TED-Ed
How a Single-Celled Organism Almost Wiped out Life on Earth
Meet cyanobacteria, the single-celled organism that changed the world by causing the first mass extinction of life forms, gave rise to oxygen breathing life forms, and was responsible for the first Ice Age.
Amoeba Sisters
Plant Structure and Adaptations
Non-vascular plants, like moss, are able to survive on photosynthesis. A video explains plant structure for both vascular and non-vascular plants. It includes the parts of each plant and adaptations to various environments such as...
Amoeba Sisters
Photosynthesis and the Teeny Tiny Pigment Pancakes
No, the Calvin cycle isn't the bicycle Calvin and Hobbes ride. A video describes photosynthesis through cartoon graphics. Using the chemical formula and two reactions, it stresses the importance of chlorophyll and ATP.
Crash Course Kids
Planetary Plants
Since plants are the main source for all life on Earth, that would mean there would have to be plants on other planets to support life. This is the focus of a video that explores how plants could exist on planets other than Earth.
Crash Course Kids
Vegetation Transformation
How do plants transform the sun's light energy into chemical energy? This is the focus of a video that explains the processes of photosynthesis.
Crash Course Kids
Look Who's Talking
How do we know so much about how plants grow? By conducting experiments and investigations, of course! This is the focus of a video that describes the processes scientists use in order to unveil new information.
Crash Course Kids
Who Needs Dirt?
How do plants get the nutrients they need? This is the focus of a video that discusses how plants use photosynthesis to survive, with or without dirt.
TED-Ed
How We Think Complex Cells Evolved
Being able to absorb the abilities of other life forms may seem like something taken from a superhero movie, but sometimes reality is stranger than fiction. Join the narrator as he takes viewers back billions of...
Curated OER
Photosynthesis
How do plants get energy to grow and live? Photosynthesis is the answer! Watch this video to learn more about the photosynthesis process.
Curated OER
The Process of Photosynthesis
Here is a cute presentation for middle schoolers on the photosynthesis process. Each required product is named and then the process is viewed in a cartoon cross-section of the leaf. Embed this little video into your own PowerPoint or...
Curated OER
The Carbon Cycle
Hear how carbon functions on our earth and the purpose it serves. The carbon cycle is illustrated with narration for your junior high or high school biologists. Global temperature increase is also included, though the clip cuts off...
Curated OER
Tell Me Why - Environment and Ecosystems
All of the species in our world are part of what is called a trophic level. Basically, it determines an organism's position in the food chain. Introduce your learners to the basic levels and have them identify more organisms that could...
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]