TED+for+Teachers

from a great blog by [|Larry Ferlazzo] - check it out! TED talks organised by subject, title and running time.


 * American History**
 * Anna Deavere Smith || Four American characters || 0:23:05 ||
 * David Hoffman || Catch Sputnik mania! || 0:03:50 ||
 * Irwin Redlener || How to survive a nuclear attack || 0:25:18 ||
 * Doris Kearns Goodwin || Learning from past presidents in moments of crisis || 0:18:48 ||
 * Jennifer 8. Lee || Who was General Tso? and other mysteries of American Chinese food || 0:16:38 ||
 * Laurie Garrett || Laurie Garrett on lessons from the 1918 flu || 0:21:05 ||
 * **World History** ||  ||   ||
 * Jared Diamond || Why societies collapse || 0:18:21 ||
 * Siegfried Woldhek || The true face of Leonardo Da Vinci? || 0:04:24 ||
 * Samantha Power || Shaking hands with the devil || 0:23:09 ||
 * **Geography** ||  ||   ||
 * Hans Rosling || Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you’ve ever seen || 0:19:50 ||
 * Dr. Dean Ornish || The world now eats (and dies) like Americans || 0:03:18 ||
 * Wade Davis || Cultures at the far edge of the world || 0:22:01 ||
 * Louise Fresco || Louise Fresco on feeding the whole world || 0:18:00 ||
 * Nathan Wolfe || Hunting the next killer virus || 0:12:20 ||
 * **Language Arts** ||  ||   ||
 * Erin McKean || Redefining the dictionary || 0:15:50 ||
 * Lakshmi Pratury || The lost art of letter-writing || 0:04:09 ||
 * Brewster Kahle || A digital library, free to the world || 0:20:06 ||
 * C.K. Williams || Poetry for all seasons of life || 0:23:17 ||
 * **Education** ||  ||   ||
 * Sir Ken Robinson || Do schools kill creativity? || 0:19:24 ||
 * Richard Baraniuk || Goodbye, textbooks; hello, open-source learning || 0:18:34 ||
 * Alan Kay || A powerful idea about teaching ideas || 0:20:37 ||
 * Stuart Brown || Why play is vital — no matter your age || 0:26:42 ||
 * Mae Jemison || Mae Jemison on teaching arts and sciences together || 0:14:48 ||
 * Sugata Mitra || Can kids teach themselves? || 0:20:59 ||
 * **Art** ||  ||   ||
 * Paola Antonelli || Treating design as art || 0:18:17 ||
 * David Macaulay || All roads lead to Rome Antics || 0:21:35 ||
 * Margaret Wertheim || Margaret Wertheim on the beautiful math of coral || 0:15:33 ||
 * Ursus Wehrli || Tidying up art || 0:15:57 ||
 * **Music** ||  ||   ||
 * Sirena Huang || Dazzling set by 11-year-old violinist || 0:24:41 ||
 * Jennifer Lin || Magical improv from 14-year-old pianist || 0:24:05 ||
 * Caroline Lavelle || A cello performance that casts a spell || 0:07:39 ||
 * Pamelia Kurstin || Theremin, the untouchable music || 0:19:11 ||
 * Benjamin Zander || Classical music with shining eyes || 0:20:43 ||
 * James Burchfield || Sound stylings by a human beatbox || 0:04:44 ||
 * Jose Antonio Abreu || Help me bring music to kids worldwide (TED Prize winner!) || 0:16:58 ||
 * Eric Lewis || Striking chords to rock the jazz world || 0:10:36 ||
 * Natalie MacMaster || Playing the Cape Breton fiddle || 0:18:47 ||
 * **Mathematics** ||  ||   ||
 * Arthur Benjamin || Lightning calculation and other “Mathemagic” || 0:15:14 ||
 * Greg Lynn || How calculus is changing architecture || 0:18:54 ||
 * Steven Strogatz || How things in nature tend to sync up || 0:21:58 ||
 * **Biology** ||  ||   ||
 * Aubrey de Grey || Why we age and how we can avoid it || 0:22:45 ||
 * E.O. Wilson || TED Prize wish: Help build the Encyclopedia of Life || 0:22:35 ||
 * Craig Venter || A voyage of DNA, genes and the sea || 0:16:51 ||
 * James Watson || The double helix and today’s DNA mysteries || 0:20:11 ||
 * Robert Full || Secrets of movement, from geckos and roaches || 0:19:24 ||
