Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Birth and Death of Genes
Notothenioids are not your average fish—they contain antifreeze! An interesting video introduces the icefish, a scaleless fish with colorless blood that lives in the oceans around Antarctica. It explains how gene duplication and...
FuseSchool
What Is Cystic Fibrosis?
Can just anyone develop cystic fibrosis? Examine the symptoms, treatment, and life expectancy of cystic fibrosis patients through a video from an engaging biology series. Topics include the genetics behind the illness, when in life...
FuseSchool
Selective Breeding
Did you know that selective breeding is behind the food we're eating? Discover the agricultural practice that changed humans from foragers to farmers using an insightful video that is part of the Fuse School playlist on Evolution. Young...
FuseSchool
Mutations and Natural Selection
Mutations have a bad reputation ... but are they always harmful? Junior geneticists explore mutations and their effects in a Fuse School Evolution video. The content features sickle cell disease, its effects on the body, and its ability...
Bozeman Science
LS3B - Variation of Traits
Make sure your unit on trait variation causes a sensation! Take an in-depth look at standard LS3B, an important component of the Next Generation Science Standards. The narrator discusses methods of delivering the standard to younger...
Stated Clearly
Part 2: How Does New Genetic Information Evolve? Gene Duplications
An engaging video explains the mechanisms that cause changes to occur in genetic code. The narrator explains how duplication lengthens the genetic code and then highlights three examples of gene duplications and their resulting new traits.
Stated Clearly
Part 1: How Does New Genetic Information Evolve? Point Mutations
Every child born has roughly 70 point mutations. The video explains what point mutations are and how they are passed from generation to generation. The narrator includes several examples of beneficial point mutations leading to entirely...
SciShow
Immortal Cells Turn 96
Happy Birthday, Henrietta Lacks! Celebrate August 1, the birthday of one of the most important women in genetics in part 139 of a 143-part video series. The narrator describes the life of Henrietta Lacks, the aggressive form of cancer...
Teacher's Pet
Mutations in DNA
A human genome accumulates approximately 64 mutations per generation. The video explains the four types of mutations in DNA and their importance—or lack of importance. It incorporates knowledge about protein synthesis and combines it...
Bozeman Science
Microevolution
If some genes were exposed to microwaves, would that cause microevolution? In the video, scholars learn about microevolution or any change in the allele frequency of a population. The instructor explains the five ways microevolution...
Bozeman Science
Mutations
The majority of cancers, 90-95%, are caused by environmental factors; the remaining 5-10% are due to inherited genes. Scholars explore mutations and their outcomes and see how mutations can occur spontaneously or be induced. The video...
Bozeman Science
Genotypes and Phenotypes
Complete heterochromia is a mutation that causes a person to have two different colored eyes. Class members explore how genotypes affect phenotypes. The instructor shows how changes in DNA can occur via mistakes in replication,...
Crash Course
Population Genetics: When Darwin Met Mendel
Learners explore population genetics, or how populations of species change over time, leading to evolution with a video that brings together the principles of Mendel and Darwin and explains and models the Hardy-Weinberg equation.
TED-Ed
Where Do Genes Come From?
No, you didn't get your genes from the local clothing store. Learn where they really come from by watching this video as it explores how the genes found in all plants and animals today have arisen over...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: From Teenage to Old Age: How Cancer Develops Over Time
Students participate in a hands-on lesson discovering how cancer is caused by mutations that accumulate over time.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Common Genetic Code
Paul Nurse describes his research that showed that humans share some genes with organisms as different from us as simple brewer's yeast. Footage from Secret of Life: "Immortal Thread." [4 min, 20 sec]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Genetic Tool Kit
The shared set of genes for body segments, possessed by all animals, are discussed in this video segment from Evolution: "Great Transformations." [4 min, 23 sec]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Hiv Immunity
Although repeatedly exposed to HIV, Steve Crohn's blood cells were never infected. Dr. David Ho investigates in this video segment from NOVA: "Surviving AIDS."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Evolution of the Eye
Zoologist Dan-Erik Nilsson demonstrates how the complex human eye could have evolved from simple light-sensitive cells. From a PBS show called "Evolution: Darwin's Dangerous Idea." Includes background reading material and discussion...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Double Immunity
Dr. Stephen O'Brien of the National Cancer Institute discovers a 700-year-old mutation that makes a person resistant to HIV infection. From Evolution: "Evolutionary Arms Race."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Human Genome Project
This video segment from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" looks at the meaning and significance of the effort to decode the human genome. [4:08]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: A Mutation Story
This video segment describes the role of the sickle cell gene in natural selection. Footage courtesy of the PBS series Secret of Life: "Accidents of Creation." [4:49]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Heredity and Genetics: Genetics 101 Part 2: What Are Sn Ps?
Learn about the variations in human DNA called SNPs, and how they can be used to understand relationships between people. [2:01]