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Junior Cert: Animal and Plant Cells

Introduction to using the microscope and visualising cells From Mags Amond and teachnet.ie
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Website on cells for Junior Cert From teachnet
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A video introduction to cells Bit too advanced for First Year, but pretty cool
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Onion cell under the microscope Just so you know what to look for when you do this. Youtube
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Cool images from a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) I like the mayfly
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SEM used constructively to identify the most ugly bug around. From the appropriatley named uglybug.org. Thanks to Mags Amond and teachnet
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Quick overview of the cell One min. YouTube video
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Diagram of a cell From absorblearning
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More detailed, interactive diagram of animal and plant cells From cellsalive.com
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Parts of a plant cell YouTube 3 mins 3 Star
Very realistic image of different types of cell From centreofthecell.org 5 Star
What do cancer cells look like? From cellslider.net 5 Star

White blood cell chases bacterium

YouTube 10 secs
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Similar with commentary (30 secs) YouTube 30 secs
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David Bolinsky: Visualizing the wonder of a living cell Link

A now-famous animation of what happens inside a living cell.
YouTube. Via TED. 5 mins.

 
       
ABC news report on the film 3 min video from YouTube
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History of the discovery of the cell Three hour-long programs, each broken up into 10-minute clips. From YouTube
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It seems that complex cells were originally made from bacteria coming together to be more efficient life YouTube 4 mins
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Did you know that scientists can now use skin cells to make new lfe? From the BBC website, text-based
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