Curated Video
Observing in Science
“Observing in Science” discusses how the senses are used to observe the characteristics of objects.
Visual Learning Systems
Making Observations: Introduction
This fascinating program demonstrates how to observe and record scientific observations. Concepts and terminology: observation, data, recording, data table, tools, safety, measuring, and graphs.
Visual Learning Systems
Making Observations: Video Review
This fascinating program demonstrates how to observe and record scientific observations. Concepts and terminology: observation, data, recording, data table, tools, safety, measuring, and graphs.
Curated Video
Using Line Plots to Interpret Weather Patterns
This video explains how line plots can be used to interpret and understand weather patterns. It discusses the importance of accurately creating and spacing the data marks on a line plot to easily compare and analyze the data. The video...
Schooling Online
Physics Kinematics: Motion in a Straight Line - Relative Velocity in 2D
Princess Lotus and Markio battle for 1st place – until the game is interrupted by an unexpected visitor. This lesson will show you how to solve 3 common types of 2D relative velocity questions.
Definitions included: frame of reference,...
Schooling Online
Physics Kinematics: Motion in a Straight Line - Relative Velocity in 1D
A massive sinkhole appears in the middle of Central Park! Which superhero will be the first to respond? This lesson will explain how to calculate the relative velocity of an object in different inertial frames of reference. Definitions...
Curated Video
Making Inferences from Data
This video explains the concept of making inferences based on observations and prior knowledge. It uses examples such as analyzing a graph of earnings per hour and a box plot of wait times for a geyser to illustrate how to draw...
Curated OER
Worms On The Moon
A simulated worm-landing on the moon will surely hook your pupils into your next science lesson! Worms demonstrate what it would be like to observe the moon first hand.
Flipped Math
Experimental Design
Experimentally, come up with a study design. Learners hear about different types of study designs, observational studies, and experiments. They identify the subjects, response variable, treatment, and whether there was a cause and...
Crash Course
Unsupervised Learning: Crash Course AI #6
Is it safe to leave AI unsupervised? An educational video describes the process of unsupervised learning and how it applies to AI. Viewers learn about K-means clustering from an example where AI needs to distinguish between three types...
PBS
Phases of a Total Solar Eclipse
Prepare to be amazed! An activity from PBS's Space series introduces interested astronomers to the wonders of a total solar eclipse. After viewing recorded reactions to the eclipse in 2017, individuals explore what happens during each...
PBS
The Moon's Shadow During the 2017 Eclipse
Talk about an amazing view! A fascinating resource from a larger series exploring space boasts not one, but four different views of the total solar eclipse of 2017. Pupils read a short passage that describes each of the views, then...
PBS
Eclipse Over America — Relative Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon
Here's a lesson that is sure to overshadow others! Introduce young astronomers to the unique size and distance relationship between the sun and moon with an activity from a larger series exploring space. A short video illustrates the...
Nature League
Invertebrates and Ocean Mixing - De-Natured
It's time to mix things up! Introduce biology scholars to the latest topic in marine research—invertebrates! The third installment in a five-part series of Invertebrates lessons explains the hypothesis that tiny, migrating shrimp are...
Nature League
Sex Cells and Inherited Trauma - De-Natured
Do our experiences in childhood become part of our genetic makeup? The third of a four-part video series focusing on reproduction examines trending research in epigenetics. The narrator explains the experiment, data, and analysis of the...
Cisco
Episode 2.1: The Storm
When a hurricane strikes Tampa, Florida, who will help? The first episode in a seven-part series follows the Global Problem Solvers as they embark on a new mission. The team's main line of communication with Tampa gets severed, leaving...
Crash Course
The New Anatomy: Crash Course History of Science #15
How did scientists move beyond the medical ideas of Galen? Dissect the past with the 15th installment in a History of Science video series. Topics include Vesalius' dissections, the microscope, and mapping the human body.
Crash Course
The Scientific Methods: Crash Course History of Science #14
How do we know what we know? Examine the asker of this, and many other questions, during the 14th installment in a 15-part History of Science video series. The narrator explains the important contributions made by Galileo, Bacon, and...
Crash Course
The New Astronomy: Crash Course History of Science #13
Sword duels, religious unrest, war—who says science is boring? Aspiring astronomers discover fascinating facts about the famous scientists that dared challenge the accepted model of the solar system in the 13th video of a 16-part History...
Crash Course
Alchemy: Crash Course History of Science #10
If the word alchemy makes you think of wizards gathered around bubbling cauldrons, you're not completely wrong! Introduce scholars to the history of chemistry during part 10 of a 15-part History of Science series. The video takes viewers...
Crash Course
Ancient and Medieval Medicine: Crash Course History of Science #9
Medieval medicine is a mash-up of multicultural ideas! How did early doctors learn to do no harm? The ninth video in a 15-part series about the History of Medicine uncovers the fundamental teachings that sparked intense anatomical study...
Crash Course
Plato and Aristotle: Crash Course History of Science #3
Biology, cosmology, philosophy ... Plato and Aristotle had theories about them all! How did these ancient scholars shape the science of today? The third video in the History of Science series compares and contrasts the ideas of the famed...
Crash Course
The Presocratics: Crash Course History of Science #2
How did early scientists arrive at the notion that everything was made of atoms? Meet the Presocratics during the second installment in an engaging History of Science series. Viewers discover how these pioneers developed a model for...
Be Smart
How Evolution Turned a Possum into a Wolf
Do bats really have thumbs? Explore this, and many other intriguing topics using a short video from a great science series. Viewers learn to differentiate between analogous and homologous structures, why natural selection favors traits...