Science for Kids
Science Kids: Human Body Videos: Immune System
Watch as antibodies in the blood stream prevent pathogens from attaching to healthy red blood cells, and mark them for destruction by macrophages. (Length: 53 sec.)
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Human Body Systems: Phagocytes in Innate or Nonspecific Immunity
Understand the role of phagocytes in innate or nonspecific immunity. Neutrophils, macrophages, and dendritic cells. [16:20]
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Khan Academy: Human Body Systems: Self vs. Non Self Immunity
Understand the difference between self and non-self immunity. [14:28]
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Khan Academy: Human Body Systems: Structure of the Nervous System
Explore the organization of the nervous system, and its division into the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. [8:48]
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Khan Academy: Human Body Systems: Intro to the Endocrine System
Basic overview of hormones and the endocrine system. [9:36]
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Human Body Videos: Learn About Human Skin
Video explaining the three layers of human skin and the functions of each. (Length: 41 sec.)
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Human Body Videos: Circulatory System
Narrated animation showing how the heart and the circulatory system transport blood throughout the body. (Length: 1 min. 8 sec.)
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Human Body Videos: How the Human Ear Works
Animated video explaining how the human ear works to allow us to hear sound. (1 min.)
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Giving Robots and Prostheses the Human Touch
Research engineers and students in the University of California, Los Angeles, Biomechatronics Lab are designing artificial limbs to be more sensational, with the emphasis on sensation. The team, led by mechanical engineer Veronica J....
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science of the Winter Olympics: Olympic Motion
Dan Fletcher, a bioengineer, studies the movement of cells in the human body. He explains that it is practice that causes muscles to organize themselves for peak performance in an athlete. [5:39]
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science Behind the News: Influenza & Flu Vaccines
The biology of a flu virus, how it is spread, how it manifests itself in the human body, and how to protect oneself through vaccination and preventative practices are explained. [4:02]
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science Behind the News: Allergies
A plant biologist explains what causes seasonal allergies to be worse some years than others, and how allergens cause a reaction in the human body. Factors that affect susceptibility to allergies are described, as well as the potential...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Human Body Systems: Types of Immune Responses: Innate and Adaptive
Learn about innate and adaptive immunity; humoral adaptive immunity and cell-mediated adaptive immunity. [8:06]
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Khan Academy: Human Body Systems: Viral Replication: Lytic vs Lysogenic
Learn about viral replication: Lytic vs Lysogenic. [5:11]
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Khan Academy: The Effects of Mutations
The Khan Academy resource is a video about the effects of mutations.
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Khan Academy: The Lungs and Pulmonary System
The pulmonary system including the lungs, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli and thoracic diaphragm.
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Khan Academy: The Kidney and Nephron
Overview of how the nephrons in the kidney filter blood and reabsorb water and other molecules.
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Khan Academy: Circulatory System and the Heart
Sal Khan introduces the circulatory system function and the structure and function of the heart. [14:53]
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Khan Academy: The Musculoskeletal System: Skeletal Structure and Function
Explore the structure and function of the human skeleton in depth, as well as some animal skeletons. [6:51]
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Digestive System
Paul Andersen starts with a brief description of feeding methods. He then details all of the major parts within the human digestive system. This tour starts in the mouth, move down the esophagus, through the stomach, small intestine,...
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Human Body Videos: Human Respiratory System
Narrated animation showing how the lungs work to allow us to breathe and exchange oxygen for carbon dioxide. (Length: 1 min. 18 sec.)
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Life on Our Skin
Dr. Martin Blaser at the NYU School of Medicine has been investigating the bacteria that live on human skin. On just six people, he and his researchers identified 182 species of bacteria! Aired May 28, 2009. [4:55]
Bill Nye
Bill Nye the Science Guy: Rivers and Streams (Full Episode)
Get wet with Bill Nye, the Science Guy, as he follows the flow of rivers and streams. Bill tracks the origins of these bodies of water and explains what impact they have on humans. [23:07]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Zygote Differentiating Into Somatic and Germ Cells
In this video tutorial, you will learn how a zygote, the single cell produced by fertilization, divides by mitosis to produce all the tissues of the human body. [9:35]