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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 15 - 18
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Starting with four basic questions (that you may be surprised to find you can't answer), Jonathan Drori looks at the gaps in our knowledge -- and specifically, what we don't know about science that we might think we do. In this lecture, he explains t...he correct answers to his basic questions and why so many people don't know the answers. Drori explores our current methods of teaching science and why we may need to change them. Run time 12:31.
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April 14, 2010 at 08:54 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 13 - 18
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In the first of a new TED-Ed series designed to catalyze curiosity, TED
Curator Chris Anderson shares his boyhood obsession with quirky
questions that seem to have no answers. This is an introduction to a series, but the video is a stand alone g...reat way to get students thinking creatively and becoming curious. (02:10)
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July 23, 2012 at 12:37 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 5 - 10
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What is the mind and what does it do? This video introduces the brain to younger learners through images and words. The words are large enough to be seen on a screen should the educator wish to use this in a classroom. Key vocabulary words include: h...ear, touch, taste, smell, perception, reasoning, remember, imagine, guess, estimate, memory, knowledge. Run time 04:00.
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October 4, 2009 at 05:31 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 9 - 18
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This is a brief segment from the Bill Nye Episode on Brains. It shows several mind tricks and illusions. Run time 02:10.
June 29, 2010 at 12:02 AM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 10 - 18
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What is a critical thinker? This video attempts to decribe the attributes of a critial thinker. Several students, primary and secondary, are interviewed. "A critical thinker seeks to understand." "Critical thinking is the number one survival skill ...for the human race." Run time 01:30.
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June 28, 2010 at 11:49 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 7 - 18
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This video challenges you to figure out a way to draw the figure provided and include an X in the middle of this figure without lifting your pencil or retracing. No audio. The video shows you the solution. This video could be used for brainstorming... and discussion as well as inquiry. Run time 01:05.
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June 17, 2010 at 10:16 AM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 9 - 18
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Theo Jansen is the Dutch creator of what he calls Kinetic Sculptures; where nature and technology meet. Essentially these sculptures are robots powered by the wind. The video was an ad for BMW in 2007 and could be used for various lessons on scienti...fic inquiry, wind power, or engineering. Run time 01:05.
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December 18, 2010 at 12:23 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 8 - 18
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Lesson ObjectiveUse a dichotomous key to classify shoes and then apply that to cacti. Questions to ConsiderStudents apply what they’ve learned about dichotomous keys to the plants around their schoolSee how Ms. Crowell taught students about dichotom...ous keys by classifying shoesHow could you adapt this lesson plan to work near your school?Support Materials BelowLesson plans
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January 19, 2012 at 11:03 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 13 - 18
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Adam Savage walks through two spectacular examples of profound
scientific discoveries that came from simple, creative methods anyone
could have followed -- Eratosthenes' calculation of the Earth's
circumference around 200 BC and Hippolyte Fizea...u's measurement of the speed of light in 1849. (07:32)
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July 26, 2012 at 03:55 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 9 - 18
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UFO Photos
From dailymotion.com, produced by David Bayless
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A selection of photos that show UFOs without explanation. Music may be distracting.
October 10, 2010 at 12:46 AM
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