This video does an excellent job explaining the answer to the question, "How small is an atom? It compares an atom to the size of a grapefruit and a blueberry. It is amazing to visualize just how small atoms really are.
If you happen to be teaching about atomic structure, this might help your students understand this particular scientific concept.
This is a TEDed lesson on how our noses smell and detect odor. This is a cartoonized video with a great story track. This science video goes through the different parts of the nose and some parts of the tongue as taste and smell go hand in hand. The video also discusses the difference between certain animals and our human noses. One of the interesting science concepts that is discuss is why some people lack a sense of smell.
How many times to we tell our children to put on warm clothes during the
winter so that they won't get a cold? This video does an excellent job visually presenting and discussing the effects of the common cold. Why are we really more likely to get sick in the fall and early winter? What is causing the illness to spread so easily during the cold season?
In this science video, we see how a mosquito behaves, a little bit about the history of mosquitoes, and the possible side effects from a mosquito's bite or sting. If you are teaching a science lesson on parasites, then this video would be a good one to introduce the blood sucking mosquito.
Steve Spangler does a great job presenting videos and experiments for kids. Here is a video and his website. In this video he demonstrates how to create square bubbles.
When you are teaching a unit on Astronomy, inevitably you are going to get into a discussion with students on the possibility of life outside of our own solar system. This video asks people on the street whether or not they believe in aliens. The responses are great to listen to. The discussion of the video is more about the knowledge of how vast a galaxy really is. If people understood how far a light year actually is, it would be less likely that anybody would believe in the alien types that visit the Earth.
Bill Nye the Science Guy describes how scientists and physicists might be able to stop an asteroid as it comes closer to Earth. He discusses the possibilities and potential methods of "shifting" an asteroids course. He discusses some math and units of conversion dealing with weight. He explains the science and possibilities in a manner that is very easy to understand. This video might help you as a science teacher visually introduce asteroids to your students.
In this video the question as to whether there is actually gravity in space is answered. The video discusses that astronauts are not actually floating in space but in reality they are falling and so ismthe International Space Station.They never hit the Earth though because they are also moving forward at an incredible speed. Gravity does affect objects in space but because of motion, objects can maintain an orbit.
In this video National Geographic takes a look at some rock climbing goats. They discuss some of their strengths and explain how the goats can climb the mountains so well. The footage and voice overs are a lot of fun to watch an listen to.
In this video you will actually get a chance to see how old your ears are. This video does an excellent job explaining the science behind it as well as actually demonstrating this scientific concept to your students and yourself. See how old your ears are.