A great (and quick!) way to share brand new discoveries with your students. Teachers tell us they use this series of videos as a fun way to kick-start class (especially on Fridays) and to show students that science isn't just what's already known and in the books.
In this 3-minute episode: Body surfing bees, unsinkable metal, faster space forecaster, and gutsy mealworms purge plastic
Links to associated news releases:
Researchers show that mealworms can safely consume toxic additive-containing plastic
Detecting solar flares in real time
Spiders and ants inspire metal that won’t sink
The full series can be viewed and downloaded here from the National Science Foundation.
