Great Big Story
Exploring the rare and toxic colors of the Forbes Pigment collection
Dive into Harvard's Forbes Pigment Collection to discover the origins and uses of some of the world's most unique and hazardous pigments.
Nature League
How do leaves change colors during the fall?
In this episode of Nature League, Brit explains how leaves change colors while sharing some footage of fall landscapes in Montana.
Visual Learning Systems
Investigating Protists: Plant-like Protists
Eukaryotes that are clearly not animals, plants, or fungi belong to a very diverse and fascinating group called protists. This series of videos uses captivating video footage to illustrate organisms from tiny microscopic creatures to...
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...
Curated Video
What's a variegated plant and why are they SO popular!?
Variegated plants are all the rage, and some can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. What are they and are they worth the cost?
Curated Video
Tattoo particles can migrate to lymph nodes, researchers say
Tattoo contaminants can travel within the human body and even remain after a tattoo heals, say researchers who used high-powered X-rays and other instruments to study corpses
Curated Video
Vancouver Art Gallery turns fake Group of Seven art into exhibit
After receiving what was trumpeted as the most significant historical donation the Vancouver Art Gallery had ever received, art specialists soon realized the oil sketches purportedly by Group of Seven painter J.E.H. MacDonald were in...
Teen Kids News
Now Eye Know: Blue Light
Dean tells us why a certain type of blue light, has a dark side... and what we can do to avoid its harmful effects.