Crash Course
Fungi: Death Becomes Them - CrashCourse Biology
Death is what fungi are all about. By feasting on the deceased remains of almost all organisms on the planet, converting the organic matter back into soil from which new life will spring, they perform perhaps the most vital function in...
Crash Course
Nitrogen & Phosphorus Cycles: Always Recycle! Part 2 - Crash Course Ecology
Hank describes the desperate need many organisms have for nutrients (specifically nitrogen and phosphorus) and how they go about getting them via the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles.
Crash Course Kids
Food Webs
Last time we put a Polar Bear in the desert and we still feel bad about that, but there's a lot more going on in ecosystems than just temperature. In fact, there are so many elements in ecosystems, that if just one leaves or gets out of...
Visual Learning Systems
Food Chains
In this video students will learn how living things and nonliving things interact in ecosystems. Specific attention is given to identifying producers, consumers and decomposers. Vivid, live-action video shows these relationships in...
Visual Learning Systems
Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers
In this video students will learn how living things and nonliving things interact in ecosystems. Specific attention is given to identifying producers, consumers and decomposers. Vivid, live-action video shows these relationships in...
Visual Learning Systems
Summing Up
In this video students will learn how living things and nonliving things interact in ecosystems. Specific attention is given to identifying producers, consumers and decomposers. Vivid, live-action video shows these relationships in...
Curated Video
Components of the Environment
Dr. Forrester explains how to categorize things into living and nonliving. She also discusses the relationship between plants and animals.
Curated Video
Creating a Water Ecosystem
Dr. Forester creates a water ecosystem and identifies the roles of consumer, producer, and decomposer in the water ecosystem.
Curated Video
Coprophagia Mania!
Feces is really important for some animals. It can help them survive in their environment, heal sickness, and gives some young a good start in life!
Curated Video
Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers
Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers explains the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers within an ecosystem.
Curated Video
Food Webs
“Food Webs” explains the movement of energy from producers to consumers to decomposers.
Let's Tute
Introduction to Ecosystem Structure and Composition
In this video, we learn about the components of an ecosystem, including biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) factors. We also learn about the different types of biotic components, including producers, consumers, and decomposers.
Mazz Media
Decomposer
This live-action video program is about the word decomposer. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word decomposer through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...
Mazz Media
Understanding Producers and the Food Chain
This video is an educational program that teaches about producers in the ecosystem. The video also covers the process of photosynthesis that plants use to produce glucose, and it introduces the concept of a food chain to explain how...
Mazz Media
Nitrogen Cycle
This live-action video program is about the term nitrogen cycle. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term nitrogen cycle through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...
Mazz Media
Protist
This live-action video program is about the word protists. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word protists through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Visual Learning Systems
Comparing Ecosystems: Desert vs Swamp
In this video, the teacher compares and contrasts a desert and a swamp, highlighting their differences in terms of dryness and wetness. The concept of an ecosystem is introduced, explaining that it encompasses all living and nonliving...
Visual Learning Systems
Roles in Ecosystems
The video explains the different types of living things found in ecosystems, including plants, animals, and decomposers. The video provides examples of each type of organism and their role in the ecosystem. Ecosystem Dynamics part 4/10
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T/L Earthstar (family Geastraceae) fungus opening, take 1, United Kingdom
T/L Earthstar (family Geastraceae) fungus opening, take 1, United Kingdom
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Mixed bacterial sample taken from decaying chicken, should contain Salmonella typhimureum. Phase Contrast illumination.
Mixed bacterial sample taken from decaying chicken, should contain Salmonella typhimureum. Phase Contrast illumination.
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T/L grass growing around cow pat, side view, UK
T/L grass growing around cow pat, side view, UK
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T/L brown clumpy mushrooms growing, United Kingdom
T/L brown clumpy mushrooms growing, United Kingdom
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T/L grass growing around cow pat, track back, UK
T/L grass growing around cow pat, track back, UK
TED-Ed
Dead Stuff: The Secret Ingredient in Our Food Chain
A disgusting and direct description of detritus and decomposition is digested in this drill! Your life science class learns about the importance of decomposers in the food chain and finds out how one organism's trash is another...