Instructional Video9:28
Curated Video

Ancient Survivors: From Dinosaurs to Modern Day

6th - Higher Ed
Discover how some of today's familiar creatures, like crocodiles, sharks, and even insects, have roots that stretch back to the time of dinosaurs and beyond. Learn why these animals survived the mass extinction that wiped out the...
Instructional Video10:01
PBS

The Facts About Dinosaurs and Feathers

6th - 12th
Did the T. Rex have feathers? A video from the Eons series playlist explains the exciting recent findings about dinosaurs and feathers. It details the evidence, the research, and our current understanding. It also considers why dinosaurs...
Instructional Video4:45
TED-Ed

How Turtle Shells Evolved... Twice

6th - 12th Standards
How do turtle shells form? Scholars explore the evolution of turtle shells and learn about how they form from many different bones before relating the process to cell differentiation in an organism. Pupils also look at different turtle...
Instructional Video9:42
PBS

Life, Sex, and Death Among the Dire Wolves

6th - 12th Standards
Scientists know a great deal about extinct dire wolves thanks to a large number fossilized in one geographical area. They lived in groups, hunted opportunistic or wounded prey, and were fierce in battle and sex. Learn more with an...
Instructional Video9:37
PBS

The Rise and Fall of the Bone-Crushing Dogs

6th - 12th Standards
Fun fact: giant, bear-sized dogs with teeth that crush bones existed in North America. Learn about the three species of dogs and their ultimate fates as cats moved into the area. An informative video describes the rise of all three...
Instructional Video9:39
PBS

How a Supervolcano Made the Cenozoic’s Coolest Fossils

6th - 12th Standards
Volcanoes cause mass extinctions, climate change, and physical alterations of our planet. They also create great fossil records, time markers in layers of Earth, and an interesting way to study geology. A video describes how one...
Instructional Video12:22
PBS

When Birds Had Teeth

6th - 12th Standards
Scientists believe confuciusornis developed a beak and lost teeth as a key step in the evolutionary process. Learn more about confuciusornis and other birds, dinosaurs, and animals that evolved into the birds of today. PBS Eons walks...
Instructional Video9:11
PBS

When Insects First Flew

6th - 12th Standards
Insects developed wings and the ability to fly earlier than any other animal—when exactly did that happen? Scientists know this fact but struggle to explain when insect wings developed and how this entirely new structure appeared. PBS...
Instructional Video8:34
PBS

The Mystery of the Eocene’s Lethal Lake

6th - 12th Standards
One lake in Germany killed everything that swam in it, drank from it, or flew over it providing scientists with an incredible fossil record and a huge mystery. PBS Eons explains the rarity of the fossil finds including turtles in the...
Instructional Video2:08
PBS

Fossils: Rocking the Earth

6th - 12th Standards
Scientists learn about animals and plants living today by understanding the fossil record. A helpful resource includes a brief explanation of the process to help scholars complete the online game. It also mentions the gaps in knowledge...
Instructional Video11:58
PBS

From the Cambrian Explosion to the Great Dying

6th - 12th Standards
Life before the dinosaurs was pretty amazing—and very fragile! Discover what Earth was like for Cambrian creatures, from the smallest ocean-dwellers to the first land animals. A video from an extensive biology playlist explores how early...
Instructional Video7:21
PBS

The Great Snake Debate

6th - 12th Standards
Snakes are just lizards without legs, right? Scholars study the sensational evolutionary history of the snake with a video from a well-written biology playlist. Topics include snake fossils, theories on snake evolution, and...
Instructional Video5:55
PBS

The Time Terror Birds Invaded

6th - 12th Standards
Like something from a low-budget horror movie, terror birds ruled the roost in South America millions of years ago. Things didn't go as well when they headed north! With an intriguing video, biology scholars explore the massive migration...
Instructional Video6:22
PBS

How Sex Became a Thing

6th - 12th Standards
Birds, bees, flowers, trees ... and Funisia dorothea? Biology scholars journey back in time to discover more about the history of sexual reproduction. The video, one of many in a biology playlist, covers our earliest eukaryotic ancestor,...
Instructional Video9:18
PBS

The Whole Saga of the Supercontinents

6th - 12th Standards
See the world as it was—and also how it will be! A riveting video from a vast biology and earth science playlist takes viewers back in time to see how supercontinents formed, broke apart, and formed again. The resource includes a sneak...
Instructional Video6:41
PBS

Untangling the Devil's Corkscrew

6th - 12th Standards
How did scientists unravel the mystery of an ancient beaver species? An engaging video from a well-written biology playlist discusses the discovery of strange spiral fossils found in Nebraska farm country. Junior paleontologists examine...
Instructional Video4:45
TED-Ed

How Did Teeth Evolve?

6th - 12th Standards
Tooth be told, your class is gonna love this video! Science scholars look beyond simple cell types and enter the world of teeth. The narrator describes how we think teeth evolved to their present form, how form dictates function, and how...
Instructional Video10:04
The Brain Scoop

The Naked Mole-Rat

6th - 12th Standards
The naked mole rat is truly unique! So unique, it was recently placed in its own family. What makes it so special? Discover its amazing story with a video from an exciting mammals playlist. A naked mole rat expert explains its...
Instructional Video8:31
PBS

The Extinction That Never Happened

6th - 12th Standards
How do scientists define a mass extinction event in the fossil record, and what happens when they are wrong? Scientists find living plants and animals previously believed to be extinct on almost every continent. An engaging video...
Instructional Video10:36
The Brain Scoop

Fossil Meteorites

6th - 12th Standards
Fossils ... from space? Science scholars discover evidence in a limestone quarry that helped researchers learn about a meteor shower that lasted hundreds of thousands of years through an interesting video from Brain Scoop's Fossils and...
Instructional Video5:41
The Brain Scoop

The First Brachiosaurus

6th - 12th Standards
How do scientists know when they've discovered something new? Travel back in time to when dinosaurs roamed the earth using an interesting video, which is part of Brain Scoop's Fossils and Geology playlist. The narrator examines the...
Instructional Video6:28
The Brain Scoop

Bending Fossils: Experiments In Paleontology (Harvard Adventures, Part 3)

6th - 12th Standards
How can we bend a fossil? Junior paleontologists explore the joint movements of extinct species in Brain Scoop's Fossils and Geology series. The narrator works with a paleontology curator to show the experiments performed on the...
Instructional Video4:43
The Brain Scoop

The Origin of Mammal Movement: Harvard Adventures, Part I

6th - 12th Standards
It may be difficult for some humans to walk and chew gum at the same time ... but reptiles can't breathe while running at all! Compare the skeletal systems of reptiles and mammals in the first installment of Brain Scoop's fossils and...
Instructional Video3:42
FuseSchool

Fossils and Evidence for Evolution

9th - 12th Standards
What was the paleontologist's favorite album? The fossil record! Introduce the concept of fossils as evidence for evolution to your biology class with an inspiring video. The narrator of the Fuse School video from the Evolution playlist...