In Some People's Sense of Smell Can Detect Disease, learn how Joy, a woman with a unique sense of smell, is helping doctors understand the early detection of disease. By detecting a specific smell that is associated with Parkinson’s, Joy is contributing to groundbreaking research that could help improve diagnosis and treatment. Learn how the sense of smell can play a crucial role in detecting diseases before other symptoms appear. This video is excerpted from BBC’s The World’s Most Extraordinary People, a documentary series revealing how rare medical conditions inspire groundbreaking scientific discoveries.
In Understanding the Brain's Unique Sensory Connections, learn how synesthesia occurs in the brain and how it allows people to experience the world in an extraordinary way by connecting senses in unique ways, like seeing colors when hearing sounds. Understanding synesthesia is helping researchers assist individuals with sensory limitations, such as blindness, by expanding our knowledge of how the brain processes stimuli. This insight is leading to advancements in both sensory research and the treatment of sensory disorders. This video is excerpted from BBC’s The World’s Most Extraordinary People, a documentary series revealing how rare medical conditions inspire groundbreaking scientific discoveries.
In The Speedy Sengi’s Amazing Journey, narrator Sir David Attenborough introduces the incredible sengi, a tiny mammal with big energy! She zips along her carefully crafted trails in search of food but these trails also serve as her secret weapon against hungry predators. With her amazing speed and a mental map of every twist and turn, she outsmarts a chasing reptile and dashes back to safety. This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In Spotted! Birdwatching Using Our Five Senses, Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers use their five senses to find birds. Whether you call it bird spotting or birdwatching, it takes patience! Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers stay quiet so they can hear all the different birds in the park around them. Learn about the different birds they hear. This video is excerpted from BBC's Ranger Hamza’s Eco Quest, a nature exploration show in which Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers go on quests to discover nature’s wonders and the important role they play in our environment.
Bring the delightful Numberblocks characters into your math classroom with this engaging number sense printable bundle, perfect for PreK-Grade 2 learners! Packed with colorful worksheets, this bundle includes important number sense concepts like the number line, place value in tens, comparing numbers, simple addition and more! Here's some of what's included:
- Blockzee Puzzles: Trace to finish the greater than and less than sums.
- Friendly Fluffies: Add to make 7 and help the Numberblocks escape the tickles
- Hello, Twenty: Count to 20 in lots of different ways!
Want more? We have tons on the site. Just search "Numberblocks"!
Can you finish these number sentences with One, Two, Three, Four, and Five?
1 + 1 = 2
2+1 = 3
3 + 1 = 4
4 + 1 = 5
Do you see a pattern?
In Troodon With a Super Sense, naturalist Steve Backshall describes this dino with an incredible super sense: its large eyes that help it during the harsh, Arctic night. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Deadly Dinosaurs, a documentary series in which host Steve Backshall is on the hunt for the deadliest animals to have walked the Earth — dinosaurs — exploring features of several species and putting their abilities to the test to reveal the raw power of these creatures.
In The Challenges of Sending a Crewed Flight to Mars, learn how sending a crewed flight to Mars requires a large cargo and even larger rocket power. To overcome the difficult initial part of the journey, NASA is building the largest rocket ever. Explore how the challenges of launching a mission to Mars are being addressed by organizations like NASA and SpaceX, including innovative approaches to rocket design and space travel logistics. This video is excerpted from BBC’s The Big Thinkers, Should We Go to Mars?, where Dr. Kevin Fong explores the complex scientific and technological hurdles of space exploration.
In The Senate and People of Rome, archaeologist and historian Richard Miles explores Rome’s evolution from rule by kings to a republic where every Roman citizen had a vote and the Senate was the governing power. The city’s motto: S.P.Q.R. demonstrates the ideals of shared power and democracy. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Ancient Worlds, an epic series with archaeologist and historian Richard Miles as he explores the roots of civilization from Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire.
One school has listened to the research around the teenage body clock and changed their start time to prevent kids from going to school chronically sleep-deprived. During adolescence when the teenage brain is still developing, a 7 a.m. wake-up time is equivalent to a 4:30 a.m. wake-up time for an adult brain. This video is excerpted from BBC News, a high-quality news program that provides impartial, distinctive information to educate and entertain.
In Deer Spotting Using Our Five Senses, Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers spot a muntjac deer! Tag along and learn how the muntjac rely on oak trees, and how bramble bushes help oak trees to grow, even when lots of animals love to eat acorns and young oak trees. This video is excerpted from BBC's Ranger Hamza’s Eco Quest, a nature exploration show in which Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers go on quests to discover nature’s wonders and the important role they play in our environment.
