Classroom Resources

This video describes how prehistoric extinction rates are calculated from fossil data in a paleodatabase and compared to modern extinction rates.

This animation zooms into a coral reef to explore the tiny animals that build reefs, the photosynthetic algae inside their cells, and the damaging process of coral bleaching.

This animated short video celebrates 17th-century citizen-scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, whose discoveries of microbes changed our view of the biological world.

This video provides an overview of the types of genes that, when mutated, can lead to the development of cancer.

This film is set in war-torn Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, a protected area that has been the subject of a large-scale restoration project. The film tells the story of a young man from the local community who discovers a passion for science after meeting world-renowned biologist E.O. Wilson.

This animation shows how a region of the brain called the cerebral cortex develops in a human fetus.

This video shows a technique used to obtain detailed images of nerve cells by fluorescent microscopy.

This video explores how advances in DNA sequencing technology have improved cancer diagnosis and treatment.

This animation shows how disrupting cellular processes in the intestines can lead to colon cancer.

This film describes the discovery of Tiktaalik, a key fossil that illuminates the evolutionary origins of four-legged animals.

This animation shows how a single species can give rise to many different species with distinct traits, using anole lizards as an example.

This animation shows how the cancer treatment Gleevec inhibits the cancer-causing protein BCR-ABL.