Instructional Video8:17
SciShow Kids

Meet the True Bugs | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
In this episode, Jessi and Squeaks learn what it takes to be a "true bug". Scientists use the word "bug" to refer to a special group of insects, so not all insects (or other critters like spiders) are bugs!
Instructional Video6:44
SciShow

Why So Many Ladybugs Don't Look Like Ladybugs

12th - Higher Ed
Ladybugs are red with black spots, right? Well, not always. There's a lot of genetic and evolutionary reasons that they can be different colors with wacky patterns.
Instructional Video9:52
SciShow

10 Cute Animals With Secretly Scary Behaviors

12th - Higher Ed
We've all seen those animals, "Oh my gosh! It's so cute! I just want to cuddle with it!" Well stop it right now! Remember, that little cutie is a wild animal, so no cuddling. Also, you'll want to make sure it's not one of these ten...
Instructional Video18:41
SciShow

A Colorful Quiz Show with Trace Dominguez | SciShow Quiz Show

12th - Higher Ed
Two long-time SciComm powerhouses face off to find out if either of them retained any relevant random facts from the many, many videos they’ve each produced.
Instructional Video5:32
Wonderscape

Hibernation: Nature's Winter Survival Strategy

K - 5th
This video delves into the fascinating world of animal hibernation, explaining how and why various species, including mammals, amphibians, and invertebrates, enter this dormant state. It covers the concepts of hibernation and estivation,...
Instructional Video7:51
Wonderscape

Unique Hibernators: A Closer Look at Animal Dormancy

K - 5th
This video showcases the hibernation behaviors of a variety of animals, from crocodiles and bumblebees to common poorwills and groundhogs. It highlights fascinating facts like crocodiles digging burrows for hibernation and estivation,...
Instructional Video5:17
Curated Video

Growing Pattern

6th - 8th
This video shows students the definition of a growing pattern, gives 5 examples of growing patterns, and a math challenge. Pause the video to make it more interactive.
Instructional Video2:09
Food Farmer Earth

Introducing Insectary Plants for Your Garden

12th - Higher Ed
From the archives: growing food comes with its own inherent risks. One of them, who ultimately gets the food that’s grown, you or the wildlife?
Instructional Video3:18
The Kiboomers

Add the Animals Song for Kids | Songs for Children | The Kiboomers

Pre-K - K
Here's Add the Animals song for kids! This super fun kids song helps teach counting to children. Enjoy. Add the Animals song lyrics for kids: Let's add the animals If I had one little chimpanzee and one more came to stay, how many...
Instructional Video0:57
Curated OER

Ladybug Picnic #12

Pre-K - K
Using music and great visuals, this video would be an interesting and motivating way to review the number 12. It could be used in a pre-school or kindergarten classroom.
Instructional Video3:20
Deep Look

The Ladybug Love-In: A Valentine's Special

9th - 12th Standards
Ladybugs live alone most of the year but gather together for winter. An informative video explains that this gathering serves two purposes: mating and hibernating. 
Instructional Video1:55
Little Baby Bum

Ladybug Ladybug

Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Count and sing along to a music video featuring one engaging ladybug that finds its friends and becomes a group of five. 
Instructional Video0:01
Curated OER

Ladybug Beetle Larvae Metamorphosis

1st - 5th
The quality of this video is good, but the content is slightly lacking. To the escalating melody of a violin, you'll experience the pupa stage of an emergent ladybug. It's interesting but neglects to include any of the other stages in...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Kids Recruited as Citizen Scientists in Bug Hunt

3rd - 8th
Teams of citizen scientists help collect various species of ladybugs to contribute data for a nationwide scientific study of the decline in the species. [4:25]