Science Instruction Videos for Adult Learners 11.10.14
This video list has two parts, Video Collections, below, and Videos by Topic, beginning on page
4. The videos have been suggested by participants in the Science Instructional Videos Review
Project, organized by David J. Rosen, djrosen@newsomeassociates.com and Susan Cowles,
skcowles@comcast.net Some of the videos have been reviewed and another document, a
compilation of those reviews, will be available in the late summer of 2014.
Video Collections
Annenberg Science Videos http://www.learner.org/resources/browse.html?d=6
● The Brain: Teaching Modules http://www.learner.org/resources/series142.html
● Earth Revealed http://www.learner.org/resources/series78.html
● The Mechanical Universe...and Beyond (Physics)
http://www.learner.org/resources/series42.html
● Planet Earth http://www.learner.org/resources/series49.html
● The World of Chemistry http://www.learner.org/resources/series61.html
cK-12 Science
CK-12 Foundation is a non-profit that creates and aggregates high quality curated STEM
content. The web site has sections for teachers and for students. It offers videos, audio files,
images, text, quizzes and interactive learning objects
http://www.ck12.org/student/?gclid=CjgKEAjw8MqcBRCsv5Kf8NCUwlgSJADL4ihh13_q629sCm
lRbS4i88KKH-FsnRIQKSmKnSkZdafvY_D_BwE
● Earth Science http://www.ck12.org/earth-science/
● Life Science http://www.ck12.org/life-science/
● Physical Science http://www.ck12.org/physical-science/
● Biology http://www.ck12.org/biolog
● Chemistry http://www.ck12.org/chemistry/
● Physics http://www.ck12.org/physics/
Curriki http://www.curriki.org
● Chemical Reaction
http://www.goorulearning.org/#resource-play&id=e78b3738-1ab2-43bb-b04303ba76923290&pn=resource
Davidson University Science Videos Collection
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/movies.html
Gooru Learning
http://www.goorulearning.org
It has all the categories of science.
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Hewitt Drew-it! Physics series channel on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hewitt+drew+it+channel
How Stuff Works (health and science)
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Jefferson Lab Science Series
● Science Series Video Archives -- 79 science videos
http://education.jlab.org/scienceseries/archive.html
● Frostbite Theater -- 23 short demonstrations with liquid nitrogen
http://www.oercommons.org/courses/all-about-atoms/view
○ Freezing Balloons in Liquid Nitrogen (2:40)
Khan Academy Science Videos
https://www.khanacademy.org/#library-section
National Film Board of Canada Sciences Films 15 films, including Zoom cosmique
https://www.nfb.ca/
Nature (PBS Video) http://video.pbs.org/program/nature/
NEOK-12 http://www.neok12.com/
Good videos on enzymes, proteins, carbohydrates and digestion
Netflix Academy http://edexcellence.net/introducing-netflix-academy-the-best-educationalvideos-available-for-streaming
Science Video categories
Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals
2. Fish and other aquatic animals
3. Insects
4. Frogs and other amphibians
5. Reptiles
6. Birds
7. Mammals
8. Human evolution
9. Earthquakes and volcanos
10. Outer space
11. Systems of the human body
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Nova (PBS Video) http://video.pbs.org/program/nova/
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OER Commons
Video Resources in OER STEM Science User Group
● 1964 Alaska Earthquake
http://www.oercommons.org/courses/1964-alaskaearthquake (WGBH Teachers Domain)
● Monarch Butterfly Migration http://www.oercommons.org/courses/monarch-migration
(PBS Learning Media WNET)
● Botony of Desire – Monoculture http://www.oercommons.org/courses/the-botany-ofdesire (PBS Online)
● Physics -- Introduction to Waves http://www.oercommons.org/courses/physicsintroduction-to-waves (Khan Academy)
● Health -- How do cancer cells behave differently from healthy ones?
