Curated Video
How Smells Affect Emotions and Performance
This video discusses the powerful impact that scents can have on our emotions, memories, and overall well-being. The video also highlights the various scents, such as lemon, lavender, jasmine, rosemary, cinnamon, and peppermint, and...
Mazz Media
Map and Compass
This video explores the historical use of maps and compasses in exploration. Students will learn how a compass works, how to place a compass on a map and how to navigate with a compass. The program discusses a compasses relationship...
Flame Media
Walking a wire 21 stories up
In his series 'Redesign my Brain', award winning documentary maker Todd Sampson sets out to learn how to manage fear. To demonstrate it is possible to overcome fear Todd will walk on a wire across two skyscrapers – a world first for...
The Wall Street Journal
Sound Judgment
A plea for rethinking the beeps, boops and chirps of our phones and devices by Joel Beckerman, Founder and Composer of Man Made Music.
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
How Taste Buds and Your Nose Work Together
This video explains how taste buds and the nose work together to allow us to experience and appreciate the flavors of food. Learn about the role of the nose in smelling the chemicals released by food and how this contributes to our...
National Parks Service
Acadia National Park - Meet a Red Fox
Red Fox are an elusive creature that live here in Acadia National Park. Learn from one of them about what adaptations red fox have that allow them to survive along the coast of Maine.
Visual Learning Systems
Senses: Introduction
Whether it is the sight of colorful flowers, or the smell of freshly baked cookies, our senses are constantly at work. Breathtaking video footage and three-dimensional animations illustrate how complex sensory organs function. Special...
Curated Video
Adding Sensory Details to Enhance Your Writing
In this video, the teacher guides students on how to add sensory details to their writing to create vivid images in the reader's mind. The teacher provides examples and prompts for students to revise a paragraph by incorporating sensory...
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,...
Science Buddies
Write and Read Braille
Have you ever been in an elevator and wondered what the many little dots on the buttons are for? You can also find these dots in public buildings on room number signs or on ATMs. These arrangements of dots are a special writing system...
AllTime 10s
10 Reasons Not To Trust Your Senses
The human brain is weird - like, really weird - and surprisingly untrustworthy. It can trick you into thinking you hear something you don't, or taste red wine when it's just white with a dash of food coloring. Join John as he explores 10...
Science Buddies
Find Your Blind Spot!
Did you know that you have a blind spot in your eye? In fact, every person has an unavoidable blind spot in each of their eyes. This doesn't mean that you see a constant black spot in your field of vision though. Normally you don't...
Flame Media
How To Fine-tune Your Touch
In his series 'Redesign my Brain', award winning documentary maker Todd Sampson sets out to improve his senses: sight, hearing and touch. To prove that his sensory perception has been enhanced, Todd will compete in a safe-cracking...
Curated Video
The Five Senses
Wendy has a game that will help Theo The Mouse learn about the five senses - sight, sound, smell, touch and taste. Will Theo get it right?
Curated Video
029 A General Overview of How Senses Work
In this episode, I give a general overview of how senses work. I use the example of vision to illustrate a process that applies to all senses. Enjoy!
Curated Video
030 How Eyes Work - An Introduction
In this episode, I give an introduction to how eyes work. Why do you see what you see? What is the mechanism involved in that process? Watch the video and see :)
Curated Video
031 How Rods and Cones respond to Light
In this episode, I go through the process of how rods and cones respond to light. I use Rods as an example and show how Rhodopsin, Transducin and Phosphodiesterase are involved in the process. Enjoy
Curated Video
Human Physiology for Regular People - Interactive Study Guide
Grab a copy of the most amazing Physiology Study Guide, broken down in a way that ANYONE can understand. Comes with full video support - over 50 videos integrated.
Flame Media
Controlling Fear using Virtual Reality
In his series 'Redesign my Brain', award winning documentary maker Todd Sampson sets out to learn how to manage fear. To demonstrate it is possible to overcome fear Todd will walk on a wire across two skyscrapers – a world first for...
CTE Skills
HST-MT-Medical Terminology of the Special Senses
This Health Sciences video covers proper use, pronunciation and definitions of medical terminology pertaining to the Special Senses.
Neuro Transmissions
How Do We Feel?
Ouch! That hurt! When your baby brother bites your finger, how do you feel it? How do you know whatês hot or whatês cold? How can you tell if something is soft or scratchy or damp? Most of all, how do we feel pain? Weêre talking about...
Curated Video
Why Do Animals Have Whiskers?
Explore the fascinating function of whiskers in animals. We will learn how whiskers aid vision, serving as touch receptors, and providing a heightened sense of feeling. The whiskers play a crucial role in helping animals navigate their...
Flame Media
How To Improve Your Hearing
In his series 'Redesign my Brain', award winning documentary maker Todd Sampson sets out to improve his senses: sight, hearing and touch. To prove that his sensory perception has been enhanced, Todd will compete in a safe-cracking...