Digging into Plants and Animals: Videos for Middle and High School

Cambridge OutdoorsMarch 15, 2020March 15, 2020Education, homeschooling, School Closure, ScienceCOVI-19, high school, homeschool, middle school, nature, New England, ornithology, outdoor learning, urban nature, woodpeckers

A collection of links on for middle and high school students:

Chemistry

Science Out Loud (MIT)

Science Out Loud Video: Understanding Molecules in Plants

Materials Science

MITx Engineering Course: Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Part 1: Linear Elastic Behavior

How Woodpeckers Avoid Brain Injury

Part 1 The Question

Part 3: Why Peck?

Part 2: Woodpecker 1010

Part 4 Impact and Deceleration

Part 5: Measuring Speed and Impact

Part 6: Size Matters

Part 7: Scaling in Nature

Part 8: Hall’s Pond and Bird Conservation

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