This week in our #OEB52 #BiologyofPlants virtual lab we looked at #algae! There are a few clips of videos I saved here and there that really made the lab very enjoyable & entertaining for both me and my students. So I'm making a mini🧵to put them together:
#onlineteaching #botany
1/6 The extremely adorable #volvex! Talked about how they form colonies and enjoyed watching the tardigrades playing with them. Got a Q of whether the tardigrades are enjoying themselves. Oh well, I study plants so no comment... 😅 https://twitter.com/tardigradopedia/status/1353731203996778496
2/6 The extremely perfect #desmids! This amazing video showed how the divide and cytoplasmic streaming in action! https://twitter.com/OlympusLifeSci/status/1149384907455651841
3/6 A clip from the amazing videos of @JourneyToMicro showing the perfect symmetry of #desmids:
4/6 The ~horrendous~ video clips of Vampyrella feeding on #Spirogyra. Videos that will make you never forget the spiral chloroplast of Spirogyra and have a weak spot for them forever.
https://www.sciencesource.com/archive/Vampyrella-feeding-on-algae--time-lapse-SS271871.html
5/6 Conjugation tube formation and cytoplasm streaming of #Spirogyra. Again, amazing footage:
6/6 A beautifully made video explaining the life cycle of #Chara:
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