Instructional Video
National Pest Managment Association

Pest World for Kids: Season 1: Episode 4

K - 1st
Learn about a variety of interesting pest stories like why are mice a menace, the three bees, and a spider zombie lunch. [3:09]
Instructional Video
California Academy of Sciences

Ca Academy of Sciences: Charles Griswold: Chat With an Academy Entomologist

3rd - 8th
In this chat, Geoff discusses spiders at the Academy with entomologist Charles Griswold. [32:15]
Instructional Video
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Why Spiders Don't Stick to the Web

9th - 10th
William Eberhard, of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the University of Costa Rica, and colleague Daniel Briceno film spiders in the lab, in the field and under a dissecting microscope to untangle this longstanding...
Instructional Video
National Pest Managment Association

Pest World for Kids: Season 2: Episode 16

K - 1st
Learn about a variety of interesting pests like ants, traveling spiders, and the life of a mayfly! [3:30]
Instructional Video
National Pest Managment Association

Pest World for Kids: Season 2: Episode 17

K - 1st
Learn about a variety of interesting pest habits like spiders' web-spinning, millipedes' antics, and rats' powerful chompers! [3:35]
Instructional Video
California Academy of Sciences

Ca Academy of Sciences: Spiders in Action

3rd - 8th
An Academy scientist handles both female and male Zoropsis spinimana spiders. [1:07]
Instructional Video
California Academy of Sciences

Ca Academy of Sciences: Spider Silk Technology

3rd - 8th
Daniel Widmaier, a researcher at UCSF, describes why spider silk is so valuable and how making it synthetically can be challenging. [3:22]
Instructional Video
California Academy of Sciences

Ca Academy of Sciences: Golden Silk Orbweaver Feeding

3rd - 8th
Academy biologist Tessa provides a behind the scenes look to feeding golden silk orbweavers (Nephila clavipes), located on the Costa Rica level of the Rainforests of the World exhibit. Like its relatives in Madagascar, this spider weaves...
Instructional Video
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr Videos: Skunk Bear: Spiders Tune Their Webs Like a Guitar

3rd - 8th
Pluck the silk of a spiderweb and it vibrates like a guitar string, scientists say. By strumming the strands and detecting the vibrations via sensors in its legs, a spider gets information about meals and mates. [1:18]