United Nations Day, on 24 October, marks the anniversary of the day in 1945 when the United Nations was formed as the UN Charter came into being. Our video raises awareness of this day, celebrated every year, to reaffirm the purposes and principles of the UN Charter. #UN #UnitedNationsDay Transcrip
Learn the basics about Atomic Mass Units. The atomic mass is used to find the average mass of elements and molecules and to solve stoichiometry problems. Find out more in this video! This Open Educational Resource is free of charge, under a Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial CC B
Just under 20% of Namibia's area is made up of state national parks. Now, almost 90 municipal nature reserves have been added. Together with private reserves, a total of about 40 percent of the country is protected. Author: ZDF/Terra X/R.Marel/C.Gerisch/SpiegelTV/Jochen Schmidt Translation and dub
At the Wannsee Conference, Reinhard Heydrich explained the new strategy: the National Socialists no longer want to expel the Jews, but murder them. Extermination camps were created in the East. Author: ZDF/Terra X/L. Schöler/J. Geiß/K. J. Sturm/K. Waldmann/M. Fandel/B. Leng/Margot Friedländer Conte
56 years ago, Germany and France signed the Elysée Treaty. It drew on the lessons of their bloody pasts to create a new departure that would go down in history. A supposed rivalry going back hundreds of years became Franco-German friendship. The goal of the Treaty of Aachen is to renew this friendsh
The flick of a switch, that’s how easy it is to get electricity, right? If you’re one of the lucky ones, then yes. But in 2017 there are still over 1 billion people who do not have access to electricity. In this video we will discuss how electricity is generated and transferred to our homes, for th
Climate change, crises and conflicts: The challenges we face in our world today are big – too big for just one country to meet. That’s why we need the United Nations. It’s the sole forum in which all states take part as equals to find solutions together and make them binding for all. Germany is com
Explore how astronomers and scientists use astronomical units to measure distances in the solar system in this video adapted from NASA. The astronomical unit (au) -- equal to the average distance from Earth to the Sun -- is a convenient unit of measure when talking about distances in the solar syste
On the 4th of July the United States celebrates its Independence Day. Why is it so important to Americans? We explain the story behind the birth of the nation. Authors: Meike Gasser, Rodrigo Diaz McVeigh Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/mysimpleshow
simpleshow foundation and the United Nations System Staff College join forces to raise awareness for the agenda of sustainable development. Each of the 17 global goals will be comprehensively explained in the form of simple and entertaining explainer videos. We want you to donate your explainer vide
Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/mysimpleshow This video is produced by Jairo Eduardo Pinzón, a winner of our Sustainable Development Video Contest, initiated by the United Nations System Staff College and the simpleshow foundation. Jairo Eduardo Pinzón provided substantive inform
Learn how a giant storm on Saturn sent temperatures soaring in this video from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. About once a Saturn year, the planet develops a massive storm called a Great White Spot. Planetary scientist Brigette Hesman describes observations of the storm that erupted on Saturn i
