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Nemours KidsHealth

How the Body Works: Immune Cells

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Nate is learning about human body systems, and in this episode he finds out about how important the immune system is. The leucocyte army explains that bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites can pose a threat. The nose serves as the...
Instructional Video6:22
TED-Ed

How Can We Solve the Antibiotic Resistance Crisis?

For Students 6th - 12th
We live in the age of Superbugs! These nasty bacteria have developed resistance to antibiotics, and no new antibiotics are being developed. Find out why in a short video that reveals the role profit plays in drug research.
Instructional Video3:05
American Chemical Society

What Is Your Snot Saying?

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
All mucus is not created equal! An ACS Reactions video lesson explains what the color and texture of mucus communicates. Its appearance can indicate the status of our immune systems as it contains important cells and chemical compounds...
Instructional Video2:46
FuseSchool

What Are Vaccinations?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Are vaccinations necessary in preventing illness? As part of a larger playlist, a short, yet informative video describes what vaccines are and how they work in the body. Viewers witness the introduction of the vaccine culture and how the...
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Crash Course

Community Ecology II: Predators

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The first examples of mimicry we have found date back to before flowering plants. The video goes in depth on predators at the community ecology level. It includes discussions of herbivores, parasitism, adaptations, cryptic coloration,...
Instructional Video4:36
SciShow

How To Make Antivenom

For Students 9th - 12th
You are nine times more likely to die from a lightning strike than a snakebite, thanks to anti-venom. But where does anti-venom come from? Viewers follow the process of making anti-venom, beginning with the discovery of how to make it...
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Size Analogies of Bacteria and Viruses

For Students 9th - 10th
Comparisons of bacteria and viruses with standard cells. [1:43]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Discovery of Penicillin

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey tells the story of researcher Sir Alexander Fleming, whose luck and scientific reasoning led to the groundbreaking discovery of penicillin. [4:45]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Liquid Assets: Public Health

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment from a WPSU documentary Liquid Assets connects public health to the availability of clean and safe drinking water and elaborates on the threats our bodies face due to increasing kinds and quantities of pollutants.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: The Show: Glo Germ

For Students 3rd - 8th
Is there a way to avoid spreading germs to our friends and families? Come along with Jordan and Sydney as they research this topic.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Bubonic Plague

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey, learn about bubonic plague and how city officials in San Francisco tried to contain its spread in the early 1900s. [5:06]
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Bozeman Science

Bozeman Science: Viral Replication

For Students 9th - 10th
Paul Andersen explains how viruses reproduce using the lytic cycle. He also shows how viruses can pick up new genetic material and how retroviruses (like HIV) can enter into the lytic cycle. He also describes the lysogenic cycle and how...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Producing Penicillin

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey, follow two scientists and their Nobel Prize-winning efforts to cure bacterial infections using penicillin. [4:54]
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Bozeman Science

Bozeman Science: Immune System

For Students 9th - 10th
Paul Andersen explains how your body protects itself from invading viruses and bacteria. He starts by describing the nonspecific immune responses of skin and inflammation. He then explains how we use antibodies to disrupt the function of...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Cholera: Domesticating Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how scientists are beginning to predict patterns of disease transmission and levels of virulence. Explore how society can steer the evolution of microorganisms to weaken them.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Pneumonia?

For Students 9th - 10th
Pneumonia is a medical condition where lung tissue becomes inflamed, usually caused by a virus or bacteria. Learn how shortness of breath, cough, and fever are common symptoms of this condition and why they occur in pneumonia.
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Kurzgesagt

You Tube: Kurzgesagt: Why You Are Still Alive the Immune System

For Students 9th - 10th
Every second of your life you are under attack. Bacteria, viruses, spores and more living stuff wants to enter your body and use its resources for itself. The immune system is a powerful army of cells that fights like a T-Rex on speed...
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California Academy of Sciences

Ca Academy of Sciences: Cow Power

For Students 3rd - 8th
Why not use micro-organisms (bacteria, viruses, fungus, etc.) to create sustainable energy and fuel? There are a lot of ideas currently being researched and put to use including turning cow manure into natural gas. [4:43]

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