Curated Video
Key Ecology Terms | Ecology and Environment | Biology | FuseSchool
In this video we look at a few keys words that you will come across throughout ecology. An ecosystem is made up of all of the communities that live in it, every single organism from small to big and lots of environmental factors like...
Curated Video
Human Impacts on Biodiversity | Ecology and Environment | Biology | FuseSchool
Human Impacts on Biodiversity | Ecology and Environment | Biology | FuseSchool Biodiversity is the variety of life. There are thought to be 8.7 million species on planet Earth. And, as we saw in the video, "Why does biodiversity matter...
Curated Video
The Pros and Cons of Organic Farming | Ecology and Environment | Biology | FuseSchool
The Pros and Cons of Organic Farming | Ecology and Environment | Biology | FuseSchool In this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhOrIUlrnPo we looked at the key principles of organic farming - the use of more natural alternatives...
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Why Does Biodiversity Matter To Me? | Ecology and Environment | Biology | FuseSchool
Why Does Biodiversity Matter To Me? | Ecology and Environment | Biology | FuseSchool Biodiversity is the variety of life. It can be studied on many levels, from looking at all of the 8.7 million species on our planet to a specific...
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Sustainable development | Ecology & Environment | Biology | FuseSchool
Like all living organisms, humans need resources to live. We need food, clean water and a shelter to live in. A few thousand years ago, this is all we would have wanted - a full stomach and a warm, dry home. But, as the human race has...
Curated Video
The Evolution of Humans | Evolution | Biology | FuseSchool
Only in the last 570 million years have life forms that we are familiar with started to evolve. Much of what we know about evolution comes from the fossil record. The first mammals started appearing about 220 million years ago, and only...
Curated Video
Principles of Ecology - Organisms and the Environment Part 1
This section covers the relationship between organisms and their environment. It also covers the Levels of Organization and symbiotic relationships.
Bozeman Science
Biodiversity
Paul Andersen explains the importance of biodiversity. He starts by describing how biodiversity can be species, genetic or ecosystem diversity. He explains the importance of keystone species in an environment and gives two examples; the...
TED Talks
Hadyn Parry: Re-engineering mosquitos to fight disease
In a single year, there are 200-300 million cases of malaria and 50-100 million cases of dengue fever worldwide. So: Why haven't we found a way to effectively kill mosquitos yet? Hadyn Parry presents a fascinating solution: genetically...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Inside the killer whale matriarchy - Darren Croft
Pods of killer whales inhabit the waters of every major ocean on Earth. Each family is able to survive thanks mainly to one member, its most knowledgeable hunter: the grandmother. These matriarchs can live 80 years or more and their...
TED Talks
Simon Berrow: How do you save a shark you know nothing about?
They're the second-largest fish in the world, they're almost extinct, and we know almost nothing about them. In this talk, Simon Berrow describes the fascinating basking shark ("great fish of the sun" in Irish), and the exceptional --...
Curated Video
Feeding Relationships and Predator-Prey Cycles in Ecosystems
This is a lecture presentation on feeding relationships in ecosystems. The presenter discusses the interdependence of different organisms in a community and the consequences of a change in that community. Using a specific community as an...
Curated Video
What Are Interspecific & Intraspecific Interactions
From this video you should know the difference between interspecific and intraspecific, and that interactions can be positive, negative or neutral. Interspecific interactions are between different species (think international)....
Curated Video
Food Security
Even though enough food is grown to feed all 7 billion people on Earth, around 795 million (so 1 in 9 people) do not eat enough food to maintain good health. These people don’t just live in less developed countries, being undernourished...
Mazz Media
Biosphere
This live-action video program is about the word biosphere. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word biosphere through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Primer
Simulating Natural Selection
See how different attributes are naturally selected in different environments, and note some core principles of evolution along the way.
Primer
Simulating Natural Selection
See how different attributes are naturally selected in different environments, and note some core principles of evolution along the way.
Wonderscape
Adaptations: How Species Evolve to Fit Their Environment
Explore the concept of adaptations, crucial for the survival and evolution of species. Learn how organisms develop physical and behavioral traits in response to environmental changes. Understand the importance of adaptations through...
The Royal Institution
The Rules that Govern Life on Earth - with Sean B Carroll
You can also listen to this event on our new podcast! List here, or searh 'Ri Science Podcast' in your app of choice: https://soundcloud.com/royal-institution/sets/ri-science-podcast Evolutionary biologist Sean B Carroll reveals how a...
Curated Video
The culture of tool use in primates
In wild primates, the presence of culture has been inferred by showing that simple ecological and genetic differences cannot account for all behavioural variation across populations (e.g. tool use). However, this method ignores the...
Crash Course
Population Ecology: The Texas Mosquito Mystery
While 80 percent of people with West Nile Virus show no symptoms, in severe cases, it causes death by infecting the membranes around the spinal cord and brain. The video starts by making population ecology relevant. It includes density...
Crash Course
Ecology - Rules for Living on Earth
Populations, communities, ecosystems, and biospheres are the subject of a video that investigates biomes and reveals that taigas, or boreal forests, are the largest biome, covering 17% of Earth's land surface. Viewers then explore how...
Curated OER
STEMbite: Exponential Growth
When your biology or ecology class is studying populations, show this video to explain the concept of exponential growth. You could also use it with a math class. A nice addition would be to read the children's book, The Rajah's Rice: A...
Crash Course
Conservation and Restoration Ecology
Address types of diversity, conservation biology, and restoration ecology. A video also includes small population conservation, declining population conservation, structural restoration, bioremediation, biological augmentation, and...