Bacterial flagella are very hard to spot in our footage, but we see evidence of them in almost every single one of our videos. The question is, how do they work, and are they different from the other flagella we've discussed?

Today, lawsuits are positioning climate change as this generation's smoking: it pollutes the air, it's caused by burning chemicals we buy from a handful of huge companies, and it's dangerous to human health. Fossil fuel companies are...

In this video, the teacher explains how to effectively hook the reader in the opening paragraph of an essay. The teacher emphasizes the importance of engaging the reader's interest and making them feel connected to the topic. The steps...

Students will learn about the discovery of cells, the development of the cell theory, and the differences between animal cells and plant cells, Animations illustrate the different parts of a cell. Other terminology includes: organelles,...

In this video, the teacher explains how to create a strong opening for an informational text. The key is to hook the reader with an interesting question and then provide a clear answer that tells them what they will learn.

In this video, the teacher explains how to effectively hook your reader in the opening paragraph of an essay. They emphasize the importance of using strong language, personal stories, and connecting the hook to the thesis statement. The...

In this lesson you will learn how to draft a strong opening paragraph by using a provocative question.

This video will give you a sentence by sentence look at the introductory paragraph. In it you'll learn how to create an interesting title| an attention grabbing hook| a properly introduced subject| and a specific thesis statement. We'll...

In this video, the teacher explains the meaning of the idiom "to swallow hook, line, and sinker" by using context clues. The teacher emphasizes that idioms cannot be understood by looking at the individual words, but rather require...

Our cartoonist, Kal, has just won the prestigious Berryman Award for editorial cartoons, making him the first cartoonist to have won the award twice. Discover the inner workings of Kal’s mind as he offers his take on the leaked “Paradise...

In this video lesson, students learn how to capture their reader's interest by using a strong opening hook. The teacher explains the importance of connecting the anecdote to the thesis statement, being concise with powerful language, and...

In this video, the teacher explains how to effectively begin a response to a writing prompt. They emphasize the importance of hooking the reader and clearly stating the thesis statement. The teacher provides an example of a hook sentence...

In this video, the teacher explains how to write a closing paragraph that stays on topic for a prompt. The teacher emphasizes the importance of referring back to the prompt and the main ideas of the response. They provide step-by-step...

In this video, the teacher provides a step-by-step guide on how to write a strong beginning to engage readers. She emphasizes the importance of starting with an interesting story to hook the reader, and including a clear thesis...

In this video, the teacher discusses different techniques that writers use to engage their readers and focuses on constructing an engaging beginning for a narrative. The teacher explains the three strategies of using actions, dialogue,...

This video provides a brief history of the cell theory, including developments by Robert Hooke's, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Theodor Schwann, and Rudolf Virchow. This video is part of the 7-part series, Cells.