The Brain Scoop
Camel Spiders: Neither Camels, Nor Spiders
Camel spiders eat live birds by liquefying the birds in their mouths and sucking the meal down their throats. The video presents the facts and myths about these interesting animals as part of a Brain Scoop playlist on Insects and Other...
Steve Spangler Science
Soap Bubble Science - Inside a Giant Bubble
Spangler has a fourth grader join him in this segment. Her science fair project was a demonstration of how biologists cleaned up the birds and other wildlife that were affected by an oil spill. Amazingly, it's as simple as using soap!...
Crash Course
Community Ecology: Feel the Love
Warblers are small birds that have been known to get caught in spider webs. The video covers community ecology, focusing on the Competitive Exclusion Principle using the example of warblers. It also includes fundamental versus realized...
American Battlefield Trust
Civil War Trust Animated Map: Shiloh
Take a birds-eye view of the Civil War with an instructive video about the Battle of Shiloh. Paced over the four-day period in which Confederate troops were forced into retreat, the video presents both a strategic and tactical glimpse of...
Deep Look
Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Snail Sex
Birds do it, bees do it ... and snails do their own strange form of it. Discover the awkward encounter between hermaphrodite snails that ultimately results in sexual reproduction. The narrator of the short video explains the purpose for...
Real Engineering
Area Rule: How to Make Planes Fly Faster
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a modern aircraft with cross-sectional areas taken into consideration. A short video in the Real Engineering playlist describes how cross-sectional areas of airplanes relate to their speeds. It shows...
The Brain Scoop
Chicago Adventure, Part 8: How to be an Insect
Have you ever seen a wingless fly or a katydid larger than many birds? The eighth part of a series on the Field Museum in Chicago shares both of these unique insects. The resource explains the location and features of some of the...
PBS
How Sex Became a Thing
Birds, bees, flowers, trees ... and Funisia dorothea? Biology scholars journey back in time to discover more about the history of sexual reproduction. The video, one of many in a biology playlist, covers our earliest eukaryotic ancestor,...
SciShow
The Star That Trolled Astronomers
Is it a bird, or a plane, or a blinking star? Scientists discovered in 1967 what they later determined to be a pulsing star. An episode of a larger solar system playlist discusses the chemistry behind the existence of this type of star.
Common Sense Media
What is Twitter?
Bird is the word! Show scholars why, although it's neat to tweet, safe and smart is the best way to start! A short digital citizenship video demonstrates Twitter's micro-blogging concept and discusses appropriate content.
Crash Course
Coyote and Raven, American Tricksters: Crash Course World Mythology #22
According to a Native American myth from Alaska, ravens were originally white. Viewers learn how the bird species changed colors with the 22nd installment in the 41-part Crash Course World Mythology series. Scholars discover two of the...
Geography Now
Geography Now! Mauritius
Mark Twain once said heaven was modeled after Mauritius. The home to the now-extinct dodo bird also features lush and fascinating geographical features. A video resource highlights the complex island African nation.
Physics Girl
Are Perpetual Motion Machines Possible?
As part of a larger series, an informative video introduces the concept of perpetual motion machines and the science proving they don't work. The narrator then shares machines that appear to work and highlights the hidden sources of energy.
Curated OER
Mountains and Valleys - Part 4/5
We're off to New Zealand! With high peaks and mountaintop lakes, the Fiordland is home to one of the rarest birds in the world, the takahe. With the population dwindling to just 50 at one point, the sedentary bird is found in the alpine...
Curated OER
Stingray
Stingrays have existed for over 100 million years. They are pros at camouflaging in the sand. Watch this NatGeo video clip to learn more about this bird-like swimmer.
TED-Ed
How Did Feathers Evolve?
What do dinosaurs and modern birds have in common? More than you may think. See how scientists figured out the evolutionary relationship between these seemingly disparate animals. Additionally, discover how and why the feather evolved...
Sesame Street
D: Dance
Dance starts with the letter “D!” Elmo, Big Bird, and Snuffy dance with the letter “D.” This is a parody of the old iPod commercial.
Curated OER
STEMbite: Evolution of Behavior
Drew sneaks up on various animals to show their different behaviors. He discusses the fact that behavioral adaptations evolved over time, just like physical adaptations. Unfortunately the shade of the trees in the first part of the video...
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
A New History for Humanity—The Human Era
When was the year 0? Scholars view a short video clip on the history of humanity to determine just when to mark the start of human time. They analyze how the human population changed the earth and the structures of humanity, ultimately...
Curated OER
Deadly Venomous Viper
The pit viper takes advantage of tall trees to spy on its prey. It is found throughout Southeast Asia and its deadly venom strikes birds, frogs, and other helpless small animals. Watch this video to learn about a snake's incredible pits...
SciShow
Top 5 Deadliest Diseases
Some diseases kill more than 50 percent of those infected. The video focuses on the five deadliest diseases, explaining how they spread, the symptoms, their geographic locations, and the death rate for each. It turns out that the...
Physics Girl
Can You See This Type of Light?
Why can some organisms detect polarized light, but others can't? Scholars observe as the narrator constructs, demonstrates, and explains a simple polarimeter during a video from a larger playlist covering physics. Concepts include how...
Be Smart
How Evolution Turned a Possum into a Wolf
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...
Nature League
Adaptations at Animal Wonders - Field Trip
The word camouflage was first found use in English in the 1917 edition of Popular Science magazine. Camouflage, along with many other variations, star in the second video in a four-part series about adaptations. Join the virtual field...