Visual Learning Systems
What Is an Insect?: What Are Insects?
This fascinating program takes a look at the major characteristics of familiar and unusual insects that swarm the planet. Concepts and terminology: invertebrate, six legs, and exoskeleton.
Wonderscape
Science Kids: Camouflage in Animals, Insects and Plants
In this video, the teacher discusses the concept of camouflage in animals and plants. The teacher explains how different species have adapted to their environments through natural variations and favorable traits. The different types of...
Curated Video
Way Cool Science II: Seeds and Plants
Friendly and fun host, Max Orbit, asks questions about the world and searches for answers. This DVD series is designed to engage students while introducing scientific principles and concepts in a fun and entertaining way. In this program...
Nature League
What Are Invertebrates? - Lesson Plan
In this Nature League Lesson Plan, Brit introduces the invertebrates of Earth, including their names, relationships, forms, and awesomeness.
Science360
Mount St. Helens
The area of Southern Washington State around the Mount St. Helens Volcano has been nearly devoid of life since the 1980 eruption - making it a biology lab like no other as scientists observe it springing back to life. The regenerating...
Weird History
What Everyday Life Was Like for the Aztecs
You may have heard of their calendars, seen their temples, or admired one of their cool looking sculptural artifacts in a museum, but chances are you have no idea what life was really like for the Aztecs.
Curated Video
Carnivorous Plants | Planting Curiosity | Creator Network
New ReviewJoin Rachael Tancock as she ventures into the bogs of British Columbia in search of some of the most fascinating and fiercest plants on Earth: carnivorous plants. In this episode, Rachael meets plant expert Justin Dunning, who reveals...
Curated Video
Here's why Waterloo is planting 10K trees
New ReviewThe City of Waterloo will be planting 10,000 trees over the next year thanks to a grant from the federal government. Sarah Soerensen, parks project co-ordinator, explains how this will help diversify the city's tree canopy.
Curated Video
Are these bug myths true?
New ReviewBugs are fascinating, but they also inspire some of the strangest myths and rumours.From spiders in your sleep, to the mysteries of bee flight, today we’re sorting fact from fiction.
Curated Video
Spread of rice worms devastating for northern Sask. harvesters
New ReviewIn northern Saskatchewan, rice worms are a rapidly spreading pest threatening to upend the wild rice crop harvested by Indigenous communities for generations.
Curated Video
Kids enjoy nature during U of G's Indigenous Youth Exchange program
New ReviewChildren of all ages from nearby Anishinaabe communities, including Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory and Magnetawan First Nation, joined a summer camp hosted by the University of Guelph's research department. The summer camp, organized in...
Curated Video
World mosquito day marks deadly impact of tiny insects
New ReviewWith over one million deaths annually linked to mosquito-borne diseases, World Mosquito Day calls for vigilance, innovation, and action against one of nature’s smallest but deadliest threats.
Curated Video
Pollution, age threaten India's heritage site, Taj Mahal
Pollution and wear and tear are threatening the popularity of India's biggest tourist attraction.
Curated Video
How farmers are breeding flies in order to become waste-free | The Fix
The UN says eating bugs could boost nutrition and help cut on the amount of land cleared to grow crops and raise livestock. In British Columbia, some are taking a bet on one type of bug, the black soldier fly. People aren't eating it...
Curated Video
Bugs in your groceries — Loblaws to sell crickets to consumers
There could be bugs in your groceries in the near future…with Loblaws planning to will sell crickets to consumers. The company says crickets are more sustainable than other forms of animal protein — but it remains to be seen if it their...
Curated Video
Cricket protein powder
CBC's Jacqueline Hansen visits the Ontario cricket farm that's supplying Loblaw
Curated Video
Gimli's plague of foul-smelling 'fish flies'
Millions of flying insects have taken over Gimli, Manitoba, with storefronts, signs and sidewalks covered with clinging critters that locals call "fish flies."
Curated Video
The praying mantis with 3D glasses
A praying mantis with glasses on. In the UK scientists are putting tiny 3D spectacles on the creatures to find out more about how their three.dimensional vision works. Researchers at Newcastle University are hoping to understand more...
Curated Video
Bugs' winter survival strategy
Scientists are trying to figure out how many insects freeze and come back to life in the spring
Curated Video
Understanding Toxic Relationships with Sadhguru: How To Handle Crisis
Feeling drained and unhappy in your relationship? Sadhguru, a renowned yogi and mystic, offers powerful insights on how to identify and handle toxic relationships.
Curated Video
Gaza's garbage crisis: Living alongside piles of waste
Tons of waste are piling up across the Gaza Strip
Curated Video
Phragmites biological control program in Essex County
Researcher Ian Jones explains the biological control program to combat Phragmites.
Curated Video
Displaced Palestinians living in makeshift tents struggle as weather gets warmer
As summer begins, displaced Palestinians endure unbearable heat in makeshift tents made of nylon, posing serious health risks.
Curated Video
Montreal's Dawson College vows to become zero-waste within 5 years
Chris Adam, founder of the Office of Sustainability at Dawson College and recipient of the Governor General's Meritorious Service Medal, has dedicated his career to promoting well-being and sustainability at the Montreal institution. He...