Curated Video
The Fascinating World of Cacti: Adaptations and Misconceptions
In this video, the teacher explains the unique characteristics of cacti, including their spines that serve as modified leaves and their ability to retain water in the desert. The video also dispels the misconception that cacti contain...
Curated Video
Factors That Influence Plant and Animal Growth
Factors That Influence Plant and Animal Growth explain the factors that influence plant and animal growth by describing soil, water, nutrients, and light.
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...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Breaking Down Photosynthesis Stages
Video tutorial breaks down photosynthesis into two stages: light dependent reactions and the Calvin cycle. [4:47]
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: Photosynthesis: Calvin Cycle
Video lesson studies the Calvin Cycle, or the light-independent (dark) reactions of photosynthesis. [13:27]
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 Calvin Cycle
Explore the Calvin Cycle in this Khan Academy video. Learn how by-products in the light reactions can be used to produce sugar molecules in the Calvin Cycle. [13:27]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology: C 4 Photosynthesis
The process of how some plants perform C-4 photosynthesis. [16:58]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology: Photosynthesis: Calvin Cycle
Explore the light-independent reactions of photosynthesis, otherwise known as the Calvin Cycle. [13:28]
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]
Crash Course
Crash Course Kids 11.2: Why No Polar Pineapples
Plants are amazing. Really! Photosynthesis is an incredible thing. But it also means that some plants can't live everywhere. They need to get the right amount of sunlight for the right amount of time. In this episode of Crash Course...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology: Photorespiration
A detailed account of the Calvin Cycle. [17:03]
Crash Course
Crash Course Kids 5.2: Vegetation Transformation
In this episode, Sabrina talks about how the process of photosynthesis works. [2:59]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Energy and Transport: Breaking Down Photosynthesis Stages
Breaking down photosynthesis into light-dependent reactions and Calvin cycle. [4:47]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Light Dependent Reactions Actors
Understand the light-dependent reactions with this video. Learn the molecules that play a role in the reaction. [6:38]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Photorespiration
Learn about the cycles that are initiated by Rubisco in this video. Video investigates both the Calvin cycle and photorespiration. [11:05]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Photosynthesis: Calvin Cycle
A video reviewing over the details of the Calvin Cycle. Learn how this light-independent or dark reaction plays a role the process of photosynthesis and converting light energy into sugars. [13:28]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Travel Deep Inside a Leaf
Take a journey inside a leaf of a redwood tree! Enter the stoma and view the inside of a plant cell, translucent enough to capture light from the sun. Fly by familiar structures like the nucleus and mitochondria, and settle into the...
Other
Rhyme Learn: Photosynthesis Rap
Learn everything you need to know about photosynthesis through this rap song.
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Finding Stomata
Paul Andersen shows you how to find stomata in a dicot and monocot leaf using finger nail polish and transparent tape. A microscope is required to actually see the stomata.