Biology/Life

During your unit on adaptations, evolution, or predator-prey relationships, this video would be an excellent one to show your students.  In it, is a discussion as to the possible reasons for zebras having stripes.

This is a great video that can be used as an introduction or a simple review of the characteristics of life.

This is a great video fro younger students to help differentiate between living and non-living things.

This video does an incredible job of discussing how bacteria are overcoming our human-created anti-bacteria.  It discusses the different ways in which bacteria reproduce and current technologies being used in developing better anti-bacteria.  WARNING: Judge the maturity of your class and watch this first to make sure that your students can handle it.  They use the word sex instead of sexual reproduction.

Have you or your students ever wondered why we yawn?  The theory that you may have heard was to add more oxygen to your body.  Well, guess what, that may not be the case.  It might be a way to keep your brain cool.

This is a great video about the differences between a birds-eye and a human eye.  

Have you ever wondered why your cat loves you to death?  You know when he takes out his claws and proceeds to dig them into your flesh.  This is called kneading and this video discusses why domesticated cats have a tendency that wild cats don't retain in adulthood.

Sugar is blamed way too much for a child's extra energy.  Watch this video to see why science says it is not to be blamed.

This video discusses how the brain makes room for more information.

What is the difference between a migraine and a regular headache?  Who gets them?  What are the symptoms?  These are some of the questions answered in this video.