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Microbiology, which includes genetics, is the story of understanding how the cell works. All life is cellular life... All animal and plant tissue is made up of cells... All infectious diseases are caused by invading cells...
The 206 bones of the human skeleton are a miracle of bioengineering. Lightweight and incredibly strong, our bones give us the ability to walk upright, freeing our hands for precise manipulation of objects.
Using the latest in 3-D graphics, medical imaging and cadaver specimens, see the human body’s muscular system revealed in ways never seen before.
The human nervous system starts with the brain, extends down to the spinal cord,and connects to every part of the body through a vast network of fibers known as the peripheral nervous system.
At the center of the human cardiovascular system is the heart. The human heart is a muscular organ that is a bioengineering marvel.
Breathing brings oxygen, found in the air we live in, into a unique set of organs called the lungs. Deep inside the lungs, that oxygen is transferred into the blood system...
The human body needs to take in food and water, and through an almost miraculous sequence of mechanical and chemical processes, it converts that food into nutrients that sustain all the body’s activities.
Touch, taste, smell, hearing and sight - the human body’s five major senses. They are senses that have evolved independently over millions of years but are brought together by our marvelous central nervous system...
Of the body’s major systems only the reproductive organs and structures are different in men and women. There is no greater miracle on the planet than the creation of a new life.
Human beings, like every living organism, are driven by two inherent needs – to survive, and ultimately, to reproduce – that is – to pass our genes on to the future of our species.
The Cells and Molecules DVD is organized into short-play learning modules, for concise instruction.
Cell Movement and Transport is organized into short-play learning modules, for concise instruction.
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration is organized into short-play learning modules, for concise instruction.
DNA and Cell Reproduction DNA and Cell Reproduction is organized into short-play learning modules, for concise instruction.
The Genetic Code video is organized into short-play learning modules, for concise instruction.
The Light Microscope: Window on the Microcosm shows techniques for using a student microscope to achieve spectacular images. 2008
This program describes the discovery of viruses and their structure, how viruses are studied, how they infect their hosts and how they replicate. 2004
This program shows the kinds of cells and emphasizes the fact that all cells have a common organization and how all cells carry out similar biochemical processes. 2006
Here students become acquainted with the properties of the plasma membrane, how it governs the kinds of molecules that go in and out of cells, and how cells feed by engulfing (phagocytosis) and drink in fluids by pinocytosis.
Illustrations show how genetic instructions carried on DNA are transcribed into RNA, leading to the production of specific enzymes that control the thousands of biochemical processes going on in living cells.
This program illustrates the mechanisms of photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
This program shows how DNA replicates, how copy errors occur and are fixed by repair enzymes, how DNA is compressed into chromosomes making possible mitosis and cell division.
Adventures in Scientific Exploration features voyages of discovery into nine environments: 3 pond regions, 2 stream, 2 woodland, 2 urban yard. 2004