Ted-Ed Courses

Playing With Language

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Syllabus: Where do new words come from? - Marcel Danesi. How to use rhetoric to get what you want - Camille A. Langston. One of the most difficult words to translate... - Krystian Aparta. How interpreters juggle two languages at once - Ewandro Magalhaes.…

• YouTube
• 2-3 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Math in Real Life

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Syllabus: Why don't perpetual motion machines ever work? - Netta Schramm. Where do math symbols come from? - John David Walters. What's the fastest way to alphabetize your bookshelf? - Chand John. Why do airlines sell too many tickets? - Nina Klietsch. W…

• YouTube
• 8 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Reading Between the Lines

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Syllabus: The tragic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice - Brendan Pelsue. Why should you read Charles Dickens? - Iseult Gillespie. The myth of Prometheus - Iseult Gillespie. Why should you read "Macbeth"? - Brendan Pelsue. Why should you read James Joyce's "Ul…

• YouTube
• 4-5 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Awesome Nature

Syllabus: How turtle shells evolved... twice - Judy Cebra Thomas. Why are fish fish-shaped? - Lauren Sallan. The surprising reasons animals play dead - Tierney Thys. Why isn't the world covered in poop? - Eleanor Slade and Paul Manning. Why are sloths so…

• YouTube
• 11 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Inventions that Shaped History

More than 50 videos featuring a range of inventions both old and new.

• YouTube
• 3-4 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

The Way We Think

Syllabus: How to manage your time more effectively (according to machines) - Brian Christian. Why incompetent people think they're amazing - David Dunning. Why do people join cults? - Janja Lalich. How do focus groups work? - Hector Lanz. Would winning t…

• YouTube
• 4-5 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Government: Declassified

Syllabus: How do executive orders work? - Christina Greer. How does impeachment work? - Alex Gendler. How does money laundering work? - Delena D. Spann. What is McCarthyism? And how did it happen? - Ellen Schrecker. What happened to trial by jury? - Suja…

• YouTube
• 3-4 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Out of This World

Syllabus: Could we actually live on Mars? - Mari Foroutan. Where does gold come from? - David Lunney. The journey to Pluto, the farthest world ever explored - Alan Stern. Light seconds, light years, light centuries: How to measure extreme distances - Yua…

• YouTube
• 3-4 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Before and After Einstein

Syllabus: What in the world is topological quantum matter? - Fan Zhang. What are gravitational waves? - Amber L. Stuver. Is it possible to create a perfect vacuum? - Rolf Landua and Anais Rassat. Could we create dark matter? - Rolf Landua. Will we ever b…

• YouTube
• 4-5 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Actions and Reactions

Syllabus: How to squeeze electricity out of crystals - Ashwini Bharathula. What can you learn from ancient skeletons? - Farnaz Khatibi. History’s deadliest colors - J. V. Maranto. Are spotty fruits and vegetables safe to eat? - Elizabeth Brauer. How do w…

• YouTube
• 3-4 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Getting Under Our Skin

Syllabus: What are those floaty things in your eye? - Michael Mauser. What makes muscles grow? - Jeffrey Siegel. What would happen if you didn’t drink water? - Mia Nacamulli. What would happen if you didn’t sleep? - Claudia Aguirre. How does anesthesia w…

• YouTube
• 14 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

The Artist's Palette

Syllabus: The unexpected math behind Van Gogh's "Starry Night" - Natalya St. Clair. Why is Vermeer's "Girl with the Pearl Earring" considered a masterpiece? - James Earle. The complex geometry of Islamic design - Eric Broug. Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man of m…

• YouTube
• 1-2 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Discovering the Deep

Syllabus: How squids outsmart their predators - Carly Anne York. How do fish make electricity? - Eleanor Nelsen. Will the ocean ever run out of fish? - Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Jennifer Jacquet. Jellyfish predate dinosaurs. How have they survived so l…

• YouTube
• 3-4 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Behind the Curtain

A behind-the-scenes look at particular musical compositions and performance styles.

• YouTube
• 4-5 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Our Changing Climate

Syllabus: What really happens to the plastic you throw away - Emma Bryce. What would happen if every human suddenly disappeared? - Dan Kwartler. Why isn’t the Netherlands underwater? - Stefan Al. Why is biodiversity so important? - Kim Preshoff. Which ty…

• YouTube
• 5 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course