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Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action. Population pyramids: Powerful predictors of the future - Kim Preshoff. If your selected country was not represented by a population pyramid in the lesson, you may wonder what it looks like.

Population pyramids: Powerful predictors of the future - Kim Preshoff

The U.S. Census Bureau has an International Data Base that can help you create one. 25 TED Talks Perfect For Classrooms. The 50 Best Sources of Free STEM Education Online 12.05K Views 0 Likes Colleges, universities, and other educational forums in your community can be excellent places to learn more about a variety of STEM topics, but there is also a wealth of educational material available on the web for those who prefer to learn at their own pace or take a more individual approach. 7 talks on how we make choices. Now playing Over the years, research has shown a counterintuitive fact about human nature: That sometimes, having too much choice makes us less happy.

7 talks on how we make choices

This may even be true when it comes to medical treatment. Graduation…now what? Now playing Clinical psychologist Meg Jay has a bold message for twentysomethings: Contrary to popular belief, your 20s are not a throwaway decade.

Graduation…now what?

In this provocative talk, Jay says that just because marriage, work and kids are happening later in life, doesn’t mean you can’t start planning now. She gives 3 pieces of advice for how twentysomethings can re-claim adulthood in the defining decade of their lives. “In your 20s, you may not get married or figure out exactly what career you want to pursue. Andrew Solomon: How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are. Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are. Russell Foster: Why do we sleep? Colin Stokes: How movies teach manhood. Larry Smith: Why you will fail to have a great career. Dan Gilbert: The psychology of your future self. Wendy Chung: Autism — what we know (and what we don’t know yet) Dan Pink: The puzzle of motivation.

Elizabeth Gilbert: Success, failure and the drive to keep creating. How to tell a story. Kamal Meattle: How to grow fresh air.