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Instructional Video9:11
Amoeba Sisters

Specialized Cells: Significance and Examples

7th - 12th Standards
All cells are created equal, but some go on to do amazing things! Find out more about these super hero cells with a short video from a well-written biology playlist. Topics include specialized plant and animal cells and how cells know to...
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Instructional Video4:41
TED-Ed

Why Do We Kiss Under Mistletoe?

7th - 12th
Hanging mistletoe is a holiday tradition, but where did the idea of kissing under mistletoe come from? In actuality mistletoe can be found in nature throughout all four seasons, and is home and food to birds and insects. Watch a video...
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Instructional Video3:48
SciShow Kids

Biologists! Scientists Who Love Life!

K - 5th Standards
Life is everywhere in many different forms, and biology is the study of life. From marine biologists to plant biologists to microbiologists, there are many types of careers in the field of biology. Discover a living world of science with...
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Instructional Video1:21
Curated OER

Seedling Time Lapse

Pre-K - 4th
A Courgette seedling pushes up through the ground and spreads its leaves before your eyes. No sound is included. Use this for your young biologists.
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Instructional Video7:58
Be Smart

Why Do More Species Live Near the Equator?

6th - 12th Standards
The tropics contain about 40 percent of the area on Earth. Viewers take a trip to Peru as an entrancing video from a larger biology playlist explores the region. It explains the facts and theories about the biodiversity near the equator....
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Instructional Video6:32
Physics Girl

Why Aren't Plants Black?

9th - Higher Ed Standards
In an evolutionary sense, plants seem to have it all figured out. But, do they really? The narrator of an engaging physics video that is part of a larger series questions the predominant color of plants in a short video. Content includes...
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Instructional Video2:20
FuseSchool

Transport in Plants, Part 3: Phloem and Translocation

6th - 12th Standards
Leaves produce sugars through photosynthesis, but how do the sugars get to the rest of the plant? The final video in a three-part series within the Fuse School Biology playlist answers this question. It details how the phloem and...
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Instructional Video2:28
FuseSchool

Transport in Plants, Part 1: Xylem and Phloem

6th - 12th Standards
Humans use their hearts and circulatory systems to move things through their bodies, but plants also have a transport system. The first video in a three-part series introduces the xylem and phloem. It explains what each part moves, which...
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Instructional Video6:22
PBS

How Sex Became a Thing

6th - 12th Standards
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,...
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Instructional Video10:12
Crash Course

How to Engineer Health - Drug Discovery and Delivery: Crash Course Engineering #36

9th - 12th
The future of medicine involves engineering. Viewers of an educational video see how engineering plays a role in the discovery and development of new medicines. It also looks at targeted drug delivery systems, classical and reverse...
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Instructional Video9:42
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Crash Course

The Sex Lives of Nonvascular Plants: Alternation of Generations

9th - 12th Standards
Plants evolved more than 400 million years ago into two types — vascular and nonvascular. Here's a video that explains the difference between vascular and nonvascular plants and then focuses on the over 24,000 types of nonvascular...
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Instructional Video9:06
Curated OER

All You Need to Know About Photosynthesis

9th - 12th
What chemical reaction occurs in the leaves to produce energy for the plant? View a collection of slides that explain photosynthesis with this biology class podcast. The video clarity is insufficient, and therefore the only use of this...
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Instructional Video1:31
Curated OER

Light Dependent Reactions of Photosynthesis Animation

9th - 12th
Light dependent reactions are animated in this one-minute video. Embed it into your PowerPoint presentation as a visual aid to what happens within the leaf of a plant. This is most suitable for high school biology.
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Instructional Video8:18
SciShow

10 Plants That Could Kill You

9th - 12th
Why shouldn't you eat that? The video gives an overview of several plants that are deadly to humans. The presenter explains the history and chemistry of each of the plants.
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Instructional Video2:47
MinuteEarth

Which Came First—the Rain or the Rainforest?

6th - 12th Standards
"Hahai no ka ua i ka ulula'au." In other words, "The rain follows after the forest," but is it actually true? The video discusses the development of the rain forests and their unique water cycle. It also offers advice on what actions can...
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Instructional Video11:10
Crash Course

Biomaterials: Crash Course Engineering #24

9th - 12th Standards
Let materials science come alive in your classroom. Scholars learn about biomaterials by watching an engaging video. They see how titanium, polyurethane, hydrogels, and other materials are used in medicine and bioengineering.
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Instructional Video12:09
Crash Course

The Columbian Exchange

9th - 12th Standards
The Columbian Exchange completely changed the way the world traded goods with one another. Scholars watch a video to get a close look at the positives and negatives of the Columbian Exchange—and how the world would never be the same. 
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Instructional Video4:57
Stated Clearly

What Exactly is a Gene?

6th - 12th Standards
What is a gene and how do organisms use them? Find out these answers while learning about how humans have modified genes in plants to best suit their own needs and desires. Before watching the video, you may want to show the video about...
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Instructional Video2:35
FuseSchool

Codominance

9th - 12th Standards
Some alleles share codominance rather than dominant or recessive. The video explains how codominance is determined and what it looks like in animals. Part of the Fuse School Genetics series, it relates the topic to human blood types and...
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Instructional Video4:40
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California Academy of Science

Why Protect Pollinators?

6th - 10th Standards
Would you rather having biting flies or chocolate? The question may seem absurd, but cocoa trees rely on pollination from biting flies. Viewers come to understand the importance of pollinators to our food supply, flowers, and entire...

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