Winds of Change by Scorpions
Here's a classic song by a German band about people tearing down the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War. Another way to see the world as a…
The Evolution of Life (text)
ACT I Scene 1 The Earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago. Life began about 3.5 billion years ago. So how did it happen? That’s another big mystery people have…
Rockin’ 1000
Here's another way to use music to bring people together. Here's a cover band that plays famous rock songs, where every concert has 1,000 musicians in the band. Hundreds of…
Get the Party Started by Pink
What does valuing diversity mean? What's an in-group that everyone can belong to? Planet Earth is a party that everyone's invited to. Let's get the party started! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW1dbiD_zDk
The Big Bang to the Periodic Table of the Elements (text)
ACT I Scene 1 The universe began with an extremely dense concentration of energy. Then it exploded in the Big Bang, kind of like a gigantic supernova. Physicists…
Playing for Change
Would you use words and music to bring people together if you could? Here's a worldwide group of musicians who record famous songs and splice their recordings together. https://www.playingforchange.com/
The Elements by Tom Lehrer
Rounding out the three famous songs about science we have the one about chemistry. And as a bonus track, a much older version of the song... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcS3NOQnsQM
A Philosophy of Four Mathematical Laws (text)
ACT I Scene 1 [112 bpm] Gym class is also known as physical education. So what’s metaphysical education? Math class. Math is the metaphysics of science. But how…
Powwows.com
Here's the website for the longest running art festivals in North America! They're ancient traditions for bringing neighbors together to get to know each other. Pow wows are free to…
The Galaxy Song by Monty Python
For the second of the three famous songs about science, here's the one about cosmology... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buqtdpuZxvk