 * Gregory Stock || How biotech will drive our evolution || 0:17:51 ||
 * Bonnie Bassler || Discovering bacteria’s amazing communication system || 0:18:14 ||
 * Peter Ward || Earth’s mass extinctions || 0:19:41 ||
 * Barry Schuler || An introduction to genomics || 0:21:26 ||
 * Kary Mullis || Celebrating the scientific experiment || 0:29:32 ||
 * **Physics** ||  ||   ||
 * Murray Gell-Mann || Beauty and truth in physics || 0:16:02 ||
 * Brian Cox || An inside tour of the world’s biggest supercollider || 0:14:59 ||
 * Patricia Burchat || The search for dark energy and dark matter || 0:16:09 ||
 * Brian Cox || Brian Cox: What went wrong at the LHC || 0:03:29 ||
 * **Health/Physical Education** ||  ||
 * Ben Saunders || Three things to know before you ski to the North Pole || 0:18:03 ||
 * Mark Bittman || What’s wrong with what we eat || 0:20:08 ||
 * Ann Cooper || Reinventing the school lunch || 0:19:42 ||
 * John Wooden || Coaching for people, not points || 0:17:36 ||
 * Matthew Childs || Matthew Childs’ 9 life lessons from rock climbing || 0:04:48 ||
 * Dr. Dean Ornish || Healing and other natural wonders || 0:16:49 ||
 * **Civics/Government** ||  ||   ||
 * Ashraf Ghani || How to fix broken states || 0:18:45 ||
 * Sasa Vucinic || Why a free press is the best investment || 0:18:00 ||
 * Jonathan Haidt || The real difference between liberals and conservatives || 0:18:42 ||
 * Nate Silver || Nate Silver: Does race affect votes? || 0:09:16 ||
 * Lee Smolin || How science is like democracy || 0:12:25 ||
 * **Psychology** ||  ||   ||
 * Michael Shermer || Why people believe strange things || 0:13:25 ||
 * Vilayanur Ramachandran || A journey to the center of your mind || 0:23:34 ||
 * Keith Barry || Brain magic || 0:19:49 ||
 * Michael Merzenich || Michael Merzenich on re-wiring the brain || 0:23:07 ||
 * Elizabeth Gilbert || A different way to think about creative genius || 0:19:28 ||
 * Steven Pinker ||  || 0:22:42 ||
 * **Anthropology** ||  ||   ||
 * Zeresenay Alemseged || Finding the origins of humanity || 0:15:51 ||
 * Louise Leakey || Digging for humanity’s origins || 0:15:36 ||
 * Spencer Wells || Building a family tree for all humanity || 0:20:53 ||
 * Murray Gell-Mann || Do all languages have a common ancestor? || 0:02:15 ||
 * **Earth Science/Environment** ||  ||
 * Al Gore || 15 ways to avert a climate crisis || 0:16:17 ||
 * Juan Enriquez || Why can’t we grow new energy? || 0:18:10 ||
 * Andy Hobsbawm || Do the green thing || 0:03:22 ||
 * Willie Smits || A 20-year tale of hope: How we re-grew a rainforest || 0:20:42 ||
 * Sylvia Earle || Here’s how to protect the blue heart of the planet (TED Prize winner!) || 0:18:16 ||
 * Bill Gross || Great ideas for finding new energy || 0:19:55 ||
 * **Statistics** ||  ||   ||
 * Peter Donnelly || How juries are fooled by statistics || 0:21:20 ||
 * Bruce Bueno de Mesquita || Three predictions on the future of Iran, and the math to back it up || 0:19:05 ||
 * Sean Gourley || Sean Gourley on the mathematics of war || 0:07:19 ||
 * **Economics** ||  ||   ||
 * Benjamin Wallace || Does happiness have a price tag? || 0:14:40 ||
 * Dan Ariely || Why we think it’s OK to cheat and steal (sometimes) || 0:16:23 ||
 * Mike Rowe || Celebrating work — all kinds of work || 0:20:02 ||
 * Barry Schwartz || The real crisis? We stopped being wise || 0:20:45 ||
 * David S. Rose || 10 things to know before you pitch a VC for money || 0:14:39 ||
 * **Family/Consumer Science** ||  ||
 * Peter Reinhart || The art of baking bread || 0:15:34 ||
 * Joseph Pine || What do consumers really want? || 0:14:19 ||
 * **Technology/Computers in Education** ||  ||
