Posts Tagged ‘ chloroplast ’

We have more in common than meets the eye – human and plant cells

February 10, 2012
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We have more in common than meets the eye – human and plant cells

It’s Friday and therefore I present you with two beautiful animations about the inner workings of a cell. Bring a packed lunch, your camera and a big bag of excitement and hop on the tour bus guiding you through an animal and a plant cell. “Over there you can see the world’s largest mitochondrion. Few people know that it was the inspiration for the Michelin man…” I hope that these videos will not only show you how complex and fascinating cells are, but also how much similarities there are between animal and plant cells. Cells rock!

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March of the Chloroplasts and a playful waterflea

November 17, 2011
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March of the Chloroplasts and a playful waterflea

This video shows chloroplast in the aquatic plant Elodea (also known as waterweed). They move around in the flow of the cytoplasm, which is called cytoplasmic streaming. I guess you could compare it to wood floating along with the currents of a river! Pretty!! I also very much enjoyed this video of a waterflea playing with the unicellular algae Volvox.

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Parts of a Plant Cell

May 18, 2011
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Parts of a Plant Cell

YouTube user mrspereiraclass uploaded this very nice animation which explains the parts of a plant cell and the functions of specialised cells in different parts of the whole plant.

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