Instructional Video12:32
SciShow

Facts about Human Evolution

9th - 12th
In 2004, scientists found skeletons of a hobbit-like creature in Asia. This discovery is just one more part of the large human evolution puzzle. Scientists continue to build the puzzle with missing pieces and confusing information. This...
Instructional Video3:42
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TED-Ed

How Do Scars Form?

7th - 12th Standards
Most of us have suffered an injury we'd prefer to forget, but lingering scars just won't let us. Watch this video to find out exactly what happens during the healing process that cuases these changes to skin and organ tissue.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Nova: Becoming Human Part 2: Birth of Humanity

9th - 10th
Part 2 of a 3 part report on becoming human, the program examines theories that early humans developed crucial survival tactics and hunting strategies that allowed us to thrive.
Instructional Video
California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences: Human Tool Use

9th - 10th
The Academy's Zeray Alemseged's recent discovery pushes human tool-use back over 800,000 years. [2:57]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Humanity on Earth: Development of Agriculture and Writing

9th - 10th
Looks at the transition of humans from the Paleolithic Age, when humans used stone tools, up to the development of agriculture in the Neolithic Age, which made settlements possible. The next critical development was the advent of...
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Ancient, Tiny Humans Shed Light on Evolution

9th - 10th
NPR audio content and article about the fascinating find in a cave in Indonesia -- fully formed bones of an adult who stood barely 3 feet tall and was alive during the time of Homo Sapiens.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Human Prehistory 101: Prologue

9th - 10th
Award-winning video introduces human prehistory starting over 200,000 years ago. Who were our first human ancestors? Where did they live? [4:40]
Audio
BBC

Bbc Podcasts: Episode 2: Olduvai Stone Chopping Tool 19 Jan 2010

9th - 10th
A simple chipped stone from the Rift Valley in Tanzania marks the emergence of modern humans. Faced with the needs to cut meat from carcasses, early humans in Africa discovered how to shape stones into cutting tools. From that one...