SciShow
We Finally Made Synthetic Spider Silk
The ability to produce synthetic spider silk would give us bulletproof vests better than Kevlar, biocompatible sutures and wound dressings, and even space elevators. The problem is being able to make it in large amounts. One group may...
TED Talks
TED: The most Martian place on Earth | Armando Azua-Bustos
How can you study Mars without a spaceship? Head to the most Martian place on Earth -- the Atacama Desert in Chile. Astrobiologist Armando Azua-Bustos grew up in this vast, arid landscape and now studies the rare life forms that have...
Curated Video
Generating ideas and vocabulary for instructions for how to make a monster pizza
Pupil outcome: I can generate ideas and vocabulary to use when writing instructions for how to make a monster pizza. Key learning points: - Your imagination can help you to think of things that do not exist in real life. - A noun is a...
Curated Video
Writing the title, introduction and ingredients list for monster pizza instructions.
Pupil outcome: I can write the title, introduction and ingredients list of instructions for making a monster pizza. Key learning points: - Instructions use a title to tell the reader what they are about. - Instructions can use an...
Curated Video
Planning to write instructions for how to make a monster pizza
Pupil outcome: I can write a plan that will support me when writing instructions for how to make a monster pizza. Key learning points: - Imperative verbs make the instructions very similar to commands as they are bossy and tell the...
Science ABC
What Are Cobwebs? Where Do They Come From?
Most cobwebs actually consist of abandoned spider webs. These home-abandoning spiders, mainly those of the species Theridiidae, build these sticky webs for catching prey. Web-building spiders create elaborate webs for catching prey...
Wonderscape
The Art and Science of Spider Webs: Exploring Arachnid Ingenuity
Discover the world of spiders and their webs, spanning various habitats and featuring nearly 40,000 types worldwide. Learn about their unique silk-spinning abilities to create webs for trapping prey and other uses. Understand spiders'...
Curated Video
Exploring the Fascinating World of Spiders
This video provides a fascinating insight into the world of spiders, highlighting their ability to create intricate webs for catching prey and their unique characteristics as arachnids. It explains how spiders use silk to immobilize...
Curated Video
Going on a witch hunt | Halloween songs | Brain Break
Help me to keep improving the quality of my videos and expanding our reach to more children https://www.buymeacoffee.com/BrainSnax Let's sing Going on a witch hunt together. Halloween Songs like this always get students up and moving!...
Curated Video
What Are Cobwebs? Where Do They Come From?
Most cobwebs actually consist of abandoned spider webs. These home-abandoning spiders, mainly those of the species Theridiidae, build these sticky webs for catching prey. Web-building spiders create elaborate webs for catching prey...
Curated Video
Types of Spiders and Webs
This video explores the fascinating world of spiders, highlighting their diversity, predatory nature, and unique web-building abilities. It delves into the evolutionary history of spiders, their classification, and various types of webs...
Physics Girl
How rainbows with NO COLOR are possible
What the heck are spider-web rainbows? What are these rare white rainbows, and how do they form?
Curated Video
Iran vows revenge while Soleimani mourned
Mourners packed the streets of Tehran for Qassem Soleimani’s funeral while Iranian officials threatened revenge.
Curated Video
Anna's hummingbirds build tiny nests using moss and spiderwebs
Spring has sprung! These hummingbirds are busy building nests and feeding their chicks in urban areas around Vancouver Island.
Be Smart
20 Million Year Old Spider! Unweaving Spider Silk
Talk about a sticky situation! What is spider silk, anyway? Scholars scope out the science behind one of the world's strongest substances through a video from an intriguing science series. A leading spider scientist discusses the types...
The Brain Scoop
Spiders: The First Web Developers
"You can always out run a spider." - Petra Sierwald, associate curator of insects at the Field Museum. Scientists identified more than 45,000 species of spiders, and an enchanting video explains how they identify each species as unique....
Be Smart
Why I'm Scared of Spiders
Eighty-four percent of people have an irrational fear. This video focuses on a fear of spiders. It explains the different types of fear, the conditioning that creates fear, and the evolutionary advantage to these fears. It doesn't just...
SciShow
The 3 Coolest Things Built By Bugs
What can we learn about architecture from bugs? Turns out a great deal. A video covers three brilliant structures designed and created by bugs. It begins with the honeycomb with perfect hexagons. Next, it covers termite mounds on a...