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Food Farmer Earth
Natural Allies: Birdhouses as Organic Pest Control on Farms
This video showcases an innovative approach to farm pest control by using birdhouses to attract swallows for fly management. It details how providing nesting spaces and cedar shavings for the birds not only aids in keeping them healthy...
Science360
Social interactions and the brain - Science Nation
Many animals, from insects to humans, are social. Their brains have evolved to be sensitive to sensory cues that carry social information, such as: speech sounds, pheromones and visual cues. But very little is known about how...
Visual Learning Systems
Life Cycles: Insect Life Cycles
Upon viewing the Life Cycles video series, students will be able to do the following: Understand that living things go through changes in the course of their lives referred to as a life cycle. State that most living things follow a...
Weatherthings
Hurricane Hunters
In the United States, there are two different groups of hurricane hunters that fly into tropical storms and hurricanes to gather weather data. They use different planes and fly different patterns, but they all collect data in tropical...
PCS Edventures
Droneology Jr: Drone Laws and Regulations
It’s no secret that drones are fun, but that fun also comes with a lot of legal responsibility. From local, state, and federal laws to the rules your instructor laid out, there are a lot of very specific rules you need to make...
Maddie Moate
The World's Largest, Smelliest Flower!
Earlier this year Greg and I travelled to Khao Sok National Park in Thailand, where we set off on an awesome trek in search of one of the World's largest flowers, the Rafflesia kerii! (The absolute largest is the Rafflesia arnoldi, but...
Curated Video
Pollination
In this live-action program viewers will learn that pollination is a key step in sexual reproduction among all flowering plants and the purpose of pollination is to allow individual plants to exchange genetic information. Students will...
American Chemical Society
How Do You Catch Fruit Flies?
You can catch more fruit flies with vinegar than honey! Yes, that's right—they prefer vinegar over honey, and a video lesson explains why. It describes the chemical components of the food fruit flies prefer, and the results may surprise...
California Academy of Science
Why Protect Pollinators?
Would you rather having biting flies or chocolate? The question may seem absurd, but cocoa trees rely on pollination from biting flies. Viewers come to understand the importance of pollinators to our food supply, flowers, and entire...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Gene Control
The development of creatures that appear to have nothing in common is directed by a surprisingly small number of genes. In this video segment, learn about the power of master control genes. Footage from The Secret of Life: "Birth, Sex...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: How Do Flies Get Away?
In this interview and video, a bioengineer describes his research into the rapid, complex maneuvers of a fly as it evades a fly swatter. Aired Aug. 29, 2008. [12:28] Linked video [4:29].
National Pest Managment Association
Pest World for Kids: Season 1: Episode 17
Three snippets about pests including how a bat is like a submarine, hiss-tory of a cockroach, and shoo fly you make me sick! [3:03]
National Pest Managment Association
Pest World for Kids: Season 2: Episode 3
Learn about a variety of interesting insects like icky fly habits, scorpion stings, and baby sow bugs! [3:29]
National Pest Managment Association
Pest World for Kids: Season 2: Episode 9
Learn about a variety of interesting animals like wily weevils, fly's eyes, and snacking snails! [3:30]