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Be Smart

Your Mom is LITERALLY Part of You!

For Students 6th - 12th
You will always be on your mother's mind — literally, as it turns out. The video explains how cells pass between mother and child during pregnancy and how long these cells lasts. For up to 50 years after being born, you have cells from...
Instructional Video3:17
SciShow

What Honeybees Can Teach Us About Democracy

For Students 9th - 12th
While the United States has a representative democracy, honeybees have a true democracy. The video explains how honeybees vote, how they research their decision making process, and the importance of influencing others. It also describes...
Instructional Video4:04
SciShow

5 Things Your Nails Can Say About Your Health

For Students 9th - 12th
Did you know your nails can show symptoms of health problems? Video highlights five symptoms that can tell you more about what is going on with your body. From a lack of nutrition to cancer to an injury, nails tell you things you might...
Instructional Video7:55
Be Smart

Ebola Explained

For Students 6th - 12th
While Ebola killed 70 percent of some communities, the worldwide outbreak in 2014 only killed 40 percent of those infected. The biggest predictors of survival are access to health care and sanitary conditions for the deceased. This video...
Instructional Video4:14
SciShow

Do You Really Have a New Body Every 7 Years?

For Students 9th - 12th
If it's on the Internet, it has to be true... right? Turns out the answer is a predictable no. While you don't have a new body every seven years, your cells do replace themselves and the video discusses how often based on the types of...
Instructional Video2:24
SciShow

What Are Eye Boogers?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Human eyes have a tear film that covers them and helps clear away the dust that would otherwise impede your vision. The video explains what happens when the eyelid doesn't open and close enough to clear away the dust, like when you are...
Instructional Video3:49
SciShow

Space Mining

For Students 9th - 12th
We are using some natural resources at a rate that means we will run out of them in the near future, but what if we could get them from space? Watch a video that highlights a company that was founded to mine asteroids and other...
Instructional Video2:07
MinuteEarth

Five Crazy Bridges for Animals

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
How did the chicken cross the road? The video addresses the multiple solutions we created to help animal populations cross roads, power lines, and dams. It explains the reason human-made obstacles hurt animal populations and why it...
Instructional Video6:00
Veritasium

Single Photon Interference

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
How does a single photon show a phase shift? Using the interference pattern created by light traveling through a double slit, the resource asks whether the interference pattern would still show if only one photon of light is sent at a...
Instructional Video2:54
Veritasium

How Does A Boomerang Work?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Boomerangs make nice round trip flights thanks to physics. The Veritasium video explains the science of how a boomerang works. It focuses on lift, relative velocity, and gyroscopic precision. 
Instructional Video9:32
PBS

The Higgs Mechanism Explained

For Students 10th - Higher Ed Standards
In 2012, physicists discovered a new particle, the Higgs Boson. This particle, predicted by scientists for years, finally answered many questions in quantum field theory. A video in PBS Space Time's "The Origin and Matter of Time"...
Instructional Video8:58
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Socratica

Molecular Formula

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Looking for the formula for success in chemistry class? Socratica's lesson on Molecular Formula, from its Chemistry Lessons series, is the solution! The narrator guides learners through the differences between empirical and molecular...
Instructional Video10:08
JFR Science

Covalent Bonds: Why Can't We Have a Molecule of Salt?

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Sharing just makes you feel good ... especially if you're a non-metal! Young chemists examine bonding basics with a video from JFR Science. Topics include how covalent bonding differs from ionic bonding, how covalent bonding works, and...
Instructional Video9:41
JFR Science

Gas Stoichiometry: How Does an Airbag Work?

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Airbags save lives ... and combining the Gas Laws and stoichiometry saves time. Find out how airbags inflate using a video from JFR Science. Topics covered include the Ideal Gas Law, standard temperature and pressure, and how to combine...
Instructional Video9:24
JFR Science

Calculating Empirical and Molecular Formula: What Is a Mass Spectrometer?

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
What's the formula for success? A unique and well-written resource from JFR Science explains empirical and molecular formulas. Young chemists learn the steps and skills required to determine the formulas from percent composition and...
Instructional Video12:37
JFR Science

Half Reaction Method

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Ready to tame LEO the lion before he says GER? Get chemistry scholars acquainted with the half reaction method for handling redox equations using a video from the JFR Science playlist. Step-by-step instructions and great tips provide...
Instructional Video6:10
Socratica

What Are Functional Groups?

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
What's the function of functional groups? Explore the portions of biological molecules that make things happen with a video from Socratica's series on biology. The narrator illustrates each major functional group, then describes them in...
Instructional Video2:49
FuseSchool

What are Pathogens?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Feeling a little under the weather? A pathogen could be to blame. A video from a larger pathogens playlist presents a brief overview of the bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protists that put us in peril. From cholera to dysentery, it...
Instructional Video3:12
FuseSchool

What Are White Blood Cells?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
White blood cells are our body's tiniest warriors! How do they work? Biology scholars discover the types and functions of white blood cells through a video from an intriguing biology playlist. The resource profiles both types of white...
Instructional Video4:49
Physics Girl

Mind-Boggling Hiker Riddle

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
One short riddle can make for some great brainstorming! Introduce young scientists to the hiker riddle with a video from the Physics Girl playlist. The puzzle involves a hiker walking due south, then due east, then due north in one-mile...
Instructional Video3:58
Physics Girl

Spool Riddle - Which Way Will It Roll?

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Looking for a challenging brain teaser to stimulate conversation? The spool riddle will make things roll right along! The narrator of the a physics video series explains the constraints of the spool in terms of movement and friction,...
Instructional Video6:38
PBS

When Giant Fungi Ruled

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Fungi are more than fun ... they're also functional! Most everyone knows they serve as Earth's decomposers, but ancient fungi took their job to a whole new level! An entertaining video from a large biology playlist examines the giant...
Instructional Video5:10
Amoeba Sisters

Asexual and Sexual Reproduction

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Why do some organisms reproduce sexually, others reproduce asexually, and some both? Biology scholars examine the pros and cons of sexual and asexual reproduction through a short, informative video. The resource offers great examples of...
Instructional Video7:57
Amoeba Sisters

Characteristics of Life

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
What makes a living thing, well, living? Explore the many characteristics of living things through an animated video. Science scholars become acquainted with the obvious and not-so-obvious traits exhibited by organisms, then learn that...

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