SciShow Kids
Grow Your Own Plants!
Plants are all around you! You walk on them, eat them, and even climb them! And guess what? You can even grow your very own!
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How farming planted seeds for the Internet - Patricia Russac
What does farming have to do with invention and innovation? Permanent residences, division of labor, central government, and complex technologies--all essential for advancing civilizations--could not have been developed without the move...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The life cycle of a t-shirt - Angel Chang
Consider the classic white t-shirt. Annually, we sell and buy 2 billion t-shirts globally, making it one of the most common garments in the world. But how and where is the average t-shirt made, and what's its environmental impact? Angel...
MinuteEarth
Why Do Some Animals Eat Poop?
Animals eat their own poop in order to gain extra access to nutrients or to microbes that help digest those nutrients. ___________________________________________ To learn more, start your googling with these keywords: Coprophagy:...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why isn't the world covered in poop? - Eleanor Slade and Paul Manning
Each day, the animal kingdom produces roughly enough poop to match the volume of water pouring over Victoria Falls. So why isn't the planet covered in the stuff? You can thank the humble dung beetle for eating up the excess. Eleanor...
TED Talks
TED: Why we're storing billions of seeds | Jonathan Drori
In this brief talk from TED U 2009, Jonathan Drori encourages us to save biodiversity -- one seed at a time. Reminding us that plants support human life, he shares the vision of the Millennium Seed Bank, which has stored over 3 billion...
SciShow Kids
What’s Inside a Bean?
Have you ever wondered how a tiny little seed grows into a plant? Well, there's a special kind of seed, one you've probably eaten before, that's big enough for you to open up and see how it works: a bean!
SciShow Kids
How Does A Seed Become A Plant?
Jessi and Squeaks show you how a tiny seed, like the kind you eat in your trail mix! Grows into a big plant!
SciShow Kids
Dissect a Pumpkin!
Jessi and Squeaks want to learn more about the inside of a pumpkin. How? By dissecting it!
MinuteEarth
Why Our Favorite Crops Live Fast and Die Young
We mostly grow annual plants because they reliably produce energy-rich seeds, which we like to eat. ___________________________________________ To learn more, start your googling with these keywords: Annual: a plant that typically lives...
SciShow Kids
Look Inside a Flower! Science Project for Kids
Squeaks has a Valentine's surprise for Jessi: a bouquet of flowers! Flowers are beautiful and they smell great, but did you know that flowers also do a very important job?
Bedtime History
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin | Simple History
New ReviewEli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin in 1793 transformed American agriculture. By quickly separating cotton fibers from seeds, it made cotton a profitable crop—and deeply impacted the economy of the South. But the invention also had...
Curated Video
Seedless vs Seed Plants
New ReviewThis video explains the difference between plants that reproduce using seeds and plants that reproduce using spores.
Curated Video
Amazing Process Factory of Million Tons of Tomatoes - Factory Processing
New ReviewWelcome back to the Frame Channel for a feature on the process from planting to the packing of tomatoes and its by-products like one of the most used edible items, the ketchup.
Curated Video
Inside the Gigantic US Farms Harvesting 650 Tons of Cotton Per Year
New ReviewIn this FRAME feature, we examine the gigantic US farms capable of harvesting hundreds of tons of cotton per year. Grown across vast expanses of land, cotton is the most widely used natural fiber in the textile industry.
Curated Video
How to Attract Birds & Butterflies to Your Backyard
Howcast - Food, water, and shelter—that’s all butterflies and birds need to consider your backyard a home. And the great thing is that what attracts them will beautify your yard as well!
Curated Video
How to Know What's OK to Put Down a Garbage Disposal
Howcast - Garbage disposals are convenient but, if you're not careful, they can become clogged, break, and back up. Learn what's safe to put down the drain.
Curated Video
How To Grow Lettuce
Howcast - Whether you are growing lettuce hydroponically or from seed in your garden, nothing tastes better than home-grown lettuce.
Curated Video
How to Create Seed-Starting Pots from Newspapers
Howcast - Why buy when you can make it yourself? Get creative and have the satisfaction of making something for dirt cheap with stuff you were going to recycle anyway.
Curated Video
How to Prepare 6 Easy & Delicious Finger Foods
Howcast - Make these six delicious recipes for your next party and you'll have your guests coming back for seconds!
Curated Video
How to Make the Best Lemon Cupcakes
Howcast - Learn how to make the best lemon cupcakes from professional cake decorator Amanda Oakleaf in this Howcast video.
Curated Video
How to Make Spiced Coconut Mixture for Green Beans Thoren
Howcast - Learn how to make the spiced coconut mixture for green beans thoren from cookbook author Maya Kaimal in this Indian food video from Howcast.
Curated Video
How to Use Cardamom in Indian Food
Howcast - Learn about the spice cardamom and how it's used in Indian recipes from cookbook author Maya Kaimal in this Howcast Indian food video.