Instructional Video2:34
SciShow

Why Can Mosquitoes Transmit Zika, But Not the Flu?

12th - Higher Ed
Mosquitoes transmit a number of terrible diseases like malaria, West Nile virus, and the Zika virus, but why not the flu?
Instructional Video11:32
Crash Course

Population Ecology: The Texas Mosquito Mystery - Crash Course Ecology

12th - Higher Ed
Population ecology is the study of groups within a species that interact mostly with each other, and it examines how they live together in one geographic area to understand why these populations are different in one time and place than...
Instructional Video5:43
Curated Video

The Humoral Response - B Cell Activation, Antibody Production & Memory Cells

Higher Ed
In this video, we demystify B cell activation, antibody production, and memory cell formation in this informative video. Learn how your immune system battles pathogens like the West Nile virus, how B and T cells work together, and the...
Instructional Video6:18
Professor Dave Explains

West Nile Virus (Genus Flavivirus)

9th - Higher Ed
West Nile Virus is a relatively new virus. It was first detected in the early 20th century, and it made it over to North America quite mysteriously in 1999. It is spread by mosquitos and can have some pretty serious effects, so let's...
Instructional Video1:35
Next Animation Studio

West Nile Virus - an explainer

12th - Higher Ed
This year the US is facing its worst West Nile Virus outbreak in years. To date, there have been ten deaths reported in Texas and six in Louisiana. This animation shows the transmission cycle of the virus, how it attacks the human...
Instructional Video0:36
Next Animation Studio

How mosquitoes transfer viruses and diseases to humans

12th - Higher Ed
The diseases mosquitoes transmit kill hundreds of thousands of people each year.
Instructional Video5:53
Curated Video

Adaption

K - 8th
This live-action video program is about the word adaptation. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word adaptation through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...
Instructional Video5:43
Curated Video

Adapt

K - 8th
This live-action video program is about the word adapt. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word adapt through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated...
Instructional Video11:53
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Crash Course

Population Ecology: The Texas Mosquito Mystery

7th - 12th
While 80 percent of people with West Nile Virus show no symptoms, in severe cases, it causes death by infecting the membranes around the spinal cord and brain. The video starts by making population ecology relevant. It includes density...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Ecology: Population Ecology: The Texas Mosquito Mystery

9th - 10th
Population ecology is the study of groups within a species that interact mostly with each other. It examines how these animals live together in one geographic area to understand why these populations are different in one time and place...
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Season Underway for West Nile Virus

9th - 10th
Informative article from NPR describing the threat of the West Nile Virus for citizens in the United States for the summer of 2003. Heavy spring rains have increased the number of mosquitoes and the risk of West Nile. There is also a map...
Instructional Video
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: From Birds to People: The West Nile Virus Story

9th - 10th
This video/slideshow helps you discover how the West Nile virus infects mosquitoes, birds, and people-with very different consequences. Click on the "Start Click and Learn icon.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Spillover Zika, Ebola & Beyond: Part 9: The Predict Project

9th - 10th
See Jonna Mazet's innovative PREDICT Project in action. PREDICT is a worldwide effort to use animal surveillance to monitor viruses, proactively preventing and containing outbreaks of infectious disease by identitifying points of...
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Tracking Viruses From Animals to People

9th - 10th
Researchers discuss West Nile, hantavirus, and other diseases that cross from animals to people.