Amoeba Sisters
PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)
Join The Amoeba Sisters as they explain the biotechnology PCR. This video goes into the basics of how PCR works as well as two examples of its potential use. Table of Contents: 00:00 Intro 1:34 How does PCR work? 4:31 Why use PCR? 5:10...
Amoeba Sisters
DNA, Chromosomes, Genes, and Traits: An Intro to Heredity
Explore DNA structure/function, chromosomes, genes, and traits and how this relates to heredity! Video can replace old DNA structure & function video and in addition covers foundational concepts of heredity. Table of Contents: Video...
Amoeba Sisters
Autotrophs and Heterotrophs
Curious about modes of nutrition? Join the Amoeba Sisters in learning about autotrophs and heterotrophs. Video explains these terms as well as how their carbon source differs. Photoautotrophs, photoheterotrophs, chemoautotrophs, and...
Amoeba Sisters
Photosynthesis: The Amazing Process of Plant Food Production
Explore one of the most fascinating processes plants can do: photosynthesis! In this Amoeba Sisters updated photosynthesis video, you will find a general overview of the light dependent and light independent reactions (Calvin Cycle) and...
Amoeba Sisters
Plants: Diversity, Structure, & Adaptations
Join the Amoeba Sisters in their updated plant structure and adaptations video as they discuss the terms vascular vs nonvascular and how they relate to plants before exploring some general categories of plants (bryophytes, seedless...
Crash Course Kids
Got Some Solutions?
So, there might not be just one solution to a problem. I know that may sound weird, but it's true. So, how do you come up with multiple solutions? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Engineer Sabrina shows us how to do that.
Amoeba Sisters
Fermentation
What happens when you can't do aerobic cellular respiration because oxygen isn't available? Explore fermentation with The Amoeba Sisters! This video focuses on alcoholic fermentation and lactic acid fermentation, and it also mentions how...
SciShow Kids
How Animals Find Their Way Home!
Jessi and Squeaks are back from their research trip and ready to keep learning with all of you! And on their trip back to The Fort, Jessi thought up a really interesting questions: how do animals find their way home?
TED Talks
Patrick Chappatte: A free world needs satire
We need humor like we need the air we breathe, says editorial cartoonist Patrick Chappatte. In a talk illustrated with highlights from a career spent skewering everything from dictators and ideologues to selfies and social media mobs,...
Amoeba Sisters
Homeostasis and Negative/Positive Feedback
Explore homeostasis with the Amoeba Sisters and learn how homeostasis relates to feedback in the human body. This video gives examples of negative feedback (temperature and blood glucose regulation) and positive feedback (events in...
Amoeba Sisters
Genetic Drift
Discover what happens when random events meet allele frequencies: genetic drift! This Amoeba Sisters video also discusses the bottleneck and founder effect as well as contrasts genetic drift with natural selection. Table of Contents:...
SciShow Kids
All About Your Body! | Human Body Compilation
The human body is a complicated thing! To be able to move, fight off diseases, and even see colors, lots of different systems and organs need to work together. Squeaks' robot body is pretty complicated, too, so Jessi has put together a...
SciShow Kids
Why Does Bread Have Holes In It? | SciShow Kids
Mister Brown and Squeaks are making bread, and they're going to need a tiny little helper to get the job done: a fungus called yeast!
Disciplinary Core Idea:
PS1.B: Chemical Reactions - Heating or cooling a substance may cause changes...
SciShow Kids
The Secret of Frozen Frogs! | Winter Science | SciShow Kids
On a cold day, sometimes people will say "I'm freezing!," even though they aren't actually frozen like ice. But there is a very special animal that can say "I'm freezing" and mean it: wood frogs! Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn about the...
SciShow Kids
How Do Squirrels Find the Food they Hide? | How Animals Prepare for Winter | SciShow Kids
Squirrels eat a lot of things that are pretty tricky to find in the winter, like nuts and berries. Luckily for them, they have lots of clever ways to store up food to last them through the cold parts of the year!
TED Talks
Bob Mankoff: Anatomy of a New Yorker cartoon
The New Yorker receives around 1,000 cartoons each week; it only publishes about 17 of them. In this hilarious, fast-paced, and insightful talk, the magazine's longstanding cartoon editor and self-proclaimed "humor analyst" Bob Mankoff...
SciShow Kids
How to Find a Meteorite!
Maybe you've seen a shooting star, a bright streak of light that zips across the sky! But did you know that those shooting stars are actually rocks falling from space? And sometimes you can find them on the ground! Find out how with...
Great Big Story
She Voiced Characters on Rugrats Tiny Toons Atlantis and More
Explore the legendary voice of Cree Summer, trailblazing the world of animated characters. Discover her iconic roles and impact on diversity in cartoons.
Curated Video
White Propaganda
Often deployed by governments during times of crisis, white propaganda has a known source and simple slogans, and uses strong visuals to rally public opinion.
Rock 'N Learn
Three Little Pigs Song
Kids love this song that tells a classic children’s story about three little pigs going out into the world to build their houses and eventually facing the big, bad wolf. What choices do these little pigs make? Here you will find a lively...
Señor Jordan
How to say "The" in Spanish
In this video lesson we're going to be talking about the four ways to say "the" in Spanish and why there are four ways. In doing so we'll dive into the idea of word gender as well as quantity! And hopefully we'll have a laugh or two...
One Minute History
003 Dr. Seuss - One Minute History
Theodor Seuss Geisel is born in Springfield, Massachusetts. At twenty one, he publishes his first cartoon under the pen name “Dr. Seuss”; his mother’s maiden name, pronounced ‘Zoice!’. Theodor marries and begins working as an illustrator...
One Minute History
162 Political Cartoons - One Minute History
While the practice of using images to deliver political commentary can be traced back to the 16th century Protestant Reformation in Germany, Benjamin Franklin is credited with the first political cartoon in 1754. The cartoon — entitled...
Curated Video
Spanish Words Kids Love: Medios de transporte from Spanish Playground
Spanish Words Kids Love videos have: - Full sentences supported by focused images. - Native-speaker audio. - Important basic structures that kids can transfer to many situations. - Repetition of key grammatical structures. - An...