American Chemical Society
How Bacteria Make It Rain (with Kim Prather)
Scientists question how the oceans and the atmosphere get along. An installment in a longer science series investigates this relationship and current research exploring the types of materials that oceans release into the atmosphere....
American Chemical Society
How Does Moisturizer Work?
Aaah, winter ... chapped lips, rough hands, and flaky, itchy skin! When you apply your favorite moisturizing lotion, what does it actually do? Science scholars examine the types and functions of moisturizers through a video from the...
Teacher's Pet
Parts of the Eukaryotic Cell
Lipids found in your body include oils, fats, and hormones. The video discusses lipids and their importance to your body, wax, and vitamins. Then, it identifies and explains the job of each part of eukaryotic cells.
Fuse School
What are Emulsions?
Let's stick together! Pupils become immersed in the world of emulsifiers as they complete part 11 of a 14-part series of videos discussing the states of matter. The narrator describes common emulsions and how emulsifiers work to...
Crash Course
Biological Molecules - You Are What You Eat
Low carb diets really go against the grain. All organisms need to either synthesize or ingest three molecules: carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins. Great visuals in this video explore the make-up and importance of each of these...
Bozeman Science
Molecules of Life
Introduce the macromolecules that make up living organisms. An instructive explains functional groups, dehydration and hydrolysis, and the four types of macromolecules. Video is the seventh in a series of 10.
Bozeman Science
Lipids
An informative video goes in depth about lipids, or fats. It describes the importance of cell membranes and hydrocarbon tails that contain the energy available for life. It also explains the construction of phospholipids and...
Amoeba Sisters
Biomolecules
Do you think complex carbohydrates debate the meaning of life? A scientific video covers biomolecules and monomers including all four types: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids. It also offers a pneumonic device to...
Ricochet Science
Lipids
When is the last time you cleaned a lipid out of your ear? The video covers the four types of lipids: triglycerides, phospholipids, steroids, and waxes. It includes the primary and secondary functions of lipids arranged by type.
Ricochet Science
Biomolecules and Functional Groups
A short and clear video explains the importance of carbon in biomolecules, carbon chains, and functional groups. As an introduction to the four classes of biomolecules, the graphics support the ideas presented.
Curated OER
Cellular Organelles
Paul Andersen conveys the complexity of the cell and its organelles, explaining the function of each in detail. Hear how all the parts work together to help a eukaryotic cell operate. Use this video in a high school biology class for an...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Macromolecules: Molecular Structure of Triglycerides (Fats)
A video discussing how three fatty acids and a glycerol molecule come together to form a triglyceride. [11:03]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology: Macromolecules: Lipid Overview
Learn the basics of lipids in this video. [11:30]
Crash Course
Crash Course Biology #3: Biological Molecules You Are What You Eat
Hank talks about the molecules that make up every living thing - carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins - and how we find them in our environment and in the food that we eat. [14:09]
Amoeba Sisters
Amoeba Sisters: Biomolecules
Learn all about carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids and the monomers that build them up! Also get some fun mnemonics for remembering important parts of the monomers. [7:30]
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Ppar Gamma Activation in the Fat Cell
PPAR-gamma allows patients who are insulin resistant to be insulin sensitive. See how PPAR-gamma works in a fat cell. Teaching tips included. Quicktime and Windows Media Player formats.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Ingredients for Life: Carbon
This video segment adapted from NOVA illustrates why carbon is at the center of life on Earth. It also asks whether carbon-based life might exist on other planets. [1:38]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biological Molecules You Are What You Eat
Hank talks about the molecules that make up every living thing - carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins - and how we find them in our environment and in the food that we eat. [13:45]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology Foundations: Introduction to Lipids
Introduction to lipids like fats and phospholipids. [5:43]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Carbohydrates Naming and Classification
This video lesson from Khan Academy and the Association of American Medical Colleges provides study content for the MCAT. This resource explains how to name and classify different carbohydrates.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lipid Overview
A video reviewing over the macromolecules known as lipids. Learn that the types of lipids including fats, waxes, steroids and phospholipids. [11:31]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Carbohydrates Epimers, Common Names
This video lesson for the MCAT explores the type of carbohydrate called "epimers" and other common names. This video lesson was developed in collaboration with the Association of American Medical Colleges and Khan Academy.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Hormone Control of Hunger
Describes the interaction between the hormone insulin, blood glucose levels, and the hypothalamus and how this affects the perception of hunger. Also discusses what happens after you eat a fat-rich meal where the hormone leptin is...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Definition of Saturated/unsaturated: Lesson 2
This lesson will define saturated and unsaturated solutions. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Definition of Saturated/Unsaturated."