SciShow
Immortal Cells Turn 96
Happy Birthday, Henrietta Lacks! Celebrate August 1, the birthday of one of the most important women in genetics in part 139 of a 143-part video series. The narrator describes the life of Henrietta Lacks, the aggressive form of cancer...
MinuteEarth
What is Skin For?
Smooth or scaly, skin is sensational! Besides keeping us from being gooey, what does it do? Pupils embark on an integumentary investigation with a short video about skin. Topics include the special features of skin cells, how skin...
Crash Course
Immune System (Part 1)
A lack of good sleep weakens your immune system by making you more susceptible to infections and making recovery time longer. Video 45 in a series of 47 focuses on the immune system. Pupils hear how the body defends itself, from its...
Be Smart
Ebola Explained
While Ebola killed 70 percent of some communities, the worldwide outbreak in 2014 only killed 40 percent of those infected. The biggest predictors of survival are access to health care and sanitary conditions for the deceased. This video...
SciShow
Top 5 Deadliest Diseases
Some diseases kill more than 50 percent of those infected. The video focuses on the five deadliest diseases, explaining how they spread, the symptoms, their geographic locations, and the death rate for each. It turns out that the...
Be Smart
Should You Be Worried About Zika?
In 2007, 73 percent of the population in Polynesia was infected with the Zika virus, and, like today, there was no vaccine. Viewers see the history of Malaria, dating back to Roman times and its relationship to the Zika virus....
Be Smart
What's The Most Successful Species on Earth?
If all of the viruses in the ocean were laid end-to-end, they would stretch 100 times around the diameter of the Milky Way. The video compares various species to determine which is the most successful. Should it be defined by pure...
Be Smart
Why Vaccines Work
Vaccines were first used in 1796, about 100 years before viruses were even discovered. Beginning with the history of scurvy and polio, viewers see how vaccines work and how they help humans overcome and eradicate diseases.
Bozeman Science
Viruses
An informative video explains viruses' genetic information and their protein coats as well as the envelopes that allow entry into host cells.
Amoeba Sisters
Viruses: Virus Replication and the Mysterious Common Cold
Viruses were nano before it was cool. The video discusses viruses such as the common cold and HIV. It includes the structure of a virus and the two cycles: the lytic cycle and the lysogenic cycle.
TED-Ed
The Surprising Reason You Feel Awful When You're Sick
You know that feeling you get when the flu comes along? Achy muscles, sore throat, and fever are just a few of the body's responses to a virus or infection. Watch the video to discover what is really happening to make your body feel the...
TED-Ed
Learning from Smallpox: How to Eradicate a Disease
Throughout history, humans have been forced to overcome diseases that have threatened the survival of our species. This short instructional video focuses on one such disease—smallpox, the first and only disease to be completely...
TED-Ed
How Do Germs Spread (and Why Do They Make Us Sick)?
Much the chagrin of mothers around the world, germs are everywhere; it's unavoidable. Learn how these microscopic invaders have evolved different ways of spreading from one host to another with this short instructional video.
TED-Ed
What We Know (and Don't Know) about Ebola
Most people know that Ebola is a deadly virus that they want to avoid, but understand very little about the disease itself. This short video hopes to change that by explaining how the virus affects the body, the symptoms it causes,...
Curated OER
3D Medical Animation: Antibody Immune Response
Enhance your science lesson on the immune system with this short video. It presents a 3D-animation of an antibody immune response. This is a great video to watch multiple times: all the way through, and then again while pausing and...
Curated OER
Microbial Universe - Part 1
Where is bacteria found? See where bacteria and other microbes help and hurt humans. Microscopic images are shown along with images of people and places. Begin looking into this tiny universe with part one of a four-part series....
Curated OER
Virus Crisis
New diseases have recently been introduced to the human race that once only existed in animals. Follow the initiation of the West Nile virus to the United States and the complications it has caused.
Curated OER
Virus, Part 1/2
A virus' whole purpose is to reproduce. Each virus exists to invade and take over a living body. Begin looking at viruses with this quick introduction, continued in part two.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Hiv Immunity
Although repeatedly exposed to HIV, Steve Crohn's blood cells were never infected. Dr. David Ho investigates in this video segment from NOVA: "Surviving AIDS."
PBS
Pbs: Bioterror
An interactive and comprehensive site that tracks bioterrorism from its beginnings to modern-day threats. Includes a global guide to bioweapons, possible defenses against bioterrorism, and an interactive tutorial on the making of viral...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Virus Characteristics: Viruses Ka
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Get an overview of the important characteristics of viruses. [8:06]
Curated OER
Kids Health: Immune Cells
Check out this entertaining and informative animation. The animation specifically shows the series of steps that must take place for immune cells to deal with a cold virus. The movie does mistakenly call a virus a cell, but otherwise is...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Viruses: Viruses Ka
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find out about the important characteristics of viruses in this lecture-style screencast. [8:06]