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GM Crops
GM stands for genetically modified. So, GM crops are plants grown for food whose genes have been altered using genetic engineering. In some cases, the genes of other organisms have been inserted into the genome of the crop plant to...
Rock 'N Learn
Life Science: Fruits and Seeds
Here's an exciting way to learn important facts and get ready for a life science test! In this episode we'll be looking at fruits and seeds.
Curated Video
Rachel Carson's Fight for the Environment
Marine biologist and writer Rachel Carson demanded that the US government take responsibility to protect people and the planet. Her book Silent Spring was a turning point in the modern environmental movement.
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Variation
CREDITS Animation & Design: Waldi Apollis Narration: Dale Bennett Script: Lucy Billings Look at these baby animals. You will have immediately observed how cute and fluffy they are but you will also have noticed that they are different -...
Professor Dave Explains
Gel Electrophoresis
How exactly do molecular biologists figure out all this stuff we have been learning? How do they do science with huge molecules like DNA and proteins? How can we gather empirical data about such molecules? Let's take a look at one...
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Sickle cell anaemia
There are about 4.4 million people in the world who have sickle-cell anaemia, while an additional 43 million are carriers. but did you know? Having the sickle cell allele actually protects you against malaria. This means you are more...
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Modern Cloning Techniques
When we talk about clones in science we mean organisms that are identical copies - they have the same DNA as each other. Identical twins are examples of naturally occurring clones. Both plants and animals can be cloned. Watch this video...
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BIOLOGY - Genetics - Mitosis in More Detail
In this video we are will look at mitosis, including the names of the key stages: interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase and cytokinesis. Mitosis is the process of cell division that produces identical copies of cells, and...
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What Is Cancer?
What happens to cells for cancerous growths to occur? Your body is made up of millions and millions of cells. In fact there are between 50 and 75 trillion cells in the body. These cells are dying and being replaced all the time. Cancer...
Professor Dave Explains
The Biopsychology of Sleeping and Dreaming
Why do we sleep? Most people would say that it's because our bodies need to rest. And that's part of it, but is that the whole truth? What about dreaming? What is that, why do we do it, and what do they mean? Let's get a closer look at...
Mazz Media
Genetic Diseases
In this live-action program viewers will learn that a monogenic disorder is a genetic disease caused by small-scale genetic differences that cause the malfunction of a single gene and that many diseases result from such genetic...
Visual Learning Systems
Heredity: the Father of Genetics
This program introduces the idea of the inheritance of traits. Attention is given to some of the fascinating features which are heredity-based not only in humans, but also in other plants and animals. The work of the father of modern...
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Codominance
In this video we are now going to look at codominance. You need to understand the difference between genotype and phenotype. The genotype is the set of genes. The phenotype are the physical characteristics that are coded for by the...
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DNA Replication
CREDITS Animation & Design: Bing Rijper Narration: Dale Bennett Script: Gemma Young It might be hard to believe, but at the very start of your life you were a single, microscopic cell called a zygote. Your body now contains millions of...
Rock 'N Learn
Life Science: Photosynthesis
Here's an exciting way to learn important facts and get ready for a life science test! In this episode we'll be looking at photosynthesis.
Professor Dave Explains
The Structure and Physiology of the Human Brain
Let's do a quick review of the human brain, introduce a couple new things, and be right on our way learning about brain function and behavior!
Catalyst University
Genetics: Linkage Problem #2: Map Distance, Coefficient of Coincidence, and Interference
In this video, we explore another linkage problem in genetics in which we determine the central gene, calculate map distances, and calculate coefficient of coincidence and interference. To see our first linkage problem, click the link...
Michigan Radio
Preventing Cancer at a Cellular Level
More money is spent on treating cancer than preventing it within the United States. However, scientists are getting closer to finding out if cell growth within our bodies promotes already existing cancer. Scientists are examining...
Professor Dave Explains
Visual Processing and the Visual Cortex
We learned about the structure of the eye in the Anatomy and Physiology series. But how do we process visual information? Light hits the retina at the back of the eye, and then what happens? Well quite a lot, to be honest! We have to go...
Professor Dave Explains
Mechanisms of Natural Selection Types of Sexual Selection
We touched upon sexual selection when we learned about natural selection. Essentially when there is a variance in the reproductive success of a particular sex for a given species, secondary sex characteristics will develop in that...
Visual Learning Systems
Genetics in Our Lives: Father of Genetics
This exciting program takes a glimpse at some of the amazing advances in modern genetics. Starting with the discovery of DNA, students will be exposed to advances such as the creation of recombinant DNA, vaccines, the human genome...
Professor Dave Explains
Drug Addiction and the Brain
We are able to become physically dependent on a wide variety of substances, which results in what we call drug addiction. What does this look like from a neurophysiological standpoint? What does the drug-addicted brain look like? Let's...
Rock 'N Learn
Life Science: Ecosystems
Here's an exciting way to learn important facts and get ready for a life science test! In this episode we'll be looking at ecosystems.
Professor Dave Explains
Geneticist Alex Dainis (Get to Know a Scientist!)
What does a geneticist do? All kinds of stuff with genes, of course! Alex Dainis has a PhD in genetics, and she loves talking about her experience in graduate school, from the challenges of working in the lab to what it means to do...