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Instructional Video4:20
The Brain Scoop

Pangolins

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Whether you call it a walking artichoke, or a pinecone anteater, pangolins are pretty cool! The narrator of a video from a larger playlist exploring mammals introduces young zoologists to the pangolin from the specimen room of the Field...
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Activity
Shanghai American School

Frog Dissection

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Hop into exploration of a frog's anatomy with this collection of dissection resources. With the help of the included virtual dissection website, worksheets, and printable diagrams, students will have no problem navigating their way...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Worksheet 10: Parts of the Body (Animals)

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, students examine 7 animal body part words in the word bank and use them to fill in the blanks in 4 questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Parts of the Body and Colors (Animals)

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this animal activity, students analyze four color pictures of animals. Students answer 10 questions about the parts of the body and colors of the animals. Students choose the correct describing phrase from three choices. This page...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Parts of the Body and Colors (Animals)

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this animals worksheet, students complete 10 sentences by writing the letter of the correct phrase in the blank spaces. There are 3 choices for each sentence; all pertain to parts of animal bodies.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Parts of the Body (Animals) Worksheet 10

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this animal sentence completion worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 8 sentences with words from the labeled diagrams of animals.
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Instructional Video4:57
TED-Ed

Eye vs. Camera

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Take a look at the human eye through a different lens with this fun instructional video. Drawing the comparison between eyes and cameras, this resource helps young biologists better understand the anatomy and function of these...
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Instructional Video2:06
Curated OER

Brain Anatomy and Functions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
An animated diagram of the human brain is shown spinning around, pointing out the parts of the brain as it moves. After the parts are all listed, the functions of the various areas are pointed out. No sound is included. Use this to quiz...
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Instructional Video4:45
TED-Ed

How Turtle Shells Evolved... Twice

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
How do turtle shells form? Scholars explore the evolution of turtle shells and learn about how they form from many different bones before relating the process to cell differentiation in an organism. Pupils also look at different turtle...
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Instructional Video5:47
TED-Ed

I'm Batman

For Students 4th - 12th Standards
When you think about bats, what comes to mind? Vampires? Rabies? After watching this short video you'll have a whole new appreciation for these terribly misunderstood mammals.
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Instructional Video5:22
TED-Ed

What Does Lead Poisoning Do To Your Brain?

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Despite government regulations and improved housing quality, lead poisoning is still an issue today. But what are the implications of lead exposure to a person's brain and neural activity? Learn more in a video that uses animation to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fish Anatomy

For Teachers 2nd - 10th
Add a handy reference sheet about fish anatomy and functioning to your learners' biology or animal notebooks. Though this resource doesn't provide any practice, it makes a useful addition to any study of anatomy, biology, species, fish,...
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Instructional Video5:26
TED-Ed

What Happens When You Remove the Hippocampus?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Imagine not being able to remember what day it is or what food you had for breakfast this morning. This nightmare was a reality for Henry Molaison, whose life story is the focus of this video explaining how different parts of the...
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Instructional Video3:48
Deep Look

How Do Pelicans Survive Their Death-Defying Dives?

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Get ready to take the plunge! Science scholars go fishing with a brown pelican and see how it can withstand the impact of the water from a height of 40 feet. The narrator shows the birds in action and describes the physical adaptations...
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Instructional Video5:35
The Brain Scoop

Chicago Adventure, Part Three: Little Skeletons

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
How do museums keep up with all of the tiny creatures they collect? Go behind the scenes through a video from a larger playlist covering mammals. The narrator shows how skeletal parts are numbered, then examines the museum's collection...
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Instructional Video6:28
The Brain Scoop

Bending Fossils: Experiments In Paleontology (Harvard Adventures, Part 3)

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
How can we bend a fossil? Junior paleontologists explore the joint movements of extinct species in Brain Scoop's Fossils and Geology series. The narrator works with a paleontology curator to show the experiments performed on the...
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Instructional Video6:27
The Brain Scoop

Chicago Adventure, Part 7: Octopus Sex

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Octopi transfer sperm by a modified arm tip. Other interesting and weird facts about octopus sex in included in an intriguing video. Brain Scoop presents the seventh part of a series on an adventure at the Field Museum as part of its...
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Instructional Video16:44
The Brain Scoop

Wolves Can Be a Bit Coy

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
It turns out wolves are not quite as wolfish as they used to be. Part of a larger playlist  on mammals, the video offers an in-depth look at the wolf populations of today which, in some cases, are more coyote than wolf. The narrator...
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Instructional Video4:10
Deep Look

For These Tiny Spiders, It's Sing or Get Served

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Rejection is hard, especially if you're a male jumping spider! Life science scholars watch as the little spiders bust a move in an interesting video. Thanks to some amazing research, viewers can even hear the male's built-in beat box as...
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Instructional Video5:55
PBS

The Time Terror Birds Invaded

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Like something from a low-budget horror movie, terror birds ruled the roost in South America millions of years ago. Things didn't go as well when they headed north! With an intriguing video, biology scholars explore the massive migration...
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Instructional Video8:19
Be Smart

How Evolution Turned a Possum into a Wolf

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Do bats really have thumbs? Explore this, and many other intriguing topics using a short video from a great science series. Viewers learn to differentiate between analogous and homologous structures, why natural selection favors traits...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Fifth Grade Science Assessment

For Students 5th - 6th
In this science assessment worksheet, students complete a 25 question multiple choice quiz about biology. Plant and animal anatomy is included.
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Instructional Video5:28
TED-Ed

Just How Small Is an Atom?

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Using a massive cartoon blueberry as an atom model, an animated astronaut describes an atom's anatomy and the density of its nucleus. After showing this featurette, you can have young physical scientists construct atom models. Also, be...
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Instructional Video5:04
TED-Ed

The Benefits of a Bilingual Brain

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
What does it really mean to know a language? Did you know that knowing two or more languages means that your brain might actually look and work differently than those of your monolingual friends? Discover the three different types of...