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Unraveling Genetics: How Genes Shape Our Traits
Ever wondered why some people can roll their tongues and others can't? It's all in our genes! Discover how genes, the basic units of heredity, determine our physical traits and are carried from one generation to the next through...
Curated Video
Barbara McClintock: Scientific Persistence Pays Off
Barbara McClintock used corn to make pioneering discoveries in genetics, despite facing gender bias and initial skepticism from the scientific community.
Curated Video
The Human Genome Project: Mapping the Blueprint of Life
The Joint Genome Institute is part of the largest biomedical project ever undertaken, the Human Genome Project. This project aims to map and identify the 30,000 genes that make up the human blueprint. By determining the sequences of the...
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The Human Genome Project: Mapping the Blueprint of Life
The Joint Genome Institute, funded by the US Department of Energy, is part of the largest biomedical project ever undertaken - the Human Genome Project. This project aims to map and identify the 30,000 genes that make up the human...
Curated Video
GCSE Biology - DNA Part 1 - Genes and the Genome #63
In this video we recap chromosomes and then explain what DNA is, what genes and the genome are, and how we can use them to track the migrations of early humans.
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GCSE Biology - Meiosis #70
Meiosis is the process of cell division that gives us gametes such as sperm and egg cells. This video covers how the process works, why gametes are so important, and explains chromosomes.
Curated Video
GCSE Biology - Gregor Mendel and the History of Genetics #76
This video covers: - The experiment that Mendel did with pea plants, looking at pea colour, flower colour, and height. - How Mendel discovered hereditary units, which could be recessive or dominant - An overview of when chromosomes, and...
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GCSE Biology - Cell cycles, Chromosomes & Mitosis #69
In order to survive and grow, organisms require a constant supply of new cells. In this video we explore how these cells are generated through the cell cycle, with a particular focus on mitosis. We will also look at the role chromosomes...
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Chromosome and DNA Rap Song
CHORUS: Yo, dive into the cell where the secrets dwell, The chromosomes in the nucleus, they're doing it well All the Genetic stories told in every cell Yeah it’s the blueprint of life in a tiny shell VERSE 1 Let's take a trip down the...
Curated Video
Punnett Squares
Dr. Forrester focuses on explaining Punnett squares, dominant and recessive genes, and simple traits.
Let's Tute
What is the science behind getting old?
This session helps the students to understand the magic and logic behind the human aging factor and also the factors affecting aging 1. How do we age the reason behind what factors makes us old? 2. what damages the DNA in the cell? 3....
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Meiosis
Meiosis explores cell division by explaining the process and function of meiosis.
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Mitosis
Mitosis explores cell division by explaining the process and function of mitosis.
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Cells in Your Body
A video entitled “Cells in Your Body” which discusses the two main types of cells that make up the human body, focusing on how each type is formed.
Nature League
Gregor Mendel: The Father of Modern Genetics
This week on Nature League, Brit Garner explores the life and times of Gregor Mendel, the monk who became the father of modern genetics, with some re-enactment help from her friend Adrian.
Curated Video
An Introduction to Genetics and Heredity - Gregor Mendel and DNA
In this video, we'll explore what DNA is, its role in life as we know it, and how it shapes every organism on our planet. From the eye color you inherited to the stripes on a tiger, learn how the 'blueprint of life' guides the...
Curated Video
What is Evolution: A REALLY SIMPLE and Brief Explanation
Evolution “is the net change in organisms or a population over the span of many generations.” This change in organisms or populations happens through DNA mutations and reconbination and is passed down to the next generation through...
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Plant Reproduction: Sexual Reproduction in Plants
This engaging series of videos uses colorful animations and on-location footage to illustrate some of the amazing ways plants reproduce. The reproduction processes in bryophytes, ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms are highlighted....
Visual Learning Systems
Traits and Heredity: Chromosomes
Upon viewing the Traits and Heredity video series, students will be able to do the following: Define traits as the distinguishing characteristics of an organism. Describe heredity as the process of passing on traits from parents to...
Independent Producers
Inventor of Polarizing Microscope Sheds Light on Cell's Mystery
A new way of looking at live cells is revolutionizing our understanding of how molecular life works. However, it is how one scientist managed to complete his study despite facing World War II in Japan that makes his discovery so...
Visual Learning Systems
Investigating Simple Plants: Bryophyte Characteristics
This series of videos explores the fascinating characteristics of nonvascular land plants as well as some of the simpler vascular plants. An in-depth look at mosses, hornworts, and liverworts serves as the topic of study for the...
Cerebellum
The Human Body Major Systems & Organs - Genetics And The Digestive System
The human body is a wondrously complex machine made of flesh, bone, muscles, organs, blood vessels and highly specialized systems that function together to sustain life. This fascinating third part of The Human Body series examines the...
Visual Learning Systems
Gymnosperms and Angiosperms: Characteristics of Gymnosperms
Everyday we use products or eat foods derived from vascular seed plants. In this series of videos the wide variety of non-flowering seed plants, gymnosperms, are described and characterized through vivid footage gathered from around the...