Curated Video
Living Cells and Viruses
Living Cells and Viruses compares and contrasts living organisms and viruses by identifying similarities and unique characteristics of each.
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Cellular Respiration
Cellular Respiration analyzes the process of cellular respiration by describing how cells and organisms acquire and release energy.
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Food Webs
“Food Webs” explains the movement of energy from producers to consumers to decomposers.
Professor Dave Explains
Scales of Ecology Part 1: Organisms and Populations
The best way to start a study of ecology is to look at the scales of ecology, from the smallest things the field studies, to the biggest. On the small end, ecologists can study individual organisms, as well as populations of those...
Professor Dave Explains
Scales of Ecology Part 2: Communities
Moving on from organisms and populations, the next tier on the scales of ecology is communities. These involve all the populations of organisms of different species that live in an area. How do they interact? How is the community...
Curated Video
Interpreting a Cladogram
“Interpreting a Cladogram” will define and explain how to read a cladogram so that the student can tell how closely living things are related.
Zach Star
The Biology Major - Careers, Courses, and Concentrations
The biology major is a great major for students interested in a variety of career paths including medicine, health care, research, consulting, sales and much more.
Curated Video
Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis analyzes the process of photosynthesis by describing how cells and organisms acquire and release energy.
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Evidence of Evolution
A video explaining how embryology, anatomy, and genetics can be used as evidence for evolution.
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Exploring Natural Resources
A video entitled “Exploring Natural Resources” which discusses different types of natural resources, including how they are formed and the consequences of their use.
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Life on Earth and Beyond
“Life on Earth and Beyond” discusses the origins of life on Earth and explores how scientists classify a thing as “living.”
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Selecting a Change
The video “Selecting a Change” introduces the concepts of natural and artificial selection and discusses examples of each.
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Population Ecology: What Causes Populations to Change?
a video entitled “Population Ecology: What Causes Populations to Change?” which discusses the roles of organisms in a habitat and explores how organisms affect one another and limited resources when interacting.
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The Evidence for Evolution
A video entitled “The Evidence for Evolution” which explores the origin of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and then focuses on the evidence used to study and support Darwin’s theory.
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Exploring Cell Division
A video entitled “Exploring Cell Division” which examines cell division, explaining the various cell types and focusing on asexual and sexual reproduction.
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Adaptation: What Factors Determine Where Animals Live?
“Adaptation: What Factors Determine Where Animals Live?” focuses on the ways that ecosystems force animals to adapt in the face of ecological change and competition for resources.
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Energy in an Ecosystem
The video “Energy in an Ecosystem” discusses the complex relationship between organisms in an ecosystem, focusing on how small changes can have a large impact.
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Decoding DNA
A video entitled “Decoding DNA” which introduces DNA and explains the role it plays in reproduction and biotechnology.
Curated Video
The Classification of Life
A video entitled “The Classification of Life” which describes taxonomy and how all organisms on Earth are organized according to the Linnaean system.
Curated Video
Plastics: Could Organisms Replace Them?
A video entitled “Plastics: Could Organisms Replace Them?” which explores the origins of plastics, current human reliance on plastics, and issues such reliance can create.
Curated Video
Ecosystems: What If Algae Were Removed from a Pond?
A video entitled “Ecosystems: What If Algae Were Removed from a Pond?” which examines algae as organisms and discusses how one small part of an ecosystem can play a big role.
Nature League
Why Isn't Life Immortal? - Lesson Plan
In this Nature League Lesson Plan, Brit explores the definitions and connections between metabolism and aging.
Nature League
How Do Reindeer Function Without Sunlight? - De-Natured
This week on Nature League, Brit Garner explores the rhythms of life on Earth by breaking down a recent scientific journal article about circadian rhythms of reindeer in the Arctic.
Nature League
Biological Clocks and the Rhythm of Life - Lesson Plan
This week on Nature League, Brit Garner explores the rhythms and cycles of life on Earth.