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NASA

The Water Cycle: Following the Water

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Water that leaves the oceans must eventually return. The animations in the final lesson of the four-part NASA series show the complex path water can take across landforms before returning to the ocean. Approximately one-third of the...
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Instructional Video4:12
FuseSchool

What Are Mendel and Genetic Crosses?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
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...
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Instructional Video4:57
The Brain Scoop

Two Bats and a Spider

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
What creatures lurk in the rainforest at night? Meet three of them in one short video. Part of a playlist exploring mammals, the video presents a look at night research in the Amazon. Scientists locate and photograph two bat species and...
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Curated OER

Trees

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Trees are one of the most amazing life forms on the planet. Learn about the wonders, life cycles, and parts of trees. This is a beautiful and informative clip that will provide learners with a respect and understanding of why trees are...
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Curated OER

Electricity From All Kinds of Renewable Sources

For Teachers 6th - 12th
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...
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FuseSchool

What Is Asexual Reproduction?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
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...
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Instructional Video5:37
PBS

When The Earth Was Purple

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
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...
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Periodic Videos

Thorium

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Is thorium the key to future nuclear power plants? This concept and more become the focus of video 90 in the 118-part series on chemical elements. The professor shares the properties of thorium as well as the future possibilities of a...
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Instructional Video12:51
Crash Course

Biology Before Darwin: Crash Course History of Science #19

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
When did biology become a proper science? Travel back in time to the evolution of natural history during part 19 in an ongoing History of Science series. Pupils discover early pioneers in the study of plants and animals, the birth of...
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Nature League

What Are Adaptations? - Lesson Plan

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Texas short-horned lizards shoot blood out of their eyes to deter predators. The unique adaption allows them to thrive in a hostile environment. Pupils learn more about this and other adaptations of plants, animals, and humans in the...
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Instructional Video0:57
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Termite Activity Enhances Ecosystem Productivity and Stability

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
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...
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Instructional Video0:57
Steve Spangler Science

Color Changing Carnations - Sick Science! #020

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
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...
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Instructional Video6:17
The School of Life

Plato On: The Allegory of the Cave

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
What would you say if someone told you that your dreams and goals are merely phantoms in your own mind? A video analysis of Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" from The Republic takes high schoolers through the famous metaphor, which likens...
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Instructional Video0:57
Curated OER

Color Changing Carnations

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
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...
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Instructional Video5:08
Fuse School

Fats and Oils (Plant Oils)

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Sow the seeds of knowledge with a short video about plant oils! Science scholars discover the methods people use to extract oils from olives, coconuts, and flowers. The narrator also explains the chemical structures of these oils and why...
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Instructional Video16:58
Curated OER

C-4 Photosynthesis

For Students 10th - 12th
Comparisons between c3 and c4 photosynthesis begin this video. Next, the mechanism of CO2 being incorporated into a 4-carbon compound is explained. This is an involved topic which can be very complicated. It should be an excellent tool...
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TED-Ed

The Simple Story of Photosynthesis and Food

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
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...
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Instructional Video4:47
Teacher's Pet

Introduction to Ecology

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
An educational video offers an overview of ecology and discusses the levels of organization from biosphere down to organisms. It also compares terms such as habitats versus niches, generalist versus specialist, and biotic versus abiotic.
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MinuteEarth

Why Does Earth Have Deserts?

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Deserts make up 33 percent of the land surface area on the earth, so why does Earth have them? The video explains the wind and weather patterns that lead to deserts as well as rain forests. It details how this is related to the ocean...
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Instructional Video3:55
Deep Look

Banana Slugs: Secret of the Slime

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
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...
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American Museum of Natural History

Ask a Scientist About The Brain

For Students 6th - 12th
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,...
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PBS

Pbs Kids Clubhouse Adventures: Read Good Books!: Plant Parts

For Students Pre-K - 1st
KIDS Clubhouse Adventures kids read and discover more about plants. In this feature, kids demonstrate what they learned by designing and creating their own flower garden using art supplies. [1:48]
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Instructional Video
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plant Cell Structures: Parts of a Plant Cell

For Students 5th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Take a tour of a plant cell and see how they differ from animal cells. Also take a look at the unique characteristics that some plants have. [2:57]
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Other

British Nutrition Foundation: Food a Fact of Life: Food and Farming: Plants

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Watch this short video clip on plants and how they are grown as food for humans. [1:09]

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