Sky News
Dirty air breathed in by expectant mothers can pose a risk to unborn babies
VOICED: Scientists have long been aware of the links between pollution and miscarriage -- and today new research revealed how unborn babies are being directly exposed to harmful soot. SHOWS: Baby ultrasound scan, placenta, industrial...
Curated OER
The First Few Weeks
As the title implies, the first few weeks of a baby's development are shown in the animated video. From its beginnings as a blastocyst to cell differentiation and intense development, see just how complex reproduction and the beginning...
Curated OER
Human Development
Three-dimensional animation zooms in on human development as it begins in the female ovaries. The animated egg changes and forms as you watch it travel down the fallopian tube into the uterus.
Curated OER
Human Reproduction: Fertilization and Fetal Development
The journey of a fertilized egg is illustrated as it travels from the fallopian tube to the uterus. Cell division is explained and the miracle of life is shown.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Fetal Circulation: Meet the Placenta!
Learn how the needs of the fetus are met by the placenta, which is a special organ that belongs to both the mother and the fetus! Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy. [12:29]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Fetal Circulation: Double Bohr Effect
Learn how there are two distinct Bohr effects happening at the same time in the placenta. Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy. [10:34]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Fetal Circulation: Umbilical Vessels and the Ductus Venosus
Watch as fetal blood goes through umbilical vessels and takes a shortcut through the Ductus Venosus to make it back to the heart. Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy. [12:43]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology: Embryonic Stem Cells
The explanation of how a fertilized egg develops once it has become a zygote. [19:54]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Placenta: Lesson 2
This lesson will give an overview of the structure and function of the placenta in the development of an embryo as well as discuss other important membranes and structures associated with development. It is 2 of 5 in the series titled...
SciShow
Sci Show Kids: Why Do We Have Belly Buttons?
A video exploring why every person even some animals have belly buttons. Understand that the belly buttons are left over from the umbilical cord that once connected a growing baby inside its mother to its mother for food and oxygen. [2:56]