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Gale Interactive Science: Biology

Cell Membrane Model
3-dimensional views of the surface, components and layers of cell membrane. Click into the frame to move the components for a better look inside!
Cactus Model
3-dimensional views of the flowers, roots, spines and more. Click into the frame to move the components around for a better look inside!
Photosynthesis Model
3-dimensional views of the process stages. Click into the frame to move the components around for a better look inside!

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Visual online learning tool for biology, chemistry, earth science, and human anatomy. Digital content is selected from authoritative resources and paired with interactive 3D models to deliver a virtual laboratory simulation experience.

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Content: Educational videos, including documentaries and feature films.
Useful Feature: The ability to share a short segment from a video.
Contains documentaries, educational videos and news footage from a variety of producers such as A&E, PBS, the BBC, National Geographic, HBO Documentary Films, and Bill Moyers.
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For faculty course support
Adding a Films on Demand film to your Canvas site is easy, because Canvas "talks" to FOD. You can find your film in the FOD database while editing a Canvas page. To do this:
Click on Tools / Apps / View All / Films on Demand
Search for the perfect film. When you find it, click Embed. Try size medium first.
Public Performance Rights
Any film from this collection may be shown in classes, both in-person and online, and at campus events.

Cell Biology: Structure, Function and Processes by Films for the Humanities In this four-part video series, rich animation brings the intricate inner workings of cells to life, while a congenial host guides viewers through the essentials of cell biology: cell structure and function (of both animal and plant cells), cell metabolism and respiration, cell division and growth, and a focus on stem cells, cellular differentiation, genetics, and the potential that stem cells have for medical use.
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Publication Date: 2014
Human: The World Within by PBS Human: The World Within takes a deep dive into the universe that's inside each and every one of us by exploring a shared biology that we often don't take the time to appreciate or understand. Heart, brain, eyes, blood, tears: Human uncovers not only the science behind how our bodies work, but how what's inside powers every moment of what we do out in the world.
Call Number: Streaming Video
Publication Date: 2021
The Gene: An Intimate History by Ken Burns & PBS Scientific genetics holds at once the promise of eradicating disease and the threat of altering the very essence of what it means to be human. The Gene: An Intimate History traces the dizzying evolution of this new science as researchers race to identify treatments for genetic diseases, such as cancer and sickle cell anemia, and to perfect tools for rewriting DNA.
Call Number: Streaming Video
Publication Date: 2020
How Nature Works by BBC Worldwide Learning Ten million species live on planet Earth, and none can survive alone. All life depends on symbiosis, unexpected and complex relationships between plants and animals. Using high-end filming techniques, this four-part series uncovers the secrets of four ecological communities—rain forests, deciduous forests, grasslands, and water worlds—as naturalist Chris Packham explains the vital connections in each
Call Number: Streaming Video
Publication Date: 2012
The Wonder of Animals by BBC Worldwide Learning There are more than 10 million species on the planet, but why have some thrived where others have failed? The Wonder of Animals celebrates the most successful animal groups on Earth—from apes to elephants, ants to bears.
Call Number: Streaming Video
Publication Date: 2014

Youtube & Other Free Streaming Video Platforms

ibiology
iBiology’s mission is to convey, in the form of open-access free videos, the excitement of modern biology and the process by which scientific discoveries are made.
PBS Nova
Award winning videos on a wide array of scientific topics
Biology: Cell Structure from Nucleus Medical Media
This animation by Nucleus shows you the function of plant and animal cells for middle school and high school biology, including organelles like the nucleus, nucleolus, DNA (chromosomes), ribosomes, mitochondria, etc. Also included are ATP molecules, cytoskeleton, cytoplasm, microtubules, proteins, chloroplasts, chlorophyll, cell walls, cell membrane, cilia, flagellae, etc.
Genetics 101 from National Geographic
What is a genome, and how are traits passed from generation to generation? Learn how pea plants helped launch the study of genetics and how the field of genetics research has evolved over time.
CRISPR: Gene Editing and Beyond from Nature
The CRISPR-Cas9 system has revolutionised gene-editing, but cutting DNA isn’t all it can do. From turning gene expression on and off to fluorescently tagging particular sequences, this animation explores some of the exciting possibilities of CRISPR.
Your Body's Molecular Machines from Veritasium
These are the molecular machines inside your body that make cell division possible. Animation by Drew Berry at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research.

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BIOL - Biology: Videos & Interactives

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