http://www.oercommons.org/courses/how-do-cancer-cells-behave-differently-fromhealthy-ones (TED-Ed)
● Reactions in Chemistry
http://www.oercommons.org/courses/reactions-inchemistry (TED-Ed)
● Biology: Taxonomy and the tree of life http://www.oercommons.org/courses/biologytaxonomy-and-the-tree-of-life (Khan Academy)
● Sex determination: more complicated than you thought
http://www.oercommons.org/courses/sex-determination-more-complicated-than-youthought-2 (TED-Ed)
● How simple Ideas lead to Scientific Discoveries
http://www.oercommons.org/courses/how-simple-ideas-lead-to-scientific-discoveries
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Healthcare and Medicine (from OER Commons)
Khan Academy Science Videos. Over 200 to choose from at
http://www.oercommons.org/search?sort_by=search&view_mode=summary&f.search=K
han+Academy+science&f.general_subject=science-and-technology
Viruses http://www.oercommons.org/courses/healthcare-and-medicine-influenzainfluenza-pathology/view
Flue Vaccine efficacy http://www.oercommons.org/courses/healthcare-and-medicineinfluenza-influenza-prevention-and-treatment/view
Smithsonian Channel
http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/sc/web/home
TV411
A collection of free, professional quality online “video magazine” articles on science for adult
basic skills learners with the theme of cooking.http://www.tv411.org/science
Untamed Science http://www.untamedscience.com/ Biodiversity and biology topics
Veritasium
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http://www.youtube.com/user/1veritasium
http://www.pinterest.com/carlosportela/veritasium/
Nearly 175 videos, apparently uncategorized.Described in Wikipedia as follows: “Veritasium is
an educational science channel on YouTube created by Derek Muller, that has over 172
uploads and 1,246,851 subscribers as of 2 March 2014. The videos range in style from
interviews with experts such as Physics Nobel Laureate, 2011, Brian Schmidt,[1] to science
experiments, dramatizations, songs, and interviews with the public to uncover misconceptions
about science, a hallmark of the channel.”
WatchKnowLearn.org Science videos in these categories: Astronomy and Space, Earth
Science, Chemistry, Environmental science, Life sciences, Physics, Scientific inquiry, Scientists
and inventions, Underwater volcanoes, Science-Ciurrent events science documentaries
http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Category.aspx?CategoryID=86
We Are New York
Adult English language learning videos, some of which have health-related themes.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/weareny/html/home/home.shtml
Videos by Topic
Animals
● My Bionic Pet
http://video.pbs.org/search/?q=My+Bionic+Pet
● Sponges: Origins (cK12 Series)
http://www.ck12.org/life-science/Sponges-in-Life-Science/lecture/Sponges%3AOrigins/r1/
● Cnidarians: Life on the Move (pronounced /Nidarians/) (cK12 Series)
http://www.ck12.org/life-science/Sponges-in-Life-Science/lecture/Sponges%3AOrigins/r1/
● Importance of Insects: Maggot Medicine (cK12 Series)
Maggots eat dead flesh, and can be used as a cleaning agent. This therapy may be
gross or taboo to many, but it can be very effective in cleaning out human wounds, and
saving human lives
http://www.ck12.org/life-science/Importance-of-Insects-in-LifeScience/enrichment/Maggot-Medicine/r1/
● Many, many more cK12 series animal videos at http://www.ck12.org/life-science/
Astronomy
● Cosmic Zoom
An eight-minute, 1968 National Film Board of Canada animation that begins with a boy
and a dog in a rowboat and then gradually zooms into space; after about four minutes, it
returns to the rowboat and then zooms to a microscopic level.
https://www.nfb.ca/film/cosmic_zoom/
● Exploring our Backyard (Our solar system) (cK12 series)
http://www.ck12.org/earth-science/Interior-of-the-Sun/lecture/Exploring-Our-Backyard-I/r1/
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How the Universe Works
Join host Mike Rowe for a journey through the cosmos that includes our own
solar system and distant galaxies and travels back in time to the Big Bang.
Length: Eight 50-minute episodes
http://edexcellence.net/articles/netflix-academy-best-streaming-videos-outer-space
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking
In this comprehensive cosmology series, Prof. Stephen Hawking looks at the entire
universe, from the Big Bang to the end of time.
Length: Three 43-minute episodes
http://edexcellence.net/articles/netflix-academy-best-streaming-videos-outer-space
NASA - Evolution of the Moon (cK12 series)
http://www.ck12.org/earth-science/Moon/enrichment/NASA-Evolution-of-the-Moon/r1/
Solar System: the Moving Spiral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQk2Z-JSLLA
Space School - The Moon (cK12 Series)
http://www.ck12.org/earth-science/Moon/lecture/Space-School-The-Moon/r1/
The Planets
This documentary series examines cutting-edge discoveries about the planets, explores
the origin of the sun, considers life on other worlds and more.
