Crash Course Kids
Who Needs Dirt?
How do plants get the nutrients they need? This is the focus of a video that discusses how plants use photosynthesis to survive, with or without dirt.
American Museum of Natural History
Ask a Scientist About The Brain
Calling all brainiacs! Budding scientists listen to an interview with a geneticist as he answers questions about the brain. He responds to a variety of questions that include information about the size and composition of the brain,...
TED-Ed
The Simple Story of Photosynthesis and Food
Meet adorable, animated chloroplasts as they produce glucose with the help of the sun. Viewers learn how carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and electrons are combined to form carbohydrates with an engaging video. The narrator also explains how...
MinuteEarth
Why Are Leaves Green? Part 1
Consider a question that baffles even scientists. Why are leaves green? The video lesson offers a theory that begins with the first aquatic plants. Learners consider alternative explanations as well.
PBS
What Happened to the World's Greatest Ape?
Gigantopithecus was the greatest of the great apes! Whatever became of them? Take a journey to Asia and explore the forests and grasslands that were once home to the large primate using a video from an extentsive biology playlist....
Bozeman Science
Plant Structure
Let's get to the root of biology. A video describes the difference between monocot and dicot plants. Then it explains the three main types of tissues in plants and the cells within each of these tissues.
MinuteEarth
Why Are Leaves Green? Part 2
Examine the role of chlorophyll in the process of photosynthesis. An interesting video lesson helps learners understand the efficiency of green chlorophyll as it creates energy for a plant. Although 99.9 percent of plants use green...
FuseSchool
Plant Hormones: Tropisms
Why do stems grow up and roots grow down? A video from the Fuse School Plants playlist explains the four types of tropisms that control plant growth. Simple graphics demonstrate the importance of each type of tropism for various parts of...
Fuse School
Green Chemistry - Principle 10
Waste not, want not! Pupils learn how plant-based products are making a dent in the volume of solid waste placed in landfills each year in part 10 of a 12-part series discussing the principles of green chemistry. The video includes...
FuseSchool
What Are Mendel and Genetic Crosses?
Darwin and others hypothesized evolution, but they never explained how it worked genetically. The video introduces Mendel and his hypothesis, which scientists have now proved. It explains how he created the hypothesis and what...
SciShow Kids
Excellent Evergreens
Evergreens are green all year long. But why? Watch a video that explains the science behind the evergreen and other coniferoous plants.
Deep Look
Banana Slugs: Secret of the Slime
Banana slugs eat animal droppings and leaves, all while generating waste that acts as a fertilizer. The video explains the slug's role in the ecosystem. It highlights the benefits of the slime for slugs' movement, food source, and even...
Bozeman Science
Population Modeling
Are you Excelent with spread sheets? Video begins with an explanation of populations and life cycles of both plants and animals. Then it walks through how to model generations of a population by using a spreadsheet. It is the...
Curated OER
Electricity From All Kinds of Renewable Sources
On a bold, computer-generated animation of a landscape appears a city, power plants, wind turbines, and smaller, decentralized combined heat and power (CHP) plants. The intent is to show how CHP plants can be incorporated into the energy...
Amoeba Sisters
Plant Structure and Adaptations
Non-vascular plants, like moss, are able to survive on photosynthesis. A video explains plant structure for both vascular and non-vascular plants. It includes the parts of each plant and adaptations to various environments such as...
PBS
When The Earth Was Purple
Earth appears blue and green now, but an interesting video covers a theory about when our planet was purple. We know the sun emits mostly green light, so why do most plants repel green light rather than absorbing it? Did purple microbes...
FuseSchool
What Is Asexual Reproduction?
Nature clones plants and animals through asexual reproduction. The video explains what asexual reproduction is and the process involved. It highlights some of the plants, bacteria, and animals that use asexual reproduction. The video...
Steve Spangler Science
Color Changing Carnations - Sick Science! #020
The classic carnation color-change activity for demonstrating water transport up a plant stem is played out in this video. Add the clip to a PowerPoint presentation or show it when teaching plant structure to young botanists. If you have...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Termite Activity Enhances Ecosystem Productivity and Stability
Termites in your house? Bad. Termites in your garden ... good? Discover the good side of an insect that often gets a bad rap with an interesting animation. The narrator discusses how termites break down plant material, what the soil...
FuseSchool
What Are Chromosomes?
Two meters worth of DNA fits into a cell that is only two micrometers wide thanks to chromosomes. A video, part of a Fuse School Biology playlist, explains what chromosomes are and how they work. It describes where they are found and how...
FuseSchool
Transport in Plants, Part 2: Xylem and Transpiration
Ninety-nine percent of the water absorbed in plants transpires into the atmosphere. The second video in a three-part series explains transpiration in plants. It details how they pull water into the roots; how water passes through the...
Crash Course
Photosynthesis
Seventy percent of the world's oxygen is produced through photosynthesis by phytoplankton, microscopic plants found in the ocean. Viewers learn about the complex process of photosynthesis with a video that covers both the light...
Crash Course
Great Glands - Your Endocrine System
Diabetes is the most common endocrine disorder in the United States, affecting about eight percent of the total population. The working parts of the endocrine system are examined in a video that demonstrates how cells receive...
Curated OER
Color Changing Carnations
The classic carnation color-change activity for demonstrating water transport up a plant stem is played out in this video. Add the clip to a PowerPoint presentation or show it when teaching plant structure to young botanists. If you have...