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Betty Reid Soskin and a short tour of the “Rosie the Riveter” Museum
At 100 years old (as of Sept. 22, 2021), Betty Reid Soskin is the oldest active park ranger in the National Park Service. She’s also “an East Bay-based civil rights activist, musician, pioneering...
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The Comanche and the Horse, a PBS Native America Sacred Story
Today the image of Indians on horseback is iconic. But Native Americans never set eyes on a horse before the 15th century when Europeans bring them to America as a weapon of conquest. The Comanche and...
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A 1,300-year-old wooden ski found in Norwegian ice
High in the mountains on the Digervarden Ice patch in Norway, a pair of wooden skis were lost… 1,300 years ago. Who wore them? What was their life like? And what would they think of archaeologists...
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The Diary, an Anne Frank House history video
When young Anne Frank had to go into hiding, she took her diary, a birthday present from her parents, to their secret annex on the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam. The diary “quickly turned out to be a...
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Hopi Origin Story, a PBS Native America Sacred Story
Sacred Stories from PBS’ Native America shares animations depicting folklore from Native American cultures. This animated short from the series features a Hopi Origin Story: “Many Native American...
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What did dinosaurs actually look like?
“An estimated four billion species emerged on our planet in past eons. But at least 99% of them died out, way before humans spoke the first words. The vast majority of all the different species that...
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How did Cedric Morris become an artist?
A British art teacher, a painter of flowers and landscapes, and an environmentalist committed to the welfare of animals, Sir Cedric Lockwood Morris tried lots of different jobs before he figured out...
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The Pyramids of Giza, a 2-hour (mostly) slow TV walking tour
Walking at a soothing rhythmic pace, this ProWalks Tour guide wanders the 4,500 year old Giza Pyramid Complex, turning to see the ancient vistas and slowing down to focus on structural details....
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La Catrina introduces Día de los Muertos
What is Día de los Muertos and what are the meanings behind how is an ofrenda decorated? In this video from Kidspace Children’s Museum in Pasadena, California, a puppet La Calavera Catrina introduces...
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Marcel Duchamp’s “To Be Looked at (from the Other Side of the Glass) with One...
What do we notice when we spend more time with something? In the title of this piece at the Museum of Modern Art, French artist Marcel Duchamp provides instruction to spend more time with his 1918 work...
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The avalanche rescue dogs of Mount Bachelor
“The goal in the end,” Betsy Norsen explains about her avalanche rescue dog Riggins, “is that he never has to be used to find someone buried in an avalanche.” This Oregon Public Broadcasting video...
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The surprisingly long history of electric cars
Electric cars began making news in 2008 when the first Tesla Roadster debuted. Today, more charging stations are being installed as electric cars become popular alternatives to fossil fuel vehicles....
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Is the humble battery the key to our low-carbon future?
“From their early days in camcorders, to the gigafactories of the future – lithium-ion batteries are making a low-carbon world possible. Batteries will power cars, trucks, light aircraft and drones....
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Hum Chitra Banate Hai (We Make Images), an animation made with Bhil...
The art of the Bhil people in Central and Western India is alive with intricate patterns and bright colors, a long-held ritual that centers their hopes for harmony and abundance for their tribe. The...
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Hoh Rainforest, Washington State’s temperate rainforest
Take a 19-minute summer hike through the Hoh Rainforest with At Home In Wild Spaces. Almost completely wordless, the edited video shares information, recommendations, and some conservation-focused...
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George Washington and a history of vaccines
“Vaccines are one of humanity’s greatest triumphs,” explains molecular biologist Dr. Raven Baxter in this animated history lesson from The American Museum of Natural History, “and their development...
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Can beavers help mitigate wildfire and drought?
Dam builders. Eco-engineers. Climate heroes? “More and more scientists are starting to ask the question,” narrates Dr. Joe Hanson in this PBS Terra Overview video: “Could beavers be the ally we’ve been...
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Calder’s Circus at the Whitney: Alexander Calder performs on film
“After moving to Paris in 1926,” the Whitney Museum of American Art explains, “Alexander Calder began to fabricate dozens of tiny figures and props for what would become his most beloved work—titled in...
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Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem, the paradox at the heart of mathematics
“Consider the following sentence: “This statement is false.” Is that true? If so, that would make the statement false. But if it’s false, then the statement is true. This sentence creates an unsolvable...
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Searching for gorgeous slime molds
“Slime molds are decomposers of the forest,” explains filmmaker Ian McCluskey in this Oregon Public Broadcasting video. “Often found on rotting logs, they’re commonly mistaken for fungus.” But slime...
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