This is the fourth reincarnation of the post 99 videos that make you go hmmm, ah, and ah-ha. The videos are very loosely grouped into categories based on how we have used them or the kids’ reaction.
Not all videos are appropriate for elementary kids, there are a few edgy ones for middle school, and all should be ok for almost all high school kids. I have re-checked some of the links from the last post, but if you find one that is a dead link or leads to the wrong video please let me know by leaving a comment.
If you have a video that should be included on the list, please leave a comment!
Videos that make us think:
Mankind is no Island
Kiwi
Meditation
Brown Eyes/Blue Eyes
Did you Know?
Piano Stairs
Dove Evolution
Kaplan U Desks
Do Schools Kill Creativity?
Just One Girl
Micheal Jordon-Failure
The Deepest Garbage Can
The Years are Short
Stuck on an Elevator
The Money Tree
Dear 16 Year Old me
Staring Contest
Power of Words
Be a Follower
Water
Instant Face Maker
Girl and the Fox
Butterfly Circus (if you are going to watch only one…)
I Can’t Read…
Knock Knock
Dear 16 Year Old Me
Why I Hate School but Love Education
Touchscreen
I will not let an exam determine my fate
Children See, Children Do
Nahla~Muslima In High School (ChiefThePoet) Spoken Word
Photoshopping Real Women Into Cover Models
Ronan’s Escape
Teen Brain
Look Up
I Forgot My Phone
Who will be my hero
Dear Grade 8 Me
Words and their Consequences
Golf Ball Terminal Velocity
Introducing the Book
Everything is a Re-Mix
Splitscreen
Biological Advantage of Being Awestruck
Day in the life of a rice farmer
School is Optional
As If Principle
I Dare you to Watch this Entire Video
Being 12 — Year that changes everything
Dear Future Generations
Discrepant Event
How Film Scores Mess with our Brains
Videos that inspire us:
I Love Living Life
Try to Do
Be the Change You Want to See in the World
Together We Can Change the World
Blind Painter
Free Hugs
Sour
Dustin carter
Pep Talk from Kid President to You
Caines Arcade
K id Speech
Think Different
Everyone needs to wear sunscreen
I Hope You See This
Human Shadows
Huck
Cascada
To This Day Project
On how I approach strangers in the street
Life Changing Play
This is your life
Take a seat, make a friend
Work as a Team
Kid President Pep Talk
I Shoulda Tried Harder
Harmonica Man
Light it up
Technology, Documentary, My Dad, Me
Wall of Words
Snap Your Joy
Heartwarming Ad
Porcelain Unicorn
In Your Arms — Stop Action Music Video
Basketball Team gets amazing support
Kindness Boomerang
Watch People React to being Called Beautiful
Some people think technology alienates us from others…
Videos that amaze us:
LED Sheep Herding
Time Warp
Paul the Opera Singer
Breaking Wine Glass
Boyanka Angelova
One in Million Chance
Human Shadow Puppets
Giant Water Slide
OK Go
Dominoes in the Kitchen
Greatest Car Advertisement Ever
Test Your Awareness 1
Test Your Awareness 2
Test Your Awareness 3
Test Your Awareness 4
Bruce Lee Table Tennis
Golf Ball Reaches Terminal Velocity`
Optical Illusion Dance
Tractor Trailer Mishap
Largest Glacier Calving Ever
Grinding the Crack
Biggest Surf Wave Ever
Dubstep Beatboxer
Parkour
Ball Camera
Stop Motion
Top Secret Drum Corp
Drumbone
One Man Band
VW Factory
Hearing for the First Time
Coke and Mentos Car
Time Warp Balloon
Breaking a wineglass
Inspired Bicycles
Cougar
Free Style Football
Wolf’s Law
60 Seconds in a Skate Park
Chalk Art
Mind Blowing Dance
Painting Reality
Animation on a Bike
Evolution of Music
Sand Art
Google Street View Hyperlapse
View from ISS at night
Dream Music
Moon Walk
Quik
Tony vs Paul
Stop Motion
On Top of the Hood
I believe I can Fly
Experience Human Flight
Experience Scootering
I Believe I Can Fly 2
Gulp
Live Augmented Reality
Tony vs Paul
Way Back Home
Throwable panoramic camera
Reverse Things
Ohio State Marching Band
Car vs Car
Bike Tricks
Optical Illusion Dance
Tractor Trailer Jackknife
Lock and Load
Tokyo Reverse
100 Riffs
Murmation
Human Flight
Zero Gravity
Haiti
Puppets
Pipeline
Ok Go –Writing’s on the wall
Kutiman – Thru You Too
The Ridge
Dueling Piano and Drums
100 Years of Beauty in 1 Minute
Kassensymphonie
Cardboard Guitar
Videos that make us ask questions:
Steven Levitt: Why do crack dealers still live with their moms?
