Science

Protists, Part 1: The Amoeba, The Paramecium (2006)

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Protista Kingdom, the amoeba, the paramecium

In the six kingdom classification, the Protista Kingdom contains all single celled organisms which are eukaryotic, meaning which have a nucleus. They are called protists.

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00:12

Protists, Part 1: The Amoeba, The Paramecium

Mitosis (2006)

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Mitosis in plant and animal cells

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High

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00:10

The astronomer Hubble laid the foundations of the Big Bang Theory of the universe in 1929 when he found that distant galaxies were receding from the earth. The theory holds that the origin of our universe was some 14 billion years ago in a cataclysmic explosion of radiant energy of unknown cause, which formed into atomic particles of hydrogen and helium.

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High

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00:23

The Six Kingdom Classification, Part 2: Protista, Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, & Domains (2004)

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The key concepts in Part 1 are briefly reviewed. Organisms in the Protista Kingdom are virtually all single-celled. Most are heterotrophic, some are autotrophic like algae, a few like euglena are both. Most reproduce asexually, but occasionally some also sexually which produces genetic variation and long term evolutionary benefits.

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00:19

The Six Kingdom Classification, Part 2: Protista, Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, & Domains

The Six Kingdom Classification, Part 1: Animals, Plants, & Fungi (2004)

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As background, a brief history is presented of what new information caused the classification of living things to evolve from the original 2 Kingdom classification of Animals and Plants by Linnaeus in the 18th century to the present day 6 Kingdoms: Animal, Plant, Fungi, Protista, Eubacteria, and Archaebacteria.

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The Six Kingdom Classification, Part 1: Animals, Plants, & Fungi

Genetics: Mendel's Law (2004)

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"The basis for modern day genetics was discovered in a 19th century Austrian monastery garden containing peas, and tended by a keenly observant monk named Gregor Mendel, who had training in mathematics and biology. Mendel cross-pollinated plants with 2 differing traits, a strain of homozygous wrinkled and yellow peas, with homozygous round and green peas, for two generations.

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High

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00:15

Life (From the makers of Planet Earth) (2010)

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In Planet Earth, we brought you the world as you've never seen it before. Now, get closer with Life.

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Elementary

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09:46

The Metric System (2006)

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Four 20-minute videos about the Metric system:

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Middle

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01:20

Dinosaur Bones

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This movie combines appealing artwork, simple language, and fascinating facts, to bring back to life the ancient giants of the earth, the dinosaurs.

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Bob Barner

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Elementary

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00:12

All About Simple Machines (2004)

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Understanding the world around us can be a real adventure! That's the message in this 11-part series for children in grades K-4. Kids travel along as our young host explores the world of physical science and how it can be seen, touched and understood in everyday life.

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Primary

Elementary

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00:23

Science

Protists, Part 1: The Amoeba, The Paramecium (2006)

Mitosis (2006)

The Big Bang (2003)

The Six Kingdom Classification, Part 2: Protista, Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, & Domains (2004)

The Six Kingdom Classification, Part 1: Animals, Plants, & Fungi (2004)

Genetics: Mendel's Law (2004)

Life (From the makers of Planet Earth) (2010)

The Metric System (2006)

Dinosaur Bones

All About Simple Machines (2004)

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