 * Evan Williams || How Twitter’s spectacular growth is being driven by unexpected uses || 0:08:00 ||
 * Erik Hersman || Erik Hersman on reporting crisis via texting || 0:03:56 ||
 * Tim Berners-Lee || The next Web of open, linked data || 0:16:23 ||
 * Brenda Laurel || Why didn’t girls play videogames? || 0:13:08 ||
 * Juan Enriquez || Beyond the crisis, mindboggling science and the arrival of Homo evolutis || 0:18:50 ||
 * David Merrill || Siftables, the toy blocks that think || 0:07:09 ||
 * James Surowiecki || The moment when social media became the news || 0:16:59 ||
 * **Astronomy** ||  ||   ||
 * Penelope Boston || Life on Mars? Let’s look in the caves || 0:18:29 ||
 * Jill Tarter || Why the search for alien intelligence matters (TED Prize winner!) || 0:21:23 ||
 * George Smoot || The design of the universe || 0:19:00 ||
 * Charles Elachi || The story of the Mars Rovers || 0:28:17 ||
 * Peter Diamandis || Taking the next giant leap in space || 0:15:31 ||
 * Freeman Dyson || Let’s look for life in the outer solar system || 0:19:11 ||
 * **Statistics** ||  ||   ||
 * Peter Donnelly || How juries are fooled by statistics || 0:21:20 ||
 * Bruce Bueno de Mesquita || Three predictions on the future of Iran, and the math to back it up || 0:19:05 ||
 * Sean Gourley || Sean Gourley on the mathematics of war || 0:07:19 ||
 * **Economics** ||  ||   ||
 * Benjamin Wallace || Does happiness have a price tag? || 0:14:40 ||
 * Dan Ariely || Why we think it’s OK to cheat and steal (sometimes) || 0:16:23 ||
 * Mike Rowe || Celebrating work — all kinds of work || 0:20:02 ||
 * Barry Schwartz || The real crisis? We stopped being wise || 0:20:45 ||
 * David S. Rose || 10 things to know before you pitch a VC for money || 0:14:39 ||
 * **Family/Consumer Science** ||  ||
 * Peter Reinhart || The art of baking bread || 0:15:34 ||
 * Joseph Pine || What do consumers really want? || 0:14:19 ||
 * **Technology/Computers in Education** ||  ||
 * Evan Williams || How Twitter’s spectacular growth is being driven by unexpected uses || 0:08:00 ||
 * Erik Hersman || Erik Hersman on reporting crisis via texting || 0:03:56 ||
 * Tim Berners-Lee || The next Web of open, linked data || 0:16:23 ||
 * Brenda Laurel || Why didn’t girls play videogames? || 0:13:08 ||
 * Juan Enriquez || Beyond the crisis, mindboggling science and the arrival of Homo evolutis || 0:18:50 ||
 * David Merrill || Siftables, the toy blocks that think || 0:07:09 ||
 * James Surowiecki || The moment when social media became the news || 0:16:59 ||
 * **Astronomy** ||  ||   ||
 * Penelope Boston || Life on Mars? Let’s look in the caves || 0:18:29 ||
 * Jill Tarter || Why the search for alien intelligence matters (TED Prize winner!) || 0:21:23 ||
 * George Smoot || The design of the universe || 0:19:00 ||
 * Charles Elachi || The story of the Mars Rovers || 0:28:17 ||
 * Peter Diamandis || Taking the next giant leap in space || 0:15:31 ||
 * Freeman Dyson || Let’s look for life in the outer solar system || 0:19:11 ||
 * **Astronomy** ||  ||   ||
 * Penelope Boston || Life on Mars? Let’s look in the caves || 0:18:29 ||
 * Jill Tarter || Why the search for alien intelligence matters (TED Prize winner!) || 0:21:23 ||
 * George Smoot || The design of the universe || 0:19:00 ||
 * Charles Elachi || The story of the Mars Rovers || 0:28:17 ||
 * Peter Diamandis || Taking the next giant leap in space || 0:15:31 ||
 * Freeman Dyson || Let’s look for life in the outer solar system || 0:19:11 ||
 * Peter Diamandis || Taking the next giant leap in space || 0:15:31 ||
 * Freeman Dyson || Let’s look for life in the outer solar system || 0:19:11 ||