Spin
Gever Tulley: 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do
Built to Last
What teachers make
Lost Generation
Don’t Eat the Marshmallow Yet
Vision of Students Today
Vision of K-12 Students Today
The Kid No One Wanted
Power of Simple Words
Behind the scenes at McDonalds Photo Shoot
Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Transformation
Why you need to fail
The Majestic Plastic bag
Take My Ball and Go Home
Pretty
When there is a correct answer
Be more Dog
Discrepant Event #2 — Candle
Magic for Dogs
How to talk to your ten year old self
Science of Happiness
How Wolves Change Rivers
Steve Jobs on Asking for help
Creativity Takes Time
Lost Generation
Chasing Ice
The Reflect Project
Peter’s Projection
Lost Generation
Do What You Like, Like what You Do
Look Up
Can We Auto-Correct Humanity
10 Hours of walking as a woman in NYC
Overview Effect
Instagram Generation
Guy Walks into a Bear
Showing Ikea Art to Experts
School Without Rules
The Time You Have Left in Jellybeans
Man vs Earth
I am not black, you are not white
It’s Not About the Nail
Walking Contest
Portrait Session with a Twist
The Settlers
Videos that get us to laugh together:
Cat Herding
Octapodi
Life after Death by Powerpoint
Food Fight
The Invisible Rope
Thou Shalt Laugh
Trouble in Paradise
Ron Lucas and Big Dummy
Electric face Stimulus
Basset Hound Beat Box
Martians Meet a Clock
Everything is Amazing and Nobodys Happy
Mr. Bean-Pool
Bill Cosby-Dentists
Five Minute University
Barking Fish
Football vs Baseball
Charlie the Unicorn
Chainsaw
Rabbit (ok, maybe not funny but frightening)
We’re Sinking
Sneak Thief
Why you should think before you text
Pigeon Impossible
Entr Kazoo Man
Introducing the Book
Stupid Terrorist
Slinky on Treadmill
Dramatic Surprise 1
Dramatic Surprise 2
Evian Babies
Bulldog Snorting
Ojai Taxidermy
Lighthouse vs Ship
Gotta Share the Musical
Bagman
Invisible Drumkit
Flying Fish
Marcel the Shell with shoes on
Worst Ice Skater
Funny Animals
Frozen Grand Central
Spy vs Guy
Kiss Cam
Safer in Groups
Inflated Animals
Baby and Me
Duck Heart
Mouth Open
Marcel with Shoes on Two
Fluffy McCloud
Ormie
Cumulus and Nimbus
Give it a ponder 1
Give it a ponder 2
Give it a ponder 3
Give it a ponder 4
Dogboarding
Parallel Parking
Bless You
Uncle Jack (not for all audiences)
Dumb Ways to Die (not for all audiences)
Are silent farts worse
The Graduation Song
Marcel the shell with shoes on
Llama Llama Duck
French Bulldog snoring
April Fools Joke
Rubber Band Babies
Elevator Joy Bomb
Gotta Be A Scholar
House of Scholars
Research Rescue
Study Like a Scholar
Ask a Librarian
Crazy Cart
Basketball Class
Lunch
Make your day better in 64 seconds
Math Class
Cubicle Contagion
Wall of Boxes
Parent Rap
It’s Not About the Nail
Selfie
Dragon Baby
Shake
Mighty Mites Crash into Banner
Paper is not Dead
Phobias
Using Social Media To Cover For Lack Of Original Thought
Things That Students Do That’d Be Creepy If Teachers Did Them
Man on the Moon
Star Wars without John Williams
Passion
The Putter
Passion for Sound
People are Awesome
Move
Walking Contest
Snow Circles
Sound of Wood
Fifty People One Question 1
Fifty People One question 2
Secret of Toys
Planet Earth
Last Ice Merchant
The Puppet Man
Girl’s First Ski Jump
Cool Videos From My Class
Lots of examples from some pretty cool middle school kids
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