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Mole Conversions
What is a mole? How do you convert moles to grams, as well as from grams to moles? Check out this short video to find the answers to these and other pressing questions.
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Elements of a Feedback Loop
Even clothing styles are part of a feedback loop. Learners explore four different examples of feedback loops both outside of and within the body: speed limit signs, thermostats, thermoregulation, and blood glucose levels. They...
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Communities
What do you get if you cross ants with ticks? All kinds of antics! Video discusses the structure of the classifications in ecology. Then it covers the ways communities can be measured before discussing an example of leaf cutter ants...
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Biogeochemical Cycling
A woman had a job crushing cans at the recycling plant; it was soda pressing. Video focuses on the ways our environment recycles, including the water cycle, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, and the phosphorus cycle. It also describes the...
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Viruses
An informative video explains viruses' genetic information and their protein coats as well as the envelopes that allow entry into host cells.
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Evolution Continues
Peacocks, when fanning their feathers to attract females, shake the feathers, creating an inaudible sound for humans but one that female hens can hear, even from far away. In the video, scholars explore evolution by analyzing...
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Probability in Genetics
Pupils learn how to use the rule of multiplication in genetics. The instructor shares some sample problems and shows viewers how to arrive at the correct answer. They then learn how to apply the rule of addition to genetics as well,...
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Niche
I'm not lost, I just haven't found my niche. Video discusses niches, including various pronunciations and definitions. It also covers competitive exclusion principle. Video is the 14th in a series of 18.
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Logistic Growth
A video on logistic growth begins with a review of exponential growth before moving on to limiting factors. This naturally leads to a decrease in the growth rate and a discovery of carrying capacity.
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Exponential Growth
How does a rabbit keep his fur looking good? With hare spray! Here is a video that begins with the concept of exponential growth, modeling it through four generations of rabbits. It includes two different methods to solve growth rate...
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Ecological Succession
Never trust a tree, they always look shady. The video explains both primary and secondary succession. It uses examples of volcanic activity, fires, and human disturbances. It is the seventh in an 18-part series.
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Animal Behavior
Don't be hawkward, learn about animal behavior! This first video begins by introducing ethology and the difference between innate and learned behaviors. Then it explains many different types of behaviors from instinct to imprinting, all...
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Plant Structure
Let's get to the root of biology. A video describes the difference between monocot and dicot plants. Then it explains the three main types of tissues in plants and the cells within each of these tissues.
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Plant Nutrition and Transport
Discuss what nutrients plants require and where they get them from. An informative video explains the dermal, vascular, and ground tissue in both monocot and dicot roots, as well as stems and leaves.
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Photosynthesis
A scientific video describes photosynthesis in both plants and algae through the use of chloroplasts. It also explains the various pigments and types of chlorophyll, light reactions, and the Calvin cycle.
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Fungi
A biology v ideo focuses on the various characteristics of the five major phyla of fungi: ascomycota, basidiomycota, chytridomycota, glomeromycota, and zygomycota.
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Bacteria
Is the other side of bacteria called fronteria? Introduce bacteria with a video that covers where it fits on the tree of life, the structure and functions of each part, the shapes and metabolism for various types of bacteria,...
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Graphing Data By Hand
We have calculators, so why do we have to do this by hand? The video takes viewers through graphing scientific data by hand to create a scatter plot. The process includes labeling axes, writing an appropriate title, determining a...
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Statistics for Science
A scientific video first describes the idea of Big Data and its importance to realm of science. It goes on to describe sample size, mean, median, range, and degrees of freedom.
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Standard Deviation
Deviation is normal in the world of statistics. Viewers first learn about the normal distribution curve in an informative video. They then watch as the narrator calculates standard deviation by hand and using spreadsheets.
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Speciation and Extinction
Are we, as some scientists theorize, in the midst of the sixth mass extinction? Scholars explore speciation through adaptive radiation and extinction with a video that uses the three-spines stickleback in Alaska, and its current...
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Speciation
Viewers see how reproductive isolation can lead to speciation as the narrator of a video focusing on speciation explains the steps to reproductive isolation and addresses both allopatric and sympatric speciation.
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Ecological Selection
Humans, through artificial selection, created a dog that is hypoallergenic, loves water, is good with kids, very smart, and comes in a variety of colors — a labradoodle. Through the analysis of dog breeds, class members explore...
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Radiocarbon Dating
Radiocarbon dating is only effective in dating objects that are less than 50,000 years old. In the video, scholars learn how Carbon-14 differs from Carbon-12 and Carbon-13. The instructor then explains how Carbon-14 is made and how it...