Why can't plants escape prison? Because their cells were surrounded by walls. Introduce viewers to the evolution of plants with a video that discusses the differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, plant cells' organelles, and discusses the differences between plant and animals cells. 

Concepts

eukaryotic cells, plant cells, cell organelles, chloroplasts, prokaryotes

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Pause video at 0:19 and ask learners what plants need to photosynthesize to see if they can be more accurate than the narrator who leaves out carbon dioxide
• Preview video to script questions; pause and ask pairs your questions and discuss
• Have learners create Venn diagrams comparing plant and animal cells after the video

Classroom Considerations

• Video six in a series of 40

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Short but interesting section on the evolution of plants
• Links to other crash course videos are embedded 

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.9-10.2