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Sonic the Hedgehog Is Why You Have Thumbs!
Do you know what Sonic hedgehog is? Yes, it is a video game character, but it is also a protein that controls how your fingers develop. A paleontologist discusses the development of the arm and hand, beginning with fish and ending...
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Paying Attention in the Digital Age
"In a new article, doctors say that your attention span is like a muscle that can be strengthened. I didn't read the rest of the article because I saw a shiny thing." - Conan O'Brien. The video explains the way the brain process...
SciShow
Origins of Intolerance
Is the Earth going to be hit by a giant asteroid? An earth science video begins with an update on various topics including volcanoes, asteroids, and ancient art. Then it briefly discusses the biological origins of intolerance.
SciShow
A Brief History of Life: Survival Is Hard
When did life start on Earth? An enchanting video introduces some of the earliest times in the history of our planet. From rocks that no longer exist to the development of oceans and plate tectonics, The resource details the first couple...
Corbett Maths
Fractional Indices
Fractional exponents can be just as powerful as integer exponents. A short YouTube video shows how to deal with rational exponents. It begins with an exploration of exponents that are unit fractions of the form 1/n and then looks at all...
Corbett Maths
Negative Indices
Don't get negative about exponents. Viewers of an instructional YouTube video learn how to simplify expressions involving negative exponents. They see how to rewrite these expressions using positive exponents and then evaluate using...
Corbett Maths
Inequalities
Inequalities are more than just math symbols. Pupils learn about one-variable inequalities by watching a short YouTube video. After reviewing the meaning of inequality signs, the video explains how to interpret and write one-variable...
Corbett Maths
Inequalities and Regions
Learn to systematically find the solution. Scholars watch a short YouTube video that shows how to solve systems of inequalities. The method shown here is to graph each inequality and find the region that is a solution for all the...
Corbett Maths
Describing Reflections
Don't flip out over the resource, but be sure to flip the figures. By watching a short YouTube video, scholars learn about reflections in the coordinate plane. They see how to identify the line of reflection given two figures.
Corbett Maths
Sequences Missing Terms
Something missing from your knowledge of sequences? Viewers of a short YouTube video learn how to find missing values in a sequence. These include arithmetic and geometric sequences, as well as patterns that do not fit either category.
Corbett Maths
Similar Shapes Areas
Just how similar are the areas of similar figures? An educational YouTube video describes how to determine the areas of similar figures. Given the area of one figure and the measurements of corresponding sides of each figure, viewers see...
Corbett Maths
Similar Shape Volumes
More power to you if you can calculate volumes. Viewers of an informative YouTube video learn about the volumes of similar three-dimensional figures. They see how figures with sides that have a scale factor of n have volumes with a scale...
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97% of Climate Scientists Really Do Agree
Why do some people still question climate change? Discover the components of consensus with a video from a well-written science playlist. The narrator guides viewers through the process of reviewing climate publications, how exclusive...
The Brain Scoop
Insect Cribs
Which sounds like the worst way to die: being paralyzed until you are eaten or being imprisoned until you are licked to death? Both of these scenarios happen in nature, and a frightening Brain Scoop video explains the details as part of...
Emergent Order
Fight of the Century: Keynes vs. Hayek Round Two
In a witty and entertaining video, world-renowned economists John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek come to life and debate impact of government spending on the economy through the medium of a rap song and metaphor of a boxing match.
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100,000,000 Years From Now
Holocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Miocene, Oligocene, Eocene, Paleocene ... wait, did I miss one? PBS Digital Studios explains how human impact on Earth has potentially brought about a new epoch in geologic history, the Anthropocene....
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What's the Deadliest Animal in the World?
Do you know what animal causes more than one million deaths each year? This terrifying animal and how it causes so much death is the subject of a video that also shares how humans can avoid it and the research scientists have conducted...
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You Are Mainly Microbe… Meet Your Microbiome!
Can your body be its own ecosystem? Yes, in fact there are many ecosystems in your body. The video explains what microbes are, where they are located, and why. It focuses on the many good things bacteria do for bodies and the issues that...
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Why I'm Scared of Spiders
Eighty-four percent of people have an irrational fear. This video focuses on a fear of spiders. It explains the different types of fear, the conditioning that creates fear, and the evolutionary advantage to these fears. It doesn't just...
SciShow
Strong Interaction: The Four Fundamental Forces of Physics #1a
The strong force holds quarks together to form hadron particles, which include baryons and mesons. Common baryons, such as protons and neutrons, are the focus of a video that shows how they use the strong force. Then it explains the...
FuseSchool
Decoding Basic Trigonometric Ratios
Demonstrate the calculator keystrokes necessary for finding a measure of an angle using trigonometry. A straight forward lesson explains how to calculate an angle measure given a sine, cosine, or tangent ratio. The narrator...
Veritasium
5 Fun Physics Phenomena
Magnetic cereal? Bendable water? Young scientists study five physics phenomena by watching a video from the Veritasium playlist. The narrator accompanies each demonstration with descriptions of what is happening—or appears to be happening.
Socratica
Chemistry: Boyle's Law (Gas Laws)
Pressure and volume remain inversely proportional for all gases. Socratica presents a video about this relationship as part of their chemistry playlist. It explains Boyle's Law and the associated formulas before demonstrating the...
American Chemical Society
Is Aspartame Safe?
How sweet it is! Is it possible for something that tastes so sweet to be bad for us? Young sweetener scientists get an in-depth look at aspartame with a video from the American Chemical Society's Reactions playlist. Content includes...