Instructional Video7:12
Science360

Solving Crimes with DNA - Scientists & Engineers on Sofas (and other furnishings)

12th - Higher Ed
DNA Scientist and Mentor Bruce Jackson, PhD, traces ancestry and solves crimes with the powerful tool of DNA on this edition of "Scientists & Engineers on Sofas (and other furnishings)"!
Instructional Video6:05
Be Smart

Are We All Related?

12th - Higher Ed
In part 3 of our special series on human ancestry, we investigate how closely related we all really are. Basic math tells us that all humans share ancestors. But you'll be amazed at how recently those shared ancestors lived. Thanks to...
Instructional Video8:47
Natural History Museum

How Neanderthal are you? Tracing our genetic ancestry | Natural History Museum

K - 11th
Scientists examining the evolutionary history recorded within our DNA are uncovering the global human story in greater detail. Watch the film to discover what DNA analyses taught six well-known figures, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Clive...
Instructional Video3:57
Domain of Science

The Chain of Life

6th - 11th
Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus hereref='http://ow.ly/crsQ30beNOZ' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>here You are the living ancestor of an unbroken chain of lives stretching from you, through your mother and your...
Instructional Video7:12
Science360

SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS ON SOFAS (AND OTHER FURNISHINGS): SOLVING CRIMES WITH DNA

12th - Higher Ed
DNA Scientist and mentor Bruce Jackson, Ph.D, traces ancestry and solves crimes with the powerful tool DNA.
Instructional Video9:34
SciShow

Everyone Was Wrong About Ghengis Khan

12th - Higher Ed
There's an oft-quoted statistic that something like 5% of people are related to Genghis Khan. And the guy did have a lot of kids. But the truth is more complicated. Here's how we use Y chromosome analysis and small groups of genetic...
Instructional Video8:21
PBS

Are We All Actually Archaea?

12th - Higher Ed
The unexpected discovery of an entirely new domain of life was pretty huge and surprising - even if archaea do just look like bacteria. But, in recent years, it’s been their connection to us that's turned out to be particularly full of...
Instructional Video2:29
National Geographic

What Genetic Thread Do These Six Strangers Have in Common? | National Geographic

Pre-K - 11th
Genetic sequencing has introduced new ways of thinking about human diversity. And this, in turn, has opened up a conversation about the long, tangled, and often brutal history that all of us ultimately share. ➡
Instructional Video6:12
Mr. Beat

Washington and Oregon Compared

6th - 12th
Washington and Oregon Both of the bordering states in these United States like to talk a lot of trash about each other, but they have a lot in common Both began as part of Oregon Territory, established by the United States in 1848 after...
Instructional Video9:33
NativLang

What Genghis Khan's Mongolian Sounded Like - and how we know

9th - 11th
Genghis Khan? Or Chinggis Khaan? Maybe Khagan? History's most famous conqueror kept many secrets. Yet with some clever linguistic investigation, we can reanimate the sounds of his language. Become my
Instructional Video56:23
World Science Festival

It's All Relatives: The Science Of Family Ties

6th - 11th
Researching the farthest branches of your family tree is now faster, cheaper, more accessible and more accurate than ever before. Today you can find distant living relatives, learn how you are related to important historical figures or...
Instructional Video9:15
Brainwaves Video Anthology

John Schmitz - Enemies Among Us: Relocation & Internment of German, Italian & Japanese Americans

Higher Ed
John Schmitz, a history professor at Northern Virginia Community College, discusses his book Enemies Among Us, which explores the relocation, internment, and repatriation of German, Italian, and Japanese Americans during World War II....
Instructional Video12:43
PBS

When We Took over the World

6th - 12th Standards
Exactly how did humans become the top of the food chain? Follow archeologists through an analysis of the fossil records during a video presentation from the PBS Eons series. The ancient artifacts trace human evolution from Africa to the...
Instructional Video8:37
Be Smart

Tuatara All the Way Down: Face to Face with a Living Fossil!

6th - 12th Standards
Change is good ... unless you're a tuatara! Meet Earth's oldest surviving reptile species in a fun video from an extensive science playlist. Content includes why the tuatara did not evolve and its unique anatomy.
Instructional Video
BBC

Bbc Earth: Why Do Dogs Bark? Secret Life of Dogs

9th - 10th
This video discusses dog barks. Scientisits can trace the ancestry of the dog back to the wolf, but wolves howl and dogs bark. Scientists think the bark may have developed for human benefit, but can dog owners tell what their dogs' barks...