Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Development of the Cerebral Cortex
How do the many parts of our brains form as we grow and develop? Peer inside a developing brain using a short video. Topics include stem cells, differentiation, and the unusual way these specialized neurons organize themselves throughout...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Development of the Human Embryonic Brain
Viewers follow the development of a human embryo, the brain, and the number of neurons at each stage. They learn when the brain stops growing and the importance of neural connectivity.
Crash Course
Productivity and Growth
The citizens of some countries have a higher standard of living and quality of life than others. Discover the connection between productivity and economic growth in countries around the world with an entertaining economics video.
TED-Ed
The Survival of the Sea Turtle
Sea turtles face a lot of adversity: storms, predators on land and in the sea, and eggs that don't hatch, but the biggest threat to these magnificent and ancient creatures is human activity. From poaching to pollution, from trash to...
TED-Ed
Gravity and the Human Body
How does the absence of gravity affect the human body? The skeletal system, circulatory system, and the sense of balance are all impacted. With a very casual tone, an astronaut explains the changes to these body systems and also an...
Deep Look
In the Race for Life, Which Human Embryos Make It?
Computers help doctors determine the most viable embryos. Researchers discovered the rate of embryo growth has a direct link to its sustainability. Pupils discover how doctors apply this research to help their patients.
MinuteEarth
How Humans Made Malaria So Deadly
Combine agriculture and an increase in population density in sub-Saharan Africa and what do you get? Malaria! Young immunologists explore malaria's deadly rise to fame in a video. The narrator discusses its beginnings as a hitchhiking...
Crash Course
The Modern Revolution: Crash Course Big History #8
Will advances in technology save us from exhausting the Earth's resources? Throughout history, progress helped us revolutionize society. The video discusses the growth in collective learning, exploration, machinery, communications,...
Be Smart
Defusing the Population Bomb
With a human population of 7.6 billion and counting, how do we tackle the population problem? Examine the data using a video from an extensive science playlist. The resource explains why the human population began to increase rapidly,...
TED-Ed
A Brief History of Melancholy
What is sadness? How is it part of the human experience, and does it have any value? Explore how the concept of sadness has evolved throughout history and across cultures, and discuss its ties to philosophy and implications for...
PBS
Growing Appetites, Limited Resources
Did you know that, as the world's population increases, its demand for energy increases at an even faster rate? Learners watch a short video about the world's energy crisis before discussing the sustainable alternative energy sources....
Teach Engineering
How Antibiotics Work
Take two pills and call me in the morning. The first lesson in a short unit of four introduces class members to delivery methods of medicines. The instruction introduces the question of which delivery method is best to get you feeling...
Be Smart
100,000,000 Years From Now
Holocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Miocene, Oligocene, Eocene, Paleocene ... wait, did I miss one? PBS Digital Studios explains how human impact on Earth has potentially brought about a new epoch in geologic history, the Anthropocene. The...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Creating Embryonic Stem Cell Lines
Even today's stem cells have a history—and it's more than 30 years old! Learn how stem cell lines grow in a lab. Observe the various experiments completed to determine how cells grow in human embryos.
Crash Course
Great Glands - Your Endocrine System
Diabetes is the most common endocrine disorder in the United States, affecting about eight percent of the total population. The working parts of the endocrine system are examined in a video that demonstrates how cells receive information...
Crash Course
Population, Sustainability, and Malthus: Crash Course World History 215
Thomas Malthus posed the most famous, and most easily disproven, theory about projected population growth in economic history. What did he get wrong—and why? Explore the Malthusian Theory of Population with a Crash Course video that...
The School of Life
Philosophy - Plato
Some of the best advice for society, relationships, and personal growth was written nearly 3,000 years ago. High schoolers learn more about Plato's four ideas for reaching eudaimonia, or "fulfillment," in an explanatory video.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Greenhouse Effect
Without the greenhouse effect, Earth's temperature would be approximately 30 degrees Celsius colder. Scientists know this to be the case based on the study of other planets and the way gases absorb radiation. Viewers connect the ideas...
Bozeman Science
LS2D - Social Interactions and Group Behavior
Humans aren't the only ones with social networking skills! Examine a fascinating video resource focused on standard LS2D of the Next Generation Science Standards. The narrator guides you through the organization within groups, the...
TED-Ed
Could We Survive Prolonged Space Travel?
Space, the final frontier, is explored in this short video that considers the effects of prolonged space travel, the scientific advancements that could ameliorate these effects as humans explore the far reaches of space, and the ethical...
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
The Antibiotic Apocalypse Explained
Antibiotic resistance encompasses one of the world's most pressing public health problems. The video explains how antibiotics work and why humans are becoming resistant to them. It expands on the idea of antibiotic resistance and options...
TED-Ed
Why Wildfires Are Necessary
Are wildfires necessary for some forests? Get the answer to this burning question with a short video that examines the role of fire in forest growth and health.
Teach Engineering
Microfluidic Devices and Flow Rate
When you have to flow, you have to flow. The lesson introduces class members to microfluidic devices and their uses in medicine. They watch a short video on how the diameter affects the rate of flow. The worksheet has individuals...
Crash Course
Economic Schools of Thought
Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes held different beliefs about economic systems that evolved from their predecessors, and then shaped by their countries' economic situations. A video from Crash Course Economics explains the...