Curated Video
%$?# Allergies!
Springtime means the arrival of green grass, bright flowers, and buzzing bees. But for many of us, it's also about sneezing, watery red eyes, and a runny nose, thanks to allergies. In this week's video, you'll learn why we get allergies,...
SciShow
What If We Killed All the Wasps?
Unlike their friendly, flower-pollinating cousin, the bee, wasps are best known for stinging people, ruining picnics, and generally being jerks... so should we just totally get rid of them?
TED Talks
TED: If you adults won't save the world, we will | Xiye Bastida
In a deeply moving letter to her grandmother, Xiye Bastida reflects on what led her to become a leading voice for global climate activism -- from mobilizing school climate strikes to speaking at the United Nations Climate Summit...
MinuteEarth
Why Hardwoods Are The Softest Woods
Not all hardwood trees have hard wood and softwoods soft wood, because these terms denote their taxonomic ancestry, not the wood's actual hardness.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The sexual deception of orchids - Anne Gaskett
Check out the fascinating ways orchids trick insects into pollinating, using sexual deception, pheromones and mimicking the shapes of other plants. -- Nearly 28,000 species of orchid grow all around the world, bearing every imaginable...
TED Talks
TED: The hidden beauty of pollination | Louie Schwartzberg
Pollination: it's vital to life on Earth, but largely unseen by the human eye. Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg shows us the intricate world of pollen and pollinators with gorgeous high-speed images from his film "Wings of Life," inspired by...
SciShow
Flowers, Bees, and... Yeast? It's a Pollination Love Triangle!
Bees and flowers are as classic a pair as peanut butter and jelly. But recent research suggests there's a third, much tinier partner in this relationship!
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How do animals see in the dark? - Anna Stockl
To human eyes, the world at night is a formless canvas of grey. Many nocturnal animals, on the other hand, experience a rich and varied world, bursting with details, shapes, and colors. What is it, then, that separates moths from men?...
Crash Course
Globalization II - Good or Bad Crash Course World History
In which John asks whether globalization is a net positive for humanity. While the new global economy has created a lot of wealth, and lifted a lot of people out of poverty, it also has some effects that aren't so hot. Wealth disparity,...
SciShow Kids
All About Sneezes!
It’s cleaning day at the fort, and all that dust is making us sneeze! But have you ever wondered why we sneeze in the first place? Discover how your body uses mucus and sneezes to keep out the bad stuff and help you stay healthy!
SciShow
Solving the 70 Million Year “Gap” in Flower Evolution
More than 90% of the plants on Earth are angiosperms, flowering plants whose seeds are enclosed inside fruit. And they’re everywhere -- but exactly how and when these plants came to be so ubiquitous is one of the most stubborn questions...
Bozeman Science
LS3B - Variation of Traits
In this video Paul Andersen explains how variation is created in a population over time. Variation in offspring is caused by genetic recombination, mutations and environmental effects. Parental DNA is recombined using the process of...
MinuteEarth
Who Are Flowers Trying To Seduce?
Want to learn more? Here are some keywords to get your googling started: - Pollination: the process by which pollen is transferred to the female reproductive organs of seed plants - Pollinator: the agent that moves the pollen - Abiotic...
SciShow
How Do Flowers Know When to Bloom?
Flowers tend not to own calendars, so how do they know when to bloom?
SciShow Kids
Flowers and Their Pollinators: A Perfect Match!
Mister Brown and Squeaks take a look at some flowers and their pollinators, and learn about special structures that help them work together perfectly! Performance Expectation: 1-LS1-1. Use materials to design a solution to a human...
PBS
When Did the First Flower Bloom?
During the Cretaceous Period, dinosaurs were more diverse, more fierce, and more strange than ever. But something else was happening under the feet of the terrible lizards: for the first time in history, there were flowers.
Be Smart
Which Came First - Flowers or Bees?
Bees and flowers have an amazingly close relationship. Flowers need bees in order to reproduce, and bees need flowers to feed their colonies. Take away one, and the other would disappear too. It begs the question: When it comes to...
SciShow Kids
The Wonderful World of Plants! | Compilation
Plants are AMAZING! Join Squeaks and Mister Brown as they talk about the adventures they've had in the fort's garden, and beyond!
SciShow Kids
What’s the Difference Between Fruits and Vegetables?
Have you ever wondered how to tell fruits and vegetables apart? Learn how to with Jessi and Squeaks!
SciShow Kids
Where Does Soil Come From?
Trees come from seeds, and birds come from eggs, but where does all the soil and dirt come from? Second Grade Next Generation Science Standards Disciplinary Core Ideas: ESS1.C: The History of Planet Earth - Some events happen very...
SciShow Kids
You Are What You Eat!
Join Jessi and Squeaks as they prepare a special meal for friends. You’ll learn some fun food science facts, like the difference between fruits and veggies and how your tongue works so you can taste food!
SciShow Kids
How Does A Seed Become A Plant?
Jessi and Squeaks show you how a tiny seed, like the kind you eat in your trail mix! Grows into a big plant!
SciShow Kids
Where Does Chocolate Come From?
It's Halloween night and Jessi and Squeaks just got home with loads of candy! Before they dive in, though, they want to learn a little more about how one of their favorite types of candy is made!
Crash Course
The Plants & The Bees: Plant Reproduction - CrashCourse Biology
Hank gets into the dirty details about vascular plant reproduction: they use the basic alternation of generations developed by nonvascular plants 470 million years ago, but they've tricked it out so that it works a whole lot differently...