In Some People's Sense of Smell Can Detect Disease, learn how Joy, a woman with a unique sense of smell, is helping doctors understand the early detection of disease. By detecting a specific smell that is associated with Parkinson’s, Joy is contributing to groundbreaking research that could help improve diagnosis and treatment. Learn how the sense of smell can play a crucial role in detecting diseases before other symptoms appear. This video is excerpted from BBC’s The World’s Most Extraordinary People, a documentary series revealing how rare medical conditions inspire groundbreaking scientific discoveries.
In Understanding the Brain's Unique Sensory Connections, learn how synesthesia occurs in the brain and how it allows people to experience the world in an extraordinary way by connecting senses in unique ways, like seeing colors when hearing sounds. Understanding synesthesia is helping researchers assist individuals with sensory limitations, such as blindness, by expanding our knowledge of how the brain processes stimuli. This insight is leading to advancements in both sensory research and the treatment of sensory disorders. This video is excerpted from BBC’s The World’s Most Extraordinary People, a documentary series revealing how rare medical conditions inspire groundbreaking scientific discoveries.
In The Speedy Sengi’s Amazing Journey, narrator Sir David Attenborough introduces the incredible sengi, a tiny mammal with big energy! She zips along her carefully crafted trails in search of food but these trails also serve as her secret weapon against hungry predators. With her amazing speed and a mental map of every twist and turn, she outsmarts a chasing reptile and dashes back to safety. This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In Spotted! Birdwatching Using Our Five Senses, Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers use their five senses to find birds. Whether you call it bird spotting or birdwatching, it takes patience! Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers stay quiet so they can hear all the different birds in the park around them. Learn about the different birds they hear. This video is excerpted from BBC's Ranger Hamza’s Eco Quest, a nature exploration show in which Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers go on quests to discover nature’s wonders and the important role they play in our environment.
Bring the delightful Numberblocks characters into your math classroom with this engaging number sense printable bundle, perfect for PreK-Grade 2 learners! Packed with colorful worksheets, this bundle includes important number sense concepts like the number line, place value in tens, comparing numbers, simple addition and more! Here's some of what's included:
- Blockzee Puzzles: Trace to finish the greater than and less than sums.
- Friendly Fluffies: Add to make 7 and help the Numberblocks escape the tickles
- Hello, Twenty: Count to 20 in lots of different ways!
Want more? We have tons on the site. Just search "Numberblocks"!
Can you finish these number sentences with One, Two, Three, Four, and Five?
1 + 1 = 2
2+1 = 3
3 + 1 = 4
4 + 1 = 5
Do you see a pattern?
In Troodon With a Super Sense, naturalist Steve Backshall describes this dino with an incredible super sense: its large eyes that help it during the harsh, Arctic night. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Deadly Dinosaurs, a documentary series in which host Steve Backshall is on the hunt for the deadliest animals to have walked the Earth — dinosaurs — exploring features of several species and putting their abilities to the test to reveal the raw power of these creatures.
In The Challenges of Sending a Crewed Flight to Mars, learn how sending a crewed flight to Mars requires a large cargo and even larger rocket power. To overcome the difficult initial part of the journey, NASA is building the largest rocket ever. Explore how the challenges of launching a mission to Mars are being addressed by organizations like NASA and SpaceX, including innovative approaches to rocket design and space travel logistics. This video is excerpted from BBC’s The Big Thinkers, Should We Go to Mars?, where Dr. Kevin Fong explores the complex scientific and technological hurdles of space exploration.
In The Senate and People of Rome, archaeologist and historian Richard Miles explores Rome’s evolution from rule by kings to a republic where every Roman citizen had a vote and the Senate was the governing power. The city’s motto: S.P.Q.R. demonstrates the ideals of shared power and democracy. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Ancient Worlds, an epic series with archaeologist and historian Richard Miles as he explores the roots of civilization from Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire.
One school has listened to the research around the teenage body clock and changed their start time to prevent kids from going to school chronically sleep-deprived. During adolescence when the teenage brain is still developing, a 7 a.m. wake-up time is equivalent to a 4:30 a.m. wake-up time for an adult brain. This video is excerpted from BBC News, a high-quality news program that provides impartial, distinctive information to educate and entertain.
In Deer Spotting Using Our Five Senses, Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers spot a muntjac deer! Tag along and learn how the muntjac rely on oak trees, and how bramble bushes help oak trees to grow, even when lots of animals love to eat acorns and young oak trees. This video is excerpted from BBC's Ranger Hamza’s Eco Quest, a nature exploration show in which Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers go on quests to discover nature’s wonders and the important role they play in our environment.