Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Creating Embryonic Stem Cell Lines
Even today's stem cells have a history—and it's more than 30 years old! Learn how stem cell lines grow in a lab. Observe the various experiments completed to determine how cells grow in human embryos.
Crash Course Kids
Gotta Eat!
Why do we eat? We eat because we need energy, and humans need energy to grow. This is the focus of a video that explains why organisms need food to live.
The Brain Scoop
Siats Meekerorum
Scientists find and name 30-40 new dinosaurs every year. A timely video discusses the siats meekerorum, one relatively newly discovered dinosaur. It explains the pieces scientists found and how they use those to better understand the...
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
How Small Is An Atom? Spoiler: Very Small
The hydrogen in your body is exactly the same as the hydrogen in the sun. The video explains just how small an atom is and offers comparisons, such as the one above, to help facilitate understanding. It also presents the current model of...
Curated OER
Newton’s Laws of Motion
Newton's laws of motion are put into action as they are defined and demonstrated. Tennis balls, skateboards, and human bodies are all part of each example. Good definitions plus solid examples equals an informative video.
Khan Academy
Embryonic Stem Cells, Cells, MCAT
A presentation which concentrates on the development of the blastocyst and embryo after fertilization. Topics begin with the scientific names and processes at each stage and then develop into an explanation of embryonic and somatic stem...
Curated OER
International Space Station Tour #2
Complete your tour of the International Space Station with this part two video. Excite your class with the wonder of space travel and exploration in action. This station is currently in space and houses scientists from all over the...
Domain of Science
Calculus, What Is It Good For?
Explore the meaning of differentiation and integration. A video lesson describes in detail what differentiating and integrating an equation means using the momentum and kinetic energy formulas. Progressing from a linear to a quadratic...
FuseSchool
Structure of Bacteria
Your body contains more than 10 times the number of bacterial cells than human cells. Show your class an informative Fuse School video that outlines the structure of bacteria. The engaging resource also discusses the harmful bacteria in...
PBS
Food Is Fuel
Which has more calories, a cupcake or a rat? The odd question grabs pupils' attention as they learn about food as fuel in an intriguing installment of the PBS food science playlist. The video explains how scientists use a bomb...
Crash Course
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
Sleep, as another form of consciousness, gets the Crash Course treatment in the ninth video in a 13-part, introduction to psychology course. Information about the four stages of sleep, sleep disorders, and dream interpretation theories...
TED-Ed
How Smart Are Dolphins?
Dolphins are one of the smartest creatures on Earth. The size of their brain compared to their body size is second to humans. This allows these cetaceans to form complex social relationships and use echolocation to...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Newt Limb Regeneration
Some amphibians respond to amputated limbs by fully regenerating functioning limbs. A short video permits viewers to observe a newt's cells working as stem cells, differentiating and regenerating into bones, muscle, skin, nerves, blood...
Education Development Center
What's Cooking? Bacteria
There's no need for bacteria hysteria! With this flashy, gourmet-cooking-show-style video, young bacteriologists find that there are tremendous amounts of microbes in different foods that we eat and inside our bodies. Kitchen instruction...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: The Human Body: The Senses: Seeing
Animated video, with an accompanying quiz, explains the structure and function of the eye.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: The Human Body: Heredity
Animated video, with an accompanying quiz, explains what heredity is and how it works.
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Human Body Videos: Skull Bones
Narrated three-dimensional computer animation explaining the complex structure of the human skull. (Length: 2 min. 51 sec.)
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Human Body Videos: Learn About the Human Brain
Video exploring the workings of the human brain. Medical scanner provides an inside look at the different areas of the brain and their functions. (Length: 4 min. 37 sec.)
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Human Body Systems: The Digestive and Excretory Systems: Urination
Understand the process of urination in the human body.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: The Human Body: The Senses: Hearing
Animated video, with an accompanying quiz, describes the anatomy of the ear and explains how we hear.
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Human Body Videos: The Human Heart
Doctor-narrated video explaining the parts of the human heart, and how they work together. Also discusses damage that can occur from heart disease. (Length: 3 min. 30 sec.)
Untamed Science
Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology: The Nervous System
Understand how neurons send messages throughout the body as well as explore the different divisions of the nervous system. Information on animal toxins' effects on the body as well.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Human Body Systems Unit
Learn about the major human body systems through a collection of tutorials.
Crash Course
Crash Course History of Science #15: The New Anatomy
What is life? To try to answer that question, three tools stand out as being especially useful: A book, some experiments, and the microscope! In this video, trace the history of different theories about how our body works. [12:15]