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This highly visual tour of the processes that keep life operating will excite students with a new understanding of these fundamental units of life. The series can also be used as an introduction to our in-depth cell biology program, Visualizing Cell Processes. Students learn how cells carry out the fundamental processes of life. The menu structure offers over 30 learning chapters that can be discussed and repeated as needed to assure that everyone is up to speed on the content. The DVDROM contains a PDF Teaching Guide for each of the topic areas listed at right. Preview programs, download PDF teaching guides, and review state and national curriculum correlations for each program at www.eBioMEDIA.com.

The Cell – Unit of Life

Content: The Discovery of Cells , Cell Structures , Organelle Function , Cell Varieties , The Chemistry of Life

The Outer Envelope

Content: Membrane Structure , Osmosis , Transport Proteins , Active Transport , Cell Eating , Cell Drinking, Receptor Proteins

How Cells Obtain Energy

Content: ATP and Chemical Energy , Mitochondria, Aerobic Respiration , Chloroplasts , The Reactions of Photosynthesis

How Cells are Controlled

Content: The Protein Nature of Life , Enzymatic Reactions , Amino Acids and DNA , How Proteins are Built Turning on Genes

How Cells Reproduce

Content: DNA Structure , Replicating DNA Mutations Change the Genetic Code Proofreading and Repair , The Stages of Mitosis