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Hey science teachers -- make it entertaining - Tyler DeWitt

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TED-Ed
Published
Jul 18, 2026
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1195
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Summary

High school science teacher Tyler DeWitt was ecstatic about a lesson plan on bacteria (how cool!) -- and devastated when his students hated it. The problem was the textbook: it was impossible to understand. He delivers a rousing call for science teachers to ditch the jargon and extreme precision, and instead make science sing through stories and demonstrations. (Filmed at TEDxBeaconStreet.)Talk by Tyler DeWitt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices