Instructional Video7:47
Amoeba Sisters

Plant Reproduction in Angiosperms

12th - Higher Ed
Join us as we explore flower parts, pollination, and double fertilization in angiosperms. We'll also talk about the importance of pollinators, like bees, and the role they play. 00:00 Intro 1:34 What are Angiosperms? 1:48 Fruit 2:29...
Instructional Video13:04
TED Talks

Lisa Mosconi: How menopause affects the brain

12th - Higher Ed
Many of the symptoms of menopause -- hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, memory lapses, depression and anxiety -- start in the brain. How exactly does menopause impact cognitive health? Sharing groundbreaking findings from her research,...
Instructional Video4:19
SciShow

Buzzed By a Weird Blue Asteroid

12th - Higher Ed
Asteroid 3200 Phaethon got closer than it will be until 2093, and the reflecting light has astronomers puzzled, and the relationship between black holes and magnetic fields is now a little more clear.
Instructional Video8:11
SciShow

What We Do With Dead Bodies

12th - Higher Ed
Everyone dies, but what do we do with those bodies? In this episode of SciShow, Hank explores the various options, from mummification to liquefaction, and everything in between.
Instructional Video4:45
SciShow

Building Robot Astronauts

12th - Higher Ed
NASA has put out the challenge: can YOU build software for a space robot? Along with that warm fuzzy feeling that you've helped humanity reach for the stars, a cash prize will be awarded to the winners.
Instructional Video6:10
TED Talks

Stephen Lawler: Tour Microsoft's Virtual Earth

12th - Higher Ed
Microsoft's Stephen Lawler gives a whirlwind tour of Virtual Earth, moving up, down and through its hyper-real cityscapes with dazzlingly fluidity, a remarkable feat that requires staggering amounts of data to bring into focus.
Instructional Video5:16
Crash Course Kids

The Engineering Process

3rd - 8th
So, how do we go about being engineers? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks to us about the Engineering Process and why we should do things in order, as well as many of the questions we should ask along the way. This...
Instructional Video15:04
TED Talks

Eames Demetrios: The design genius of Charles + Ray Eames

12th - Higher Ed
The legendary design team Charles and Ray Eames made films, houses and classic midcentury modern furniture. Eames Demetrios, their grandson, shows rarely seen films and archival footage in a lively, loving tribute to their creative process.
Instructional Video7:27
Amoeba Sisters

Meiosis (Updated)

12th - Higher Ed
Updated meiosis video. Join the Amoeba Sisters as they explore the meiosis stages with vocabulary including chromosomes, centromeres, centrioles, spindle fibers, and crossing over. Major Points in Table of Contents: Intro 00:00 Mitosis...
Instructional Video5:06
SciShow

The Lesser-Known Symptoms of Depression

12th - Higher Ed
Depression is not just feeling hopeless or apathetic, there are lots more symptoms that we aren’t familiar with.
Instructional Video5:51
Bozeman Science

Driving Nonspontaneous Processes

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen explains how you can drive non spontaneous processes by adding external energy (like electricity or light) or by coupling it to a spontaneous process (like the conversion of ATP to ADP)
Instructional Video10:19
TED Talks

An election system that puts voters (not politicians) first | Amber McReynolds

12th - Higher Ed
From hours-long lines and limited polling locations to confusing and discriminatory registration policies, why is it so hard to vote in the US? Voting rights expert Amber McReynolds offers a proven alternative: a new process, already...
Instructional Video11:29
TED Talks

Tiana Epps-Johnson: What's needed to bring the US voting system into the 21st century

12th - Higher Ed
The American election system is complicated, to say the least -- but voting is one of the most tangible ways that each of us can shape our communities. How can we make the system more modern, inclusive and secure? Civic engagement...
Instructional Video6:42
PBS

What Will Destroy Planet Earth?

12th - Higher Ed
Killing all the life on Earth is easy. But what about destroying the planet itself? That is DEFINITELY going to happen!! But HOW? Could it be Nukes? A Giant Asteroid? A Collision with another planet? And what's more, will anyone be...
Instructional Video19:24
TED Talks

Elizabeth Gilbert: Your elusive creative genius

12th - Higher Ed
Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius. It's a funny, personal and surprisingly...
Instructional Video21:53
SciShow

Learn To Taxidermy | SciShow Talk Show

12th - Higher Ed
Olivia Gordon shows Hank how to taxidermy a squirrel and Zoe the Red Lored Amazon parrot shows off with the help of Jessi from Animal Wonders.
Instructional Video9:02
SciShow

Fritz Haber: Great Minds

12th - Higher Ed
Hank introduces us to the brilliant and heartless Fritz Haber, a great mind who is considered "the father chemical warfare," but who also made discoveries and innovations that helped lead to the Green Revolution which is credited with...
Instructional Video5:33
Amoeba Sisters

What is ATP?

12th - Higher Ed
Table of Contents: 00:00 Intro 0:40 Some Examples of ATP Uses in Cell Processes 1:14 What is ATP? 1:52 How do we get ATP? 3:05 How does ATP work? Note: We received an excellent comment in an older video (about cellular respiration) that...
Instructional Video5:37
SciShow

3 Mars Mysteries We Really Should Have Solved By Now

12th - Higher Ed
We've learned a lot about Mars over the years, but we keep uncovering new mysteries - important, fundamental aspects of The Red Planet that we just can't explain. Here are three of them.
Instructional Video5:18
SciShow

That’s Not a Black Hole, It’s a Vampire

12th - Higher Ed
What was once thought to be a black hole might in fact be a star that feeds on its own kind!
Instructional Video12:08
Bozeman Science

Scientific Inquiry: A Teacher's Guide

12th - Higher Ed
This video is the first of a five part series on scientific inquiry. Supporting material can be found below.
Instructional Video5:59
Amoeba Sisters

Gene Regulation and the Order of the Operon

12th - Higher Ed
Explore gene expression with the Amoeba Sisters, including the fascinating Lac Operon found in bacteria! Learn how genes can be turned "on" and "off" and why this is essential for cellular function.
Instructional Video5:29
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: How do ventilators work?

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In the 16th century, physician Andreas Vesalius described how a suffocating animal could be kept alive by inserting a tube into its trachea and blowing air to inflate its lungs. Today, Vesalius’s treatise is recognized as the first...
Instructional Video36:56
TED Talks

Michael Moschen: Juggling as art ... and science

12th - Higher Ed
Michael Moschen puts on a quietly mesmerizing show of juggling. Don't think juggling is an art? You might just change your mind after watching Moschen in motion.