Category Archives: Channels & Publishers
DNA Extraction: a simple method and a music video
A simple DNA extraction worksheet is posted in the BOX on the right.
Alternatively, go here.
This video shows a guy extracting pea DNA and using it to draw a portrait of Darwin.
(Music Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Tick)
5,000 views and another Brainiac post
Thanks for the support.
Here are the Brainiacs looking at the differences between fat and thin people.
In these two clips, we can see the buoyant and thermal properties of lipids – ideal for the IBDP Bio statement on the properties of lipids.
The Theory of Everything?
Looks like the theory of etch-a-sketch*. I’m buggered if I understand it.
*or maybe Spirograph. Or that one with the colourful threads and the boards with holes in.
Hip-Hip-Hooray for DNA
I don’t know how sincere this is – it sounds like it might’ve been heavily influenced by Monty Python – but it’s catchy and I like it. Peter Weatherall has a few if these on YouTube, so go and have a look.
Another catchy one (this time about photosynthesis) after the jump.
Earth: The Power of the Planet
Thanks to bogstandardcomp again for the idea for this one. Being out of the country, I miss a lot of the new shows.
The BBC series ‘Earth: The Power of the Planet’ looks like good craic. Scottish presenters always make things more interesting, I think (I’m not Scottish). This little clip of methane deposits throwing flames from ice is the only one I could find via google video so far. There are, however, more clips on the BBC Website.
Exploscience.com – Bangs on a Budget
Click on the link above to see a great collection of Chemistry demos on a budget. Must have been a lot of work, and the authors deserve the $24.95 for their ‘Bangs, Flashes and Explosions’ manual. I’ll be downloading one for Christmas…
Videos are wmv and quicktime, but right-clicks have been disabled – it looks like a DVD is on sale (maybe this comes with the lab manual? Not sure).
Thanks again to bogstandardcomp from the TES Boards for the link.
Oxford Scientific Videos – another great big archive of good clips
Some great short clips here, and a searchable database. Clips can be saved by right-clicking on the ‘download’ button below each frame. Have a hunt about – plenty to see.
Thanks to fannafanna from the TES Boards for posting the link.
New Scientist Vodcasts
Vodcast? It’s like a podcast, but with video – hence the ‘Vod’.
NewScientist.com have their own channel on YouTube (which I just discovered) and a weekly roundup on Fridays.
A couple of minutes of Science news – with pictures – on Fridays?
Sounds like a good idea for those review lessons.
To get us started, here’s this week’s episode:
Some Cell Cycle Silliness
Very silly – but could be used to lighten a dull lesson or start a discussion on what’s missing. Thanks to greathat from the TES Boards for posting the links.
1. Mitosis Song with hi-tech video:
“Please baby, no television – I just wanna talk about cell division…”
Two meiosis videos after the jump.
i-Biology 