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Mollusc Animation: Abalone
Three simple yet functional body parts define mollusks. The Shape of Life series presents an animation of the body plan of a specific mollusk, the abalone. Viewers see the inner workings of the foot, radula, and mantle. They understand...
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Arthropod Animation: Millipede Breathing Tubes
Millipedes breathe through a series of tubes underneath their bodies. A short animation demonstrates the placement and function of these breathing tubes. Scholars build off this knowledge as they learn more about evolution, adaptation,...
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Annelid Animation: Body Plan
Annelids evolved with powerful muscles to dig deep into the ground. Scholars observe the body segments, muscle pattern, unique gut, and the whole body circulatory and nervous systems. Highly detailed animation provides a view of the...
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Nematocyst Animation: Fighting Tentacles
Most species defend their territories, but few use the methods of sea anemones. View a slow motion battle between two enemy anemones fighting for their place on a rock. Scholars apply their knowledge of evolution to consider the intense...
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Cnidarian Animation: Polyp and Medusa
A pencil turned upside down is still a pencil, but a sea anemone turned upside down transforms into a jellyfish. Viewers observe the evolutionary transformation of these cnidarians as they diverged into two distinct body shapes, the...
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Cnidarians: Anemone Catches Goby
Anemones contain harpoon-like structures in their tentacles to attack prey. A video shares an up-close look at an anemone eating a goby. It highlights the attack, capture, and demise of the prey through a system evolved over the course...
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Sponges: Time-lapse of Sponge Cells Recombining
When broken down to a cellular level, sponges reassemble themselves. As the only known plant or animal with this behavior, scientists enjoy watching the process. Scholars view the rebuilding to gain a better understanding of sponges in...
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Sponges: Filter Feeding Made Visible
Sponges must eat to live, yet they don't have mouths. A video series shares how sponges survive using filter feeding rather than traditional eating. It demonstrates how sponges filter water through their entire bodies to extract...
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Molluscs: Octopus Camouflage
A large brain helps the octopus change both color and texture as a form of defense. A video series details the unique features of the mollusks as quick-change artists. It describes the cellular changes and chemical reactions controlling...
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Flatworms: The First Hunter
Flatworms evolved and developed the first bilateral body plan. These hermaphroditic animals with no circulatory system star in an informative video. Scholars learn about flatworms' place in the evolutionary tree, how they hunted, and...
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Cnidarians: Anemones Fight
Sea anemones grow to up to six feet in diameter. Viewers observe an intense battle between two of these predatory species. With battles lasting hours, or even days, the slow motion aggression surprises many viewers.
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Black Hole Apocalypse | Modeling Galaxies
Once, scientists believed black holes to be rare, but modern technology is proving otherwise. Using data from the Hubble telescope, scientists create computer models of distant galaxies. They discover super massive black holes in the...
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Molluscs: Nautilus Regulates Its Buoyancy
Scientists discovered the key to nautilus buoyancy when they X-rayed the shell of living mollusks. An educational video shares these X-rays and explains how the process works. It connects evolutionary changes, a unique circulatory...
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Cnidarians: Anemone Swims Away from Sea Star
While most sea anemones move slowly along rocks, Stomphia swim to escape predators. Viewers see a sea star sneak up on an anemone ready to attack. The unsuspecting anemone retaliates quickly and swims away awkwardly as part of a larger...
Corbett Maths
Lower and Upper Bounds
Teach young mathematicians to keep an eye on boundaries! Young scholars use a video lesson to explore the possible values of numbers rounded to varying place values. The instructor provides an explanation to several contextual...
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Praying Mantis Love is Waaay Weirder Than You Think
Some praying mantises find themselves decapitated and yet still find a way to actively mate. Learn more about these savage insects and why they behave this way. Viewers observe high detail, graphic videos of various mating scenarios...
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Lightning-Strike Cabal Acts like a Taser
Observe how the toxin snails release acts in the nervous system of fish. After the explanation, pupils better understand the consequences for both the fish and the snail thanks to the predatory adaptation.
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Seasonal Science: Ragweed Allergies
What's the difference between seasonal allergies and seasonal colds? Learn about one of the most common seasonal allergies, ragweed, through a brief yet informative video as part of the Seasonal Science series. Understand why ragweed is...
Corbett Maths
Area of a Rectangle
Model finding the area of a rectangle using a helpful video lesson. Young scholars watch as the instructor shows how to find the area of a rectangle. Additionally, the instructor shows how to calculate the length or width when given the...
Corbett Maths
Area of an L-Shape
Think about your shapes as tangrams as you find their areas! Scholars learn to decompose L-shaped compound figures to find their areas. A video shows how to break the figure into rectangles, and learners practice using the included...
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Finding Frequencies from Histograms
Drawing and reading a histogram are two different skills. Support those having difficulty making the transition with a lesson that contains video support. Learners may view a pair of videos demonstrating how to read the frequency of a...
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A Baby Dragonfly's Mouth Will Give You Nightmares
Dragonflies have existed for more than 320 million years and used to have a wingspan of more than two feet. An informative video helps viewers understand the adaptations of this insect to survive longer than the dinosaurs, and their...
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It’s a Goopy Mess When Pines and Beetles Duke it Out
A few tiny western pine beetles bring down giant ponderosa pine trees every year. Learn about the battle between the pines and beetles and how each attempts to control the other. A 4-D video of the process comprises part of a larger...
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These Whispering, Walking Bats Are Onto Something
Over millions of years, bats developed flight and echolocation, so why are some bats now walking to look for food? An interesting video explains the changes in predator and prey relationships due to adaptation. Which adaptation is the...