Curated Video
Doing Mathematics
Mathematician Ian Stewart, University of Warwick, describes his unexpected trajectory from abstract mathematical calculations in the back of an Austin Mini to developing a deeper understanding of how animals move, illustrating the...
Professor Dave Explains
Entomologist Adrian Smith (Get to Know a Scientist!)
Entomology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of insects, and that's what Adrian Smith studies. He works with some fascinating organisms, documenting their morphology and behavior, and is the head of the Evolutionary...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Do the Lizard Walk
A set of activities and a video on lizards. The activities have students use electrostatic attraction to mimic a gecko's grip, use capillary action to try to drink like a thorny devil, use camouflage to blend in like a chameleon, and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Water Walking Kratts
In this episode of Wild Kratts, we learn about the Basilisk lizard and what gives it the ability to run on water. [2:05]
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Dinosaur Videos: How Dinosaurs Moved
Follow the making of the BBC documentary 'Walking with Dinosaurs' and learn how experts developed an understanding of dinosaur movement by following the movements of large animals alive today such as elephants. [5:17]
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Controlling Animal Locomotion
A presentation focusing on how different animal moves by examining different gaits. The process of spinal cord interneurons and brain signaling pathways are defined and explained for different animal movements like hopping or galloping....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Creature Features
Learn how walruses, manatees, and seals use flippers in this Kratt brothers videoclip, and see how they compare to legs. [2:09]