Horsetails, also known as Equisetum, are an ancient fern ally with some fascinating features. When it’s time for them to reproduce, tiny spherical spores with four bendy “arms,” a bit like...
https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/horsetail-spores-walk-and-jump-like-soot-sprites
Spend 3.5 minutes with a bright yellow male Baya Weaver, a weaverbird found across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. These skilled builders are known for their well-designed dangling n...
https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/the-baya-weaver-constructs-an-expertly-designed-dangling-nest
George Zaidan set out to capture the intricate process of water freezing into crystal clear ice. Instead, his experiment in slowly freezing a drop of water reveals a phenomena he didn’t expect...
https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/ice-formation-dendrites-acsreactions-zaidan
What are tapirs? How does protecting tapirs help their rainforests thrive? And how does captive breeding in zoos help these endangered animals in the wild? In this episode of First Chance to See...
https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/pacha-an-adorable-baby-bairds-tapir
Zoom, zoom, zoom into “the sharpest infrared images to date” of the iconic Horsehead Nebula, a dark nebula located approximately 1,300 light-years away in the constellation Orion. Also known...
Linocut artist Elina Adrshina crafted this Sunflowers print with nine colors carefully layered one on top of the other. In the video above, Adrshina showcases the technique of reduction printing...
https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/sunflowers-reduction-print-linocut-elina-adrshina
In the cold forest canopy, small mammals with large dark eyes glide effortlessly from tree to tree. These are Siberian flying squirrels, fantastic creatures with furry membranes that stretch fro...
https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/baby-flying-squirrel-takes-flight-for-the-first-time
Filmmaker Andrew Lavers uses his passion for editing in digital and analog ways, including creating YouTube films, mixing tactile activities into his digital work, and turning articles into poem...
https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/how-to-make-newspaper-blackout-poetry
Axel Scheffler’s illustrations come to life in this animated read aloud of children’s author Julia Donaldson’s picture book The Snail and the Whale by the Belgium-based Moving Stories YouT...
https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/the-snail-and-the-whale-an-animated-read-aloud
“In the 1930s, hundreds of thousands of Americans were recruited across the United States to protect and preserve the country’s forests, parks, and fields,” this Untold History video summa...
https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/civilian-conservation-corps-1933-1942-video
Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park is a protected wonder known for its rich biodiversity, pristine wilderness, and abundant wildlife, including elephants, hippos, crocodiles, and a wide vari...
https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/red-billed-quelea-murmuration-sound-recording
Elodea densa, sometimes referred to as Brazilian Elodea or anacharis, is a water plant commonly available in pet stores to help decorate and oxygenate hobby aquariums. Like all plants, sunlight�...
https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/plants-photosynthesis-elodea-densa-experiment
A pre-drilled wooden base and laser-cut clear plastic supports hold up 3D-printed white ramps, gears, cams, and levers, all built to move 30 mm wooden balls smoothly through the course. “The R...
https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/designing-a-3d-printed-rollercoaster-clock-from-idea-to-reality
This particular serpent is not an animal; it’s a low-pitched wood and leather instrument that was invented in France around 1595. It has six tone holes for playing different notes, as well as ...
https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/how-do-you-play-a-serpent
“We’ve been using pigments and dyes for thousands of years, but they’re not the whole story when it comes to making color. ‘Structural’ color occurs when tiny nanostructures interact w...
https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/structural-colors-nature-energy-efficiency-video