Category Archives: YouTube

#SharkWeek Fail. Some Sharky Remedies*.

Aug 17

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Over the last couple of years, Discovery’s #SharkWeek event has taken a beating for producing pseudoscience and spectacle over actual educational output that will help shark conservation. From CGI-lame Megalodon junk (they’re extinct already) to ‘Voodoo Sharks’, serious shark-science educators are getting annoyed. Sadly it seems that some of the scientists who appear in the “documentaries” have been duped into taking part, or misquoted: see this piece by David Schiffman (@WhySharksMatter). 

Fortunately, there is a lot of actually good content out there. This year, Emily Graslie (@ehmee, scientist, YouTuber and focus of perhaps one of Cosmo’s only proper articles ever), has created a series of five shark videos to entertain… and educate! 

*Remedies for bad science. Not remedies made of sharks. That would be is bad. 

Posted in Channels & Publishers, Ecology & Conservation (Core and Options), Endangered Species, Evolution (Core and Options), YouTube

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Can you solve this?

Mar 9

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Have a go at this – pause at 1:30 and get chatting before moving on! Another great video by Derek Muller (@veritasium), and will be useful in discussions of the scientific method, hypothesis testing and the nature of science.

A no is usually more useful than a yes…

Posted in #Inquiry, YouTube

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Amazing T. rex Illusion

Jan 7

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This illusion rocks. See if you can work out how they did it before you see the ‘reveal’.

For more amazing illusions, see the archive of winners and entries in the ‘illusion of the year‘ contest.

Posted in Brain, Illusions, Perception of Stimuli, YouTube

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Crash Course: How to Speak “Chemistrian”

May 1

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In our Grade 9 Chemistry class we think of the subject as a great puzzle, leveling-up as we add new concepts. The key to the puzzle is the periodic table: learning your way around – and how describe what you know and interpret the descriptions of others.

In this video, from the Crash Course Chemistry series, Hank goes over:

  • Determining Formulas and Names of Monatomic Ions 2:06
  • Finding Cation-and Anion Forming Elements on the Periodic Table3:29
  • Writing Formulas and Naming Transition Metals 4:02
  • Naming Acids and their Anions 5:35

Posted in Chemistry, CrashCourse, MYP, YouTube

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Your Brain: By the Numbers [Video]

Feb 11

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Here’s a collection of interesting brain facts from PhD Comics’ YouTube Channel. Could be a useful starter for E5 Human Brain – practice with calculators to convert all the imperial values to metric.

Posted in Brain, Drugs and Neurotransmitters, Nerves and Synapses, Neurobiology & Behaviour, YouTube

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10 Amazing Illusions from Quirkology [Video]

Nov 29

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Here is a collection of really simple illusions (including the Hermann Grid) from Richard Wiseman at Quirkology. A nice link to E2 Perception of Stimuli and TOK. Can we really trust our senses?

 

Posted in Fun, Silly and Funny, IBDP Biology, Perception of Stimuli, YouTube

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Fossil Rock Anthem!

Oct 23

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Another great parody by Tom McFadden. Rock on, we shovelin’!

Posted in Fun, Silly and Funny, Geosciences & Geology, Lyrical Science, YouTube

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Hank blossoms with Plant Science

Oct 17

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Crash Course & SciShow Hanks’s last couple of videos have been on Plant Science: transport and reproduction. Head on over to the main Plant Science AHL page  for the topic for the presentations and resources.

Posted in 09 Plant Science, CrashCourse, IBDP Biology, YouTube

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Birds of Paradise Project [Cornell Ornithology Lab]

Oct 12

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Thanks to Celia, our librarian (@CeliaSchatzky) for sending me this!

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology (@CornellBirds) and National Geographic have been working on this documentary on the Birds of Paradise. A great connection to E6 Further Studies of Behaviour and the importance of protecting habitats.

Check it out (and then spend the rest of your day on their YouTube channel)

While we’re at it, here are the Lyre birds again, from BBC Worldwide.

Posted in BBC, Conservation, Ecology & Conservation (Core and Options), Environments, Evolution (Core and Options), IBDP Biology, National Geographic, The Natural World, YouTube

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Red Bull Stratos – Jumping from the Edge of Space

Oct 9

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Felix Baumgartner is ready to jump! Follow the live feed below, or on the Red Bull Stratos website. His aim is to jump from the edge of space, breaking the sound barrier in freefall. Whoo!

Here’s a CGI simulation of what’s expected:

Posted in Environments, Human Ingenuity, Motion, Physics, YouTube

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