Length: Eight 50-minute episodes
http://edexcellence.net/articles/netflix-academy-best-streaming-videos-outer-space
What is a Star - Part 2 (cK12 Series)
http://www.ck12.org/earth-science/Interior-of-the-Sun/lecture/What-is-a-Star-Part-2/r1/
Botony (plants)
● Biology: Taxonomy and the tree of life http://www.oercommons.org/courses/biologytaxonomy-and-the-tree-of-life (Khan Academy)
● Botony of Desire – Monoculture http://www.oercommons.org/courses/the-botany-ofdesire (PBS Online)
● Parts of a Plant Cell:Photosynthesis
http://www.ck12.org/biology/Plant-Cell-Structures/lecture/Parts-of-a-Plant-Cell/r1/
● Photosynthesis http://www.tv411.org/science/tv411-whats-cooking/videophotosynthesis (TV411 - cooking theme, designed for adult ABE or ASE levels)
● Seed Germination
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Time lapse mung bean germination
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB4ASdELBbQ
Chemistry
● The World of Chemistry
http://www.learner.org/resources/series61.html
● Reactions in Chemistry
http://www.oercommons.org/courses/reactions-inchemistry (TED-Ed)
● Chemistry, States of Matter
http://www.goorulearning.org
● Chemical Reaction http://www.goorulearning.org/#resource-play&id=e78b3738-1ab243bb-b043-03ba76923290&pn=resource
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Earth Science
● Deadliest Volcanoes: Nova
Scientists probe the world's most powerful volcanoes, including the super volcano that
slumbers beneath Yellowstone National Park.
Length: 53 minutes
http://edexcellence.net/commentary/education-gadfly-daily/flypaper/netflix-academy-thebest-streaming-videos-on-earthquakes-and-volcanoes
● Earth Revealed
http://www.learner.org/resources/series78.html
● Kilauea: Mountain of Fire
Kilauea, on Hawaii's Big Island, is the world's most active volcano. Its latest eruption
began in 1983, and it hasn't stopped since. Kilauea is also the driving force in a
spectacular process of creation—the cataclysmic meeting of 2,000-degree lava and
seventy-five-degree ocean water.
Length: 50 minutes
http://edexcellence.net/commentary/education-gadfly-daily/flypaper/netflix-academy-thebest-streaming-videos-on-earthquakes-and-volcanoes
● Life on Fire: Phoenix Temple
Around the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua, life has struggled for thousands of years to
reemerge from the ashes.
Length: 53 minutes
http://edexcellence.net/commentary/education-gadfly-daily/flypaper/netflix-academy-thebest-streaming-videos-on-earthquakes-and-volcanoes
● Life on Fire: Icelandic Volcanoes
Through spectacular aerial footage of this country, which is an accumulation of lava and
ash, a maze of craters and faults, the episode tries to discern which volcano will awaken
next.
http://edexcellence.net/commentary/education-gadfly-daily/flypaper/netflix-academy-thebest-streaming-videos-on-earthquakes-and-volcanoes
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Megaquake: Hour That Shook Japan
Experience Japan's earthquake and tsunami through first-person accounts, as scientists
explore whether the U.S. Pacific Northwest could be next.
Length: 38 minutes
http://edexcellence.net/commentary/education-gadfly-daily/flypaper/netflix-academy-thebest-streaming-videos-on-earthquakes-and-volcanoes
National Geographic: Volcano: Nature's Inferno
Two legendary summits—Mount Unzen in Japan and Mount Pinatubo in the
Philippines—are the focus of this documentary about volcanoes.
Length: 55 minutes
http://edexcellence.net/commentary/education-gadfly-daily/flypaper/netflix-academy-thebest-streaming-videos-on-earthquakes-and-volcanoes
Planet Earth
http://www.learner.org/resources/series49.html
Ring of Fire
Of hundreds of active volcanoes in the world, over three-quarters are part of the
explosive Ring of Fire.
Length: 38 minutes
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http://edexcellence.net/commentary/education-gadfly-daily/flypaper/netflix-academy-thebest-streaming-videos-on-earthquakes-and-volcanoes
1964 Alaska Earthquake
http://www.oercommons.org/courses/1964-alaskaearthquake (WGBH Teachers Domain)
Deep Ocean Wonders and Mysteries - David Gallo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqly8ERIkHM (TED-ED)
Pangaea pop-up book - Michael Molina
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-pangaea-pop-up-michael-molina
Human Body, health and disease
● Asthma
http://www.nyc.gov/html/weareny/html/episodes/asthma.shtml (We Are New York
English language learning series, some of which have health themes.)
