Cerebellum
The Human Body Major Systems & Organs - The Reproductive System
The human body is a wondrously complex machine made of flesh, bone, muscles, organs, blood vessels and highly specialized systems that function together to sustain life. This fascinating third part of The Human Body series examines the...
HealthSketch
What is Turner Syndrome?
A simple animation about Turner Syndrome, a common genetic condition that affects girls. We explain what causes it, the symptoms, and how it is diagnosed and treated. This video will be helpful to students of all ages, health...
Mazz Media
Puberty for Boys: Top Ten Things to Expect
Puberty for Boys and Girls: Top Ten Things to Expect is a program especially designed to introduce preteens to the changes that accompany adolescence. Through live-action and animation, students will learn about the physical and...
Iesha Learning
What is Menstruation?
In this video, young people learn the biological process of menstruation. They also learn that menstruation is a normal, healthy, and clean phenomenon, which should be embraced as a beautiful entry into womanhood.
Professor Dave Explains
Mechanisms of Plant Growth
We've gone over the various tiers of structure of a plant, from cells, to tissues, to organs and organ systems. Now it's time to better understand how plants grow. How to plants know when to grow? How do they know which direction to...
Iesha Learning
What is Puberty?
In this video, young people learn about the amazing physical and emotional changes that they will go through on the journey to becoming adults, that all the changes they will experience are normal and transient, and to respect each...
Iesha Learning
How do you prevent STIs?
In this video, young people learn how to prevent sexually transmitted infections through the use of condoms or abstinence.
Iesha Learning
Your Moon Cycle
In this video, young people learn that a girl's hormonal cycle has four weeks, through which her hormone levels rise and fall - much like the lunar cycle. Girls are encouraged to be conscious of their physical and emotional states during...
Nature League
What is Life? - Lesson Plan
In this first Nature League Lesson Plan, Brit introduces the channel and goes through the characteristics of life on Earth, including the importance of carbon. What makes life /life/ is pretty amazing!
Sky News
New developments in male contraception
VOICED: A male contraceptive injection has been shown to be almost as effective as the pill for women. The jab, which lowers sperm count, was found to prevent 96 percent of unwanted pregnancies in a year-long trial. However some of the...
Curated Video
US doctor says immigrant children still at risk
The president of the American Academy of Pediatrics says President Trump ending the separation of children from their parents suspected of entering the country illegally is a good start but questions remain about children who have...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : For Ramadan blogger helps fellow Muslims stay fit while fasting
CLEAN : For Ramadan blogger helps fellow Muslims stay fit while fasting
Curated Video
Thailand separates LGBT inmates, considers segregated prison
LEADIN: Thailand, long considered a favourite gay destination, is making headways in how it treats its LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) inmates. In Pattaya, a resort famous for its nightlife, a prison has started separating...
Curated Video
Thailand separates LGBT inmates, considers segregated prison
LEADIN: Thailand, long considered a favourite gay destination, is making headways in how it treats its LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) inmates. In Pattaya, a resort famous for its nightlife, a prison has started separating...
Curated OER
Reproductive System
Begin looking at reproduction by contrasting sexual reproduction with asexual reproduction. Sexual reproduction gives us genetic variation as meiosis creates brand new chromosomes through cross over. Male and female anatomy is covered,...
Curated OER
Top 10 Worst Drinks - Nutrition by Natalie
The worst drinks in Natalie's opinion are highlighted in this video. Some may surprise you! See what you may be drinking that is not necessarily healthy. Great for a health or nutrition class.
American Chemical Society
Thanksgiving Turkey Compilation
Why do people get so sleepy after eating big meals? Using a fun video about Thanksgiving food, learners explore turkey and the other foods common to Thanksgiving meals. They learn how deep frying a turkey changes the way it cooks as part...
Be Smart
The Mystery of the World’s Greatest Butterfly Migration
Follow the migration of the monarch butterfly from northern North America to southern Mexico. A video explains how monarch butterflies navigate their migration north in the spring and south in the fall. Pupils learn how it takes multiple...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
VEGF
Have you ever wondered what causes tumors to grow? VEGF is a very important factor because it is a hormone that causes blood vessels to grow and is triggered by cancer cells to increase blood supply to a tumor. Viewers learn about the...
American Chemical Society
Does Melatonin Do Anything?
Melatonin is a supplement that is gaining popularity. The jury is still out, however, on its effectiveness according to the video presentation that is part of a larger reaction series. The narrator discusses the different factors that...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Leptin Feedback Control System
Hormones come from many parts of the body, including the hormone leptin produced by fat tissues. This in turn, controls each person's hunger levels. Interested nutritionists view the feedback loop relating food intake, hormone levels,...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
PPAR-gamma Activation in the Fat Cell
Each human contains more than six times the number of fat cells than there are people on the planet. Scholars learn how fat cells work to absorb fat and release hormones through a short animation. They recognize the relationship between...
Amoeba Sisters
Homeostasis and Negative/Positive Feedback
We all need a little feedback, both positive and negative! Take on one of the trickier Biology 1 concepts using a thoughtfully worded video from a fantastic biology playlist. The narrator explains both types of feedback with plenty of...
TED-Ed
How Does Your Body Know You're Full?
Feeling hungry after skipping breakfast? Here's why! Introduce young scientists to that feeling of fullness with an engaging video. Use the included assessment and extension materials to further study which foods make us feel the...