Instructional Video5:34
SciShow

You Have Four Ages

12th - Higher Ed
A person's chronological age doesn't tell us much about the health of their body's various systems. That's why scientists are beginning to study biological ages, and it turns out there may be a lot of them.
Instructional Video8:30
Amoeba Sisters

Punnett Squares and Sex-Linked Traits (UPDATED)

12th - Higher Ed
Explore how to solve Punnett squares that involve sex-linked traits, specifically focusing on X-linked traits. Video has a resource available here https://www.amoebasisters.com/handouts This 2023 UPDATED sex-linked traits Amoeba Sisters...
Instructional Video10:11
SciShow

Gregor Mendel: Great Minds

12th - Higher Ed
Hank brings us the story of Gregor Mendel, the Austrian monk who, with the help of a garden full of pea plants, discovered the fundamental properties of inheritance and paved the way for modern genetics. He also gives us the dirt on a...
Instructional Video31:00
SciShow

Mountain Pine Beetle Update: SciShow Talk Show

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow welcomes back Diana Six to talk to us about current news on the Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak. Then, Jessi Knudsen Castañeda stops by and brings a familiar friend whose anatomy may help scientists develop better hypodermic needles.
Instructional Video8:30
Bozeman Science

Diploid vs. Haploid Cells

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen explains the difference between diploid and haploid cells. He starts with a brief description of the central dogma and how genes code for proteins. He then uses the phenotype of red hair to explain that humans...
Instructional Video7:50
Amoeba Sisters

Alleles and Genes

12th - Higher Ed
Join the Amoeba Sisters as they discuss the terms "gene" and "allele" in context of a gene involved in PTC (phenylthiocarbamide) taste sensitivity. Note: as mentioned throughout video, the ability to taste PTC may be more complex than a...
Instructional Video6:48
Amoeba Sisters

Incomplete Dominance, Codominance, Polygenic Traits, and Epistasis!

12th - Higher Ed
Discover more types of non-Mendelian inheritance such as incomplete dominance and codominance with the Amoeba Sisters!
Instructional Video14:43
Amoeba Sisters

Mega Genetics Review

12th - Higher Ed
Ready to review how to do different types of Mendelian and Non-Mendelian Punnett square problems with The Amoeba Sisters? This video reviews one-trait / monohybrid crosses, two-trait / dihybrid crosses, incomplete dominance, codominance,...
Instructional Video6:45
Amoeba Sisters

Multiple Alleles (ABO Blood Types) and Punnett Squares

12th - Higher Ed
Learn how to set up and solve a genetic problem involving multiple alleles using ABO blood types as an example!
Instructional Video6:12
Amoeba Sisters

Monohybrids and the Punnett Square Guinea Pigs

12th - Higher Ed
Learn how to use a Punnett square to solve a Mendelian monohybrid cross with one of the Amoeba Sister's favorite classroom pets: hairless guinea pigs.
Instructional Video8:12
Amoeba Sisters

Dihybrid and Two-Trait Crosses

12th - Higher Ed
This video will show how to set up and solve everyone's favorite 16 square Punnett square.
Instructional Video5:54
Amoeba Sisters

Punnett Squares and Sex-Linked Traits

12th - Higher Ed
Explore inheritance when carried on the X chromosome with the Amoeba Sisters! This video focuses on how to do general Punnett square problems that involve traits on the sex chromosomes (X and Y chromosomes). We do want to point out...
Instructional Video12:57
Bozeman Science

Genotypes and Phenotypes

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen explains how changes in the genotype of an individual can affect the phenotype. He begins with genotype:phenotype::letters:story analogy. He explains how mutations can be neutral, beneficial or harmful. He also explains how...
Instructional Video11:45
Bozeman Science

Genetics

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen reviews the concepts discovered by Gregor Mendel.
Instructional Video10:38
Crash Course

Population Genetics: When Darwin Met Mendel - Crash Course Biology

12th - Higher Ed
Hank talks about population genetics, which helps to explain the evolution of populations over time by combing the principles of Mendel and Darwin, and by means of the Hardy-Weinberg equation.
Instructional Video11:43
Bozeman Science

Hardy-Weinberg Equation

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen explains the elements in the Hardy-Weinberg equation; including the allele frequency and phenotype frequency. He begins with a brief explanation of phenotypes and genotypes. A sample problem is worked out and...
Instructional Video7:06
Bozeman Science

Genotype Expression

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen explains how genotypes can be expressed or not based on changes in the environment. He starts with a brief description of the Himalayan rabbit and how melanin production can be disrupted by high temperature. He explains...
Instructional Video3:02
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: How Mendel's pea plants helped us understand genetics - Hortensia Jimenez Diaz

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Each father and mother pass down traits to their children, who inherit combinations of their dominant or recessive alleles. But how do we know so much about genetics today? Hortensia Jimenez Diaz explains how studying pea plants revealed...
Instructional Video10:05
SciShow

Gregor Mendel: Great Minds

12th - Higher Ed
Hank brings us the story of Gregor Mendel, the Austrian monk who, with the help of a garden full of pea plants, discovered the fundamental properties of inheritance and paved the way for modern genetics. He also gives us the dirt on a...
Instructional Video10:17
Crash Course

Heredity: Crash Course Biology

12th - Higher Ed
Hank and his brother John discuss heredity via the gross example of relative ear wax moistness.
Instructional Video12:44
Crash Course

Natural Selection - Crash Course Biology

12th - Higher Ed
Hank guides us through the process of natural selection, the key mechanism of evolution.
Instructional Video8:52
Bozeman Science

Examples of Natural Selection

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen details examples of natural selection in the world. He starts by explaining how changes in global temperatures are causing plants to adapt. He explains how mutations cause changes in phenotype which give organisms varying...
Instructional Video9:59
Bozeman Science

DNA and RNA - Part 2

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen continues his description of DNA and RNA. He begins with the structure of DNA and RNA and moves into the process of DNA Replication. He also describes the central dogma of biology explaining how DNA is transcribed to mRNA...
Instructional Video0:43
Curated Video

Genotype

6th - 12th
The genetic make-up of an individual. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films reinforce abstract concepts and key...