Biology Video Clips
The purpose of this page is to give you access to the video clips your teachers use in their lessons. Perhaps you want to read ahead? Perhaps you missed a point in a lesson and want to re-cap? Perhaps you want a clip for a work assignment?
The clips are listed alphabetically. A summary is also given. The clips work best if you download them first before playing.
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Clip Title |
Summary |
| Anthrax | 30sec clip showing anthrax structure (no sound) |
| Breathing | 1min animation showing diaphragm and ribcage (KS3 & GCSE) |
| Circada Singing | Courtship |
| Circulation | Animation of the circulatory system (Year 9). Need to download and save before opening |
| Cloning nuclear transfer | 30sec slip showing nuclear transfer |
| Diffusion 1 | 2min clip showing the effect of temp on diffusion rate |
| Diffusion 2 | 3min clip showing the diffusion of bromine. Explains kinetic theory. |
| Diffusion 3 | 1min clip showing the diffusion of iodine across a membrane to colour starch solution |
| Diffusion animation | Flash animation showing molecules moving. Need to download and save before opening |
| DNA Structure | A-level. Requires QuickTime |
| DNA Synthesis | Animation of DNA Synthesis (A-level). Requires QuickTime |
| Endoscopy of gut | 30sec slip showing inside of gut through endoscope |
| Ethics of HGP | 90sec clip introducing the ethics of the Human Genome Project |
| Fish fertilisation | |
| Fish breathing | 4min clip introducing gill structure (GCSE) |
| Frog fertilisation | |
| Herring fertilisation | |
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3min into to HGP (A-level) | |
| 30sec animation showing ischaemic stroke (no sound) | |
| Jewel beetles | |
| Leaf hoppers calling | |
| Meiosis Clip 1 | Requires QuickTime |
| Only 1min long, but shows the steps of mitosis clearly | |
| Mitosis in time-lapse | Time-lapse animation of mitosis. Requires QuickTime |
| Mitosis in time-lapse 2 | Requires QuickTime |
| Mitosis Clip 1 | Requires QuickTime |
| Mitosis Clip 2 | Requires QuickTime |
| Moth pheromones | |
| Peristalsis | 30sec slip showing peristalsis contraction in an eodoscopy |
| Rocket taking off | 90sec clip of a rocket taking off |
| Salmon spawning | |
| Staghorn beetles fighting | |
| Swans courting | |
| Toads spawning | |
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Requires VLC media player | |
| Inner life of a cell (with commentary) |
Requires VLC media player |
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