You can do maths (1 and 2)

Great campaign from the AAMT

 

 

The world of chemistry

Attempts to make science cool are usually guaranteed to make the audience cringe. Young people today are so skilled at evaluating authentic messages so pushing hard on the coolness of science can only back fire. Unlikely as it may seem, this clip was made for European Commission and is one of our favourites.

Do schools kill creativity?

Why don't we get the best out of people? Sir Ken Robinson argues that it's because we've been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. Students with restless minds and bodies -- far from being cultivated for their energy and curiosity -- are ignored or even stigmatised, with terrible consequences. "We are educating people out of their creativity."

"Creativity is as important in education as literacy and we should treat it with the same status."

"If you were to visit as an alien and ask what I public education for, you would have to conclude that the whole purpose of education throughout the world is to produce university professors."

Check out other TED talks with an education tag. 

 

Donald Duck in Mathematics Land

A nice light look at the histroy and application of mathematics from Walt Disney

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