Next week, we're publishing a lesson that follows the Dagara tale of Yagangnaa, a boy who defied a tyrannical chief. The lesson is written by educator Paschal Kyiiripuo Kyoore and animated by Lesego Vorster and The Hidden Hand Studios. Here are some awesome character designs for the upcoming lesson! We're so grateful to The Hidden Hand Studios for letting us in on their process...
2024-08-22 19:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
In our animation "Scientists are obsessed with this lake", educators Nicola Storelli and Daniele Zanzi explore the depths of Lake Cadagno, a meromictic lake that is considered a model for Earth before the Great Oxidation Event.
Take a look at these behind-the-scenes images of how...
2024-08-05 20:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
This month's coloring book image comes from our lesson, The science of laughter by Sasha Winkler with animation by Hanna Rybak.
Isn’t it odd that, when something’s funny, you might show your teeth, change your breathing, become weak and achy in some places, and maybe even cry? In other words, why do we do this bizarre thing that is laughter? Sin...
These digital wallpapers come to you from our animation The Greek myth of Demeter's revenge by Iseult Gillespie, with animation by Olya Kapys.
Mestra, princess of Thessaly, was far from home. She had watched her father, King Erysichthon, plunge into a ruin of his own making. Now, to save himself, he’d sold his own daughter to the ...
These digital wallpapers come to you from our animation Why did hospitals have these frogs in their supply rooms?, with animation by Yajun Shi.
In the early 20th century, pregnancy testing required a slippery piece of equipment: a female African clawed frog. For decades, hospitals and research labs had a trusted supply of these handy creatures, employing...
This month's coloring book image comes from our lesson, Are pandas the most misunderstood animal? by Lucy Cooke with animation by Keegan Thornhill.
In the 1930’s, a grand panda drama unfolded at the Chicago Zoo. Zookeepers procured a female panda named Mei Mei, and they were determined to find her a mate. They found a prospec...
This month's coloring book image comes from our lesson, The sibling rivalry that divided a town by Jay Van Bavel and Dominic Packer with animation by Arvind Singh Jeena.
One day a pair of brothers working together as shoemakers had an explosive fight that split the family business in two. Over the coming y...
These digital wallpapers come to you from our animation The one thing stopping jellyfish from taking over, with animation by Sinan Göksel and Emre Kanlıoğlu.
Over the past two decades, jellyfish have begun to overwhelm our oceans. If things stay on their current trajectory, we could be headed for a future where the entire ocean i...
These digital wallpapers come to you from our animation This is what happens when you hit the gas, with animation by Kevin Herrmann.
In 2015, two men drove a Volkswagen across the US on just over 100 gallons of fuel. Their 81-mile-per-gallon performance doubled the car’s estimated fuel rating, and set the record for the lowest fuel consumption ride of ...
This month's coloring book image comes from our lesson, Why do you want to squeeze cute things? by Joshua Paul Dale with animation by Oksana Kurmaz.
Watching a kitten fumbling around, it might feel as if you’ve never encountered anything so devastatingly adorable in your mortal life. You may want to pet its soft fur and kiss ...
These digital wallpapers come to you from our animation How will AI change the world?, with animation by Christoph Sarow.
In the coming years, artificial intelligence is probably going to change your life— and likely the entire world. But people have a hard time agreeing on...
This month's coloring book image comes from our lesson, Why are beavers obsessed with dams? by Glynnis Hood with animation by Keegan Thornhill.
Nestled in the forests of Canada sits the world’s longest beaver dam. This 850-meter-long structure is l...
This month's coloring book image comes from our lesson, The bizarre world of parasitic wasps by Miles Zhang with animation by Denys Spolitak.
A cockroach and jewel wasp are locked in battle. The wasp latches onto the cockroach and inserts h...
These digital wallpapers come to you from our animation What if you experienced every human life in history?, with animation by Jay Septimo and Khoo Siew May.
Imagine that your life began as one of the planet’s first humans. After dying, you're r...
TED-Ed wishes everyone a happy Valentine's Day!
By supporting our mission, you've become a part of the TED-Ed team, and that means we want you to get to know us and the work we do.
With that in mind, allow us to introduce Jeremiah Dickey, one of the super talented and all around awesome internal animators here at TED-Ed. In this video, Jeremiah gives us a little glimpse into s...
2024-02-14 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
This month's coloring book image comes from our lesson, One of the most banned books of all time by Mollie Godfrey, with animation by Laura White.
In 1998, a school district removed one of American literature’s most acclaimed works...
These digital wallpapers come to you from our animation The science of falling in love by Shannon Odell, with animation by Biljana Labović.
Love is often described as heartwarming, heart-wrenching, or even heartbreaking— and your brain is re...
This month's coloring book image comes from our lesson, How horses changed history by William Taylor with animation by Denys Spolitak.
People have been captivated by horses for a long time. They appear more than any other animal in cave painting...
These digital wallpapers come to you from our animation The most important century in human history, directed by Jon Mayes and AIM Creative Studios.
Is it possible that this century is the most important one in human history? The...
2024-01-04 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
This month's coloring book image comes from our lesson, Vultures: The acid-puking, plague-busting heroes of the ecosystem by Kenny Coogan with animation by Katarina Jukić.
In the African grasslands, a gazelle su...
These digital wallpapers come to you from our animation Will the ocean ever run out of fish? by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Jennifer Jacquet, with animation by Anton Bogaty.
When most peop...
This month's coloring book image comes from our lesson, Would you raise the bird that murdered your children? by Steve Rothstein with animation by Mauricio Bueno and Lucy Animation Studio.
A mother honey...
These digital wallpapers come to you from our lesson, Where will you be able to live in 20 years? by Carol Farbotko and Ingrid Boas, animation by Ouros Animation.
Humanity has always adapted to chan...
This month's coloring book image comes from our lesson, How to write the perfect crime, according to Agatha Christie by Jamie Bernthal with animation by Anantha Krishnan and Nikhita Prabhudesai.
Wi...
These digital wallpapers come to you from our animation Which animal has the best eyesight? by Thomas W. Cronin, with animation by Josefina Preumayr.
The animal kingdom boasts an incredible diversity of eyes. Some rotate independently whi...
This month's coloring book image comes from our lesson, You could have a secret twin (but not the way you think) by Kayla Mandel Sheets with animation by LuĂsa M H Copetti and Hype CG.
While searching for a kidney...
These digital wallpapers come to you from our animation Why don’t poisonous animals poison themselves? by Rebecca D. Tarvin, with animation by Giulia Martinelli.
Thousands of animal species use toxic chemicals to defend them...
This month's coloring book image comes from our lesson, The History of Tea by Shunan Teng with animation by Steff Lee.
Tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world after water –– and from sugary Turkish Rize tea to salty Tibetan butter tea, ther...
These digital wallpapers come to you from our animation The myth of the moon goddess by Cynthia Fay Davis, with animation by The Animation Project.
The sun god was in love with the moon goddess, Ix Chel. But the goddess’ grandfather was ver...
What is the opposite of a gun? A classroom erupts into a war of words as students grapple with this seemingly simple question in the award-winning animated short "The Opposites Game", written by Brendan Constantine and animated by Lisa LaBracio and