Tag Archives: reproduction

11.4 Sexual Reproduction

6.6. & 11.4 Reproduction from Bob Smullen

A Biologist’s Mother’s Day Song (3m 50s):


Paul Andersen describes The Reproductive System in 9m.

Fantastic animated tutorials from McGraw Hill Education – spermatogenesis &  the  maturation of the oocyte & follicle.

In Crash Course Biology #34 – The Reproductive System: How Gonads Go, Hank lets us in on the meaning of life, at least from a biological perspective – it’s reproduction.

9.4 Reproduction in Plants

9.4 plant reproduction from Bob Smullen

A 13m 18s video lesson covering all of 9.4 from Dan Rott:

An 18m video clip on plant reproduction from ‘The amazing lives of plants’ (MacGraw-Hill) – we do not need to know about double fertilisation though:

FERTILISATION

An animated, narrated tutorial on the life cycle of an angiosperm (which also includes a quiz from Sinauer Associates) and Double Fertilisation in Angiosperms (University of Kent & UCA). Both go into much more detail than you need (we don’t need to know about double fertilisation) but they are good.

POLLINATION

The beautiful tricks of flowers – a 14m TED-Ed talk from Jonathan Drori and here’s ‘The Beauty of Pollination’ from Louie Schwartzberg (TED):

In Crash Course Biology #38 – The Plants & The Bees: Plant Reproduction, Hank gets into the dirty details about vascular plant reproduction.

GERMINATION

Mung bean time-lapse of germination:

Also here are radish seeds germinating & sprouting roots & shoots (46s).

PHOTOPERIODISM

A fantastic animated tutorial from McGraw Hill Education on Phytochrome signalling.

B8.2 Sexual Reproduction in Plants

Plant reproduction from chduncan

B8.2 Revision Notes in downloadable word format.

Flower dissection by Mr Exham (Mr Exham.com):

A lesson on Plant Reproduction from Mr Dare:

Some TIMELAPSE videos:

A 3m 27s vid on Germination from Bitesize Top 20 Demos 

The beautiful tricks of flowers  – a 14m TED-Ed talk from Jonathan Drori, and here’s The Beauty of Pollination:

TEXTBOOK REVISION

IGCSE Biology: Coursebook, chapter 13, pp.182 – 191

B8.3 Sexual Reproduction in Humans

Igcse biology edexcel 3.8 3.12 from Marcos Rodriguez

Right here, right now by Fatboy Slim and an animation that takes us from conception to just before birth.

B8.3 Revision Notes in downloadable word format.

Medical animations that include fertilisation, ovulation, labor and birth and here is ovulation captured on film for the first time.

THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE

Why do women have periods? – a 4m 45s TED-Ed video.

FERTILISATION

The Great Sperm Race Game.

The physics of sperm versus the physics of sperm whales – a fascinating animated vid from TED-Ed (4m 18s).

PREGNANCY & BIRTH

Here are some pregnancy illustrations and birth animations – aimed at expectant mothers.

BREAST-FEEDING

Learn the differences between breast milk and baby formulas with tips from a registered nurse in this free video on family health.

HIV / AIDS

Fantastic animated tutorials from McGraw Hill Education on HIV replication & how the HIV infection cycle works. This is much more detailed than you need.

Hans Rosling unveils new data visuals that untangle the risk factors of HIV. He argues that preventing transmissions – not drug treatments – is the key to ending the epidemic.

TEXTBOOK REVISION

IGCSE Biology: Coursebook, chapter 13, pp. 169 – 177

6.6 Hormones, Homeostasis & Reproduction

CONTENT TO BE ADDED HERE (at some point).

Thank you Mr Taylor (of iBiology) for this presentation from the OLD syllabus.

Animated, narrated tutorials on the menstrual cycle and on pregnancy testing which also include a quiz (from Sinauer Associates); there’s also an animated, narrated tutorial on IVF.

In Crash Course Biology #34 – The Reproductive System: How Gonads Go, Hank lets us in on the meaning of life, at least from a biological perspective – it’s reproduction.

The physics of sperm vs. the physics of sperm whales from TED-Ed.