Domains of Life, The (2 Parts)

Synopsis: Shows biological classification using DNA and micro-fossil evidence. Uses animation and micro-imaging of representive organisms from the domains of life - archaea, bacteria and eucarya.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Video; 2 videocassettes. VHS. col. 13, 19 min.
Year of production: 2000
Availability: Sale
Documentation: Accompanying teacher’s guide and interactive computer disc with photos, graphics and script from the videos and links to the World Wide Web.
Uses: A-level biology.
Subjects: Biology
Keywords: bacteria; cell biology; microbiology; taxonomy

Title: Life’s three branches: archaea, bacteria, and eucarya
Synopsis: 1: Modules - self-replicating molecules evolve in the primordial soup; evolution of the first cells - the archaea; the rise of bacteria and how they shaped the biosphere; the nucleus - beginnings of the domain eucarya; cyanobacteria invent water splittin
Title: Eucaryotic cell evolves, The
Synopsis: 2: Modules - rise of the eucaryotes; locomotor organelles; plastids evolve through endosymbiosis; photosynthetic eucaryotes branch out; the evolution of sexual reproduction; the origins of multicellularity.

Name: Viewtech Educational Media
Contact: Lynda Morrell
Notes: NB. Viewtech ceased trading in 2014 and the company’s products are no longer in distribution For over 30 years Viewtech distributed programmes from leading specialist educational producers from around the world and since 2002 it included titles previously distributed in the UK by Educational Media Film & Video. The extensive collection covered all subjects within the primary and secondary curriculum and some materials, particularly in the areas of study skills and business, are applicable to further/higher education.

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