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Being Alive - What Does it Mean?
Defines characteristics of living organisms: Growth, Reproduction, Metabolism, Cellular Organisation and Consciousness
ProTeachersVideo
The Brain: Unconscious Learning
Ever felt that you just 'knew' something but didn’t know how you’d learnt it? This is Unconscious Learning. Playing the piano is a good example of an activity, which most people have to be taught. But some people seem to be able to learn...
Curated Video
How Our Brain Perceives Light and Dark
This video explores the fascinating phenomenon of how our perception of light and dark objects can be influenced by the background they are presented on.
Curated Video
The Body Transfer Illusion
In this video, we explore the fascinating concept of proprioception, the sense that allows us to know the position of our body parts in relation to each other. We also delve into the rubber hand illusion, where our brains are tricked...
Curated Video
The Mystery of Dreams
This video explores different theories about the purpose and origin of dreams, including those proposed by Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and more recent research by Alan Hobson and Robert McCarley. The video also touches on why we often...
Visual Learning Systems
Plant Growth, Development, and Response: Introduction
From fertilization, to germination, to growth, to death, this series of videos explores the life cycles of plants. The means by which plants respond to their environment is also highlighted. Specific attention is paid to development of...
Curated Video
Understanding the Visually Evoked Auditory Response
In this video, the concept of visually evoked auditory response (VEAR) is explored, which is the phenomenon of hearing sounds in response to visual stimuli. The video presents examples of GIFs and animations that appear to create sounds,...
Institute of Human Anatomy
The Science of Sweat: Types, Functions, and Athletic Performance
This video discusses the different types of sweat produced by the body and how they are influenced by various stimuli. It explains the functions of the apocrine and eccrine glands in producing sweat and their roles in thermal regulation...
Professor Dave Explains
Types of Speciation Allopatric, Sympatric, Peripatric, and Parapatric
Earlier in the series we learned about evolution by natural selection, and the production of new species, which we call speciation. But did you know there are different types of speciation? There are! That's because there are different...
Infognostica
Positive psychology (Part 7) - Intuition
Scientific studies show that there is a basis for intuition - it's not something imaginary. There may be a vaster intelligence available to us if we listened to it. Although intelligence as we know it, is "measured" by psychometric...
Curated Video
Plant Movement: Tropisms, Nastic Movements, and Their Importance
Have you noticed that plants tend to grow in the direction of the sun? This redirection towards the sun a form of tropism, or plant movement. Learn about the common types of plant movement and their benefits!
Visual Learning Systems
Nervous and Endocrine Systems: Stimuli
Students will learn the three main types of neurons and how they travel through the body's nerve network. Diagrams explain how information is received using our sensory organs and then processed by the central and peripheral nervous...
Curated Video
Carl Jung’s Theory on Introverts, Extraverts, and Ambiverts
This video explains the difference between introverts and extroverts and how they gain and recharge their mental energy. It also provides tips for teachers and leaders to support both temperaments and help them develop their strengths.
Healthcare Triage
The Science of Opioids
The Science of Opioids - How do opioids work? We look at the physiological processes that let opioids produce their effects in human bodies.
Curated Video
The Importance of Reflexes
This video explains what reflexes are and how they are involuntary actions of the body in response to stimuli. It highlights various reflexes such as removing the hand from a hot object, blinking, sneezing, coughing, and the patellar...
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Characteristics of Living Things
It describes the characteristics of living things and differentiates between living and non-living things.
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BIOLOGY - Physiology - Eye and four vision problems
Eye and four vision problems All animals and plants are sensitive - they detect changes in their environment. This is one of the seven life processes. Any change that is detected is called a stimulus. If necessary, they then respond to...
Mazz Media
Mouth (How it Functions)
This live-action video program is about the term __________ The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated...
Curated Video
Multi-Sensory Integration and the Power of Touch
This video explores the concept of multi-sensory integration, which is the study of how our different senses work together to process information. It discusses how our senses can influence each other and affect our perception of the...
Science360
Social interactions and the brain - Science Nation
Many animals, from insects to humans, are social. Their brains have evolved to be sensitive to sensory cues that carry social information, such as: speech sounds, pheromones and visual cues. But very little is known about how animal...
Professor Dave Explains
The Peripheral Nervous System: Nerves and Sensory Organs
We've learned about one main division of the nervous system, the central nervous system, so let's learn about the other. That's the peripheral nervous system. This is the part that receives information from your surroundings and brings...
ProEdify
The Essentials of the Nervous System: Functions and Structure
This video provides a comprehensive overview of the nervous system, covering its purpose, functions, and basic structure. The video highlights the three major functions of the nervous system: integrated functions, sensory functions, and...
Visual Learning Systems
Needs of Living Things: What Are Living Things?
Upon viewing the Needs of Living Things video series, students will be able to do the following: Explain that living things have the following characteristics: they are made up of one or more cells, carry out movement, grow, and develop....
Professor Dave Explains
Plant Responses to the Environment: Tropisms and Defenses
We've already learned a little bit about plant hormones, but let's dig a little deeper so that we can really examine the different ways that plants can respond to stimuli. These are called tropisms, and they can be positive or negative,...