Nature League
Why Are Millipedes Cuter Than Centipedes? - From A to B
In this episode of "From A to B", Adrian asks Brit why millipedes are totes adorbs but centipedes are basically hellspawn.
Curated Video
Spider Movement and Mating
This video provides a comprehensive overview of spiders and their unique characteristics. It discusses their venomous nature, hunting techniques, locomotion, defense mechanisms, reproductive behavior, and the fascinating ways in which...
Curated Video
Spider Senses
This video provides an overview of the anatomy and feeding habits of spiders. It explains how spiders rely on their eyesight, bristles, and chemical senses to hunt for prey. The video also discusses the structure of a spider's body,...
Journey to the Microcosmos
Your Screen Is Covered In Human Blood
Your Screen Is Covered In Human Blood
Curated Video
Spider Symbolism in Ancient and Modern Societies
This video explores the fear and cultural symbolism surrounding spiders, debunking common misconceptions about their venom and highlighting their important role in controlling insect populations. It also discusses the potential medical...
Curated Video
Octopuses: Adaptations, Behavior, and Reproduction
This video provides a comprehensive overview of octopuses, also known as octopods. It discusses their characteristics, adaptability, and intelligence. It also touches on their solitary nature, mating behaviors, and reproductive process....
Mazz Media
Biological Vectors and Infectious Diseases
REAL WORLD SCIENCE: Biological Vectors and Infectious Diseases Using incredible videography, photos, animation and graphics, this information-packed video introduces students to biological vectors. Viewers will learn that biological...
msvgo
Movement in Invertebrates
It explains movement in some invertebrates, namely earthworm, snail and cockroach.
Wonderscape
Science Kids: Exploring the World of Invertebrates
This video is a lesson on invertebrates, the largest group in the animal kingdom. It explains the two main groups of animals - vertebrates and invertebrates - and focuses on the characteristics and examples of invertebrates. The video...
FuseSchool
Animal Classification
All living things are grouped into 5 kingdoms. In this video we are going to look at the animal kingdom in more detail. There are thought to be over 7.5 million species of animal on planet Earth, of which 900,000 have been described....
EarthEcho International
Collecting and Identifying Benthic Macro-invertebrates for Water Quality Assessment
In this video, Philippe Cousteau joins students from Petersburg Elementary to learn how to collect and identify benthic macro-invertebrates in a stream. They use a kick net to collect the organisms and a dichotomous key to identify them....
Mazz Media
Vertebrate
This live-action video program is about the term vertebrate. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word vertebrate through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...
Mazz Media
Ectotherms
This live-action video program is about ectotherms. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics...
Nature League
What Are Invertebrates? - Lesson Plan
In this Nature League Lesson Plan, Brit introduces the invertebrates of Earth, including their names, relationships, forms, and awesomeness.
Curated Video
Experts along the Gulf are concerned that oil may kill off an essential type of algae that fish rely on for shelter and food. One biologist says sargassum, which is commonly known as algae or sea holly, has been washing up on Alabama beaches, making it unavailable to marine life.
HEADLINE: Biologist: Gulf oil threatens fish shelter, food source
CAPTION: Experts along the Gulf are concerned that oil may kill off an essential type of algae that fish rely on for shelter and food. One biologist says sargassum,...
Nature League
Adaptations at Animal Wonders - Field Trip
The word camouflage was first found use in English in the 1917 edition of Popular Science magazine. Camouflage, along with many other variations, star in the second video in a four-part series about adaptations. Join the virtual...
Nature League
Why Are Millipedes Cuter Than Centipedes? - From A to B
In an invertebrate beauty pageant, why do millipedes always scuttle away with the crown? Part four of a five-part series of Invertebrate videos compares and contrasts the millipede with the centipede in terms of diet, behavior, and body...
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
What Are Invertebrates? - Lesson Plan
Insects, and other invertebrates outnumber vertebrates—segmented-legs down! The first in a five-part series of videos from an Invertebrates series introduces these organisms in all their spineless glory. Each invertebrate phyla takes the...
PBS
The Age of Giant Insects
The largest arthropod that walked on land measured more than two meters long. An intriguing video looks invertebrates throughout the history of Earth. It explains the drastic differences and why scientists theorize they evolved in this...
FuseSchool
Animal Classification
So many animals, so many characteristics—how do we classify them all? A short tour of taxonomy awaits within a helpful Fuse School video on Evolution. Science scholars see how scientists sort animals into the main classes and what traits...
Deep Look
The Snail-Smashing, Fish-Spearing, Eye-Popping Mantis Shrimp
Like tiny Supermen of the sea, mantis shrimp catch their prey using both bullet-like speed and enhanced vision. How do they do it? Young marine biologists discover the amazing adaptations found in the mantis shrimp and how they use them...
TED-Ed
How Do Animals Experience Pain?
Not all animals respond to pain the same way. Thanks to the structure of the nervous systems of different living organisms, vertebrates and invertebrates experience nociception—the sensory nervous system's response to pain.
Bozeman Science
Animals
For every human in the world, there are one million ants! The instructor shows the phylogenetic tree of animals and where they stand compared to other organisms. The video then focuses on vertebrates and invertebrates, exploring what...