This short video lesson describes the history of pandemics and how that knowledge can help halt future outbreaks. Assessment questions and links to additional resources are included.

In this TED video, psychologist Elizabeth Loftus who studies false memories, shares stories and statistics and raises important ethical questions regarding memory.

This brief video lesson describes the squid's most extraordinary adaptations that have evolved to help them thwart predators. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

This brief video lesson discusses processes used to create a cleaner version of coal. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

This short video lesson outlines the history of the smallpox virus infection and the development of the smallpox vaccine by Edward Jenner. Assessment and discussion questions, as well as links to additional resources, are included.

This video lesson lays out the plan to continue the scientific miracle that ended polio in most of the world -- and to snuff it out everywhere, forever. Assessment and discussion questions, as well as links to additional resources, are included.

This brief video lesson discusses the muscular system and how it works. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

In the TED Ed lesson focused on Dracula and vampires, students will explore the evolution of the vampire over time, from a symbol of disease in its original conception, to Bram Stoker's Dracula, and its incarnations in current pop culture. Students will discuss and consider why the vampire is important as a symbol today. Discussion questions and additional resources available in the sidebar.

This short video lesson explains how cancer cells grow and how chemotherapy fights cancer, showing how rapid cell division is cancer's strength and also its weakness. Assessment and discussion questions, as well as links to additional resources, are included.

Why is J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy so compelling? How about The Matrix or Harry Potter? What makes these disparate worlds come alive are clear, consistent rules for how people, societies -- and even the laws of physics -- function in these fictional universes. This five-minute video offers a few tricks for you to create a world worth exploring in your own words.

In this TED Ed lesson focused on humor in writing, students will explore techniques and strategies for adding humor to their writing. Discussion questions and additional resources available in the sidebar.

In the TED Ed lesson focused on dystopian literature, students will explore the popularity of modern dystopian fiction and discuss what it might tell us about the preoccupations of our society. Discussion questions and additional resouce links included in the sidebar.

In this TED talk, Julian Treasure demonstrates the how-to's of powerful speaking, from some handy vocal exercises to tips on how to speak with empathy.

This clever and inventive video lesson reviews the 5 major ways to speed up chemical reactions and presents them in a way to which students can easily relate. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

This brief video lesson describes gravity and explains it as a pulling force that draws objects together. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

In the TED Ed lesson focused on rhetoric, students will explore the fundamentals of deliberative rhetoric and discover some tips for appealing to an audience’s ethos, logos, and pathos. Discussion questions and additional resources are linked in the sidebar.

In this TED Ed lesson focused on writing, students will explore tips for using language to make fiction really come alive. Discussion questions and additional resources available in the sidebar.

A TED video that provides suggestions and tips for how to use language to make your fiction really come alive.