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Browse results: Genetics and Heredity
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All in the FamilyThis video from the series Faces of America details the process of documenting family history and tracing lineage back through maternal and paternal lines. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
As the Crow Flies In this video from Nature researchers from the University of Washington conduct a long-term experiment to see if crows can pass information down from one generation to the next. Accessibility features: Transcript |
8-12 |
Video |
Challenges of IncubationThis video segment from Nature examines American Eagles along the Upper Mississippi River and their struggle to protect their eggs from predators as well as from the cold, extreme weather. Accessibility features: Transcript |
2-6 |
Video |
Crime Scene InvestigationThis video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K explores the tools and forensic science that crime scene investigators use to collect evidence to help solve crimes, and study animals, archaeology and paleontology. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
4-6 |
Video |
Desirable Breeding Traits in CattleThis video from Nature offers a description of desirable traits in beef and dairy cattle. Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
Video |
Different Breeds of CattleIn this video segment from Nature, learn about six different breeds of cattle. Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
Video |
Extracting Mummy DNAThis video segment adapted from NOVA explains how a DNA sample is taken from a 5,000-year-old mummy and what we can learn from it. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
Video |
FledglingsWitness eaglets begin to fly in this video segment from Nature. Accessibility features: Transcript |
2-6 |
Video |
Floral ArrangementsExplore a few of the ways plants pollinate each other in this video segment from Sexual Encounters of a Floral Kind. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
Video |
Frenetic GeneticsStudents learn about the types of genetic information contained in the human genome – physical traits, behaviors, and propensity for diseases, in this video from Faces of America. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
How Cancer Cells Grow and DivideThis animation from NOVA: "Battle in the War on Cancer: Breast Cancer" describes how oncogenes cause cancer and how cancerous cells can spread throughout the body. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
Video |
Language Development On his journey to discover the human spark, Alan Alda speaks with Dr. Elizabeth Spelke from Harvard University and Professor Neville from the University of Oregon about the development of language in this video from The Human Spark. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
Learning Right and WrongThrough scientific research, this video from The Human Spark illustrates how a child’s views of what is right and wrong can be shaped by others.
Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
Metamorphosis: Change of PlansAll animals develop and grow over time. The animals in this video segment, however, undergo very dramatic changes on their way to adulthood -- a developmental process known as metamorphosis. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption, Transcript |
K-5 |
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Migration of the MonarchThis video segment from NOVA: "The Mystery of Animal Pathfinders" explores the migratorial exploits of monarch butterflies. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
3-8 |
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Migration SensationsThis video segment from Faces of America details the process of human migration through haplogroups and shows the haplogroups of some of the series’ guests. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
A Piece of the PieThis video from the series Faces of America covers what DNA can tell us about our ethnic identities that regular genealogy might not. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
Ratty Old GenesThis video from The Human Spark explores the extraction and interpretation of Neanderthal DNA.
Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
Single-Celled OrganismsThis video segment explores the astounding diversity of the world's smallest life forms: single-celled organisms. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
Video |
Talk of LifeUsing the FOXP2 “language gene” as an example, this video from The Human Spark explores how similar genes evolve differently in different animals.
Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
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