For many people around the world, December 25th means Christmas, a time to gather with family and friends. For Christians, this date commemorates the birth of Christ. What are the cultural and religious origins of Christmas customs like...

A film about transgender people in the workplace, and what workplaces can do to respect and welcome their transgender employees

This live-action video program is about the term life cycle. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term life cycle through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...

It explains the formation of our solar system and describes the Sun and the planets as members of the solar system.

The video provides a detailed and fascinating look at the development of a fetus inside the womb, from the moment of conception up until birth. It explores how the environment and experiences inside the womb can shape a person's future...

Zika is a virus that has been making the news lately, particularly due to its capacity for in utero transmission in pregnant women which has the potential to cause a birth defect called microcephaly. What is this virus? Where did it come...

What is the Diversity Visa Lottery? With President Trump tweeting about, it may be a good idea to learn about it! Is it a good or bad thing for America? In this short lecture we look at the legislative roots of the program and how...

Everything starts the day your mom’s egg meets your dad’s sperm. 4 weeks later, your little brain begins to form. Epidemiologist David Barker says that whilst developing inside our mother, we are receiving ‘postcards’ from the outside...

All western schoolchildren have heard of Sacagawea, and even more know the story of Pocahontas either from class or the Disney movie. But who was the great – and comparatively unknown – Marie Dorion?
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In this video, we learn about the early years and life of American patriot Paul Revere. The video challenges the accuracy of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous poem about Revere's midnight ride and provides a more historically accurate...

This video provides a concise overview of human embryonic development, starting from fertilization and the formation of a zygote, to the development of germ layers, major body systems, and finally the birth process. It emphasizes the...

Of all mankind's inventions, none was more consequential than the birth of language. Our brain’s foundation is built through experiences early in life. Pat Levitt, from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, studied...

The human body is a wondrously complex machine made of flesh, bone, muscles, organs, blood vessels and highly specialized systems that function together to sustain life. This fascinating third part of The Human Body series examines the...

Follow William Shakespeare through 16th and 17th Century London, as the bard created many of the most important works ever written. Shakespeare's family and early life and schooling. His subsequent marriage to Ann Hathaway after which he...

This first part of The Human Body series examines the structure of our skeleton and the function of our muscles. Viewers learn how our bones provide the rigid support necessary to hold any position, while our joints give us the...

In this first Nature League Lesson Plan, Brit introduces the channel and goes through the characteristics of life on Earth, including the importance of carbon. What makes life /life/ is pretty amazing!