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Ages: 8 - 18
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Brief overview of this free website, WatchKnowLearn.org. WatchKnowLearn is a super-directory of over 50,000 free educational video links that are organized by subject matter. (02:58)
October 20, 2016 at 06:30 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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In 1965, the inventor Seiichi Miyake created something that would spread to almost every civilized country in the world. Since the creation of truncated domes, a tactile warning surface that is built into sidewalks and pedestrian thoroughfares, they ...have been installed throughout his native Japan, as well as Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States.
Seiichi Miyake wanted to help people with visual impairments travel safely through the streets of Tokyo. He was also worried that people who could not see well were in danger when boarding a train. In the 1970s, all Japan Railway platforms were modified to include tactile warning surfaces, which were in two distinct patterns. (02:10)
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March 18, 2019 at 07:38 AM
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Ages: 14 - 18
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On this day in history: Russian cosmonaut first man to walk in space; Mahatma Gandhi is sent to prison for civic disobedience, Italy's Mussolini agrees to enter WWII; Terri Schiavo's feeding tube removed; Singer John Philips dies. (01:38)
March 17, 2019 at 10:27 AM
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Ages: 4 - 12
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It's Spring where Jessi and Squeaks live, and with Spring comes a really cool part of our planet's journey around the sun: the Spring Equinox! (04:01)
March 17, 2018 at 11:37 AM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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Saint Patrick's Day is the largest Irish celebration in the world and this video explains the history of this famous Saint's day. Saint Patrick was born in Wales which is just across the sea from Ireland (Although, it is also said he may be from KilP...atrick in Scotland). In 373 the Romans still ruled that part of the world. Many of the people in Wales and Ireland were Druids, who worshiped the sun and other aspects of nature – but Patrick was a Christian. (02:45)
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March 11, 2017 at 04:22 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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Famous women mathematicians include Madame Curie and Katherine Okikiolu from Nigeria. Discover famous female mathematicians with Steve Jones, who uses a white board to explain each of these woman's contributions to mathematics. (02:00)
February 15, 2010 at 03:03 PM
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