Instructional Video11:53
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Conduction System of the Heart

12th - Higher Ed
Join the Amoeba Sisters as they introduce the cardiac conduction system! This video mentions conductive cardiac cells (focusing on pacemaker cells) in the SA and AV nodes and discusses general steps of spontaneous depolarization. It also...
Instructional Video8:49
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Comparing Cell Types Review: Animal, Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal, Fungal, and "Protist" Cells

12th - Higher Ed
Join Pinky and Petunia in a cell types review game! This review game focuses on comparing cell characteristics of animals, plants, fungi, "protists," archaea, and bacteria. Clues may include prokaryote/eukaryote, autotroph/heterotroph,...
Instructional Video12:37
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Menstrual Cycle Walkthrough: Phases & Hormonal Regulation

12th - Higher Ed
In this menstrual cycle video, explore the ovarian cycle and uterine cycle with the Amoeba Sisters! This video will walk through major events in phases of the ovarian cycle (follicular phase and luteal phase) and phases of the uterine...
Instructional Video9:35
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Intro to Cladograms and Phylogenetic Trees

12th - Higher Ed
Join the Amoeba Sisters as they introduce the basics about cladograms and phylogenetic trees. The Amoeba Sisters walk through the process of building a basic cladogram and mention vocabulary such as: shared ancestral character, shared...
Instructional Video7:57
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Angiosperm (Flowering Plants) Reproduction

12th - Higher Ed
Join the Amoeba Sisters as they introduce angiosperms (flowering plants) before exploring flower parts, pollination, and double fertilization in angiosperms! This video also talks about the importance of pollinators.
Instructional Video10:55
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Action Potential

12th - Higher Ed
Join the Amoeba Sisters as they explore the action potential. This video discusses resting membrane potential before going into the phases of the action potential including vocabulary such as depolarization, repolarization, and...
Instructional Video15:41
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Ecology Review: Food Chains & Webs, Relationships, Nitrogen & Carbon Cycles, Effects on Biodiversity

12th - Higher Ed
Join the Amoeba Sisters in this longer review video as they review food chains, food webs, how energy flows through trophic levels (including the 10% rule), ecological relationships (including parasitism, mutualism, and commensalism),...
Instructional Video7:30
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Lymphatic System

12th - Higher Ed
Explore the lymphatic system with the Amoeba Sisters! This introduction talks about lymph, the general way lymph travels in the lymphatic system, primary and secondary lymphoid organs and tissues, general functions of the lymphatic...
Instructional Video9:14
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Evolution

12th - Higher Ed
Explore the concept of biological evolution with the Amoeba Sisters! This video mentions a few misconceptions about biological evolution before providing a general definition. Then this video provides a description of four different...
Instructional Video7:41
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Cell Organelles and Structures Review

12th - Higher Ed
Join Pinky and Petunia of the Amoeba Sisters in a review game video! This video provides clues for the viewer to guess the cell organelle or structure before revealing it. As a bonus, towards the end of the video, you'll have the...
Instructional Video9:47
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Human Body Systems Overview (Updated 2024)

12th - Higher Ed
Explore 11 human body systems with the Amoeba Sisters in this updated video (2024). This video focuses on general functions for the following systems (and also provides a few structure examples): Circulatory, Digestive, Endocrine,...
Instructional Video7:29
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Genetic Engineering

12th - Higher Ed
Explore an intro to genetic engineering with The Amoeba Sisters. This video provides a general definition, introduces some biotechnology tools that can be used in genetic engineering, and discusses some related vocabulary (such as...
Instructional Video8:47
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Skeletal System

12th - Higher Ed
Join the Amoeba Sisters on this introduction to the human Skeletal System! This video first introduces several types of skeletal systems found in different organisms before focusing on the human endoskeleton. Then, this video takes a...
Instructional Video8:30
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Punnett Squares and Sex-Linked Traits (UPDATED)

12th - Higher Ed
Explore how to solve Punnett squares that involve sex-linked traits, specifically focusing on X-linked traits. Video has a resource available hereref='https://www.amoebasisters.com/handouts' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>here This...
Instructional Video7:31
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Biomolecules (Updated 2023)

12th - Higher Ed
Explore the four biomolecules and their importance for organisms and the structure and function of their cells! This 2023 UPDATED Biomolecules Amoeba Sisters video has some more detail and improved art from the 2016 Amoeba Sisters...
Instructional Video12:00
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Animals: Tour of 9 Phyla

12th - Higher Ed
Join the Amoeba Sisters in exploring some general animal characteristics, major vocabulary used in classifying animals (such as symmetry, protostome vs deuterostome, cephalization, and coelom), and take a general tour of 9 major animal...
Instructional Video8:52
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Skeletal System

12th - Higher Ed
Join the Amoeba Sisters on this introduction to the human Skeletal System! This video first introduces several types of skeletal systems found in different organisms before focusing on the human endoskeleton. Then, this video takes a...
Instructional Video5:27
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Food Webs and Energy Pyramids: Bedrocks of Biodiversity

12th - Higher Ed
Explore food chains, food webs, energy pyramids, and the power of biodiversity in this ecology video by the Amoeba Sisters! This video also introduces general vocabulary for the unit of ecology.
Instructional Video9:16
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Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

12th - Higher Ed
Explore the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium equations with The Amoeba Sisters! Learn why this equation can be useful, its five assumptions, and how to calculate genotype and allele frequencies with p and q values! This video does assume the...
Instructional Video7:04
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Natural Selection

12th - Higher Ed
Discover natural selection as a mechanism of evolution with the Amoeba Sisters. This video also uncovers the relationship of natural selection and antibiotic resistance in bacteria and emphasizes biological fitness. Note: This video is...
Instructional Video8:27
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Aerobic Cellular Respiration in Eukaryotic Cells

12th - Higher Ed
Explore the process of aerobic cellular respiration and why ATP production is so important in this updated cellular respiration video by The Amoeba Sisters! This video compares the cellular respiration equation to photosynthesis before...
Instructional Video6:41
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Sodium Potassium Pump

12th - Higher Ed
Explore the sodium potassium pump (Na+/K+ pump), with the Amoeba Sisters! This video talks about why this pump is needed and provides an overview of this type of active transport. Table of Contents: 00:00 Intro 0:48 Introducing the...
Instructional Video7:13
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Respiratory System

12th - Higher Ed
Join the Amoeba Sisters for a brief tour through the human respiratory system! This video will discuss why the respiratory system is so important and address major structures such as the pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, alveoli, and...
Instructional Video7:56
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Enzyme Examples, Cofactors/Coenzymes, Inhibitors, and Feedback Inhibition

12th - Higher Ed
Already watched the Amoeba Sisters first video on enzymes and ready to explore a little more? In this video, the Amoeba Sisters cover a few examples of enzymes in the human body before emphasizing that enzymes are found in all the...