Teacher's Pet
Stages of Meiosis
During meiosis, one cell divides twice, forming four daughter cells. The video explains the stages of meiosis in great detail. It begins with interphase and DNA replication, meiosis I, meiosis II, and finally the four haploid cells.
MinuteEarth
Do We Have to Get Old and Die?
They say nothing in life is guaranteed except death and taxes. But, are taxes the only one sure thing? Pupils ponder the possibility of eternal life with the ageless examples of the mole rat and jellyfish. The narrator discusses why our...
MinuteEarth
What is Skin For?
Smooth or scaly, skin is sensational! Besides keeping us from being gooey, what does it do? Pupils embark on an integumentary investigation with a short video about skin. Topics include the special features of skin cells, how skin...
SciShow
Why We Age - And How We Can Stop It
As we get older, we age, our bodies and minds deteriorate, but this isn't true of all species. The video begins with why we age and what biological processes cause aging. Then it covers research on worms, mice, and other animals that...
Amoeba Sisters
Chromosome Numbers During Division: Demystified!
Your DNA is restless; have you taken your chromosome walking today? A video helps clarify how to count chromosomes during each stage of division for both mitosis and meiosis. It includes a comparison of division and reductive...
TED-Ed
What is Epigenetics?
Epigenetics has more to do with external influences than with our genetic code. Environmental factors can cause different genes to become more or less active in individuals. Watch an informative video to discover how...
Curated OER
Cell Division
Use this short video to introduce how cell division works. Note: The text scrolls rather quickly, you may need to pause to read the text completely.
Curated OER
Mitotic Cell Division
Discover more about mitotic cell division with this useful video. It provides great images and objects to demonstrate the mitotic cell division process.
Other
Molecular Movies: Cell & Molecular Animation Showcase
An organized directory showcasing cell and molecular animations for use in high school biology classrooms.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Mitosis
Video lesson provides an overview of mitosis and what happens in its phases: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase. [12:11]
University of Utah
University of Utah: Learning Center: learn.genetics: Dna: Neurofibromin
In this interactive simulation, discover how a mutated protein can affect normal cell division.
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: Animation: Mitosis and Cytokinesis
Descriptive cell-cycle animation illustrating the cellular processes of mitosis and cytokinesis.
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Biology Videos: Mitosis Video
An inside look at the process of mitosis cell division. [1:30]
Cells Alive
Cells Alive!: Cell Cams
View changes in cells with these biocams showing the division of cancer cells and bacteria.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cell Division: Mitosis, Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction
Gain an understanding of mitosis, meiosis and sexual reproduction. Vocabulary introduced gametes, zygotes, and haploid / diploid numbers.
Other
Frank Gregorio: Meiosis the Continuation of Life
This HD video choreographed to dramatic music is designed to provide a visually stunning and comprehensive review of the process of Meiosis cell division and the production of sperm and egg.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Mitosis Overview
A detailed overview of the cell division process called mitosis. [7:51]
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: Planaria Regeneration Activity [Pdf]
Learn about regeneration by working with planaria, a freshwater flatworm. Discover how long it takes for the flatworm to regenerate a head.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Reproduction and Cell Division: Mitosis
Learn what happens in all the phases of mitosis: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase. [12:11]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cell Size
Do you know why cells divide? This video will discuss the limiting factors of cell size focusing on volume to surface area ratio. [8:55]
Next Vista for Learning
Next Vista for Learning: Mitotic Cell Division
A video exploring the cell division of non-reproductive cells. Learn how cells make an identical copy of themselves and then divide. [1:33]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Centrioles
A narrated introduction to centrioles, cellular organelles which play an important role in cell division. [0:42]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Interphase
Learn the processes that happen in interphase to prepare the cell for division on this webpage. Webpage includes an audio lesson as well as an image. [0:23]