TED-Ed
The Simple Story of Photosynthesis and Food
Meet adorable, animated chloroplasts as they produce glucose with the help of the sun. Viewers learn how carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and electrons are combined to form carbohydrates with an engaging video. The narrator also explains how...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Photosynthesis
One friend explains to another that plants combine water and carbon dioxide with the energy of the sun to produce sugar and oxygen. She mentions the roles of the roots, chloroplasts, and stomata in an engaging video that reviews how...
Curated OER
Photosynthesis: Light Reactions
This clip picks up right where the Khan Academy's Photosynthesis video left off. Chemicals such as hydrogen and compounds such as NADPH are reviewed along with details including the stroma, thylakoid, lumen, and grana. See the parts of a...
PBS
Photosynthesis | UNC-TV Science
Discover what links photosynthesis and food chains together. Scientists explore the basics of photosynthesis, including its products, during an animated activity. While watching the video, investigators also learn the importance of sugar...
Teacher's Pet
Photosynthesis Steps and Pathways
When studying photosynthesis, most pupils think of trees and flowers but forget about cacti. The video explains the process of photosynthesis both within a cell and the variations due to the type of plant and climate. It includes a short...
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...
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...
Bozeman Science
Photosynthesis
A scientific video describes photosynthesis in both plants and algae through the use of chloroplasts. It also explains the various pigments and types of chlorophyll, light reactions, and the Calvin cycle.
American Chemical Society
What If Humans Could Photosynthesize?
How would you fare as a plant? Learners watch a video in the ACS Reactions series that explains what would happen if humans could perform photosynthesis. They see that life would definitely be quite different!
Amoeba Sisters
Endosymbiotic Theory
Eukaryotes—were we born from an act of predation that backfired? Ponder this and other questions of evolution with a video from a well-written biology playlist. Topics include the origins of mitochondria and chloroplasts, unusual...
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 the...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Plant Cells
Eight fine-quality slides depict the cells that make up plants. Viewers will see colorful microscope views of the nucleus, cell wall, vacuole, chloroplasts, tracheids, and pollen grains. The resource would apply in either a cell...
Physics Girl
Why Aren't Plants Black?
In an evolutionary sense, plants seem to have it all figured out. But, do they really? The narrator of an engaging physics video that is part of a larger series questions the predominant color of plants in a short video. Content includes...
PBS
How Two Microbes Changed History
Where would we be without bacteria? As it turns out, we owe them everything! Introduce young biologists to endosymbiotic theory using an amazing video from an extensive biology playlist. Scholars discover the bacteria that may be...
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 years to investigate how...
FuseSchool
Intro to Cells: Animal, Plant, Nerve and Red Blood Cells
Throw your dendrites in the air and wave 'em like you just don't care! An excellent video in the Fuse School playlist explains the parts and functions of cells. It describes their structures, functions, and specialties.