TED Talks
TED: A scientific breakthrough that could transform how we produce food | David Friedberg
Agriculture fundamentally changed the way humans live — but at a cost, using up huge tracts of land and wreaking havoc on the environment, even as millions still go hungry. Entrepreneur and investor David Friedberg paints a picture of...
MinuteEarth
We don't know what a tree is (and this video won't tell you)
It turns out that defining what is and isn't a “tree” is way harder than it seems.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why do you want to squeeze cute things? | Joshua Paul Dale
Watching a kitten fumbling around, it might feel as if you've never encountered anything so devastatingly adorable in your mortal life. You may want to pet its soft fur and kiss its tiny head. But you may also feel the conflicting...
SciShow
Why Are Cheetahs the Fastest Land Animal?
Cheetahs are fast. You know this. But which is faster: a cheetah, or a Tyrannosaurus rex?
Bozeman Science
Hardy-Weinberg Equation
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...
Curated Video
Classification
The grouping of organisms into categories with similar features. 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...
Curated Video
Carl Linnaeus
Find out how an 18th-century Swedish botanist revolutionised the way organisms are classified. Life processes - Variation and classification - Why classify? Learning Points Carl Linnaeus classified living things by their physical...
Wonderscape
Animal Adaptations: Survival Strategies in Nature
Explore the fascinating world of animal adaptations, where species develop physical and behavioral traits to thrive in their environments. Discover how sharks, bears, raccoons, and other animals have evolved to fit their habitats, from...
Curated Video
Changing Traits for Adaptation
Changing Traits for Adaptation recognizes that inherited traits of animals can change over time to adapt to their environment for survival.
Curated Video
Five Themes of Geography
Five Themes of Geography identifies the five themes of geography by examining location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region.
Curated Video
Physical Adaptations of Animals
Physical Adaptations of Animals explores the physical characteristic adaptations of various animals by discussing how those adaptations enable them to survive in different environments.
Curated Video
Boiling Points and Melting Points
Boiling Points and Melting Points examines boiling point and melting point by defining and exploring examples.
Curated Video
Inherited and Acquired Traits of Plants
Inherited and Acquired Traits of Plants explains the differences between inherited and acquired traits of plants.
Nature League
Gregor Mendel: The Father of Modern Genetics
This week on Nature League, Brit Garner explores the life and times of Gregor Mendel, the monk who became the father of modern genetics, with some re-enactment help from her friend Adrian.
Visual Learning Systems
Grouping Living Things: Placing Living Things in Groups
There are millions of different kinds of living things on the planet. Grouping them is not an easy task. This fascinating program explores this process and investigates some of the major groups of living things.
Astrum
Our Solar System's Planets: Mercury
Almost everything you could want to know about the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury. Real HD photos and videos taken by the MESSENGER probe. We discuss the orbit, climate, geographical features, and general physical characteristics or...
Astrum
How do we know it rains iron on WASP-76b?
There is an exoplanet, discovered by ESO's VLT, where it rains iron. But WASP-67b is 690 light years away, how could we possibly know that?
Visual Learning Systems
The Classification of Organisms: Taxonomy
For thousands of years scientists have named and categorized the vast array of life on Earth. This series of videos highlights the major advances concerning the classification of life, more specifically focusing on current trends in...
Curated Video
DNA and the Genome
This video discusses the structure and function of DNA. The video also talks about the sequencing of the human genome and its potential applications, such as linking genes to diseases and tracing migration patterns. It provides a basic...
Step Back History
History Shows that the Gender Binary isn’t Normal
YUP! Binary Gender is far from some innate biological thing. Today, we'll look at the science, and examples from history and around the world to look at it.
Mr. Beat
How to End Racism
How do we end racism? I think I have a solution, and it first begins with knowing what the actual definitions of "racism" and "race" are.
1) Acknowledge race has no genetic basis, and was a term invented by one group people to justify...
Minute Earth
Minute Earth: How Do Trees Survive Winter?
Learn about some survival mechanisms that allow plants to survive in cold climates. [2:49]
Minute Earth
Minute Earth: The Secret Social Life of Plants
Plants are more than just green, photosynthesis machines. They behave and adapt to their environmental cues much like animals do. [2:32]