Instructional Video5:40
Be Smart

The Surprising Origin of Thanksgiving Foods

6th - 12th Standards
Many of the foods pilgrims ate include foods people still eat at American Thanksgiving celebrations today. The turkey, a domesticated animal native to the Americas, often finds itself the center of attention on this holiday. Today's corn...
Instructional Video5:22
TED-Ed

How Corn Conquered the World

9th - 12th
Corn is amazing! A short video traces the development of the most-grown plant on the globe, from its beginnings in Mesoamerica to its many uses beyond as a food stable. 
Instructional Video17:51
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Popped Secret Film with Quiz: The Mysterious Origin of Corn

9th - 12th
Where does corn come from? Corn cobs? Scholars watch an interesting video to learn that the ancestor of maize is the teosinte plant. The video goes on to explain how both geneticists and archaeologists have evidence that humans were...
Instructional Video2:42
American Chemical Society

Sugar vs. High Fructose Corn Syrup - What's the Difference?

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Sometimes learning can be pretty sweet! Get your class involved in the sugar-versus-high-fructose-corn-syrup debate with a video from a playlist on chemical reactions. Viewers see the similarities and differences between the two...
Instructional Video
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr Videos: Skunk Bear: Popcorn Under a Microscope

9th - 10th
Check out one of the world's most ancient snacks up close - and it looks like a bunch of bubbles. [1:46]