Curated OER
Biomes: Grasslands
Witness the spectacular imagery of tropical grasslands in this non-narrated video. Read some facts pertaining to this biome in the first minute, and then enjoy a brief glimpse of the wildlife native to the tropical grasslands.
Curated OER
STEMbite: Evolution of Behavior
Drew sneaks up on various animals to show their different behaviors. He discusses the fact that behavioral adaptations evolved over time, just like physical adaptations. Unfortunately the shade of the trees in the first part of the video...
Other
Science How: Powerful Predators Adaptations of Trap Jaw Spiders
Find out how trap-jaw spiders prey on insects using a combination of stealth and power-amplified snapping jaws. [35:05]
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Adaptations Inside the Insect Zoo
This webcast relates the research being done to understand the adaptations insects and other arthropods make to survive in various conditions. [29:15]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Evolution of Camouflage
This video segment from Evolution: "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" illustrates the remarkable camouflage of a praying mantis against its leafy backdrop. [0:57]
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Bio Interactive: The Origin of Species: Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree
In the Caribbean Islands, adaptation to several common habitats has led to a large adaptive radiation with interesting examples of convergent evolution. [17:45]
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Icefish Film With Quiz
This video will explore adaptations by looking at how genes are reused and recycled in icefish. The video includes embedded quiz modules to test students' understanding. [13:14]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is Life?
Defining life is harder than it seems. This video explains four key qualities that all living things possess: Metabolism, Homeostasis, Reproduction, and Adaptation. DNA plays a crucial role in all of these qualities. [10:24]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Grandpa's Drum
Explore Alaska Native history and culture using the 11-minute story "Grandpa's Drum" in this episode from the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali. As students explore the importance of diverse cultures and honoring traditions, as well as...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Speciation and Natural Selection: Lesson 1
This lesson discusses how and why plants and animals adapt to their surroundings over time. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Speciation and Natural Selection."
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Waterfall Climbing Fish Performs Evolutionary Feat
The species of Goby fish, Sicyopterus stimpsoni, also known as the "inching climber," thrives in the waters off Hawaii. To reach its freshwater spawning area, it must scale a waterfall, hundreds of feet high, using suction cups on its...
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Studying the Sora Rail
Have you heard the expression "skinny as a rail?" Learn where it originated and much more about this unusual bird, the Sora Rail. [8:05]
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Hiking in Orgeon's Kalmiopsis
Use this site to learn about life in the Kalmiopsis wilderness after forest fires destroyed the forest in 2002. Related links available.
Other
Fuse School: What Is Adaptation?
Investigate how organisms adapt to their environments through this to-the-point video. [1:22]
Sea Studios Foundation
Shape of Life: Arthropod Animation: Swiss Army Knife
The blades of the Swiss army knife become the claws, legs, antennae and wings that arthropods evolved to survive on land. [0:52]
Sea Studios Foundation
Shape of Life: The Story of the Animal Kingdom: Ultimate Animal
We think that humans are at the top of the evolutionary ladder. But is being big, brainy, and fast the best design? Evolution has produced many animals with different approaches to life. Every animal is uniquely adapted to win at the...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: The Biology of Skin Color
Penn State University anthropologist Dr. Nina Jablonski walks us through the evidence that the different shades of skin color among human populations arose as adaptations to the intensity of ultraviolet radiation in different parts of...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr Videos: Skunk Bear: Nature's Masters of Disguise
Fake snakes, mimicking moths and disguised flies: surviving in a bug-eat-bug world. [3:56]
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Natural Selection Adaptation
Classroom resources paired with a ten-minute video highlight the groundbreaking research of physical and genetic evolutionary changes in rock pocket mouse populations. [10:31]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ape Clarification
A discussion about ape clarification that they have no tails. [1:04]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Evolution: Natural Selection and the Owl Butterfly
How the "Owl Butterfly" may have gotten the spot on its wings. [13:29]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Evolution: Ape Clarification
A description of apes including a clarification that they have no tails. [1:04]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Adaptive Value of Behavioral Traits
Observable behavior can be broken down into three psychological categories: innate behavior, learned behavior, and complex behavior. This video offers an in-depth explanation of each category with examples. [12:50]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: First Fish
In this episode [25:25], students explore Alaska Native culture and values using "First Fish," an 11-minute animated story from the PBS KIDS series Molly of Denali. Before Molly catches her first fish, a childhood milestone that is as...