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We make 🎥 films and 📚educational resources that bring the wonder and awe of discovery to classrooms and audiences everywhere.
Watch our 2 minute trailer to see what we're all about!
📊 Backed by research, our award-winning films make science engaging, personal and relevant for your students.
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Today, we're excited to debut the first of our 2026 #SCLAmbassador lesson plans! How do ecosystems recover after a wildfire? 🌲🔥 Take your students on a virtual field trip into California’s ancient redwood forests with our 1-period video activity: "Life After Wildfires: Observing and Predicting…
Ready, Set, Science! 🧪✨ Last week, Christine, Susan, Ariel, and the SCL team gathered with educators from across the US and Canada to build foundational science skills! For facilitator and #SCLAmbassador Ariel Raymond, the breakout sessions were the highlight of the event: "I had a…
Thanks to everyone who attended yesterday's webinar on building science skills! Up next, we're hosting a special session on Thursday, October 1 from 7-8 pm ET / 4-5 pm PT on how to Turn Any SCL Film into a 5E Lesson! Wondering how to use…
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iBiology, iBiology Courses, and the Wonder Collaborative are all part of the Science Communication Lab
Wonder Collaborative is our feature film unit, celebrated for producing award-winning documentaries like Human Nature and Picture a Scientist. Check out our newest film: Observer.
iBiology is how we got our start. Search our archives of 600+ comprehensive lectures and talks along with educator resources, flipped courses, and our popular microscopy series.
We offer a bevy of self-paced professional development courses for early career scientists and researchers. Learn more.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences under Grant No. 2122350 and 1 R25 GM139147. Any opinion, finding, conclusion, or recommendation expressed in these videos are solely those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of the Science Communication Lab/iBiology, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, or other Science Communication Lab funders.
