Dinosaurs probably didn’t roar. What did they sound like?
If birds are living dinosaurs—"the only survivors of the mass extinction that wiped out their giant relatives 65 million years ago"—then did dinosaurs really sound like the roaring mammals that we've heard in the movi...
Float by Susi Sie
Bubbles and droplets of oil in water slowly float around as if in space until... plink! They pop together. Or pop apart? Float is an award-winning 2011 film by Susi Sie with music and sound design by Thomas Schuessler...
Can you solve the stolen rubies riddle?
Townspeople are demanding that a corrupt merchant’s collection of 30 rubies be confiscated to reimburse the victims of his schemes. The king announces that the fine will be determined through a game of wits between th...
How do our eyes and brains work together?
How does an eye work? How do our brains try to interpret the information our eyes send them? And is seeing really believing? This episode of National Geographic's Decoder explains how our eyes and brains work together...
Traveling Through Brush and Ink: Stop-motion set in four ancient Chinese paintings
Traveling Through Brush and Ink is a stop-motion animation of a little modern man traveling through four significant ancient Chinese paintings, transforming himself into animals and plants, and becomes part of the nat...
Squirrel Obstacle Course
"Part of the learning process is testing things out and making mistakes," so will these squirrels learn how to get across this squirrel obstacle course to get to their favorite nuts? The challenge: While the blue plat...
Watercolor, gouache, acrylics, a paint comparison
Why might you pick watercolor paints or acrylics or gouache? What techniques can you use when painting with each kind of binding option for your pigments? In this paint comparison video, Germany-based artist and YouTu...
Beet Beet, Sugar Beet and how sugar is made
See how sugar is harvested from the sugar beet in this classic and catchy 1979 video from Sesame Street: Beet Beet, Sugar Beet. Some background from Wikipedia: The sugar beet has a conical, white, fleshy root (a ta...
