Think Garden: Plant Families

This video breaks down the scientific classification of living organisms. Learn about the order of classification: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. Also get a closer look at some specific plant families to find out which fruits and vegetables are in the same family.

All in the Family

This video from the series Faces of America details the process of documenting family history and tracing lineage back through maternal and paternal lines.

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Animal Babies

This interactive slide show illustrates the variety of animal babies that exist on earth -- some completely independent and others deeply reliant on parental care.

Animal Families

How long does a baby elephant stay with her mother? What do you call a baby goat? Young children learn some interesting facts about the lives of baby animals in this original video from KET.

Becoming a Mosquito

Join students as they observe mosquitoes in different stages of development and learn about the insect's life cycle in this video from Curious George.

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Birth, Growth, and Development

By examining the developmental stages of animals, students learn about the life cycles of living things.

Bringing Up Birdy

This lesson from Nature uses the eagle to model universal avian life stages.

Challenges of Incubation

This 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.

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Fledglings

Witness eaglets begin to fly in this video segment from Nature.

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Frenetic Genetics

Students 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.

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Hatchlings and Newborns

It's a universal event that no one can remember: being born. This video segment shows that there are different ways to come into the world and suggests that some newborns and hatchlings are ready for independence far sooner than others.

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I Dream of Genome

This lesson, based on the series Faces of America, explores the various types of genetic information contained in the human genome.

An Imprinting Experiment

This video resource from Nature: "My Life as a Turkey" explores how Joe Hutto, a wildlife artist and naturalist, became a parent to 16 wild turkeys by having them imprint onto him.

Paper Towel Plants

In this video from Curious George, learn about how beans, a type of seed, can sprout into plants.

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Seahorses

This video from Thinkport introduces the seahorse, an unusual, endangered fish that has puzzled scientists who are attempting to save it.