How playing an instrument benefits your brain - Anita Collins
Adults Education
When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an instrument, that activity becomes more like a full-body brain workout. What's going on? Anita Collins explains the fireworks that go off in musicians' brains when they play, and examines some of the long-term positive effects of this mental workout.
7 Myths About The Brain You Thought Were True
Adults Education
Blow your mind with these brain myths!
Motorcycle Reconstruction
Adults Education
The latest TAC public education campaign targets two of Victoria's biggest issues in road safety -- motorcycle safety and speed.
The Way You've Been Cutting Cake Is Wrong. Here's The Best Way To Do It.
Adults Education
Okay, I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is: you've spent your entire life cutting cake the wrong way. The good news is: the right way, which you can learn how to do below, will help keep your cake from getting stale before you're through enjoying it!
A Brave Kid Stands Up To Bullies
Adults Education
Jake's story is one of the powerful narratives filmed for The BULLY Project, the social action campaign inspired by the documentary film BULLY.
The Drinkable Book - Water is Life
Adults Education
The Drinkable Book is a life saving tool that filters water and teaches proper sanitation & hygiene to those in the developing world.
From Homeless To Harvard
Adults Education
Dawn Loggins, 18, was homeless last year. Yet she worked hard - both as a student and as a janitor. She's now going off to the Ivy League.
How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries
Adults Education
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 Fizeau's measurement of the speed of light in 1849.
Anti-Gravity Wheel Explained
Adults Education
It's a little shaky but if you average out the oscillations I think the result is clear. Again, huge thank you's to A/Prof Emeritus Rod Cross, Helen Georgiou, Alex Yeung, and Chris Stewart, the University of Sydney Mechanical Engineering shop, Duncan and co. Ralph and the School of Physics.
Questions no one knows the answers to
Adults Education
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.
Can You Solve This?
Adults Education
How do you investigate hypotheses? Do you seek to confirm your theory - looking for white swans? Or do you try to find black swans? I was startled at how hard it was for people to investigate number sets that didn't follow their hypotheses, even when their method wasn't getting them anywhere.
Sulfur Hexafluoride Gas
Adults Education
A model boat floating on sulfur hexafluoride (gas significantly denser than air) at the Physikshow of the University of Bonn!
The Hour of Code is here
Adults Education
Have you done an Hour of Code yet? Join millions of others at: code.org.
Kano: A computer anyone can make
Adults Education
A computer and coding kit for all ages, all over the world. Simple as Lego, powered by Pi. Make games, learn code, create the future.
Kid President's 20 Things We Should Say More Often
Adults Education
Kid President believes the things we say can help make the world more awesome. Here he shares a special list of 20 things we should say more often. What would you add to it?
Five Year Old Genius Arden Hayes on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Adults Education
Adorable five-year-old genius Arden Hayes demonstrates his incredible wealth of knowledge in world geography.
Valentina speaks about her experience studying in Vancouver
Adults Education
Valentina speaks about how she took the Smrt IELTS program at the Canadian College of English Language and how much she loves Vancouver.
Don Draper Wants You To Thank A Teacher
Adults Education
Great teachers shape who we are today.
How to Make Negative Sentences
Adults Education
Mark explains the basic rules for making negative sentences. This video is for students at a pre-intermediate level.
Brain Divided
Adults Education
Check out this great CGI animated short film by the talented Josiah Haworth, Joon Shik Song and Joon Soo Song! Presented by Ringling College of Art and Design and debuting online exclusively in Cartoon Brew's 4th annual Student Animation Festival.
Making Questions
Adults Education
Mark explains the basic rules for making questions. This video is for students at a pre-intermediate level.