Curated Video
Detection and Identification of Plant Diseases
In this lecture video, the speaker discusses the detection and identification of plant diseases. They explain how to detect signs of diseases in plants, such as stunted growth, spots on leaves, and discoloration, and how to identify...
Learning Mole
Insects and Humans
This video will take students through the relationship that humans have with insects, and how we affect each other.
Curated Video
Factors Affecting Food Security
In this video, the topic of food security and its various factors affecting food supplies are discussed. The narrator explains that having enough food to feed a population, especially when population numbers are rising, is important for...
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Presenting, Part 1
This lesson for beginner English learners focuses on formal and informal presentation skills: Providing information to friends, using eye contact, presenting a familiar topic, informal or formal presentation language based on the setting.
Curated Video
Lizard Symbolism and Captivity
This video explores the rich cultural and symbolic significance of lizards throughout history, from ancient civilizations to modern times. It highlights the diverse interpretations and associations with lizards, ranging from fertility...
US Department of Agriculture
USDA-ARS Entomologists “Turn Up The Bass” On Vineyard Pests
Scientists with the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service in central California are using sound to control insects that spread disease in grape vineyards. USDA’s Patrick O’Leary has more.
Curated Video
Improving Crop Yields: Methods for Increasing Productivity
The video is a lecture presentation on improving crop yields. It discusses various methods that farmers can use to increase the mass of useful product they get from a crop. The presentation starts by highlighting the importance of...
Curated Video
Agricultural Solutions for Feeding a Growing Population: GM Organisms, Fertilizers, and Biological Control
This video explores agricultural solutions that can help feed the growing human population. It discusses three methods: genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to control pests, fertilizers to increase crop growth, and biological control...
msvgo
Crop Protection: Pests
It explains the need for protecting crop plants from pests and describes common practices used for crop pest management.
FuseSchool
GM Crops
GM stands for genetically modified. So, GM crops are plants grown for food whose genes have been altered using genetic engineering. In some cases, the genes of other organisms have been inserted into the genome of the crop plant to...
Next Animation Studio
RNA-based plant vaccine could supplant chemical pesticides
Conventional pesticides are a double-edged sword that scientists are now seeking to replace with more natural RNA-based plant vaccines. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that without pesticides, roughly 70 percent of the...
FuseSchool
Pest Control
A pest is an organism that eats or damages crop plants that are grown in agriculture. Pests can be controlled using pesticides or by introducing other species, also known as biological control. Pesticides are natural or synthetic...
Curated Video
Surging Demand For Bug Spraying Is Hurting Other Animals
Experts are warning about the harm that spraying yards for bugs can bring to the ecosystem.
MinuteEarth
Bedbugs. Seriously!?
Want to drastically reduce the number of naps attempted in class? Show a video about bedbugs! Learners discover a pest so persistent that entomologists are confounded by their resilience and adaptability. The narrator discusses our...
National Pest Managment Association
Pest World for Kids: Season 1: Episode 1
Pest story snippets about attack of the picnic crashers, paging Dr. Maggot, and the dirt on pigeons. [2:46]
National Pest Managment Association
Pest World for Kids: Season 1: Episode 2
Learn about a why rats are dirty, why moths love light, and why bed bugs bite. [2:55]
National Pest Managment Association
Pest World for Kids: Season 1: Episode 3
Learn about a variety of interesting pests like how to be a horrible host, rolly pollies with cocktail sauce and who's afraid of a little vole. [2:46]
National Pest Managment Association
Pest World for Kids: Season 1: Episode 5
Learn about a variety of interesting pests stories about bedtime snack attacks, bugs that stink, and when wasps attack. [2:56]
National Pest Managment Association
Pest World for Kids: Season 1: Episode 6
Learn about a variety of interesting pests like termites, pill bugs, and ticks! [3:08]
National Pest Managment Association
Pest World for Kids: Season 1: Episode 7
Learn about a variety of interesting pest facts like the anatomy of an ant, how to stop a spider from biting and, what makes rat a rat. [2:54]
National Pest Managment Association
Pest World for Kids: Season 1: Episode 9
Learn about a variety of interesting pest stories like mosquito munchies, the truth about earwigs, and holy wings Batman! [2:57]
National Pest Managment Association
Pest World for Kids: Season 1: Episode 10
Watch three snippets about three household pests including: Honey, what's for dinner?, G'dday cousin opossum, and there's always room for dessert!
National Pest Managment Association
Pest World for Kids: Season 1: Episode 11
Three snippets about pests including four-alarm fire ants, good beetle bad beetle, and step right up to the tiniest show on Earth with fleas! [2:46]
National Pest Managment Association
Pest World for Kids: Season 1: Episode 12
Three snippets about pests including hungry hungry house flies, the ties that bind, and how to pigeon-proof your nest! [3:05]