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…
Our Lives Matter S1E09: The Evolution of Life
Genes are molecules. Evolution is caused by the replication, variation, and selection of genes. For life to begin on Earth, the geology of the Earth had to start a chemical…
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…
Our Lives Matter S1E08: The Big Bang to the Periodic Table of the Elements
The Big Bang was a huge explosion of energy. Some of it condensed into matter. That set the universe in motion. It led to the formation of atoms. It also…
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…
Our Lives Matter S1E07: A Philosophy of Four Mathematical Laws
Math is the metaphysics of science. Every scientific discovery is the discovery of a mathematical pattern in the world. To tell a mathematical story of the world that people…