Amoeba Sisters
Mutations (Updated)
Join the Amoeba Sisters as they explain gene and chromosome mutations, and explore the significance of these changes. This updated video has improved audio and images! Codons and the amino acids they code for is represented by standard...
PBS
Splitting Rent with Triangles
You can find out how to fairly divide rent between three different people even when you don't know the third person's preferences! Find out how with Sperner's Lemma.
TED Talks
Anthony Veneziale: "Stumbling towards intimacy": An improvised TED Talk
In a hilarious, completely improvised talk, improv master Anthony Veneziale takes to the TED stage for a truly one-of-a-kind performance. Armed with an audience-suggested topic ("stumbling towards intimacy") and a deck of slides he's...
SciShow
Antlers: The Secret to Deer's Cancer-Fighting Superpowers
Antler cells divide really fast, and with their super-fast growth, antlers resemble tumors in some ways. But animals in the deer family are less likely to get cancer than many other organisms, and a recent genetics study may have...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Could a blind eye regenerate? - David Davila
We tend to think of blindness as something you're born with, but with certain genetic diseases, it can actually develop when you're a kid, or even when you're an adult. But could blind eyes possibly regenerate? David Davila explains how...
MinuteEarth
Why You Can't Build A Clone Army... (Yet)
Because of the way genetic reprogramming works, it’s hard to make one clone based on an adult cell, and it’s almost impossible to make a second-generation one.
Amoeba Sisters
The Cell Cycle (and cancer) [Updated]
Explore the cell cycle with the Amoeba Sisters and an important example of when it is not controlled: cancer. Table of Contents: 00:00 Intro 1:00 Cell Growth and Cell Reproduction 1:42 Cancer (explaining uncontrolled cell growth) 3:27...
Bozeman Science
Standard Deviation
In this video Paul Andersen explains the importance of standard deviation. He starts with a discussion of normal distribution and how the standard deviation measures the average distance from the mean, or the "spread" of data. He then...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you solve the secret werewolf riddle? - Daniel Finkel
You’re on the trail of a werewolf that’s been terrorizing your town. After months of detective work, you’ve narrowed your suspects to one of five people. You’ve invited them to dinner with a simple plan: to slip a square of a rare...
Amoeba Sisters
Mitosis: The Amazing Cell Process that Uses Division to Multiply! (Updated)
Updated Mitosis Video. The Amoeba Sisters walk you through the reason for mitosis with mnemonics for prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase. Table of Contents: 00:00 Intro 0:44 Why is Mitosis Important? 2:00 Why Don't You Want...
Bozeman Science
Impulse
In this video Paul Andersen defines impulse as the product of the force applied and the time over which the force is applied. The impulse of an object is equivalent to the change in momentum of the object. Several problems related to...
SciShow
The Fibonacci Sequence: Nature's Code
Hank introduces us to the most beautiful numbers in nature - the Fibonacci sequence.
Crash Course
The Presocratics: Crash Course History of Science
The Presocratics: Crash Course History of Science #2
SciShow
3 Genes That Give People Superpowers
There are genetic mutations in the population today that can grant people some seemingly superhuman abilities.
Bozeman Science
Phases of Mitosis
In this video Paul Andersen explains the importance of mitosis and details the major steps in the cell cycle. He explains the importance of Interphase, Prophase, Prometaphase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophases, and Cytokinesis.
Bozeman Science
What is Cancer?
In this video Paul Andersen answers the very simple question: What is cancer? He explains how damage to the DNA can create uncontrolled cell growth. He explains how malignant tumors can spread the disease throughout the body and gives...
PBS
How to Break Cryptography
Only 4 steps stand between you and the secrets hidden behind RSA cryptography. Find out how to crack the world's most commonly used form of encryption.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How did Polynesian wayfinders navigate the Pacific Ocean? - Alan Tamayose and Shantell De Silva
Imagine setting sail from Hawaii in a canoe. Your target is a small island thousands of kilometers away in the middle of the Pacific Ocean - a body of water that covers more than 160 million square kilometers. For thousands of years,...
Curated Video
The Power of Cooperation: How Ants Teach Us About Teamwork
In this video, Allegra the Ant teaches us about the importance of cooperation and teamwork. Through a story about volleyball, we learn how a group of children came together to fix their worn-out court by organizing, seeking donations,...
Curated Video
How to Calculate Speed and Velocity
In this video, we go over practice problems related to speed and velocity. This video is a follow up video to our concept video on Speed vs. Velocity. Students will learn 1 easy way to solve any speed or velocity problem and perform the...
Curated Video
How to Calculate Force - Newton's 2nd Law of Motion
Newton's 2nd Law tells explains how force can affect the acceleration of an object. The more force you apply to an object, the more it will accelerate. Also, the more mass an object has, the more force that is needed to cause the object...
Curated Video
How to Calculate Momentum - Newton's 3rd Law of Motion - p=mv
Newton's 3rd Law of Motion states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. The formula associated with Newton's 3rd Law is p=mv where p is momentum, m is mass and v is velocity. In this video, we will cover how to...
Curated Video
How to find the Molecular Formula of a Chemical Compound
The molecular formula is the actual formula of a compound and can be found by comparing the mass of the molecular formula to the mass of the empirical formula to figure out how much bigger the molecular formula is compared to the...