Crash Course
Tissues (Part 1)
Once a nerve cell is damaged, it cannot be reproduced. Video number two in a series of 47 introduces high schoolers to tissues, focusing on the four types: nervous, muscle, epithelial, and connective. The narrator teaches their roles in...
Amoeba Sisters
Homeostasis and Negative/Positive Feedback
We all need a little feedback, both positive and negative! Take on one of the trickier Biology 1 concepts using a thoughtfully worded video from a fantastic biology playlist. The narrator explains both types of feedback with plenty of...
PBS
The Evolution of the Heart (A Love Story)
Not all hearts are the same, but their functions are similar. An instructor discusses the origin of the first organisms with a heart in a video lesson from the PBS Eons series. The lesson includes discussion of the evolution of the...
Curated OER
Glucose Insulin and Diabetes
This video would be great to use as an introduction to diabetes and the concepts of glucose, insulin levels, and their relationship. The differences between type I and type II are explained, as are the basic ways of treating the buildup...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
How a Heart Attack Occurs
Heart disease causes more deaths in both men and women in the United States than any other factor, buy many people don't fully understand what causes a heart attack. A brief animation demonstrates the slow buildup of plaque, a blockage...
TED-Ed
How Does Cancer Spread Through the Body?
Cancer's ability to quickly spread from one organ to the next makes it one of the most fatal diseases in recent history. Watch as this short video takes you on a trip into the microscopic world of cancer cells, exploring the different...
Crash Course
Endocrine System – Hormone Cascades (Part 2)
More than 27 million Americans have some type of thyroid disease. In the 24th video in a series of 47, scholars see how the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid axis works in the human body. The narrator then explores what happens to the body...
Crash Course
The Integumentary System – Skin Deep (Part 1)
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...
Crash Course
Endocrine System – Glands and Hormones (Part 1)
Hug it out! Hugging releases oxytocin, a hormone proven to reduce swelling, thus hugging can heal physical wounds faster. Hormones control many things in the body, from healing it to causing emotions, so understanding more about them is...
Crash Course
Respiratory System (Part 2)
Hemoglobin which is red, carries oxygen in RBC, and is responsible for the color of our blood. Video 32 in a series of 47 focuses on how your blood exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide to maintain homeostasis. Scholars see how hemoglobin...
Crash Course
The Integumentary System – Skin Deeper (Part 2)
The thinnest skin on your body is found on your eyelids, and the thickest is found on the soles of your feet. This seventh video in a series of 47 explores how the integumentary system protects people and also helps them interact with...
Crash Course
Urinary System (Part 1)
Explore the urinary system with your class using the 38th video in a series of 47 on the human body. The narrator teaches about the anatomy, the functions of each organ, and how this system filters blood to get rid of waste and form urine.
Crash Course
Reproductive System – Sex and Fertilization (Part 3)
Having sex calms nerves, reduces blood pressure, and reduces stress. Video 42 in a series of 47 specifically focuses on sex and fertilization. The narrator discusses how scientists determined the four phases of sexual response during the...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
How We Get Our Skin Color Interactive
I can see your epidermis. A short video shows how we get our skin color. It explains how melanocyte cells in the epidermis produce melanin, and that the type and amount of melanin controls skin color.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Gleevec Inhibits Cancer-Causing Kinase BCR-ABL
Less than 30 percent of those diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia live for five years. One researcher shares a breakthrough in treatment for this specific type of cancer. He explains how it spreads and how the medication prevents the...
American Chemical Society
Chameleons Are Masters of Nanotechnology
The oddball reptiles, chameleons, can teach animal lovers a little something about nanotechnology. Viewers peel away the layers of the chameleon skin to discover the different types of chromatophores using an episode of a larger series...
Curated OER
The Skeletal System
Discover the importance of your skeleton. Its different purposes are described and the various types of bones are shown. The animation in this clip clearly introduces the human skeletal system and its parts. A great resource for your...
Teacher's Pet
Salts in Solution
Neutralization always happens when you mix an acid with a base, right? Well ... sort of. Expand the class' view of acid-base chemistry using an informative video. The narrator shows examples of salt hydrolysis, how buffers influence...
Crash Course
The Nervous System – Action! Potential! (Part 2)
There are about 100,000 chemical reactions happening in your brain every second to help you sense and respond to the world around you. After a brief review of electricity, the narrator explores the action potential neurons used to sense...
Crash Course
Peripheral Nervous System
The brain does not feel pain, which is why surgeons can perform brain surgery without anesthesia or while the patient is awake. Pupils see how the peripheral nervous system allows humans to feel pain. The narrator explores the afferent...
Crash Course
Immune System (Part 2)
Scientists are creating an experimental vaccine for the Ebola virus, which in clinical trials, is working. Such vaccines are the topic of a video about the adaptive immune system. The narrator discusses how a body reacts to pathogens in...
Crash Course
Tissues – Epithelial Tissue (Part 2)
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...
Crash Course
The Nervous System (Part 1)
If you line up all of the neurons in your body, they would stretch almost 600 miles! The seventh video in a series of 47 and explore the nervous system, both central and peripheral. The narrator teaches the organization and composition...
Crash Course
The Nervous System – Synapses! (Part 3)
The narrator of this short video breaks down synapses and how they work in video number 10 in a series of 47 about the human body. It specifically focuses on electrical and chemical synapses and how they work, and ends by exploring...