Teaching people to make science education videos. Empowering scientists to communicate with the world using big markers and small words. We are addressing two huge needs in science communication: First, the public needs stepping stones from their general vocabulary to the language of science. Second, there is a huge desire in the scientific community to contribute to outreach and communication. However, there are very few well-defined opportunities to do so. Science Sketches addresses these two needs with a synergistic approach. We have designed an efficient program to crowdsource the production of engaging 2-minute sketch videos that quickly explain deep scientific concepts using simple vocabulary. ​ Crowdsourcing is key to addressing these two needs. To really make science accessible to everybody we ultimately need thousands of videos. While many excellent organizations produce science videos, none of them can come close to the scale needed to really bridge the literacy gap at all levels of education. Crowdsourcing provides the opportunity for thousands of people to create videos. We have already produced or crowdsourced over 130 videos from with all sorts of people, from middle-school students, to members of the public, college students, graduate students, and leading researchers.