Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: Strawberry Mouse

Pre-K - 1st
A fun video with a mouse to show the growing process of a plan step-by-step. [1:07]
Instructional Video
Indiana University

Indiana University: Plants in Motion: Photomorphogenesis

3rd - 8th
Movies that explore how plant development is controlled by light. Observe sunflower seeds and arabidopsis seeds growth in both light and dark conditions.
Instructional Video
Indiana University

Indiana University: Plants in Motion: Tropism

9th - 10th
View time-lapse videos that show how plants respond to their environment. Observe how phototropism and gravitropism result from differential growth in plants.
Instructional Video
Indiana University

Indiana University: Plants in Motion: Vegetative Growth

9th - 10th
See the growth processes that happen during the vegetative phase of plant development. Observe the period of growth between germination and flowering cycle in several different plants.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Physics of Giant Pumpkins

9th - 10th
Pumpkins of the Atlantic Giant variety can weigh more than 1800 pounds. For a mechanical engineer with an interest in plus-sized fruit, like Georgia Tech's David Hu, this raises an interesting physics question: how can the pumpkin get so...
Instructional Video
The Kid Should See This

Tksst: From Seed to Sapling: Time Lapse of an Oak Tree

9th - 10th
See a sprouting acorn grow over the course of eight months, and eventually plant as an oak tree sapling in a garden. [3:02]
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Turn It Upside Down

9th - 10th
A do-it-yourself garden gadget guru talks about improvisation in the vegetable garden, including methods for growing plants upside down.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Video Pick: The Physics of the Great Pumpkin

9th - 10th
How big does YOUR pumpkin grow? And, more importantly, how does it get so big?