TED-Ed
What is HPV and How Can You Protect Yourself From It?
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted virus. A short video explains what the virus is, how it spreads, the harm the virus can cause, and prevention techniques.
American Chemical Society
How Do Hand Sanitizers Work?
Many hand sanitizers claim to kill 99.9 percent of bacteria—is that true? Learners explore how hand sanitizer actually works and how effective it is in an interesting video. They learn how hand sanitizer works to break apart the...
TED-Ed
How Do Viruses Jump from Animals to Humans?
Can humans be infected by animal viruses? Pupils explore the phenomenon of viral evolution and learn about how animal viruses sometimes adapt to infect humans. They see how viruses are transmitted and what pathogens need to survive. The...
Bite Sci-zed
Viruses and the Common Cold!
What do you really know about the common cold? Introduce learners to viruses, their components, and how they use host cells to replicate and infect more cells. Pupils identify the type of virus that causes the common cold and get...
TED-Ed
How Close Are We to Eradicating HIV?
What is being done to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS? An intriguing short video details current treatments available, including the use of antiretrovirals, to stop the transmission of the devastating disease.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Using p53 to Fight Cancer
Curing cancer with ... another virus? Chemotherapy and radiation are not the only ways to treat cancer. Now, there is a unique treatment involving infecting cells with viruses. Viewers discover why the innovative treatment does not...
Be Smart
The Deadliest Flu Season in History?
Is it possible for another flu outbreak like the Spanish Flu in 1918? A video lesson explains the factors that affect the spread of a virus and its effect on a population. The narrator describes the structure of the different virus...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Recombination of Viral Genome
More than 144 sub-types of influenza A exist today. How is that possible? Scholars view an animation of a cell being attacked by two different strains of the flu. Then the strains mix, creating an entirely new third strain. The idea of...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Viral Lifecycle
This lesson has gone viral ... literally! An animation video describes how a single virus cell gives rise to a multitude of progeny viruses. Learners explore how a virus infects many cells in a short amount of time.
California Academy of Science
What's Up With Your Gut Microbiome?
Some scientists now consider the gut microbiome a distinct organ in the human body. Curious science scholars learn about this ecosystem thriving inside them and its important functions with a video from Our Hungry Planet. The 11th lesson...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Dengue Virus Enters a Cell
Doctors offer limited treatment options and no vaccine for Dengue Virus, which often requires intensive care. Scientists understand how the virus gets into cells and replicates, knowledge which they hope will lead to a cure or treatment....
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Dengue Fever Re-Emergence in the Americas
The number of diagnosed cases of Dengue Fever increased exponentially over the course of three decades. A brief video explains how the potentially deadly virus spreads. For added impact, scholars view the number of cases in each country...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Dengue Virus Life Cycle
Dengue Virus leads to the deaths of around 25,000 people, mostly children, every year. Scientists understand how the virus gets into cells and replicates, but they still struggle to prevent it. Curious scholars view an animation of the...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Viral Geometry and Structural Diversity
Viruses might be deadly, but they appear beautiful when analyzed geometrically. View the shapes, colors, and structures of a few viruses. The repeating structures and genes help to identify them along with genomic information.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Structure of Dengue Virus
The dengue virus looks like a ball with multiple layers. View an animation of each layer while hearing a description of its properties, from the outer symmetrical units to the lipid envelope, the capsid, and finally the RNA genome.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Running a Virochip Experiment
Thanks to a new understanding of DNA sequencing, doctors now study viruses outside human bodies. Observe an animation of the process using a Virochip to better understand viruses and how they connect to our DNA. By comparing results to...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Antigen Presentation and CTL
How does your body know when to present an immune response? Viewers observe how antigen presentation triggers the response and how this treatment helps attack viruses before they spread. The video also discusses the challenges of...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
HIV Life Cycle
Almost half of the global population infected with HIV cannot afford treatment. To better understand this devastating disease, young scientists observe the life cycle of HIV. Through animation, they see the cell infection,...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Protease Inhibitors
Protease inhibitors currently treat HIV and hepatitis C, but in the future, might also be used to treat some cancers. Viewers learn how HIV spreads in the body and then observe what happens after the introduction of a protease...
PBS
Cybersecurity 101
You wouldn't hand strangers keys to your house; why wouldn't you protect yourself online? Scholars watch a short video on cybersecurity. The engaging video describes how the Internet came to be and how criminals can steal sensitive...
Amoeba Sisters
Characteristics of Life
What makes a living thing, well, living? Explore the many characteristics of living things through an animated video. Science scholars become acquainted with the obvious and not-so-obvious traits exhibited by organisms, then learn that...
Code.org
The Internet: Cybersecurity and Crime
Don't get tricked into opening suspicious e-mails. Viewers learn about the importance of cybersecurity. The video describes several different threats to computers, including viruses, malware, and phishing attacks. Time to change...
FuseSchool
What Are Vaccinations?
Are vaccinations necessary in preventing illness? As part of a larger playlist, a short, yet informative video describes what vaccines are and how they work in the body. Viewers witness the introduction of the vaccine culture and how the...
FuseSchool
How are Pathogens Spread and Controlled?
How can we stop the tiny terrors that cause illness? Junior epidemiologists examine the methods used to control the spread of pathogens with a video from from a biology playlist. The narrator describes the benefits of hygiene,...