From sports to samurai, five lessons that bring the classroom to life

Together with Kohl's, TED-Ed got together great educators from all over the country, and we're...

TED-Ed is nominated for two Webby Awards!

Dear TED-Ed community, We are incredibly excited to announce that ted.cotfw.tk has been nominated...

TED-Ed Teams up with TEDxCERN to Bring You Lessons about The Universe

You might have heard of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) as the giant, powerful particle smasher...

Meet the Animator – Jessica Oreck talks to TED-Ed about the Mysteries of Vernacular

This week, TED-Ed is excited to roll out a featured mini-series all about the wacky way that...

Five ways to help build TED-Ed

TED-Ed is a free educational platform that allows visitors to engage in, create, and distribute...

How to track learning progress using TED-Ed

The TED-Ed BETA website has seen over two million unique visitors since its launch in late April...

The 10 most popular TED-Ed lessons so far

It’s hard to believe, but the TED-Ed team is excited to have just passed the one-year mark for...

Dispatches from TED Active – Part 2

Last week, TED-Ed got to hang out with some fantastic people, including some faces you might...

Dispatches from TED Active – Part 1

Greetings from TED Active! Over the past few days, the TED Education Team had the exciting honor...

Asha de Vos meets a puppet of herself

Blue whale researcher and TED Senior Fellow Asha de Vos unveiled her TED-Ed lesson today on the...

Lessons from TED2013 and TEDActive 2013

We’ll be updating the blog all week with lessons created by TED2013 and TEDActive...

A look at OKCupid’s algorithms: Getting personal with TED-Ed for Valentine’s Day

In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, TED-Ed teamed up with Christian Rudder, co-founder of dating...

What’s the difference between animators and cartoonists?

Inside a cartoonist’s world sparked an interesting conversation between TED-Ed Animator...

The most popular TED-Ed Lesson of 2012

2012 was truly a spectacular year in Science, and so it is only fitting that the most popular...

An animator meets a cartoonist…

New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly visited TED-Ed headquarters to meet with TED-Ed Animator...

Using Photoshop to crochet: A conversation with TED-Ed Animators

Today’s Lesson features a creative animation by three of TED-Ed’s own animators, Biljana Labovic,...

Create a TED-Ed Lesson using any TEDTalk

Today’s publication of Jill Bolte Taylor’s classic TEDTalk, Stroke of insight, marks the first...

Election Roundup

Today is November 6, 2012–Election Day in the United States. Four years ago...

Why one animator decided to use iPhones and bologna to explain shape memory alloys

Here at TED-Ed, we have been incredibly fortunate to work with talented and innovative animators...

Deconstructing the first live-action TED-Ed Lesson (featuring Victor Wooten)

The TED-Ed Team feels lucky to have created the first live-action TED-Ed Lesson with five-time...

How one AP Biology teacher uses TED-Ed Lessons

Paul Andersen, creator of the “The Five Fingers of Evolution” and a seasoned AP Biology teacher...

Top 10 most popular TED-Ed Lessons of 2012

Shakespearean insults, mind-boggling numbers, universal mysteries,...

Olympian Steve Mesler shares his gold medal with TED-Ed

In celebration of the summer Olympics, TED-Ed got the chance to work with Olympic gold-medalist,...

5 actions to protect birds where you live

In honor of Bird Day, we took a few tips from Audubon on how to take action to protect birds and...