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Instructional Video7:07
Nemours KidsHealth

How the Body Works: Muscles

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Viewers visit the gym where two kids and a body-building adult are working out. The characters discuss three types of muscles: smooth, cardiac, and skeletal. With middle school humor, colorful animation, and clear information, viewers...
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Instructional Video4:45
TED-Ed

How Your Muscular System Works

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Get ready for some heavy lifting! A detailed video lesson explains the different muscle groups and their functions. The presenter compares and contrasts different types of muscle compositions related to their purposes.
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Instructional Video18:23
The Brain Scoop

Fisher Dissection: Harvard Adventures, Part 2

For Students 6th - Higher Ed Standards
What can we learn about the evolution of mammals from a fisher? An engaging video from Brain Scoop's fossils and geology series illustrates the anatomical features of mammals through the dissection of a fisher. Content includes the...
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Instructional Video2:46
SciShow

Why Do We Jump in Our Sleep?

For Students 9th - 12th
A hypnagogic jerk, or hypnic jerk, is when you startle yourself awake just as you are drifting off to sleep. The video describes what a hypnic jerk is, how common they are, and who typically experience them. Viewers are offered two...
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Instructional Video7:32
TED-Ed

Leaders and Followers: What Tango Teaches

For Students 9th - 12th
What a great metaphor for understanding the qualities that belong to great leaders and followers! Discover the symbiotic relationship that exists in tango partners, with a special focus on how to achieve a stable, graceful performance...
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Instructional Video3:53
Be Smart

The Science of GOATS!

For Students 6th - 12th
Some goats have been genetically altered to produce spider silk. This video explains goat behavior, goat adaptations, and why goats faint. It also focuses on their unique eyes, hooves, and taste buds. Did you know a goat can change its...
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Instructional Video10:16
Crash Course

Tissues – Epithelial Tissue (Part 2)

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Epithelial tissues plays a variety of roles in the human body, including covering, lining, making a barrier, protection, excretion, filtration, absorption, and sensation. The video teaches high schoolers about epithelial tissue and its...
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Instructional Video9:40
Crash Course

The Integumentary System – Skin Deep (Part 1)

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Every minute, your skin sheds more than 30,000 dead skin cells. The sixth video of 47 teaches pupils about the three layers of skin, their composition, and different cell types. It takes a trip through the layers to help individuals...
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Instructional Video2:23
MinuteEarth

Why Are Snakes So Creepy?

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Humans are predisposed to fear snakes. Through evolution, many animals developed a visceral reaction to snakes as a defense mechanism. An engaging video lesson describes the evidence and how scientists came to this conclusion.
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Instructional Video4:35
TED-Ed

Why Do Humans Have a Third Eyelid?

For Students 6th - 12th
That little pink bud in the inside corner of your eye is actually a vestigial eyelid! Find out more about the plica semilunaris, in a short video that explains why vestigial structures hang around.
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Instructional Video4:42
Be Smart

Cuttlefish: Tentacles In Disguise

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Cuttlefish are actually not fish — they are relatives of the octopus, squid, and nautilus! Scholars explore this concept and more as they observe cuttlefish and their ability to change their coloring through chromatophores. Viewers take...
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Instructional Video1:37
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Creating Embryonic Stem Cell Lines

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Even today's stem cells have a history—and it's more than 30 years old! Learn how stem cell lines grow in a lab. Observe the various experiments completed to determine how cells grow in human embryos.

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