Science Buddies
How to Prepare Agar Plates for Seed Germination Experiments
This video will show you how to embed seeds in agar plates so you can conduct seed germination experiments. This process is easy and the clear agar and petri dishes allow you to easily observe the seeds as they germinate. For a science...
Curated Video
Parts of a Plant | Plant | Biology | FuseSchool
Parts of a Plant | Plant | Biology | FuseSchool Plants come in all different shapes and sizes. But they all have several structural features in common. Plants belong to the same kingdom, can you remember what the other 4 kingdoms are? In...
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.
TED Talks
TED: Why we're storing billions of seeds | Jonathan Drori
In this brief talk from TED U 2009, Jonathan Drori encourages us to save biodiversity -- one seed at a time. Reminding us that plants support human life, he shares the vision of the Millennium Seed Bank, which has stored over 3 billion...
Amoeba Sisters
Plant Reproduction in Angiosperms
Join us as we explore flower parts, pollination, and double fertilization in angiosperms. We'll also talk about the importance of pollinators, like bees, and the role they play. 00:00 Intro 1:34 What are Angiosperms? 1:48 Fruit 2:29...
Curated Video
Investigating the Effects of Light on Plant Growth: A Biology Practical Experiment
The video discusses a required biology practical activity that involves investigating the effects of light on plant growth. The presenter explains how to develop a hypothesis related to the growth of mustard seedlings based on the...
Curated Video
Applications of Plant Hormones in Agriculture and Horticulture
This video discusses the applications of three different types of plant hormones in agriculture and horticulture. The video also describes how these plant hormones can be used to make seeds germinate, induce flowering, and ripen fruits...
Curated Video
Understanding Fertilization and Seed Formation
This video explains the process of fertilization and how it results in the formation of seeds and fruit. It describes how male and female gametes fuse to form a zygote and how pollination and fertilization occur. The video also...
Curated Video
Uses of Plant Hormones
In this video we are going to look at a few different ways in which plant hormones can be used. Plant growth hormones (auxins) can be used as selective weedkillers. The selective weedkillers contain growth hormones, that cause the weeds...
Curated Video
Plant Classification
Plants are extremely complex and diverse - there are thousands of species. In fact, there are probably somewhere around half a million different species. And these are just the ones we know about - there are no doubt many more that...
Curated Video
Parts of a Plant
Plants come in all different shapes and sizes. But they all have several structural features in common. Plants belong to the same kingdom, can you remember what the other 4 kingdoms are? In this video you are going to learn about the...
Ancient Lights Media
Biological Classification - The Three Divisions of Plantae
Biological Classification Set: This clip presents the three basic divisions of the plant kingdom: Bryophyta, Tracheophyta, and Spermatophyta.
Next Animation Studio
China lunar lander grows cotton plant on the moon
China successfully grew a plant on the moon in a biological first.
Curated Video
The Plants & The Bees: Plant Reproduction - CrashCourse Biology
Hank gets into the dirty details about vascular plant reproduction: they use the basic alternation of generations developed by nonvascular plants 470 million years ago, but they've tricked it out so that it works a whole lot differently...
Science Buddies
Hydroponics Made Easy
Do you think plants can grow without soil? If you've tried growing veggies, you probably planted the seeds or seedlings in soil. Soil gives the plants the nutrients they need to grow. However, plants can grow without soil too, using a...
Science Buddies
Build an Arduino Clinostat: Simulate Microgravity for Plants
How do plants grow in space? Can astronauts grow food in a zero-gravity environment? You can do your own experiments right here on Earth to find out! In this science project you will build your own device called a clinostat that rotates...
MinuteEarth
Why Farming is Broken
To feed everyone in the future, we may need to disrupt 10,000 years of farming practices and turn agriculture into a closed system. ___________________________________________ To learn more, start your googling with these keywords:...
Curated Video
Plant Growth: Auxins and Gibberellins
If a plant has enough water, minerals and energy it will grow right? Well sort of… but there is more to it - like why do plants bend towards the light and not just grow straight? And how come the stem grows up but the roots grow down? It...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why do we kiss under mistletoe? - Carlos Reif
The sight of mistletoe may either send you scurrying or, if you have your eye on someone, awaiting an opportunity beneath its snow-white berries. But how did the festive tradition of kissing under mistletoe come about? Carlos Reif...
Curated Video
BIOLOGY - Environment - Endangered species
You can probably name quite a few endangered species - polar bear, blue whale and black rhino are just a few. But there are many more that don’t get so much attention - there are currently around sixteen and a half thousand animals and...
Curated Video
The Importance of Gregor Mendel's Work in Genetics
This video discusses the scientific work of Gregor Mendel. Through his experimentation, Mendel observed clear and predictable patterns of inheritance in the plant's characteristics, which he suggested were controlled by separate units...
SciShow Kids
The Wonderful World of Plants! | Compilation
Plants are AMAZING! Join Squeaks and Mister Brown as they talk about the adventures they've had in the fort's garden, and beyond!
FuseSchool
Sexual Reproduction in Plants
In this video, we will be looking at sexual reproduction in plants. Did you know that there are an estimated 390,900 plant species known to science? This diversity of plant species is, in part, due to sexual reproduction. In plants,...