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Logan Smalley: Right now, somewhere out there,
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there's an educator delivering a mind-altering lesson to their class.
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Adam Savage: I want to engage your brains in this.
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Chris Anderson: Trying to get my head around how vast our Earth is.
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LS: But that lesson only reaches the students in that room.
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What would happen if we could capture that lesson?
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AS: This is a toothed wheel.
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LS: What if, oh, animators and visualization artists could bring that lesson to life?
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CA: There's an object we see every day that would literally fit one million Earths.
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AS: It's got a bunch of notches, and it's got a bunch of teeth.
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This was Fizeau's solution.
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LS: When that lesson lands, curiosity is ignited.
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CA: It seems impossibly big.
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AS: Something interesting happens.
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CA: But in the great scheme of things, it's just a pinprick.
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AS: A door is starting to close on the light beam that's coming back to his eye.
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LS: Then that group of students is one thought closer to being
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what every teacher hopes their students will become:
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a lifelong learner.
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AS: Based on the difference between the two stations.
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CA: The quest for knowledge and understanding never gets dull. It doesn't.
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AS: He calculates the speed of light to within two percent of its actual value.
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CA: The more you know, the more amazing the world seems.
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LS: That's the central mission of TED-Ed --
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to capture and to amplify the voice of the world's greatest teachers.
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AS: He does this in 1849.
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CA: It's the crazy possibilities, the unanswered questions, that pull us forward.
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So stay curious.
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(Music)
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Stephanie Lo: TED-Ed is really an invitation to teachers all around the world
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to submit their best lessons.
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Jordan Reeves: We review each submission, and we work with the educators
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to refine the lesson and make sure that they're less than 10 minutes long.
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Bedirhan Cinar: From there, we mail out these portable recording booths.
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A teacher pulls up their final lesson, presses record,
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and then can instantly share it with our animation team.
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SL: It's also an invitation to animators.
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We are looking for talented animators to get involved,
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submit their reels, and help us animate these incredible lessons.
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LS: Right now, there's a gifted educator somewhere out there delivering a life-changing lesson.
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The TED-Ed Team hopes that anyone who's passionate about education
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will help us find that teacher, capture that moment,
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and amplify it the way that it deserves to be amplified.