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Grade 6 Flight Unit Activity Ideas
https://youtu.be/PuVkw9Dlguc This is a very practical informal resource video for elementary science teachers based on the Ontario science curriculum unit about flight - Grade 6
Performance Enhancing Drugs
https://youtu.be/qfxoqje1X7o You've heard about them, but do you how they work? Or why they suck? Hank explains the science behind performance enhancers, including steroids, blood doping, and that stuff supposedly made out of deer antlers. You'll never look at...
ANIMALS AND CRITICAL THINKING IN GRADE 2
How can studying an animal help people build a proper habitat for it? Learning goal: To understand that animals have distinct characteristics. Animals have needs that must be met in order to survive. Animals adapt to their environment. by Jeff Finn This resource is...
Human Experimentation: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
https://youtu.be/hRwWxELXakA In the early days of the space race, agency researchers in Russia and at NASA really weren't sure all what would happen to an astronaut in space. They didn't know if a human mind could handle actually seeing Earth or what would happen to...
Why do our bodies age? – TED- Ed
https://youtu.be/GASaqPv0t0g Human bodies aren’t built for extreme aging: our capacity is set at about 90 years. But what does aging really mean, and how does it counteract the body’s efforts to stay alive? Monica Menesini details the nine physiological...
Centripetal Acceleration
Introduction Take your students on an amusement park ride—for just a penny! Discuss how an object can be accelerating yet moving at constant speed. Investigate how a change in direction (at constant speed) is acceleration; that is, centripetal acceleration! Discussion...
HIV Part 2
https://youtu.be/U52g6ZlR1W0 In the second video of our two-part series on HIV and AIDS, we look at the challenges that have kept scientists from developing a cure, and the treatments that have still managed to improve the outlook for those infected. We're conducting...
Taboos of Science
https://youtu.be/3_dEsw1Ff1U Hank discusses some of the taboos which have plagued scientific inquiry in the past and a few that still exist today. Like SciShow? http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow: http://www.twitter.com/scishow References:...
Recent deep freeze can’t be blamed on climate change, study finds – CBC
Consider this cold comfort: A quick study of the brutal recent cold snap in Canada and the U.S. found that the Arctic blast really wasn't global warming but a freak of nature. Source: Recent deep freeze can't be blamed on climate change, study finds
Your Body’s Real Age | NPR’s SKUNK BEAR
https://youtu.be/Nwfg157hejM Do all of your cells get switched out for new ones every seven years or so? Does anything remain with you throughout your entire life? Click here to go to the source of this resource for more info.
Observing Mitosis in Plant Cells
Introduction One of the basic tenets of cell theory is that “all cells only arise from pre-existing cells.” In fact, new cells are formed by the process of cell division, which gives two genetically identical daughter cells. This activity provides detailed...
The Worst Nobel Prize Ever Awarded
https://youtu.be/StrsvKSAbT8 SciShow explores the grim story of the lobotomy, the medical procedure that earned its inventor perhaps the most regrettable Nobel Prize in history. Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get...