Inside the living cell: the cell - unit of life
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. Content: The Discovery of Cells; Cell Structures; Organelle Function; Cell Varieties; ...
Inside the living cell: the outer envelope
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. Content: Membrane Struc...
Inside the living cell: how cells are controlled
This program describes the genetic code, and how genetic instructions carried on DNA are transcribed into RNA. Explains how genes dictate enzymes and how enzymes produce specific reactions in cell processes. This highly visual tour of the processe...
Inside the living cell: how cells reproduce
This program discusses how DNA replicates, how copy errors occur and are remedied by repair enzymes, and how DNA is compressed into chromosomes making possible mitosis and cell division. This highly visual tour of the processes that keep life opera...