Instructional Video5:02
Science360

The need for speed! Check it out in NSF Science Now 53!

12th - Higher Ed
In this week’s episode we discover a new species of titanosaurian dinosaur and how airline boarding procedures might be making you sick; we explore a compact mass spectrometer for use in the field; and finally, we learn how vertebrate...
Instructional Video3:40
Curated Video

Describing the Distribution of Data: Analyzing the Shape of a Graph

K - 5th
In this video, students learn how to describe the distribution of data by analyzing the shape of a graph. They are taught about different shapes, such as bell curves, skewed graphs, clusters, peaks, and uniform distributions.
Instructional Video2:13
EarthEcho International

Collecting and Identifying Benthic Macro-invertebrates for Water Quality Assessment

9th - 12th
In this video, Philippe Cousteau joins students from Petersburg Elementary to learn how to collect and identify benthic macro-invertebrates in a stream. They use a kick net to collect the organisms and a dichotomous key to identify them....
Instructional Video4:12
Visual Learning Systems

The Life of Birds: Key Characteristics of Birds

3rd - 8th
Birds are a vertebrate group with which we are all familiar. This beautiful and colorful series of videos explores the major characteristics, adaptations, and life cycles of this group of animals. Special emphasis is paid to the features...
Instructional Video5:21
Curated Video

Determining Independent Events

K - 5th
In this lesson, students will learn how to determine whether two events are independent or not. They will understand that independent events are not influenced by each other and that the probability remains the same regardless of...
Instructional Video6:26
TMW Media

ASL- Pets and Ocean Animals Vocabulary

K - 5th
Excellent for every American Sign Language (ASL) student as well as teachers, parents and professionals learning ASL to be able to communicate clearly, naturally and start signing with the deaf community and people with hearing loss....
Instructional Video4:23
Curated Video

Writing a Strong Response: Combining Prompt, Answer, and Evidence

K - 5th
In this video, the teacher explains how to respond to an open-ended prompt by combining wording from the prompt, your answer, and evidence. The teacher guides the students through the steps of analyzing the prompt, finding evidence,...
Instructional Video1:24
Visual Learning Systems

The Cell: Vacuoles and Lysosomes

3rd - 8th
Students will learn about the discovery of cells, the development of the cell theory, and the differences between animal cells and plant cells, Animations illustrate the different parts of a cell. Other terminology includes: organelles,...
Instructional Video4:09
Curated Video

Locating Evidence in a Text by Skimming

K - 5th
In this video, the teacher explains how to find evidence in a text by skimming and marking related sentences. They emphasize the importance of selecting the right amount of evidence, neither too much nor too little, to support the...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Astronomy: Comets

9th - 10th
Comets are chunks of ice and rock that orbit the Sun. When they get near the Sun, the ice turns into gas, forming the long tail, and also releases dust that forms a different tail. We've visited comets up close and found them to be...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ape Clarification

9th - 10th
A discussion about ape clarification that they have no tails. [1:04]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ape Clarification

9th - 10th
Sal Khan clarifies a fact about Apes- that they have no tails. [1:04]