Introduction to life science
Description
Launch a unit on life science with this video! It addresses central topics in biology-evolution, cellular structure, and hierarchical organization, to name only three; explains the process of scientific inquiry; and spotlights the contributions of key researchers in the life sciences, from Aristotle to Watson and Crick. The video also provides students with a bird's-eye view of many exciting biological fields, including biochemistry, ecology, genetics, marine biology, molecular biology, neuroscience, paleontology, and more. Correlates to National Academy of Sciences National Science Education Standards and the American Association for the Advancement of Science Benchmarks for Science Literacy.
Runtime
18 min
Series
- Science Core Curriculum Video Library (18)
- Librarian Special-Science (24)
- Cambridge Core Science Series: BioBasics (8)
- The Cambridge Educational Core Curriculum Video Libraries (90)
- The General Science Collection (8)
- The Complete New Releases Curriculum Library 2006 (30)
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Date of Publication
[2005], c2005
Database
Films on Demand
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