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Curated Video
Variations in Plant Traits
The video “Variations in Plant Traits” explains how the natural environment causes variations in plant traits.
Curated Video
How to Do a Heelside Check Slide on a Skateboard
Howcast - Learn how to do a heelside check slide from competitive skateboarder Nate Cohen in this Howcast skateboarding video.
Curated Video
Is Free Will Written Within the Laws of Quantum Physics?
The simplest definition of free will is the ability to have made a different choice. Our more precise definition: it is the ability of conscious beings to make choices that are not solely determined by prior physical...
Professor Dave Explains
Widefield and Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy
We just learned about electron microscopy, so what was the next major innovation in microscopy in the 20th century? That would be fluorescence microscopy, of both the widefield and confocal varieties. How does this work? What is...
World Science Festival
What the Binary Pulsar Can Tell Us
A neutron star is a rotating, superdense, dead star. A pulsar is a type of neutron star that must be both magnetized and moving very fast, because it spins its magnetic field fast enough to produce a beam of electromagnetic radiation....
Teacher's Pet
Cell History
While Robert Hooke discovered the cell in 1665, the first cell theory didn't come about until the 1830s. The video explains the discovery of the cell and the scientists involved. It continues to the parts of cell theory and the...
Teacher's Pet
Leaf Structure Lab
Two guard cells protect every stoma on a leaf. The video explains the structures of leaves, including stomatas. It details how to identify the parts under a microscope.
Bozeman Science
A Tour of the Cell
Adult humans are made of around 40 trillion cells that can't be seen these without some really powerful microscopes! Learners tour both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, learning how their structures are similar and different, and...
Teacher's Pet
Leaf Structure
Take it or leaf it, the video teaches the structure of leaves. It includes a discussion of stomata and the importance of transpiration. It also explains the role of chloroplasts.