Journey to the Microcosmos
The Gruesome Tale of the Hitchhiking Parasite
The Gruesome Tale of the Hitchhiking Parasite
Visual Learning Systems
Photosynthesis and Plant Responses: Light and Photosynthesis
Students will learn why photosynthesis is so important to us. The different plant structures and compounds involved in photosynthesis and transpiration are highlighted. Beyond photosynthesis, plant responses to certain stimuli and...
Bizarre Beasts
The Bizarre Beast with Glowing Bones
Chameleons are fancy lizards. They can move and focus each eye independently, they catch food with super long tongues, and they change colors! And if all that wasn't enough, new research has added something bizarre to their already...
Curated Video
Understanding Colors: Exploring the Mystery of Pink
In this video, we learn about how we perceive colors, including the beloved color pink. While pink is not part of the visible light spectrum, our eyes and brain work together to interpret the color pink from the light bouncing off...
Catalyst University
Light-Harvesting Photosynthetic Pigments and Exciton Transfer
Light-Harvesting Photosynthetic Pigments and Exciton Transfer
Curated Video
The Amazing World of Animal Color Changing
The presence of chromatophores allows some ectotherms change color in response to external stimuli, such as sunlight or a threatening predator. Learn how chromatophores function and why only cold-blooded animals are able to change color...
Journey to the Microcosmos
These Walking Ciliates Are Frustrating
The ciliates we’re going to talk about today are kind of…frustrating. At this point in our journey, we’ve gotten used to the fact that the microcosmos is an indecipherable mess at times, filled with organisms that look like each other,...
Curated Video
The Fascinating World of Chromium
In this video, the teacher provides a detailed description of the element chromium. They explain its chemical symbol and atomic number, as well as its physical properties such as its gray, shiny, and hard nature. The teacher explains the...
Let's Tute
Introduction to Watercolor Painting: Understanding Colors and Pigments
In this video, the teacher introduces a watercolor course and outlines what will be covered. They explain the basics of watercolors, including the components of paint and different types of binders and additives. The teacher also...
Curated Video
Chromatography Experiment: Investigating Inks or Pigments in Black Ink
The video discusses the process of chromatography and its application in investigating the inks or pigments in a sample of black ink. The experiment involves using filter paper as the stationary phase and water as the mobile phase. The...
Curated Video
Exploring the Components and Functions of Paint
In this video, we dive into the colourful world of paint and its many uses. From its origins in prehistoric times to its modern-day applications, paint plays a crucial role in art, decoration, protection, and sanitation. We learn about...
Curated Video
Photosynthesis: The Biochemistry Behind How Plants Make Their Food
Plants, unlike most living things, produce their own food through a process called photosynthesis. Photosynthesis means 'making using light'. Plants use the energy from the sunlight to make food. The food matter comes from carbon dioxide...
Visual Learning Systems
Photosynthesis: Chloroplasts
Almost all life either directly or indirectly depends on one of the most important biological processes on the planet - photosynthesis. Through easy-to-understand graphics and colorful animations, the complex chemical process of...
Professor Dave Explains
Plant Pigments
Why are most plants green? Why do leaves change colors in the autumn? Let's learn about pigments, the molecules that give living organisms their color. They also have other interesting functions, like the famous chlorophyll, which serves...
Bloomberg
The Top Three Stocks to Watch in Asia Today
Oct. 24 -- In today's ""Stock Exchange,"" Bloomberg's John Dawson, Shery Ahn and Yvonne Man discuss today's top three stocks to watch in Asia on ""First Up."" (Source: Bloomberg)
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Californians cope with drought by painting their lawns green
VOICED : Californians cope with drought by painting their lawns green
Crash Course
Why Human Ancestry Matters: Crash Course Big History #205
Genetic variation makes for stronger species, but for a mammalian species, humans are disturbingly closely related. Help your class explore human ancestry and genealogy using the 15th video in a 16-part series. It describes how we became...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Light
Let there be light in your classroom with a video that explains that light travels in waves, the electromagnetic spectrum contains seven colors, and the color of an object depends on which light waves it reflects and absorbs. With...
American Chemical Society
Chameleons Are Masters of Nanotechnology
The oddball reptiles, chameleons, can teach animal lovers a little something about nanotechnology. Viewers peel away the layers of the chameleon skin to discover the different types of chromatophores using an episode of a larger series...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Paintbrush Gene
Drosophila includes more than 1,500 species and often find themselves studied by geneticists. A scientist presents a lecture on one example of these studies on the paintbrush gene. The gene determines the amount and color of pigment on...
Be Smart
Why Is Blue so Rare in Nature?
Why so blue? As it turns out, very few things in nature only reflect blue light! A short video from a comprehensive science playlist highlights the beautiful blues of butterflies, birds, and human eyes. The narrator shows how adaptations...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
How We Get Our Skin Color
Is our skin color determined only by genetics? Explore skin science through a video and related interactive. Young biologists discover the cells of the epidermis, how melanin is made, and the factors that influence the outward appearance...
American Chemical Society
Why Do Leaves Change Color?
Discover the scientific explanation of fall leaves! The lesson narrator describes the role of chlorophyll, glucose, and weather in the process of the color-changing process. He adds an overview of carotenoids and flavonoids to explain...