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Waste Management and Disposal Techniques
This video discusses the various methods of waste management, including transportation, treatment, and disposal. It also touches upon the importance of proper waste management in maintaining a clean and safe environment. Additionally, it...
Professor Dave Explains
Legionnaires’ Disease Legionella pneumophila
One day in 1976, there was a terrible outbreak of an unknown disease at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia. What was the pathogen responsible for this so-called Legionnaires' disease? Let's find out!
Professor Dave Explains
Hepatitis A (Hepatovirus A)
Hepatitis is a word that describes an inflammation of the liver. This can happen a few different ways, but it is very commonly due to viruses. Hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E all cause liver disease, even though the viruses themselves are...
Professor Dave Explains
Smallpox (Variola Virus)
Smallpox is probably the biggest killer in human history, and has had a significant impact on the expansion of human civilization. It is caused by the variola virus, which is a poxvirus, so what do those look like? How do they spread and...
Professor Dave Explains
Typhoid Fever Salmonella typhi
Typhoid fever can be a very serious illness, and we may have already heard of it because of Typhoid Mary, a famous carrier in the beginning of the 20th century. Let's go in for a closer look!
Professor Dave Explains
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Rickettsia rickettsii
In 1896, a mysterious disease spread through the Snake River Valley of Idaho. Some people called it a spotted fever, and hundreds got sick. As it turns out, this was all the doing of some bacteria, Rickettsia ricketssii. Let's get a...
Professor Dave Explains
Chickenpox and Shingles (Varicella-Zoster Virus)
Lots of kids get the chickenpox. I know I did! I was about four years old. It was awful. But now we can learn all kinds of things about the virus called Varicella-Zoster virus, which causes chickenpox and shingles. What is its structure...
Professor Dave Explains
Syphilis Treponema pallidum
Syphilis is another infection that is typically caused by sexual contact, thanks to the pathogen Treponema pallidum. What does this bacterium do? How is the infection treated? Let's take a closer look now.
Professor Dave Explains
Lyme Disease Borrelia burgdorferi
Lyme disease. It's that one you get from ticks! So what kind of ticks, and where are they? How does that work exactly, and what are the bacteria that are being transferred when they bite? The bacteria are called Borellia burgdorferi,...
FuseSchool
Bacterial Disease
Did you know that it wasn’t until around 200 years ago that people knew what caused infectious diseases? Before that, they believed that one cause was ‘bad air’, and so they carried around bunches of sweet-smelling flowers to sweeten the...
Ancient Lights Media
How do vaccines work?
Understanding Vaccines - Viruses/Immunity Set - Part 4. This clips examines how vaccines are made and how they are able to produce immunity to infectious diseases.
FuseSchool
Fungal Diseases
Imagine a world without bananas! It’s a real possibility… a fungal disease is attacking and killing banana trees, and as yet we haven’t found a cure.
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding Infectious Diseases and Transmission
This video provides an overview of infectious diseases and how they are transmitted. It explains the role of the immune system in fighting off harmful organisms and highlights various ways pathogens can be spread, including direct and...
Professor Dave Explains
Ebola Virus (EVD)
We've probably all heard about the Ebola outbreak in Africa around 2014, and know that it's quite a terrifying pathogen. But what does it do exactly? Let's go through the basics!
Science360
Science Behind The News: Influenza & Flu Vaccines
Every flu season, Americans battle coughs, fevers and body aches. The flu is a respiratory illness caused by a virus, a pathogen that causes disease in the human body. To understand how the flu is caught, spread and treated, Duke...
Science360
The need for speed! Check it out in NSF Science Now 53!
In this week’s episode we discover a new species of titanosaurian dinosaur and how airline boarding procedures might be making you sick; we explore a compact mass spectrometer for use in the field; and finally, we learn how vertebrate...
Mazz Media
Biological Vectors
REAL WORLD SCIENCE: Biological Vectors and Infectious Diseases Using incredible videography, photos, animation and graphics, this information-packed video introduces students to biological vectors. Viewers will learn that biological...
Weird History
Hemophilia: The Royal Blood Disease
For centuries, hemophilia was a dangerous genetic disorder with no treatment. Children with hemophilia often didn't make it to adulthood, since a bump or fall could cause massive internal bleeding. But why was hemophilia known as the...
The Economist
The new scramble for Africa
The past decade has seen a big surge of foreign interest in Africa. If the continent handles this new "scramble" wisely, the main winners will be Africans themselves.
Curated Video
Summarizing the Spread of Data: Range and Mean Absolute Deviation
In this video, students will learn how to summarize the spread of data using the range and mean absolute deviation. They will understand the difference between the mean and mean absolute deviation, and how these measures provide insight...
Science360
Invasion Of The Earthworms!
Think of earthworms and a few things come to mind: they make great bait for fishing, they aerate the soil, and they're an excellent addition to a compost pile. But, what a lot of people don't know is many earthworms are actually invasive...
Maddie Moate
How Do Bees Keep Cool? (Water for Honey Bees) | Beekeeping with Maddie #12
Hello everyone! Today I show you how honey bees keep cool and explain why water is just as essential for them as it is for us! Try making your own 'bee bar' in your garden at home, take some pictures and send them to me on instagram or...
AllTime 10s
10 Surprising Things That Are Actually Good For You
Eat your greens and exercise. Whilst these tips are good, they're not exactly revolutionary, so here's 10 health tips that might just shock you.
Curated Video
Finding the Range of Data
In this video, students will learn how to find the range of a set of data by using graphs and charts. They will also discover how the range changes when an outlier is removed. The lesson covers the concepts of mean and median, and...