Category: Videos

Learning Resources for the Life Sciences

Cellular Respiration: How cells harvest energy

(This one’s for you, Shiv D.! I hope this is what you were looking for. – Anne) This animation, from McGraw-Hill, explains how metabolism (the chemical reactions involved in converting food to energy) works. View this and other animations from McGraw-Hill at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J4LXs-oDCU  

Natural Selection and Adaptation

(This one’s for you, Lucille W. – I hope you enjoy it!) This interactive video helps to test students’ understanding as they watch a short film on the rock pocket mouse — a living example of Darwin’s process of natural selection. http://media.hhmi.org/biointeractive/interactivevideo/pocketmousequiz/ For more resources from BioInteractive and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, please visit…
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Liter of Light

Liter of Light is a global, grassroots movement committed to providing affordable, sustainable solar light to people with limited or no access to electricity. Through a network of partnerships around the world, Liter of Light volunteers teach marginalized communities how to use recycled plastic bottles and locally sourced materials to illuminate their homes, businesses and…
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Reviving the Rain Forests of the Sea

“Coral reefs cover only about 0.1% of the world’s oceans, but 50% of the species that live in the ocean live on a coral reef at some point in their life.” This quote is from this 26-minute video documentary focusing on protecting the coral reefs near the island of Curacao in the Caribbean. This is…
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The ABCs of DNA

Explore the science behind the key concepts of DNA through animations, videos and questions in this interactive module. http://www.dnaftb.org/4/index.html For more resources from the DNA Learning Center, please visit their website: http://www.dnaftb.org/   Other related resources: Interactive learning module on DNA from Annenberg Learner: https://www.learner.org/interactives/dna/index.html

Understanding the biology of cancer

This 11-minute video-animation describes the biological processes that are involved in the development, growth and spread of cancer. https://www.cancerquest.org/education-center/videos/cancer-biology-animations For more interactive resources from CancerQuest, please visit their website at: http://www.cancerquest.org/.