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Meiosis (Updated)
Updated meiosis video. Join the Amoeba Sisters as they explore the meiosis stages with vocabulary including chromosomes, centromeres, centrioles, spindle fibers, and crossing over. Major Points in Table of Contents: Intro 00:00 Mitosis...
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Archaea
What is the domain Archaea? Explore the archaeans with the Amoeba Sisters! This introductory video compares and contrasts characteristics of Archaea with bacteria. Time-Stamped Table of Contents: 00:00 Intro 0:47 Extremophiles 1:00...
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Protists and Fungi
Get introduced to protists and fungi with the Amoeba Sisters! This video explores basic cell type, mode of feeding, habitat examples, and ecology of both protists and fungi. This video also mentions a few examples of how protists and...
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Inside the Cell Membrane
Explore the parts of the cell membrane with The Amoeba Sisters! Video discusses phospholipid bilayer, cholesterol, peripheral proteins, integral proteins, glycoproteins, and glycolipids - as well as why the surface area to volume ratio...
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Immune System
Explore the basics about the immune system with The Amoeba Sisters! This video talks about the three lines of defense and also compares cell-mediated response with the humoral response.
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What is ATP?
Table of Contents: 00:00 Intro 0:40 Some Examples of ATP Uses in Cell Processes 1:14 What is ATP? 1:52 How do we get ATP? 3:05 How does ATP work? Note: We received an excellent comment in an older video (about cellular respiration) that...
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Gene Regulation and the Order of the Operon
Explore gene expression with the Amoeba Sisters, including the fascinating Lac Operon found in bacteria! Learn how genes can be turned "on" and "off" and why this is essential for cellular function.
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Microscopes and How to Use a Light Microscope
Explore how to use a light microscope with the Amoeba Sisters! Includes microscope parts, how to use, and some helpful tips! Additionally, this video introduces a few types of light microscopes as well as electron microscopes. Expand...
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Gel Electrophoresis
Explore electrophoresis with The Amoeba Sisters! This biotechnology video introduces gel electrophoresis and how it functions to separate molecules by size. Expand video details for table of contents. Major Points in Video: Intro 00:00...
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How Cells Become Specialized
How do cells in your body differentiate into other types of cells? Explore cell specialization featuring stem cells and their role in cell differentiation.
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Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles
Explore the cycling of carbon among carbon reservoirs! Then discover the importance of nitrogen, essential for amino acids and nucleotides, and learn about the nitrogen cycle! Expand details for table of contents. Table of Contents:...
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Monohybrids and the Punnett Square Guinea Pigs
Learn how to use a Punnett square to solve a Mendelian monohybrid cross with one of the Amoeba Sister's favorite classroom pets: hairless guinea pigs.
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Dihybrid and Two-Trait Crosses
This video will show how to set up and solve everyone's favorite 16 square Punnett square.
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Study Tips, Motivation, & Our Biology Playlist
Explore some tips for studying using our videos in our biology playlist in this All Around the Agar 3! We mention the importance of finding relevance in what you are studying for motivation as well as why you don't want to go on an...
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Amoeba Sisters Biology Learning Playlist Introduction
This video intros our official Amoeba Sisters Biology Learning Playlist! Learn more by expanding this video's details. Our learning playlist features our biology videos in suggested sequence. Genetics? Ecology? Processes like protein...
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Chromosome Numbers During Division: Demystified!
Confused with how chromosome numbers change in mitosis and meiosis? The Amoeba Sisters walk you through the mystery of chromosome and chromatid counting in mitosis and meiosis. Video has handout:...
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Photosynthesis and the Teeny Tiny Pigment Pancakes
Learn how the light dependent and light independent cycles work together to create glucose for plants. Video has a handout here: http://www.amoebasisters.com/handouts.html and is part of our Unlectured Series...
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Cellular Respiration and the Mighty Mitochondria
Explore how ATP is made in 3 steps of aerobic cellular respiration with the Amoeba Sisters! This also compares this process to photosynthesis and introduces ATP structure. This video has a handout here:...
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Archaea
What is the domain Archaea? Explore the archaeans with the Amoeba Sisters! This introductory video compares and contrasts characteristics of Archaea with bacteria. Time-Stamped Table of Contents: 00:00 Intro 0:47 Extremophiles 1:00...
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CER (Claim, Evidence, Reasoning) in Biology
The CER framework is a useful framework for developing a scientific explanation. In this video, the Amoeba Sisters use this framework after a biology investigation. As mentioned, there are many ways to use this framework. Also, as we...
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Excretory System
Join the Amoeba Sisters as they explore the excretory system! This video will first discuss two major functions of the excretory system before focusing on the nephron. The majority of this video will tour through the nephron while...
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Biological Levels in Biology: The World Tour
The Amoeba Sisters tour through the biological levels of organization: cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere! Table of Contents: 00:00 Intro 0:44 Cells 1:42 Tissues 1:51...
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Human Body Systems Functions Overview: The 11 Champions (Updated)
This is the updated Amoeba Sisters human organ systems video, which provides a brief function introduction to each of the 11 human organ systems. Table of Contents: Intro 00:00 Levels of Organization 0:49 Circulatory 1:39 Digestive 2:40...
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Epigenetics
You know all about how DNA bases can code for an organism's traits, but did you know there's more influencing phenotype than just the bases? Explore epigenetics with the Amoeba Sisters by learning about a few types of epigenetic marks...