Instructional Video11:41
SciShow

SciShow Quiz Show: Winter Edition with Henry Reich

12th - Higher Ed
Hank goes head-to-head with Minute Physics’ Henry Reich to test their wits about the winter solstice, reindeer, and the science of snow! Chapters View all HANK GREEN 0:20 HENRY REICH 0:28 MAX LOUTZENHEISER 1:03 FLORIAN STINGLMAYR 1:06...
Instructional Video5:28
SciShow Kids

From the Ground to the Sky: The Layers of the Redwood Forest

K - 5th
There's all sorts of life in the Redwood forest, but not just in the ground, different animals live in all layers of the Redwoods! Disciplinary Core Ideas: LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems - Plants depend on water and...
Instructional Video3:58
TED Talks

TED: If trees could speak | Elif Shafak

12th - Higher Ed
How do we tell stories of humanity and nature at a time when our planet is burning? Novelist Elif Shafak invites us to listen to the trees, whose experience of time, stillness and impermanence is utterly different from our own. "Hidden...
Instructional Video4:47
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: What's hidden among the tallest trees on Earth? - Wendell Oshiro

Pre-K - Higher Ed
When Stephen Sillett was a boy, he took to the forests of Pennsylvania with his brother and grandmother. Looking up into the dense branches and leaves, his curiosity was piqued: What was hidden up there? Wendell Oshiro tells the story of...
Instructional Video4:27
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: How do dogs "see" with their noses? - Alexandra Horowitz

Pre-K - Higher Ed
You may have heard the expression that dogs 'see with their noses.' But these creature's amazing nasal architecture actually reveals a whole world beyond what we can see. Alexandra Horowitz illustrates how the dog's nose can smell the...
Instructional Video6:37
SciShow

DNA and Dung Beetles

12th - Higher Ed
Chapters View all CARL LINNAEUS 1:24 20% OF KNOWN SPECIES 1:38 NOT 100 MILLION 1:51 DEEP SEA LOBSTERS 2:25 VENEZUELAN SNAIL 2:28 FISH COUNT 2:39
Instructional Video3:10
SciShow Kids

Why Do Squirrels Dig?

K - 5th
Squirrels eat a lot of things that are pretty tricky to find in the winter, like nuts and berries. Luckily for them, they have lots of clever ways to store up food to last them through the cold parts of the year!
Instructional Video6:04
Be Smart

We Got Ants In Our Plants!

12th - Higher Ed
Rainforest Edition: Ants in The Rainforest.
Instructional Video5:56
SciShow

These Adorable Wolves Play Fetch – And Defy Dogma | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
We thought that we taught dogs how to play fetch, but some adorable wolf pups may have just proved us wrong. Also some plants may be immortal?
Instructional Video21:32
SciShow

SciShow Talk Show: The Insectarium with Olivia Gordon

12th - Higher Ed
Welcome back to SciShow Talk Show where Hank talks with interesting people about interesting things! In this episode Hank talks with Olivia Gordon of the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium. Chapters View all MISSOULA BUTTERFLY...
Instructional Video6:54
Bozeman Science

LS1B - Growth and Development

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen answers the following question: How do organisms grow and develop?
Instructional Video2:19
MinuteEarth

The Secret Weapon That Could Help Save Bees

12th - Higher Ed
Honeybees are dying from parasites, pesticides, and poor nutrition, but we can help them in a number of ways, including by encouraging them to make a homemade antibiotic.
Instructional Video11:22
TED Talks

Yaniv Erlich: How we're building the world's largest family tree

12th - Higher Ed
Computational geneticist Yaniv Erlich helped build the world's largest family tree -- comprising 13 million people and going back more than 500 years. He shares fascinating patterns that emerged from the work -- about our love lives, our...
Instructional Video4:41
TED-Ed

TED-ED: Why do we kiss under mistletoe? - Carlos Reif

Pre-K - Higher Ed
The sight of mistletoe may either send you scurrying or, if you have your eye on someone, awaiting an opportunity beneath its snow-white berries. But how did the festive tradition of kissing under mistletoe come about? Carlos Reif...
Instructional Video3:20
SciShow

The Vine That 'Loves' Parasitic Wasps to Death

12th - Higher Ed
This vine loves sucking the life out of plants AND insects.
Instructional Video17:04
SciShow

Tornado Talk with Mark Heyka

12th - Higher Ed
Hank sits down with local meteorologist Mark Heyka for a 100% chance of fun as they discuss tornados and weather phenomenons. Then Jessi from Animal Wonders comes on to show off a pair of adorable sugar gliders.
Instructional Video6:30
Be Smart

Are Dinosaurs Extinct?

12th - Higher Ed
Most people are taught that dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago when a giant meteor crashed into the Yucatan peninsula. I'm here to tell you that's wrong. Dinosaurs are alive and well today, and you don't have to go to Jurassic...
Instructional Video9:47
TED Talks

Takaharu Tezuka: The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen

12th - Higher Ed
At this school in Tokyo, five-year-olds cause traffic jams and windows are for Santa to climb into. Meet: the world's cutest kindergarten, designed by architect Takaharu Tezuka. In this charming talk, he walks us through a design process...
Instructional Video5:02
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The tale of the boy who tricked the Devil | Iseult Gillespie

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In a small town, a proud mother showed off her newborn son. Upon noticing his lucky birthmark, townsfolk predicted he would marry a princess. But soon, these rumors reached the wicked king. Enraged, the king stole the child away, and...
Instructional Video1:57
SciShow

Why Do Koalas Hug Trees?

12th - Higher Ed
As if koalas could be any more adorable, they also tend to spend a lot of their time hugging trees. But why? Quick Questions has the answer!
Instructional Video2:17
MinuteEarth

When Trees Go Nuts

12th - Higher Ed
Every once in a while, all the oaks or spruces or other plants in a region suddenly produce a tremendous bounty of seeds – up to 100 times more than usual. But why do they do it, and how do they all manage to sync up?...
Instructional Video30:38
SciShow

Mountain Pine Beetle Update: SciShow Talk Show

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow welcomes back Diana Six to talk to us about current news on the Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak. Then, Jessi Knudsen Castañeda stops by and brings a familiar friend whose anatomy may help scientists develop better hypodermic...
Instructional Video14:11
TED Talks

Lucy Cooke: Sloths! The strange life of the world's slowest mammal

12th - Higher Ed
Sloths have been on this planet for more than 40 million years. What's the secret to their success? In a hilarious talk, zoologist Lucy Cooke takes us inside the strange life of the world's slowest mammal and shows what we can learn from...
Instructional Video3:08
MinuteEarth

The Plankton Paradox

12th - Higher Ed
The competitive exclusion principle predicts that there would just be a few species of plankton, but instead there are thousands.