TED-Ed
What Causes Kidney Stones?
Could you imagine having a kidney stone the size of a coconut? Viewers learn about the largest kidney stone ever recorded in a video that explains what kidney stones are and how they form. Then, it details multiple procedures to treat or...
TED-Ed
Periodic Videos
From hydrogen to ununoctium, this collection of videos has everything you need to begin teaching about the periodic table. Offering descriptions of each element and interesting experiments...
Curated OER
Nervous Systems
Explore the nervous system's workings by first looking at the brain and its two hemispheres. Using the example of a split-brain surgery done for epilepsy, the function of language and vision is shown with an interactive component. Paul...
Learning Games Lab
The Olsen Test for Phosphorus
A short video teaches viewers about the Olsen Test, a soil test specific for plants grown in arid regions. The soil in arid regions has a higher pH and plants require special treatment to thrive. The video provides information about the...
Learning Games Lab
Properties of Soil
How do the different types of soil allow water to flow? Scholars compare flocculated and dispersed soils and their ability to move water through the soil. Silt, sand, and clay particles clump together and create large pores in the soil...
TED-Ed
How Did Teeth Evolve?
Tooth be told, your class is gonna love this video! Science scholars look beyond simple cell types and enter the world of teeth. The narrator describes how we think teeth evolved to their present form, how form dictates function, and how...
Periodic Videos
Calcium
The average adult human body contains around 1 kg, or 2 pounds, of calcium. The 20th video in a series focusing on each of the 118 chemical elements discusses calcium. It describes the properties, forms, and many uses of the element....
Socratica
What Are CHNOPS?
It's the stuff of life! Where would we be without CHNOPS? Biology scholars discover the elements essential to life with a video from an engaging biology playlist. Topics covered include lipids, proteins, and DNA, as well as the trace...
JFR Science
Solubility and Reactions in Solution: How Does My Water Softener Work?
What is soap scum, and why does it form? Explore hard versus soft water with a video from JFR Science. The narrator explains why someone might have hard water, the factors that affect ion solubility, and how a water softener addresses...
PBS
The Science and Art of Cheese
The United States produces more than a billion pounds of cheese every month. The video, part of the PBS food science series, explains the science of making cheese. It introduces cheese makers and their processes. In addition, it...
Fuse School
Hard and Soft Water
What does it mean to have hard or soft water? Learners discover the chemistry behind water hardness in the fifth video of a seven-part series describing our water resources. Using simple animations and balanced chemical equations, young...
Fuse School
Uses of Limestone - Cement, Mortar, and Concrete
This rock is on a roll! Introduce young geologists and environmentalists to the many uses of limestone using the fifth installment in a series of seven. Illustrate the components and properties of cement, mortar, and concrete,...
Bozeman Science
Homeostatic Loops
When someone is hot and their face is red, it is due to capillaries bringing blood closer to the surface of our skin so more heat can be lost. In the video, learners explore homeostasis and its role in the human body. Four homeostatic...
University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham: Periodic Table of Videos: Calcium
A look at calcium and its compounds that allow it to be used in chalk and in reactions that produce light. [8:56]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Electron Configurations in the 3d Orbitals
A review of the electron configurations and orbital notations with a focus on K, Ca, and Sc. [12:33]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Habitat and Diet in Racehorse Development
This animated segment from KET's Electronic Field Trip to a Horse Farm demonstrates one of the ways calcium, a naturally occurring mineral derived from limestone, enters a horse's diet to give it an advantage in bone strength. [1:09]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Nervous System and Contractions: Lesson 1
This lesson will investigate the role of the nervous system in muscle contractions. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Nervous System and Contractions."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Muscle Contractions: Micro Level: Lesson 1
This lesson will go into more detail describing how a muscle contracts. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Muscle Contractions: Micro Level."
Curated OER
Kids Health: Figuring Out Food Labels
Here is help in figuring out the information provided on food labels. Be sure you are getting the nutrition you need from the foods you eat.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Action Potentials in Cardiac Myocytes
See how muscle cells in the heart contract by allowing calcium to flow inside and bringing along some positive charge with it! [12:10]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Skeletal Endocrine Control
This video explains how the endocrine system plays an important role in calcium homeostasis through its effect on bone remodeling and its effect on calcium absorption. [8:22]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Skeletal Health: Lesson 1
This lesson will describe the effects that exercise and nutrition have in the health of your skeletal system. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Skeletal Health."