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Instructional Video4:10
Veritasium

Where Do Trees Get Their Mass From?

6th - 12th
From stately oaks to towering pines, trees are the largest members of the plant kingdom that most people see. But how do trees get so big? Find out where the mass of a tree comes from with a short video. The narrator presents the topic...
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Instructional Video9:32
Periodic Videos

Manganese

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Photosynthesis requires manganese as an essential element. The 25th video occurs as part of a larger playlist of 118 on chemical elements. It discusses manganese and many interesting properties due to its position in the middle of the...
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Instructional Video2:02
MinuteEarth

The Real Reason Leaves Change Color in the Fall

6th - 12th Standards
Discover the chemistry behind the color change in leaves. The lesson narrator describes how trees must recycle nutrients in the leaves before they fall off for the winter. The video breaks down the process and highlights the chemistry of...
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Interactive3:50
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Scholastic

Study Jams! Light

3rd - 6th Standards
Let there be light in your classroom with a video that explains that light travels in waves, the electromagnetic spectrum contains seven colors, and the color of an object depends on which light waves it reflects and absorbs. With...
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Instructional Video4:12
SciShow

Why We Love Sugar

9th - 12th Standards
Now that's sour! Did you know lemons contain more sugar than strawberries? Here is a resource that helps pupils explore sugar, where it comes from, different types, why organisms need it, and how much we ingest. 
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Instructional Video2:17
Bite Sci-zed

Phototropism and Plant Hormones!

7th - 11th
Ever wonder why all the sunflowers in a field face the same direction? Phototropism of course! Scholars get a quick but informative explanation of phototropism and plant hormones in an engaging video presentation. The narrator describes...
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Instructional Video4:40
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Crash Course Kids

Planetary Plants

3rd - 8th Standards
Since plants are the main source for all life on Earth, that would mean there would have to be plants on other planets to support life. This is the focus of a video that explores how plants could exist on planets other than Earth.
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Instructional Video4:33
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Crash Course Kids

Look Who's Talking

3rd - 8th Standards
How do we know so much about how plants grow? By conducting experiments and investigations, of course! This is the focus of a video that describes the processes scientists use in order to unveil new information.
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Instructional Video5:42
TED-Ed

How We Think Complex Cells Evolved

7th - 12th Standards
Being able to absorb the abilities of other life forms may seem like something taken from a superhero movie, but sometimes reality is stranger than fiction. Join the narrator as he takes viewers back billions of years to investigate how...
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Instructional Video4:13
TED-Ed

How a Single-Celled Organism Almost Wiped out Life on Earth

7th - 12th
Meet cyanobacteria, the single-celled organism that changed the world by causing the first mass extinction of life forms, gave rise to oxygen breathing life forms, and was responsible for the first Ice Age.
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Instructional Video13:37
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Crash Course

The History of Life on Earth

7th - 12th
The first life on Earth developed in the oceans. As an introduction to ecology, the video starts with the formation of the earth. It follows with the Archaean and Proterozoic Eons including protobionts, prokaryotes, and eukaryotes. It...
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Instructional Video5:31
SciShow Kids

Grow Your Own Plants! - #sciencegoals

K - 5th Standards
Do you want to grow your own plant? No worries, find out how to plant, feed, and tend to your flower in a video all about plant growth. You can even observe, measure, and draw your plant in a daily science notebook.
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Instructional Video11:02
SciShow

A Brief History of Life: When Life Exploded

9th - 12th Standards
Dimetrodon is generally featured in children's books about dinosaurs even though it wasn't a reptile and lived in an earlier era than dinosaurs. The way life developed wasn't as smooth as many people think. The video focuses on the...
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Instructional Video2:54
Fuse School

Carbon Cycle - Part 2

9th - 12th
Nature has the ultimate recycling program — the Carbon Cycle! How do fossil fuels fit into this program? Pupils answer this question as they observe how all this added carbon serves to unbalance the cycle. Using the perspective of "new"...
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Instructional Video7:20
Fuse School

Carbohydrates

10th - Higher Ed Standards
If you eat too many carbohydrates, they convert into fats, but if you eat too few, you become dizzy and weak due to low blood sugar. The video explains the chemical function of carbohydrates. It offers an idea of their importance and...
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Instructional Video2:21
MinuteEarth

Why Are Leaves Green? Part 1

6th - 12th Standards
Consider a question that baffles even scientists. Why are leaves green? The video lesson offers a theory that begins with the first aquatic plants. Learners consider alternative explanations as well.
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Instructional Video6:18
Bozeman Science

LS1C - Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms

K - 12th Standards
How do you plan to approach standard LS1C, Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms? Avoid information overload with helpful advice in a short video. Topics include energy sources, relationships between organisms, and...
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Instructional Video4:12
FuseSchool

Enzymes

9th - 12th Standards
He is the substrate to her enzyme! The video describes why enzymes are important. It details their functions, how they relate to substrates, and why they are found in so many places. The resource is part of the Fuse School playlist.
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Instructional Video2:10
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American Chemical Society

Why Do Leaves Change Color?

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Discover the scientific explanation of fall leaves! The lesson narrator describes the role of chlorophyll, glucose, and weather in the process of the color-changing process. He adds an overview of carotenoids and flavonoids to explain...
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Instructional Video5:44
PBS

That Time Oxygen Almost Killed Everything

6th - 12th Standards
Oxygen keeps us alive, but did you ever consider how Earth found the right balance? Eons produced this video as part of a larger series that explores when Earth contained very little oxygen and green oceans ruled the planet. Viewers see...
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Instructional Video7:57
PBS

How Two Microbes Changed History

6th - 12th Standards
Where would we be without bacteria? As it turns out, we owe them everything! Introduce young biologists to endosymbiotic theory using an amazing video from an extensive biology playlist. Scholars discover the bacteria that may be...
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Instructional Video7:56
Amoeba Sisters

Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles

7th - 12th Standards
As the world turns ... so do the carbon and nitrogen cycles! Introduce them both to eager young biologists through an animated video, part of an extensive biology playlist. The narrator explains how each element moves through its...
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Instructional Video5:24
Amoeba Sisters

Endosymbiotic Theory

7th - 12th Standards
Eukaryotes—were we born from an act of predation that backfired? Ponder this and other questions of evolution with a video from a well-written biology playlist. Topics include the origins of mitochondria and chloroplasts, unusual...
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Instructional Video4:31
TED-Ed

Could Underwater Farms Help Fight Climate Change?

6th - 12th Standards
Is there a way to sustainably farm the ocean? Welcome to the world of restorative ocean farming. A short video looks at the advantages and issues associated with aquaculture. 

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