Logan Smalley:
Right now somewhere out there,
there's an educator delivering
a mind-altering lesson to their class.
Adam Savage: I want to engage
your brains in this.
Chris Anderson: I tried to get my head around
how vast our Earth is.
LS: But that lesson only reaches
the students in that room.
What would happen
if we could capture that lesson?
AS: This is a toothed wheel.
LS: What if pro animators
and visualization artists
could bring that lesson to life?
CA: It's an object we see everyday
that would literally fit one million Earths.
AS: It's got a bunch of notches,
and it's got a bunch of teeth.
This was Fizeau's solution.
LS: When that lesson lands,
curiosity is ignited.
CA: It seems impossibly big.
AS: Something interesting happens.
CA: In the great scheme of things,
it's just a pinprick.
AS: A door is starting to close
on the light beam
that's coming back to his eye.
LN: Then that group of students
is one thought closer
to being what every teacher
hopes their students will become:
a life-long learner.
AS: Based on the distance
between the two stations...
CA: The quest for knowledge
and understanding never gets dull.
It doesn't.
AS: He calculates the speed of light
to within two percent of its actual value.
CA: The more you know,
the more amazing the world seems.
LS: That's the central mission of TED-Ed:
to capture and to amplify
the voice of the world greatest teachers.
AS: He does this in 1849.
CA: It's the crazy possibilities,
the unanswered questions,
that pull us forward.
So stay curious.
Stephanie Lo: TED-Ed is
really an invitation
to teachers all around the world
to submit their best lessons.
Jordan Reeves: We review each submission,
and we work with the educators
to refine the lesson and make sure
that they're less than ten minutes long.
Bedirhan Cinar: From there, we mail out
these portable recording tools.
A teacher pulls up their final lesson,
presses record and then can instantly share it
with our animation team.
SL: It's also an invitation to animators.
We are looking for talented animators
to get involved, submit their reels
and help us animate
these incredible lessons.
LS: Right now, there's a gifted educator
somewhere out there
delivering a life-changing lesson.
The TED-Ed team hopes that anyone
who is passionate about education
will help us find that teacher,
capture that moment and amplify it,
the way that it deserves to be amplified.