Curated OER
Desert Plants and Cactus
Plants have unique ways of adapting to droughts. Show your class this video to highlight some of the many adaptations desert plants have adopted over time.
Curated OER
Light Dependent Reactions of Photosynthesis Animation
Light dependent reactions are animated in this one-minute video. Embed it into your PowerPoint presentation as a visual aid to what happens within the leaf of a plant. This is most suitable for high school biology.
Curated OER
All You Need to Know About Photosynthesis
What chemical reaction occurs in the leaves to produce energy for the plant? View a collection of slides that explain photosynthesis with this biology class podcast. The video clarity is insufficient, and therefore the only use of this...
Curated OER
Plants: Photosynthesis
How do plants get their energy? They capture sunlight and convert it into sugars in their chloroplasts. This is a high school level video that explains the chemical process of photosynthesis. The animations included help bring this...
Curated OER
Photosynthesis Presentation
This collection of animated slides offers an explanation of the photosynthesis process. It must be homemade as the sounds of dishes clanging, a television commercial, and computer mouse clicks are heard in the background. You will need...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: Roots, Shoots, and Wood
The biggest misconception of the process of photosynthesis is presented along with other important aspects of this life-building process. [25:21]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: Roots, Shoots, and Wood
The topic of photosynthesis is a fundamental concept in biology, chemistry, and earth science. Educational studies have found that despite classroom presentations, most students retain their naive idea that a plant's mass is mostly...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Earth: Life Before Oxygen
This Interactive NOVA: "Earth" video segment looks at ancient organisms that lived anaerobically, the origins of photosynthesis, and the new forms of life this process made possible. [1:39]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Atp Hydrolysis Mechanism
Video lecture takes a look at how energy is released when ATP is converted to ADP and phosphate. [4:26]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Photosynthesis
Video lesson presents an in-depth overview of photosynthesis, what it accomplishes, why it's important, and how the light-dependent and light-independent reactions work together. [13:37]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Conceptual Overview of Light Dependent Reactions
Video lecture focuses on light-dependent reactions and how they work. It shows how light energy can excite electrons which can be used to create ATP and NADPH. [9:04]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Light Dependent Reactions Actors
This video tutorial gives a detailed description of the various molecular actors in the light-dependent reactions. [6:37]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Photorespiration
The focus of this video lecture is the Calvin Cycle and a competing pathway called photorespiration. [11:04]
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Photosynthesis: The Light Reactions
Get a detailed look at the light reaction that occurs during photosynthesis in this Khan Academy video. Learn the importance of products that are made during this process as well as the role the thylakoid membrane plays. [20:15]
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Chemistry of Green: Chlorophyll
Video explaining how chlorophyll makes plants appear to be green to human eyes. [5:35]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology: Photosynthesis: Calvin Cycle
Explore the light-independent reactions of photosynthesis, otherwise known as the Calvin Cycle. [13:28]
Into the Outdoors
Into the Outdoors: Forest Ecology
Learn about the dynamic forest ecosystem with these four short videos. Videos discuss how the forest is constantly changing and how it maintains its function in the ever changing ecosystem. Site also includes a lesson plan for monitoring...
Into the Outdoors
Into the Outdoors: Chemistry of Life
A four part vide segment, that explores photosynthesis all the way up the food chain to show how the "chemistry of dairy science directly relates to the chemistry of life". The video explores using the scientific method to test...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Photosynthesis: Overview of the Light Dependent Reactions
Video lecture focuses on light-dependent reactions that use photons from the sun and includes the structure of the chloroplast, the photosystems, and how ATP is synthesized. [20:15]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology: Photosynthesis: Light Reactions 1
The light-dependent reactions that occur during photosynthesis. [20:16]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology: Photosynthesis
One of the most important biological processes: photosynthesis. [13:37]
OpenSciEd
Open Sci Ed: 7.4 Matter Cycling & Photosynthesis: Teacher Playlist
This teacher playlist demonstrates the Matter Cycling & Photosynthesis unit investigations where the students investigate the idea that all food comes from plants.
OpenSciEd
Open Sci Ed: 7.4 Matter Cycling & Photosynthesis: Student Playlist
This student playlist demonstrates the Matter Cycling & Photosynthesis unit investigations where the students investigate the idea that all food comes from plants.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Overview of Photosynthesis: Lesson 2
This lesson will introduce the process of photosynthesis, and describe why it is important. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Overview of Photosynthesis."