Wonderscape
Science Kids: All About Genetics
This video is a lesson on genetics, specifically focusing on the inheritance of traits from parents to offspring. The teacher explains the concept of genetics and introduces Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics. The video also discusses...
Professor Dave Explains
Nucleic Acids: DNA and RNA
We've been hearing about DNA since the third grade, and we all know that it's a double helix with little ladder rungs. But now we are ready to understand this molecule on a more fundamental level, which will enable to us to understand...
Press Association
Impact of vaccine has potential to be very big, says Oxford academic
Interview on the Pfizer vaccine with Dr Peter Drobac, global health physician and social entrepreneur and Director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School.
Dr Drobac says the...
Curated Video
Wuhan Plans Citywide Testing After New COVID-19 Cases
Health officials are concerned that the virus may still be spreading in the city, despite lockdown measures earlier in the year.
TED-Ed
What Is Schizophrenia?
A short illustrated video details what little is known about the symptoms, causes, and treatments for schizophrenia. What is known about the disease, considered a syndrome, is detailed in the video and the links provided to other resources.
Crash Course
Changing the Blueprints of Life - Genetic Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #38
A presentation of how engineering based in making something better led to engineering genetics. Scholars learn that genetic engineering began by selectively breeding plants that had specific characteristics to improve them. The video...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
mRNA Splicing
Edit, copy, and paste are not just for word processing! Learn how a gene transcribes into mRNA and then translates into a protein. Editing is the first step and is the focus of the animation as it demonstrates how special enzymes remove...
Stated Clearly
What is a Gene?
The majority of foods in the United States are genetically modified. The video explains the idea behind genetically modified foods. It starts with the basics of a gene and their functions. The narrator then works through current...
Stated Clearly
What is DNA and How Does it Work?
Discussions of DNA occur in Jurassic Park, X-men, Dexter, and CSI, yet many don't fully understand it. The video explains what DNA is, where it is located, and how it forms proteins. The chemistry of life becomes understandable through...
Bozeman Science
Essential Characteristics of Life are Conserved
Humans' entire DNA sequence would fill two hundred 1,000-page telephone books. In the video, the instructor discusses the essential characteristics of all life - genetic code, the central dogma, and shared metabolic pathways. Scholars...
SciShow
Great Minds: Barbara McClintock
Barbara McClintock discovered mobile genetic elements and was eventually awarded a Nobel Prize, but people first laughed at her because of her gender. Learn more about her contributions to genetics with a biographical video.
TED-Ed
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Unsung Hero
She was robbed! Robbed of her photograph. Robbed of recognition. Robbed of a Nobel prize. Meet Rosalind Franklin, "the woman behind the helix," the DNA double helix, that is, and learn the real story behind the discovery of the structure...
TED-Ed
The race to sequence the human genome
The world of genetics and DNA is much clearer than it was 25 years ago, in large part due to the success of the Human Genome Project. Watch a short, engaging video about the dueling organizations who raced to be the first to sequence the...
Stated Clearly
What Exactly is a Gene?
What is a gene and how do organisms use them? Find out these answers while learning about how humans have modified genes in plants to best suit their own needs and desires. Before watching the video, you may want to show the video about...
Stated Clearly
What is DNA and How Does it Work?
Explaining exactly how DNA works to provide genetic information is a complex topic, but it is presented in a clear and engaging way through a five-minute video. Have learners try to explain how DNA works before watching the video, then...
Other
University of California: Visualizing the Similarity of Human and Chimp Dna
A video that shows the similarities and dissimilarities between human's and chimpanzee's DNA by examining the DNA sequence code. [2:14]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Predicting the Inheritance of Traits With Genes
This lesson will discuss how scientists use dominant and recessive genes to predict inherited traits of offspring.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Protein Synthesis: Transcription: Lesson 2
This lesson will examine the process of transcription as the first step in protein synthesis. It will also identify the three types of RNA. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Protein Synthesis: Transcription."
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Heredity and Genetics: Genetics 101 Part 1: What Are Genes?
Find out about the basics of cells, chromosomes, and the genes contained in your DNA. [4:26]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: 7 Characteristics of Life: Lesson 3
This lesson will introduce the 7 characteristics of all living things. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "7 Characteristics of Life."
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Essential Characteristics of Life
Paul Andersen describes three main characteristics of life that are conserved in all organisms on the planet. The universal genetic code, the central dogma of biology, and shared metabolic pathways give us details of the original...