose into verbose and often confusing writing. Keep your nouns away from elongating nominalizations!

This short video lesson demonstrates how cellulose, the naturally abundant tough walls of plant cells, might be the solution to scientists' search for a plentiful source of environmentally friendly fuels. Assessment and discussion questions, as well as links to additional resources, are included.

This brief video lesson discusses bioluminescence as an adaptation for survival, hunting, and mating. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

This TED video uses one word sentences to teach students how some lexical ambiguities can turn ordinary words and sentences into mazes that mess with our minds.

This brief video lesson discusses how plants communicate through air-borne chemical cues. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

This brief video lesson discusses how animals are adapting to climate change through evolutionary selection. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

A 4 minute video on removing vague, ambigous words like 'good' and 'bad' from student writing.

This brief video lesson discusses cell membranes and how they work. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

This short video lesson examines the parts of a cell and how they work together to defend against invaders such as the cold virus. Assessment and discussion questions, as well as links to additional resources, are included.

This brief video lesson discusses the surprising “back from the dead” discovery of the coelacanth and explains how this fish’s fins shed light on the evolutionary movement of vertebrates from water to land. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

This TED Ed video gives explanation and rationale for the use of commas. Specifically, the video goes into ways commas are used with conjunctions and subordinate clauses. There are a few questions attached to the lesson/video for discussion with students about the use of punctuation in communication.

This video details the features on Mars that are similar to Earth and those that can only be found on the red planet.

This short video lesson examines the zebrafish's amazing regenerative retinas and explores the question of whether blind eyes could possibly regenerate. Assessment and discussion questions, as well as links to additional resources, are included.

This short video lesson describes the human genome by comparing DNA to a detailed manual for building a person out of cells -- with 46 chapters (chromosomes) and hundreds of thousands of pages covering every part of you. Assessment questions and links to additional resources are included.

Duke Professor and behavioral economist Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, uses classic visual illusions and his own counterintuitive (and sometimes shocking) research findings to show how we're not as rational as we think when we make decisions.

David Gallo take us on a voyage into the ocean, specifically how and why we explore deep ocean environments. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are included.

Some people question whether Shakespeare really wrote the works that bear his name – or whether he even existed at all. Could it be true that the greatest writer in the English language was as fictional as his plays? This four-minute video shows how a linguistic tool called stylometry might shed light on the answer.

This resource helps students understand the difference between correlation and causation. Two videos, some questions, and an article are included.

In the TED Ed lesson focused on grammar, students will explore the age-old argument between linguistic prescriptivists and descriptivists — who have two very different opinions on the matter. Discussion questions and additional resources are linked in the sidebar.

In this short talk by Joachim de Posada, a landmark experiment is shared on delayed gratification--and how it can predict future success. With priceless video of kids trying their hardest not to eat the marshmallow.

This brief video lesson discusses the physics of electrical phenomena by looking at the history of the major vocabulary terms associated with electricity such as electron, battery, charge, and current. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are included.

In the TED Ed lesson focused on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, students will explore the different strands of thought about art, myth science and family that are woven together in the seminal novel. Discussion questions and additional resources available in the sidebar.

In this TED Ed lesson focused on Homer's "Odyssey," students will explore the cultural background of the work and discuss the significance of its themes. Discussion questions and additional resources available in the sidebar.

In this TED Ed lesson focused on the evolution of the book, students will explore the qualities of a book and how the medium is changing through time and technology. Discussion questions and additional resources available in the sidebar.

This video outlines the similarities and differences between your eye and a video camera, and describes how the eyes are remarkably efficient organs, the result of hundreds of millions of years of coevolution with our brains.

This brief video describes the five ways that evolutionary change can occur. Assessments for the student to complete after viewing the video are also included.

In 1997, Brazilian football player Roberto Carlos set up for a 35-meter free kick with no direct line to the goal. Carlos's shot sent the ball flying wide of the players, but just before going out of bounds it hooked back to the left and soared into the net. This video explains the physics (the Magnus Effect) behind one of the most magnificent goals in the history of football.

This brief video lesson discusses the global water problem of scarcity. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

This brief video lesson discusses Mendeleev's work with elements and the organization of the periodic table. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

This brief video lesson edxamines the many ways in which energy cycles through our planet, from the sun to our food chain to electricity and beyond. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

This video lesson explains how smart advances in vaccine design, production and distribution are bringing us closer than ever to eliminating a host of global threats -- from AIDS to malaria to flu pandemics. Assessment and discussion questions, as well as links to additional resources, are included.

What can some of literature's most famous heroes teach us? From the epic hero (like Beowulf) to the tragic hero (like Oedipus), each has something distinctive to share. This four-minute video describes the many faces of the fictional hero -- and shows how they can inspire everyday people.

This brief video lesson discusses pollination networks and how pollintaor species aid in plant reproduction. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

This brief video lesson examines the role of the mole in chemistry -- and how something so big can be sued to calculate the tiniest particles in the world. This video could serve as a base introduction to mole ratios and molarity of solutions. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

The biggest challenge in a parasite's life is to move from one host to another. Intriguingly, many parasites have evolved the ability to manipulate the behavior of their hosts to improve their own survival -- sometimes even by direct brain control. This video details a few parasites that can really mess with the mind.

This brief video lesson discusses breathing, the respiratory system, and how respiration is both affected by and affects the human body. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

In the TED Ed lesson focused on language, students will explore the history of English and why semantically equal phrases can evoke very different images. Discussion questions and additional resources are linked in the sidebar.

This short video lesson explores the question of why some germs are relatively harmless while others can be fatal, by examining germs' varying modes of transmission. Assessment and discussion questions, as well as links to additional resources, are included.

This brief video lesson discusses the weather conditions that foster tornado formation. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

This brief video lesson discusses the weather conditions that foster tsunami formation. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

This short video lesson examines the process of how vaccines work. Assessment and discussion questions, as well as links to additional resources, are included.

This brief video lesson discusses the concepts of work and power and applies them to two common objects - a lightbulb and a grandfather clock. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

Reading and stories can be an escape from real life, a window into another world -- but have you ever considered how new fictional experiences might change your perspective on real, everyday life? From Pride and Prejudice to Harry Potter, you will learn in this four-minute video how popular fiction can spark public dialogue and shape culture.

This brief video lesson discusses how large sea animals collect enough food to sustain them. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

Over the course of human history, thousands of languages have developed from what was once a much smaller number. How did we end up with so many? And how do we keep track of them all? This video explains how linguists group languages into language families, demonstrating how these linguistic trees give us crucial insights into the past.

This brief video shows the wide range of reproductive adaptations and strategies that contribute to the success of common invertebrates in the ocean. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are included.

This brief video lesson discusses how the impacts that humans have made have become so pervasive, profound, and permanent that some geologists believe we merit our own epoch. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

This short video lesson gives an overview of Mendelian genetics. Assessment and discussion questions, as well as links to additional resources, are included.

This TED video teaches students how modifiers are words, phrases, and clauses that add information about other parts of a sentences which is usually helpful. But when modifiers aren't linked clearly enough to the words they're actually referring to, they can create unintentional ambiguity. Emma Bryce navigates the sticky world of misplaced, dangling and squinting modifiers.

This brief video lesson illustrates and describes the geologic history of the Earth and how the North American continent was formed over time through the movement of tectonic plates. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.