SciShow
When Algae Learned to Hunt
You probably don't consider algae to be super aggressive, but 66 million years ago had to turn to murder in order to survive.
SciShow
Common Misconceptions About Evolution
Evolution is particularly vulnerable to misunderstandings around the scientific language. SciShow clears up some confusing language!
Crash Course
Evolution: It's a Thing - Crash Course Biology
Hank gets real with us in a discussion of evolution - it's a thing, not a debate. Gene distribution changes over time, across successive generations, to give rise to diversity at every level of biological organization.
TED Talks
TED: A robot that eats pollution | Jonathan Rossiter
Meet the "Row-bot," a robot that cleans up pollution and generates the electricity needed to power itself by swallowing dirty water. Roboticist Jonathan Rossiter explains how this special swimming machine, which uses a microbial fuel...
Bozeman Science
Evidence of Evolution:
Paul Andersen describes pieces of evidence that Charles Darwin used to support the idea of evolution and his process of natural selection. He begins with the following evidence use in the Origin of Species; artificial selection,...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The evolution of the human eye - Joshua Harvey
The human eye is an amazing mechanism, able to detect anywhere from a few photons to a few quadrillion, or switch focus from the screen in front of you to the distant horizon in a third of a second. How did these complex structures...
Crash Course
Community Ecology II: Predators - Crash Course Ecology
Hank gets to the more violent part of community ecology by describing predation and the many ways prey organisms have developed to avoid it.
Bozeman Science
Homeostasis Preview
Paul Andersen reviews the major components of the homeostasis. He explains how organisms respond to abiotic and biotic factors in their environment with feedback loops. He shows how responses can be behavioral or physiological.
Crash Course
Community Ecology: Feel the Love - Crash Course Ecology
Interactions between species are what define ecological communities, and community ecology studies these interactions anywhere they take place. Although interspecies interactions are mostly competitive, competition is pretty dangerous,...
Crash Course
Ecosystem Ecology: Links in the Chain - Crash Course Ecology
Hank brings us to the next level of ecological study with ecosystem ecology, which looks at how energy, nutrients, and materials are getting shuffled around within an ecosystem (a collection of living and nonliving things interacting in...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How we think complex cells evolved - Adam Jacobson
Imagine you swallowed a small bird and suddenly gained the ability to fly - or you ate a cobra and were able to spit poisonous venom! Well, throughout the history of life (and specifically during the evolution of complex eukaryotic...
Bozeman Science
Mitosis and Meiosis Simulation
Mr. Andersen uses chromosome beads to simulate both mitosis and meiosis. A brief discussion of gamete formation is also included.
SciShow Kids
Lichen Two Living Things In One Biology for Kids
Join Jessi this week at the fort and learn about the unexpectedly awesome organism that's made up of two living things: LICHEN!
Curated Video
Types of Reproduction
New ReviewThis video clarifies the difference between asexual and sexual reproduction of cells.
Curated Video
Habitats and Niches
New ReviewThis Science 6 instructional video discusses organisms living space and where they fit in within the ecosystem.
Curated Video
How Evolution Works: Debunking Misconceptions with Science
New ReviewEvolution is inherited change in a population of organisms over time resulting in appearance of new forms, under the influence of pressure from the environment. Note changes are in populations not individual organisms. Another point is...
Curated Video
Are All Humans Related? The Science of Genetic Connection
Are we all related? Yes, in fact, all life is related. You Are Related to a Tomato! A lot of you know that apes and humans share a common ancestor – so you know you’re related to Bonzo the ape at your local zoo. But did you know that you...
Curated Video
How Anger Affects Thinking & Decision-Making
Howcast -Learn how anger affects thinking and decision-making from anger management expert Dr. J. Ryan Fuller in this Howcast video.
Curated Video
What If We Killed All Mosquitoes?
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Curated Video
THIS IS The Largest Living Thing on Earth
Many people would be able to name the world’s largest animal, the blue whale. And perhaps they’d even come up with the world’s largest tree: the Giant Sequoia, whose tallest specimen currently stretches some 84 meters (275 feet) into the...
Curated Video
Animals and plants in the temperate deciduous forests
Pupil outcome: I can describe how animals and plants in temperate deciduous forests adapt to the climate. Key learning points: - Animals such as squirrels, hedgehogs, and birds, such as nightingales, can be found in temperate deciduous...
Curated Video
Carl Linnaeus and classification
Pupil outcome: I can describe the work of Carl Linnaeus and his contribution to how we classify living things. Key learning points: - Taxonomy is the science of naming, describing and grouping all living things. - Scientists have...
Curated Video
Principle of MacConkey’s Agar
MacConkeys agar Media Principle is a selective and differential media. It is selective for enteric bacteria and differentiates between lactose fermenters and lactose non-fermenters. Organisms that can break lactose produce acidic end...
Curated Video
Principle of Blood Agar Medium
Haemolysins are exotoxins produced by bacteria that lyse red blood cells. The haemolytic reaction can be visualized on blood agar plates. This media is used for cultivation of fastidious organisms and studying haemolytic reactions. It...