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# of Current Videos:  132
125 are less than 8 minutes; 7 videos range from 8 to 11 minutes

Humanities and Social Studies Samples

The Legacy of the Little Rock Nine
Learn the story of the first 9 African American students to attend the all white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn how powers of local and national government battled integration three years after the landmark, Brown v the Board of Education of Topeka ruled segregation unconstitutional. Hear from students, Ernest Green, the first African American to graduate from Central High School, and Melba Pattillo Beals, PhD, who penned her inspirational memoirs in her best selling books Warriors Don’t Cry, March Forward Girl, and I Will Not Fear. Learn about their trials and triumphs while fighting for a quality education with equal opportunities.

Recipes for Respect: African American Meals and Meanings
In her book about African American foodways, author Rafia Zafar chronicles the influence of black cooks on the way we eat. Slaves and recently freed people were highly respected for their talents in the kitchen. Some notable cooks even published cookbooks as far back as the 1800s. The cookbooks reveal much about the lives of their authors and the relevance of their recipes to this day.

The Story of Chocolate
Meet Brian Pelletier, owner and chief chocolatier at Kakao Chocolate in St. Louis, Missouri.  Learn how chocolate gets from the field to your sweet tooth beginning with the plants that grow the beans through the harvest and refinement process all the way to the final cooking, sweetening, and forming process.

STEAM and STEM Samples

Spray-On Skin Treatment for Serious Burns
Nearly half a million people in the United States receive medical treatment for burns every year. According to the American Burn Association, a serious burn injury occurs every minute. A new product, though, is changing the way the worst of those burns are treated. The AVITA Medical product is called spray-on skin, and it’s helping burn patients heal.

The Power of Pig Poop: Renewable Energy Created from Manure
Imagine if pigs or some wild grass could help you heat your house or fuel your car. St. Louis-based Roeslein Alternative Energy produces renewable natural gas (RNG) from the anaerobic digestion of swine manure, turning pig poop into power. The company is also in the process of creating renewable natural gas from the digestion of native prairie plants.

Scientists Discover How Cells Defend Themselves Using Our Hidden Immune Arsenal
A cure to a disease is usually discovered in a scientific lab after extensive research that spans many months or years. The John P. Atkinson lab in the Division of Rheumatology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has a team of dedicated scientists making discoveries about our immune system.  Kathryn Tristan, assistant professor of medicine and research scientist, has been involved in this type of work for more than 40 years.

Going Green in Architecture–LEED Certification
What does it take for a building to become LEED certified?  What’s the difference between silver, gold, and platinum certification?  How do LEED buildings impact the environment?  To find the answers to these questions and more on the process of LEED certification, check out the video above.

Fear Sharks? SLU Researcher Dives In to Discover Why Sharks Don’t Like Freshwater
If fear of sharks is keeping you out of the ocean, a freshwater spot is considered safe. A Saint Louis University shark expert explains the science behind why the vast majority of the world’s hundreds of species of sharks stay out of streams and lakes where we swim.

Arts and Arts Integration Samples

Architecture as Sculpture, Sculpture from Architecture
How can architectural principles and practices result in an artistic sculpture with breathtaking results?  View this sculpture commissioned by Lambert Airport in St. Louis and learn how it was created by architecture students at Washington University in St. Louis.

Kehinde Wiley Commemorates the People of Saint Louis at SLAM
Kehinde Wiley rose to stard­­om as the master painter behind President Barrack Obama’s portrait at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C., but here in St. Louis, he’s unveiled a new series at the Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM).

Specdrum–Learning About Culture Through Drumming
Learning about diverse cultures through music, specifically drumming, is what SpecDrum is all about. SpecDrum is a not-for-profit organization offering free, cultural education through drumming as an enrichment to the current school curriculum–a continual study of world culture through music, year round, not just a once a year presentation in the school gymnasium. Could such an approach help teach cultural awareness in your school?

The Saint Louis Art Museum Reveals the Work Behind Preserving the Past
The moving panorama served as an early form of cinema during the 19th century where it would be taken from town to town and played before a crowd, accompanied by lectures, storytelling, and music.  The Saint Louis Art Museum has turned the laborious task of restoring the very large “Panorama of the Monumental Grandeur of the Mississippi Valley” into an exhibition all its own