About Us
About Generation Genius
Generation Genius is a streaming video service made in partnership with the National Science Teachers Association that brings school science topics to life through fun, funny, entertaining and educational videos. Each video is approximately 12-minutes long and comes with a lesson plan, teacher guide, vocabulary, DIY activity guide, quizzes stopping points for class discussion. Our videos & lessons are filmed in Hollywood and have been aligned to standards in all 50 states. We cover 100% of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Our first series covers science in grades 3-5 and we will be expanding to K-8 science and math in the coming years. Generation Genius is a public benefit corporation.
Meet The Cast
MEET DR. JEFF
Dr. Jeff Vinokur, 27, holds a Ph.D. in "Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology" from UCLA, has 25 million YouTube views as a hip-hop dancer and has performed science experiments on NBC's Today Show, ABC's The View, Discovery Channel and more. His stage show has toured 7 times with stops at the World Science Festival, Smithsonian Institution and over 300 schools nationwide. Dr. Jeff has also invented hit science toys found in Toys-R-Us. His science credits include a full scholarship at UCLA, prestigious fellowships from the National Science Foundation and an impressive track record of research publications on biofuels.
MEET ZOE
Zoe is a super intelligent, inspirational figure who is curious to learn and wants to blaze her own trail. She also loves to get hands-on with science, which is why she hosts the DIY (Do It Yourself) segment in every episode. Zoe grew up near Los Angeles and also enjoys dance, music, and traveling. All of Zoe's parents and grandparents work in education as teachers, principals and deans so college is definitely in her future!
MEET IZZY
Izzy is energetic, smart, funny and knows his science. When in elementary school, Izzy always wanted to know how the science he learned was used in real life. That's why he leads the "Real World Science" segment in every episode where he relates science to the real world: sports, food, music and more. His favorite subject is chemistry and his favorite demonstration has been melting metal for a lesson about volcanoes!
MEET BERT
The team's grumpy robot sidekick. BERT was built by Dr. Jeff, Izzy and Zoe to be their assistant, but is comically ineffective at his job. On any given day, he’d much rather focus on tidying up the lab or building the perfect sandwich instead of learning science. BERT is made out of recycled materials and the team is always updating BERT's hardware. The name BERT is an acronym that stands for Big Electronic Robot Thing.
Meet The Founders
Dr. Jeff Vinokur
Founder & CEOPhD Biochemistry, UCLA
TV Talk Show Regular
Award-Winning Scientist
Eric S. Rollman
President & CCO2016 Emmy Award Winner
CEO, Rollman Entertainment
Former Pres, Marvel Television
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