Instructional Video5:38
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher

Art Lesson| How to Create the Appearance of Stained Glass Flowers using Oil Pastels!

K - 5th
This is one of my FAVORITE middle school art projects! Results are vibrant and stunning! A favorite of my students and their parents.



I am using Sakura Cray-Pas Junior Artist Oil Pastels (set of 16) in t
his video.
If...
Instructional Video2:23
Visual Learning Systems

Introduction to Arthropods

9th - 12th
This video introduces the concept of arthropods and highlights their significance in the natural world. It explains that arthropods, such as horseshoe crabs, bees, and spiders, have common characteristics like an exoskeleton, jointed...
Instructional Video7:01
Encyclopaedia Britannica

Britannica Insights: What is the Murder Hornet?

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Overview of the Asian giant, or murder, hornet, a predator whose main prey is honeybees.
Instructional Video2:54
Visual Learning Systems

Life Cycles: Insect Life Cycles

9th - 12th
Upon viewing the Life Cycles video series, students will be able to do the following: Understand that living things go through changes in the course of their lives referred to as a life cycle. State that most living things follow a...
Instructional Video1:32
Visual Learning Systems

What Is an Insect?: Insects Everywhere

3rd - 8th
This fascinating program takes a look at the major characteristics of familiar and unusual insects that swarm the planet. Concepts and terminology: invertebrate, six legs, and exoskeleton.
Instructional Video6:49
Britlish

Vocabulary of Birds (no subtitles)

9th - 12th
This English lesson looks at vocabulary associated with birds such as, feathers, wings, beak, eggs, plumage, vaned, down, duckling, grooming, keratin, raptor, webbed, talon, flying, thermal, flat, and chick. The narrator speaks in an...
Instructional Video3:58
Curated Video

Vertebrate

K - 8th
This live-action video program is about the term vertebrate. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word vertebrate through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...
Instructional Video3:11
Science360

Science Now ep1

12th - Higher Ed
This first episode of Science Now explores extremes environments, an eco friendly ATM, and a new supercomputer called Yellowstone.. check it out.
Instructional Video1:29
Visual Learning Systems

Comparing Biodiversity: From Parking Lots to Forests

9th - 12th
The video discusses the concept of biodiversity and how it can be used to describe different places. It features three different locations - an old parking lot, an abandoned farm field, and a forest - and compares their levels of...
Instructional Video2:21
Visual Learning Systems

What Is an Insect?: What Are Insects?

3rd - 8th
This fascinating program takes a look at the major characteristics of familiar and unusual insects that swarm the planet. Concepts and terminology: invertebrate, six legs, and exoskeleton.
Instructional Video19:34
Wonderscape

Science Kids: Camouflage in Animals, Insects and Plants

K - 5th
In this video, the teacher discusses the concept of camouflage in animals and plants. The teacher explains how different species have adapted to their environments through natural variations and favorable traits. The different types of...
Instructional Video16:03
Curated Video

Way Cool Science II: Seeds and Plants

K - 8th
Friendly and fun host, Max Orbit, asks questions about the world and searches for answers. This DVD series is designed to engage students while introducing scientific principles and concepts in a fun and entertaining way. In this program...
Instructional Video5:43
Nature League

What Are Invertebrates? - Lesson Plan

6th - 8th
In this Nature League Lesson Plan, Brit introduces the invertebrates of Earth, including their names, relationships, forms, and awesomeness.
Instructional Video2:29
Science360

Mount St. Helens

12th - Higher Ed
The area of Southern Washington State around the Mount St. Helens Volcano has been nearly devoid of life since the 1980 eruption - making it a biology lab like no other as scientists observe it springing back to life. The regenerating...
Instructional Video11:31
Weird History

What Everyday Life Was Like for the Aztecs

12th - Higher Ed
You may have heard of their calendars, seen their temples, or admired one of their cool looking sculptural artifacts in a museum, but chances are you have no idea what life was really like for the Aztecs.
Instructional Video4:00
Be Smart

Orchid Mantis: Looks That Kill

6th - 12th Standards
Rather than hunting for food, the orchid mantis entices the prey to come to it. A cool video discusses this type of mimicry as part of a larger biology playlist. The orchid mantis appears like any typical orchid to us, but it stands out...
Instructional Video4:03
Curated OER

Spiders

4th - 12th
There are more than 34,000 different species of spiders that roam our planet. Now that's a lot of legs! Watch this video to learn about spiders and how they differ from insects.
Instructional Video3:20
Curated OER

Giant Centipede

4th - 12th
Want to get up close and personal with a giant centipede? Watch this video and you will! Learn about the giant centipede's daily living habits in this National Geographic video clip.
Instructional Video6:44
Curated OER

Termite World - Life in the Undergrowth

4th - 12th
We walk on it everyday, but have you ever thought about what's beneath our feet? What's going on underground? Watch this video to learn about the underworld of termites. Viewers will learn how termites are able to live and breathe...
Instructional Video1:59
Curated OER

The Mosquito

4th - 12th
Mosquitoes are responsible for more human deaths than any other living creature. How? Watch this video to learn why these tiny insects can be so deadly.
Instructional Video2:09
Bill Nye

Bill Nye The Science Guy on Insects

3rd - 7th
Queen Latifah makes a cameo in this Bill Nye episode on insects. The facts taught are that the queen bee is in charge of a bee colony, ants can dig tunnels, and exoskeletons support, strengthen, and protect the insect's body. While you...
Instructional Video5:18
TED-Ed

Mating Frenzies, Sperm Hoards, and Brood Raids: the Life of a Fire Ant Queen

6th - 12th
The dramatic story of the life cycle of a fire ant queen is featured in a short video that details the queen's struggle to survive amid floods, fierce battles, and forage wars.
Instructional Video15:39
Scholastic

The American Museum of Natural History: A Virtual Field Trip with Brian Selznick

3rd - 8th Standards
Author Brian Selznick takes scholars on a virtual field trip to New York City's American Museum of Natural History. Three stops to the Hall of North American Mammals, Mosquito Model, and Hall of Meteorites showcase prominent dioramas and...
Instructional Video5:24
TED-Ed

The Sexual Deception of Orchids

6th - 12th Standards
A plant engaged in sexual deception? Strange but true. Believe it or not, orchids have developed a range of sexual adaptations that permit them to attract pollinators. The narrator of a short video describes a variety of strategies used...