Introducing TED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing

Right now, somewhere out there,

an educator is delivering a mind-altering lesson to their class.

I want to engage your brains in this.

Chris Anderson: I tried to get my head around how vast our Earth is.

Logan Smalley: That lesson only reaches the students in that room.

What would happen if we captured it?

It's a toothed wheel.

LS: What if pro animators and visualization artists

could bring that lesson to life?

CA: It's a common object that literally fits one million Earths.

It's got a bunch of notches and a bunch of teeth.

This was Fizeau's solution --

LS: When that lesson lands, curiosity is ignited.

CA: It seems impossibly big.

AS: Something interesting happens.

CA: In the great scheme of things, it's a pinprick.

AS: A door closes on the light beam that's coming back to his eye.

LS: Then that group of students is one thought closer

to being what every teacher hopes their students will become:

a lifelong learner.

AS: Based on the distance between the two stations --

CA: The quest for knowledge and understanding never gets dull.

AS: He calculates the speed of light to within two percent of its actual value.

CA: The more you know, the more amazing the world seems.

That's the central mission of TED-Ed:

to capture and to amplify

the voice of the world's greatest teachers.

He does this in 1849.

CA: It's the crazy possibilities, the unanswered questions,

that pull us forward.

So stay curious.

TED-Ed is really an invitation to teachers all around the world

to submit their best lessons.

Jordan Reeves: We review each submission and work with the educators

to refine the lesson and make sure that they're less than ten minutes long.

From there, we mail out these portable recording booths.

A teacher pulls up their final lesson,

presses record and can instantly share it with our animation team.

It's also an invitation to animators.

We are looking for talented animators

to get involved, submit their reels

and help us animate these incredible lessons.

LS: Right now, there's a gifted educator somewhere out there

delivering a life-changing lesson.

The TED-Ed team hopes that anyone who is passionate about education

will help us find that teacher,

capture that moment and amplify it

the way that it deserves to be amplified.