Visual Learning Systems
Needs of Living Things: What Are Living Things?
Upon viewing the Needs of Living Things video series, students will be able to do the following: Explain that living things have the following characteristics: they are made up of one or more cells, carry out movement, grow, and develop....
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Understanding Habitats and Niches
This video explains the concepts of habitat and niche in the context of organisms' living environments. This video is part of the 9-part series, Ecology Fundamentals.
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How Do Fossils Form
Fossils are the preserved remains of an animal or plant in a rock. Many of the fossils discovered so far are the ancestors of organisms that are alive today. The study of fossils is called paleontology. Much of what we understand about...
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Extinction of Species
When a plant or animal species that once lived stops existing entirely, we say that that species has become extinct. Why do certain species of plants and animals sometimes become extinct? According to the theory of evolution, individuals...
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Overview of Plant Classification: Vascular and Nonvascular Plants
Now that we have covered most of the basics regarding plant structure and function, it's time to start digging into all the different types of plants, how they are classified, and their evolutionary history. It's even more fascinating...
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Biological Classification - The Four Kingdoms of Eukarya
Biological Classification Set: This clip introduces the four kingdoms of, Eukarya: Protista, Plantae, Animalia and Fungi.
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How Are Organisms Classified?
In terms of biological classification, organisms are classified, or grouped, with other organisms that they are most closely related to. These small groups are then classified together into larger groups and so on, until we reach the top...
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Introduction to Biology: Exploring the Characteristics of Life
This video provides an introduction to biology, covering the characteristics of living organisms such as composition, metabolism, growth, reproduction, and evolution. The video also discusses the unifying principles of life and how to...
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Biological Classification - The Three Domains of Living Things
Biological Classification Set: Introduces the concept of Domains in Biological Classification. Examines the difference between the bacteria, eukarya, and archaea.
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The Law of Superposition and Index Fossils
In this video, the concept of the law of superposition is explained, which states that younger rock layers are found on top of older rock layers in sedimentary rocks. Additionally, the video introduces the concept of index fossils, which...
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External Effects on Gene Expression
Genetic Expression Set: 7. This clip shows how external factors such as light and temperature can affect gene expression.
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Water: Ocean Life
Characteristics of various ocean zones, including variations in ocean temperature, salinity, and depth are discussed. The different groups of marine life and adaptations of plants and animals are highlighted. Estuaries and various...
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Food Chain
In this video, we are going to look at a food chain and the different roles within that. So we will discover exactly what each of these words mean: food web, food chain, trophic level, producer, consumer, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore,...
Journey to the Microcosmos
We Recorded Some Strange Goop. What Is It
This week's journey comes to you unedited and in real-time as we explore a mysterious infection.
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Understanding Osmosis & Diffusion
Osmosis Set: 1. This clip offers an overview of diffusion and osmosis.
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Ecology
This live-action video program is about the word ecology. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word ecology through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Visual Learning Systems
Investigating Simple Plants: Origin of Nonvascular Plants
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...
Visual Learning Systems
The Classification of Organisms: Introduction
For thousands of years scientists have named and categorized the vast array of life on Earth. This series of videos highlights the major advances concerning the classification of life, more specifically focusing on current trends in...
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The Classification of Organisms: Classification Hierarchy
For thousands of years scientists have named and categorized the vast array of life on Earth. This series of videos highlights the major advances concerning the classification of life, more specifically focusing on current trends in...
Visual Learning Systems
The Classification of Organisms: Basis for Classification
For thousands of years scientists have named and categorized the vast array of life on Earth. This series of videos highlights the major advances concerning the classification of life, more specifically focusing on current trends in...
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Introduction to Biology: What is Life?
After we learn chemistry and biochemistry, we are ready for biology! In this course we extend our understanding of molecules to encompass an entire cell and everything inside it. This is a huge step in complexity, and we will even talk...
Visual Learning Systems
The Classification of Organisms: Modern Classification Systems
For thousands of years scientists have named and categorized the vast array of life on Earth. This series of videos highlights the major advances concerning the classification of life, more specifically focusing on current trends in...
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding Food Chains
In this video, students learn about the different ways that plants and animals obtain food. The video also introduces the concepts of producers, consumers, and decomposers, highlighting their important roles in ecosystems. This video is...