Visual Learning Systems
What Are Plants?: Different Groups of Plants
This series of videos explores the diversity of plants and introduces the important characteristics plants have in common: photosynthesis, cell walls, and reproducing by seeds and spores. The importance of plants in everyday life is...
Professor Dave Explains
Gymnosperms: Long-Distance Pollination
We've made through a number of vascular plants so far, but it's time to examine gymnosperms. These include plants like pine trees, and any plant that bears cones. These plants exhibit an important evolutionary advantage over previous...
SciShow Kids
Meet the Redwoods: The World’s Tallest Trees
Jessi and Squeaks are thinking of visiting the redwoods, the tallest trees in the world, but there's lots for them to learn before they make their trip! First Grade Next Generation Science Standards Disciplinary Core Idea: LS1.A:...
The Brain Scoop
Two Bats and a Spider
What creatures lurk in the rainforest at night? Meet three of them in one short video. Part of a playlist exploring mammals, the video presents a look at night research in the Amazon. Scientists locate and photograph two bat species and...