Instructional Video6:22
PBS

How Sex Became a Thing

6th - 12th Standards
Birds, bees, flowers, trees ... and Funisia dorothea? Biology scholars journey back in time to discover more about the history of sexual reproduction. The video, one of many in a biology playlist, covers our earliest eukaryotic ancestor,...
Instructional Video3:36
FuseSchool

What is Mitosis?

9th - 12th Standards
Like a copy machine, mitosis produces identical copies of cells. The video explains how the body uses mitosis in growth, cell repair, and asexual reproduction. It covers the general process involved from DNA replication through cell...
Instructional Video3:44
FuseSchool

What Is Asexual Reproduction?

9th - 12th Standards
Nature clones plants and animals through asexual reproduction. The video explains what asexual reproduction is and the process involved. It highlights some of the plants, bacteria, and animals that use asexual reproduction. The video...
Instructional Video3:04
FuseSchool

Mitosis—Stages of Mitosis

9th - 12th Standards
Three hundred million cells die and are replaced every minute. An interesting Fuse School video focuses on mitosis, the process of cell division that produces identical copies of the cell. It highlights each of the key stages:...
Instructional Video2:43
Teacher's Pet

Mitosis and Meiosis

9th - 12th Standards
Use chromosomes in marketing because as you know, sex cells. The video explains both mitosis and meiosis. It focuses on both the similarities and the differences in the process of forming sperm, egg, and zygote.
Instructional Video2:11
Teacher's Pet

Mitosis and Cytokinesis

9th - 12th Standards
Be careful when discussing mitosis, it's a divisive issue. The video explains the mitosis and cytokinesis portions of the cell cycle. It discusses the prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase in detail.
Instructional Video3:38
SciShow

Gynandromorphs: Dual-Sex Animals

9th - 12th
Gynandromorphy is when an animal is part male and part female. Video explains the development of gynandromorphs from zygotes. It describes the various combinations of chromosomes that produce different classifications of dual-sex...
Instructional Video13:38
Bozeman Science

Cell Cycle, Mitosis and Meiosis

9th - 12th Standards
If a cell is unable to regulate the cell cycle, wild cell growth may occur, leading to cancer. Learners explore the cell cycle, using mitosis and meiosis to create new cells. Learners walk, simply, through each phase of the cell cycle:...
Instructional Video7:35
Bozeman Science

The Sordaria Cross

9th - 12th Standards
Scholars briefly review meiosis and then apply these steps, through visuals, to Sordaria, a fungus that can be grown in class to support meiosis. The lesson emphasizes the importance of crossing over in meiosis and shows how to...
Instructional Video10:41
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Bozeman Science

Phases of Mitosis

9th - 12th Standards
You slough off all your skin cells once every seven years. Thank goodness for mitosis, or we would all be looking pretty strange without skin. The video begins by reviewing the cell cycle, looks at an overview of cells undergoing...
Instructional Video13:34
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Bozeman Science

Mitosis

9th - 12th Standards
Although we cannot clone ourselves yet, our bodies make copies of our cells every day. The video begins by defining diploid and haploid. Learners see the cell cycle and begin to understand what happens in interphase before mitosis...
Instructional Video7:22
Amoeba Sisters

Mutations: The Potential Power of a Small Change

7th - 12th
Are the only mutants you know Ninja Turtles or X-Men? The video explains both gene mutation and chromosome mutation. It includes the subtypes of mutations for each major type, the times when mutations are more likely to happen, and...
Instructional Video5:47
Amoeba Sisters

Chromosome Numbers During Division: Demystified!

7th - 12th
Your DNA is restless; have you taken your chromosome walking today? A video helps clarify how to count chromosomes during each stage of division for both mitosis and meiosis. It includes a comparison of division and reductive...
Instructional Video8:27
Amoeba Sisters

Mitosis: The Amazing Cell Process that Uses Division to Multiply!

7th - 12th
What did one cell say to his sister when she stepped on his toe? Mitosis! The video details the process of using division to multiply that is better known as mitosis. It includes the four steps of mitosis: prophase, metaphase, anaphase,...
Instructional Video7:42
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Amoeba Sisters

The Cell Cycle and Cancer

7th - 12th
Do you know why chemotherapy causes hair loss? A video explains the mitosis portion of the cell cycle and focuses on why we should care. The lesson explains what a cancer is as well as its current and potential future treatments.
Instructional Video1:29
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Curated OER

Mitosis

7th - 12th
Watch as an animated cell goes through the process of mitosis as DNA coils and bunches into chromosomes. Once the nuclear membranes dissolve, spindles pull chromatids to opposite sides and stretch the cell. The video ends as mitosis...
Instructional Video19:41
Curated OER

Genetics

7th - 12th
Has your class finished its unit on genetics? Use this resource to provide a quick, encompassing review. Mr. Anderson discusses DNA, RNA, nucleotides, mitosis, meiosis, diploids, haploids, gametes, gene expression, etc. Create a...
Instructional Video1:48
Curated OER

Animation of Meiosis

7th - 12th
Demonstrate the cell division and phases of meiosis by showing this video clip. An animated cell splits as chromosomes line up and are pulled apart by spindles. Help your young biologists see just how meiosis works.
Instructional Video6:36
Curated OER

Genetics - Introduction

7th - 12th
Explore genetics with Mr. Anderson! In this introduction, he discusses which topics he'll cover in subsequent sections. From DNA to RNA and cell cycle to mitosis and meiosis, Mr. Anderson provides a quick introduction to future videos.
Instructional Video11:52
Curated OER

Mitosis and Meiosis Simulation

7th - 12th
Paul Andersen uses beads to demonstrate mitosis and meiosis. He explains the differences between the two and physically moves the beads around to represent the pulling apart of chromosomes and duplication. Get a clear understanding of...
Instructional Video0:19
Curated OER

Mitosis in Real Time

7th - 12th
Watch as cells split beneath a microscope. This nineteen-second clip does not have narration or music, but it gives a fascinating look at mitosis. Use this in a high school biology class to demonstrate what mitosis really looks like.
Instructional Video1:54
Curated OER

Mitosis Demonstration

7th - 12th
Models of chromosomes are moved around on a table as a teacher describes mitosis in its separate phases. If you need a demonstration for your biology class, you can use this video.
Instructional Video0:57
Curated OER

Cell Division on Contrast Microscope

7th - 12th
This quick clip of a lung cell splitting under a microscope is rapidly discussed as it is shown. Microscopic imaging lends us a thrilling close-up of the mitotic process as it is explained. Show this clip to an advanced biology class.
Instructional Video6:40
Curated OER

Biology Lab - Mitosis and Meiosis

7th - 12th
Paul Anderson gives an explanation of how to conduct a biology lab to see mitosis and meiosis. This clip is directed at teachers and shows how to use an onion root and the fungus sordaria to count up the phases and draw a cell cycle pie...