Top 7 TED Talks for Homeschool Families

Learn something new about your homeschooler’s favorite topic or discover a better way to do routine tasks you thought you’d mastered years ago with the top seven TED talks for homeschool families. TED is a global organization founded in 1984 with the goal of bringing Technology, Entertainment, and Design together to share “ideas worth spreading.”

Science
Do you know we’ve only explored about 3% of the world’s oceans? Take a look at some of the most incredible creatures of the sea in this TED talk from David Gallo.

Be inspired by teenager Jack Andraka, who invented a way to detect the presence of certain cancers during their early stages.

Math
Arthur Benjamin is a mathemagician. See how he races calculators to get the right answers in this TED talk from 2005.

Education
“What if we based education on the study and practice of being happy and healthy?” Do your kids ever think of homeschooling as “hacking” their education? Learn to master the science of being happy and healthy with fellow homeschooler Logan LaPlante in his TED talk “Hackschooling Makes Me Happy.”

In the most popular TED talk of all time, Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way society traditionally educates children.

Also, don’t miss his follow-up speech from 2010.

Just for Fun
Discover a better way to tie your shoes from Terry Moore in this short video.

Which TED talk is your favorite? Share your thoughts below!