Be Smart
Asteroid Mining: Our Ticket To Living Off Earth?
It turns out asteroids could be a gold mine—literally! An It's Ok To Be Smart video lesson describes the untapped resources orbiting our solar system. The presenter considers the possibilities of space colonies using these resources as...
TED-Ed
Which Sunscreen Should You Choose?
What are the benefits of choosing a sunscreen with SPF 30 over one with SPF 50? Why is spray application not as effective as rubbing in lotion-type sunscreen? How does sunscreen affect the environment? An informative video on...
Bozeman Science
Signal Transmission and Gene Expression
Budding scientists learn about signal transmission, exploring intercellular and intracellular chemical movements. The instructor shows how epinephrine signals other chemicals in the body and can cause our DNA to express different...
Bozeman Science
Interstitial Fluid
Humans have more interstitial fluid than blood, but what is interstitial fluid? The video allows learners to understand interstitial fluid by seeing it in a photo, learning its definition, showing where it comes from thanks to...
MinuteEarth
What is Skin For?
Smooth or scaly, skin is sensational! Besides keeping us from being gooey, what does it do? Pupils embark on an integumentary investigation with a short video about skin. Topics include the special features of skin cells, how skin...
FuseSchool
What is RNA?
Five percent of the weight of a human cell comes from RNA, while only one percent comes from DNA. The video explains what RNA is and how it relates to DNA. It also describes the importance of understanding RNA and the two types of RNA:...
Crash Course
Complex Animals: Annelids and Arthropods
Introduce your class to the importance of segmentation in evolutionary history with a video that explain how segmentation permitted the development of complex animals. The narrator analyzes examples of annelids and arthropods in...
Curated OER
Tell Me Why: Dizziness
Answer your young learners' question "What makes me dizzy?" with this quick video. Dr. David Zee gives a quick explanation of the inner ear fluid and how our sense of balance is construed. Use for a fun video alongside a discussion of...
Curated OER
How We Hear
Ironically, no sound it heard in this video, only computer animation and text. It details how sound waves travel into the ear canal and cause the eardrum to vibrate. The inner ear bones and cochlear hairs are shown in motion. This...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Heredity
Mia wishes her blue hair was inherited so that she wouldn't have to dye it, but Sam explains that eye color is. The video does not expound upon the concept of alleles. It does, however, describe inherited traits vs. learned behavior, and...
TED-Ed
You and Your Microbes
Humans are like planets, hosting a plethora of microbial communities. This concept is explored with vivid narration and animation, bringing to light the benefits of the huge variety of microbes that live in and on our bodies. What a fun...
TED-Ed
How Whales Breathe, Communicate... and Fart with Their Faces
Dr. Joy Reidenberg is an expert in comparative anatomy, but also quite relatable to preteens! Here, she lectures on echolocation by likening it to "farting with the face!" She explains with film, actual whale voice recordings, diagrams,...
Curated OER
Nervous System A and P Part 1
A British speaker lectures on the parts of the nervous system. He writes the names on large paper as well so that viewers can follow along. He draws a neuron, explaining all its parts. The video cuts off after the nodes of Ranvier are...
Curated OER
Urinary System Structure and Function
Watch a lecture and presentation of the urinary system's structures and functions. This is a basic overview of the system, giving scientific explanations as an outline is shown on the screen. Help your biologists become familiar with the...
Bite Sci-zed
Saturated vs. Unsaturated Fats
What are good fats and bad fats? Learn about the structure and function of lipids and how that relates to carbon bonding. Scholars explore the structural differences between saturated and unsaturated fats and examine relevant...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Animation
One cloning technique is somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). Observe the process in action through an animated video. Review the applications of the process for both therapeutic cloning and cloning of an individual.
SciShow
Circadian Rhythm and Your Brain's Clock
Your class will not drift off to sleep during this episode on circadian rhythms. Though the narrator speaks quickly and continuously, he successfully explains our biological clock in a way that holds interest. Assign the viewing of this...
SciShow
What Color is Your Blood?
Everyone knows that blood is thicker than water, but do they know what color it is when it is circulating? The various proteins that determine the color of this vital mixture are revealed, and the question is answered once and for all!...
Stated Clearly
What is Natural Selection?
Examine exactly what is meant by natural selection, as well as how it works in nature and through the assistance of humans. Presented with fun graphics and simple narration, the complex topic of natural selection is clearly explained in...
Khan Academy
Glucose Insulin and Diabetes
This video would be great to use as an introduction to diabetes and the concepts of glucose, insulin levels, and their relationship. The differences between Type I and Type II are explained, as are the basic methods of treating the...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
How We Get Our Skin Color Interactive
I can see your epidermis. A short video shows how we get our skin color. It explains how melanocyte cells in the epidermis produce melanin, and that the type and amount of melanin controls skin color.
SciShow
How Is That Not Killing You?
Humans lose consciousness at under 5 Gs, but woodpeckers experience deceleration forces of 1200 Gs without losing consciousness. How do woodpeckers survive? Video highlights three different animal adaptations that help them to survive in...
MinutePhysics
Should You Walk or Run When It's Cold?
Should you stay or should you go? A video lesson examines the heat gain and loss in a cold environment. The narrator compares standing still and running and their effects on heat energy.
Crash Course
Evolutionary Development: Chicken Teeth
The development of regulatory genes and the evolution of genes is the focus of a video that shows viewers how closely related we are to not only chimps but to other organisms as well.