Instructional Video3:55
Visual Learning Systems

Microscopic Life: Protists

3rd - 8th
Upon viewing the Microscopic Life video series, students will be able to do the following: Understand that only during the past few hundred years have people been able to see and study very small life forms, generally referred to as...
Instructional Video4:48
Professor Dave Explains

Introduction to Mycology

9th - Higher Ed
Mushrooms are some of the most fascinating organisms on the planet. But what are they exactly? Are they plants? No! In fact, they are extremely different from plants. They belong in their own kingdom, called the Fungi kingdom. What else...
Instructional Video4:05
FuseSchool

Mycoprotein

6th - Higher Ed
Protein is essential for life - we need protein to build muscle tissue, to make enzymes for our metabolic activity, to form the protective layer of our skin, to make DNA… in fact for most processes in our body. There are thought to be...
Instructional Video2:45
Science360

Someday we may fill the tank with fungi fuel!

12th - Higher Ed
Over is 50-year career, Montana State University plant pathologist Gary Strobel has traveled to all seven continents to collect samples of endophytes from remote and sometimes dangerous places. Endophytes are microorganisms - bacteria...
Instructional Video7:25
Journey to the Microcosmos

The Case of the Mistaken Amoeba

9th - Higher Ed
Today we're exploring the intriguing Ouramoeba vorax. Or wait... is it Amoebophilus simplex? Let's figure that out together by diving into some history!<br/>
Instructional Video3:58
FuseSchool

Penicillin

6th - Higher Ed
Penicillin is a type of antibiotic that can be used to treat bacterial infections. Really important - antibiotics can only be used to treat bacterial infections. Penicillin was first discovered in 1928 by a scientist called Alexander...
Instructional Video2:45
Science360

One day, we may fill the tank with fungi fuel! - Science Nation

12th - Higher Ed
One day, we may fill the tank with fungi fuel!

Plant fungi and bacteria called "endophytes" fueling breakthroughs in energy, medicine and
more
Over his 50-year career, Montana State University plant pathologist Gary...
Instructional Video1:35
Visual Learning Systems

Microscopic Life: Summing Up

3rd - 8th
Upon viewing the Microscopic Life video series, students will be able to do the following: Understand that only during the past few hundred years have people been able to see and study very small life forms, generally referred to as...
Instructional Video2:20
Science360

4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week - Episode 25

12th - Higher Ed
Bedbugs? Do the math, frog skin lifesavers, cuddles for ICU babies, and recipe against disaster





Frog skin bachumans
may help
Instructional Video5:59
Be Smart

Do Trees Talk?

9th - 12th Standards
Fungi could be considered the social network of the forest. A video lesson describes how fungi connect the plant species of the forest and create a symbiotic relationship. The episode from the It's Okay to be Smart series emphasizes the...
Instructional Video
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fungi: Fungi Plant Growth the Private Life of Plants

9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Take a look at how fungi grows, gives off spores, and decays. [1:34]
Instructional Video
The Kid Should See This

Tksst: Fly Agaric (Amanita Muscaria): A Time Lapse of Growth

9th - 10th
See this incredible time lapse footage of fly agaric mushrooms grow and die over the span of 2 minutes. [1:43]
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Bat Crisis Update

9th - 10th
A report from researchers hunting for the cause of a mysterious bat die-off indicates that a fungus may hold the key to solving the mystery.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Bat Die Off Mystery

9th - 10th
Bat experts struggle to explain what's causing a massive die-off in hibernating bats across parts of the Northeast.
Instructional Video
SciShow

Sci Show Kids: Lichen: Two Living Things in One!

5th - 8th
A video describing the organism lichen which is both a fungus and an algae. Learn how in lichens there is a symbiosis relationship between the fungus and algae. [3:19]
Instructional Video
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Fungi Fans 'Felt' the Love

9th - 10th
At the Northeast Mycological Federation's 36th Annual Foray, some 15 crafty people learned how to use wool roving to create a mushroom-themed felt pillow. Cornelia Cho, a pediatrician and the president of the Mushroom Club of Georgia led...
Instructional Video
Other

The Naked Scientists: What Is a Fungus?

9th - 10th
Animated introductory film on the basics of organisms from the Kingdom Fungi. Learn about what they are, how they live, and why they are important to us. [5:34]
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Field Trip to a Fungi Foray

9th - 10th
This convention is for mushrooms and the people who love them. [5 mins. 18 secs.]