Teaching Without Frills
How to Evaluate Sources for Relevance - Writing for Kids
In this video, you will learn how to choose the most relevant sources when researching a topic for a research paper. We will define types of sources and discuss strategies for determining relevance.
Curated Video
What is a secondary source? (3/3)
Do you know what a secondary source is? Find out in our new animated video, as we discuss the arrival of the Metropolitan Police in 1829. For more videos, games, free courses and to find out how you could study history with us, head over...
Rock 'N Learn
Learn English - Dance Party
Practice learning to understand and speak simple English phrases with a fun dance party. Learn to speak English questions and answers. The onscreen mouth shows how to form sounds and helps model proper pronunciation. Great for ESL and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ruben Puentedura - Teachers Make a Difference - Benoit Mandelbrot
Dr. Ruben Puentedura is the Founder and President of Hippasus, a consulting firm based in Western Massachusetts, focusing on transformative applications of information technologies to education. He has implemented these approaches for...
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Cellular Respiration and the Mighty Mitochondria
Explore how ATP is made in 3 steps of aerobic cellular respiration with the Amoeba Sisters! This also compares this process to photosynthesis and introduces ATP structure. This video has a handout here:...
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Plant Structure and Adaptations
This clip compares vascular and nonvascular plants before jumping into several plant adaptations. Explore plant structure and adaptations that make plants true survivors. Check out our FREE video handouts on www.amoebasisters.com!...
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Chromosome Numbers During Division: Demystified!
Confused with how chromosome numbers change in mitosis and meiosis? The Amoeba Sisters walk you through the mystery of chromosome and chromatid counting in mitosis and meiosis. Video has handout:...
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Photosynthesis and the Teeny Tiny Pigment Pancakes
Learn how the light dependent and light independent cycles work together to create glucose for plants. Video has a handout here: http://www.amoebasisters.com/handouts.html and is part of our Unlectured Series...
Life Noggin
How Uneducated Is Our Planet?
Although worldwide education rates have gone up, we still have a LONG way to go. Watch more: What If You Were Never Taught Anything? ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwyWMbjstnY&index=115&list=PL8L0MzSk_V6JtEDRfRMyb6rFd1acqYSlO...
Curated Video
An Amusing Paradox Most People Cannot Figure Out - How Did 1 Line Vanish?
This is an easy trick but most people have a hard time explaining what is going on. In this video I will turn 13 lines into 12 lines, thereby "proving" 13 = 12. Where does the extra line go? My blog post for this video:...
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Biomagnification and the Trouble with Toxins
Our relationship with toxins is, well, a little toxic. Explore how harmful substances work their way throughout the environment with a video from an expansive biology playlist. Topics include DDT and mercury, trophic levels, and water...
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How Cells Become Specialized
Cell specialization is amazing! How do they know what they should become? A video from an interesting biology playlist examines the process of cell specialization. Content includes where we find specialized cells, types of specialized...
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Properties of Water
Being essential for life is only one of water's many amazing properties! Why is water so versatile? Biology scholars discover the myriad of uses for water and the properties that make them possible. Content includes density, surface...
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Gene Expression and the Order of the Operon
Looks aren't everything. According to my biology teacher, it's what is inside you that really matters. The video explains gene expression and regulation in prokaryotes using the Order of the Operon. It includes a description of the...
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Cell Membranes and Cell Transport
Cells are busy places! How do things move around in such a tiny environment? Introduce young life scientists to the types of cellular transport through a video that is part of a large biology playlist. Animated characters demonstrate how...
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Enzymes (Updated)
Enzymes really know how to keep things moving along! Introduce these powerful proteins through a short video from an extensive life science playlist. Viewers learn why enzymes are specific in their jobs, important enzymes in our bodies,...
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Specialized Cells: Significance and Examples
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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Pedigrees
Pupils puzzled by pedigree charts? Not anymore! Show them proper pedigree protocol using a short video from an excellent biology playlist. Content includes pedigree symbols and terminology, interpreting pedigrees of various lengths, and...
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Endosymbiotic Theory
Eukaryotes—were we born from an act of predation that backfired? Ponder this and other questions of evolution with a video from a well-written biology playlist. Topics include the origins of mitochondria and chloroplasts, unusual...
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Genetic Drift
Survival is a game of chance, catch my drift? Examine the factors that influence genetic drift with an entertaining video from a large biology playlist. The resource covers the myriad conditions that come into play when a species...
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Meiosis
Why do siblings often look so different from one another? Discover the process of making gametes using a short video from a large biology playlist. The narrator explains each step while animated chromatids play out the scenario that...
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Homeostasis and Negative/Positive Feedback
We all need a little feedback, both positive and negative! Take on one of the trickier Biology 1 concepts using a thoughtfully worded video from a fantastic biology playlist. The narrator explains both types of feedback with plenty of...
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Gel Electrophoresis
Ever wonder how scientists determine how animals are related, or who is guilty of a crime? Discover gel electrophoresis in an easy-to-understand video from a fun biology playlist. Topics include how restriction enzymes create segments of...
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Ecological Relationships
What are ecological relationships? Well, it can be complicated! Paint a clear picture for pupils with a fun and informative video. It explains and illustrates each relationship thoroughly, from pesky parasites to snuggly symbiotes.