● The Brain: Teaching Modules
http://www.learner.org/resources/series142.html
● Health -- How do cancer cells behave differently from healthy ones?
http://www.oercommons.org/courses/how-do-cancer-cells-behave-differently-fromhealthy-ones (TED=Ed)
● Inside the Living Body
Inside the Living Body reveals the life story of the human body, from first cry to final
breath.
Length: 1 hour, 29 minutes/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBIYwiktPsQ
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Sex determination: more complicated than you thought
http://www.oercommons.org/courses/sex-determination-more-complicated-than-youthought-2 (TED-Ed)
Viruses http://www.oercommons.org/courses/healthcare-and-medicine-influenzainfluenza-pathology/view
Flue Vaccine efficacy http://www.oercommons.org/courses/healthcare-and-medicineinfluenza-influenza-prevention-and-treatment/view
No Smoking http://www.nyc.gov/html/weareny/html/episodes/no_smoking.shtml (We
Are New York English language learning seriese, some of which have health themes.)
Skeletal and Muscular System
Identify all the major bones, muscles, joints, and cartilage in the human body and how
they work together.
Length: 20 minutes
http://www.amazon.com/Skeletal-Muscular-System-DimensionMedia/dp/B005IOM3OE/ref=sr_1_4?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1402688503&sr=14&keywords=human+body
Stop Domestic Violence
http://www.nyc.gov/html/weareny/html/episodes/domestic_violence.shtml
The Hospital http://www.nyc.gov/html/weareny/html/episodes/the_hospital.shtml (We
Are New York English language learning series, some of which have health themes.)
Through the Virtual Cell http://www.ck12.org/biology/CellNucleus/enrichment/Through-the-Virtual-Cell/r1/
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How Pandemics Spread http://www.ck12.org/biology/Viruses-and-HumanDisease/enrichment/How-Pandemics-Spread/r1/
Microscopic view of the world
● Cosmic Zoom
An eight-minute, 1968 National Film Board of Canada animation that begins with a boy
and a dog in a rowboat and then gradually zooms into space; after about four minutes, it
returns to the rowboat and then zooms to a microscopic level.
https://www.nfb.ca/film/cosmic_zoom/
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The Powers of 10
This is not a video; it’s a user-controlled (or autoplay) set of images that begins with a
tree and, using increasing navigator button, zooms into the solar system, galaxy, other
galaxies and to 10 million light years away from the Milky Way; using the decreasing
navigator button one sees the microscopic world to the level of quarks
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/
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The Scale of the Universe2
This is not a video; it’s a user-controlled set of images that begins with everyday
observable objects and, moving the slide to the right zooms into the solar system,
galaxy, other galaxies and through the end of the visible universe; moving the slide to
the left, one sees the microscopic world.
http://htwins.net/scale2/
Nature
● Touching the Wild (53 minutes)
http://video.pbs.org/search/?q=Touching+the+Wild , specifically
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365224462/
Trailer (49 secs)
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365171773/
Nutrition
● Carbohydrates http://www.tv411.org/science/tv411-whats-cooking/video-carbohydrates
(TV411 - cooking theme, designed for adult ABE or ASE levels)
● Salt http://www.tv411.org/science/tv411-whats-cooking/video-salt
(TV411 - cooking theme, designed for adult ABE or ASE levels)
● Solids, liquids and gases: water http://www.tv411.org/science/tv411-whatscooking/video-water
(TV411 - cooking theme, designed for adult ABE or ASE levels)
Physics
● Solids, liquids and gases: water http://www.tv411.org/science/tv411-whatscooking/video-water
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The Mechanical Universe...and Beyond
http://www.learner.org/resources/series42.html
Physics -- Introduction to Waves http://www.oercommons.org/courses/physicsintroduction-to-waves (Khan Academy)
Heat -- http://www.tv411.org/science/tv411-whats-cooking/heat-0 (TV411 - cooking
theme, designed for adult ABE or ASE levels)
Circular motion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb4VzvfkSN0
Simple, engaging 7-minute introduction to two kinds of circular motion using (older
generation) real-world examples, part of Hewitt Drew-it! series.
Science History
● How simple Ideas lead to Scientific Discoveries
http://www.oercommons.org/courses/how-simple-ideas-lead-to-scientific-discoveries
(TED-Ed)
Zoology (animals)
● Monarch Butterfly Migration http://www.oercommons.org/courses/monarch-migration
(PBS Learning Media WNET)
● Bacteria
http://www.tv411.org/science/tv411-whats-cooking/video-bacteria
(TV411 - cooking theme, designed for adult ABE or ASE levels)
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