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Author: Burkhard Schulz
( Inserted on 12/04/2009 - 10283 Reads)

The video is inspired by a popular TV show investigating crime scenes. Here, however, the investigators are solving cases in the field of plant science investigations (PSI). The stunning phenomenon that soybean plants can survive herbicide treatments and grow on fields without weed competition is investigated using DNA extraction, Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), gene analysis etc. Transgenes are found that make the soybean plants herbicide resistant. These genes can be detected in soybean plants as well as in food products such as tofu that are found on the supermarket shelf. This video addresses questions about genes and transgenes in food – we all eat DNA and genes every day - and the use of transgenic crops for food production. It is a student production inspired from research projects of a Plant Physiology (HORT301) course for Horticulture and Biology students at Purdue University as an entry for the www.ChloroFilms.org video competition.

The video originated from experimental work that three undergraduate students performed during a Plant Physiology course (HORT301) in the fall of 2008 at Purdue University. The idea behind the video production is that the call for new ways by which students can conceive and communicate ideas is pushed forward. Course assignments usually take on traditional forms of communication including reports, PowerPoint presentations, and seminar talks. However, students communicate daily using newer digital formats such as MySpace, Skype, videogames, YouTube, secondLife, facebook and others. These areas of intense student interest could be exploited for educational purposes to engage students, foster active learning and enhance critical thinking. Very often the students also realized a knowledge gap amongst their peers, family members and friend concerning their area of study and results of their research. How can I tell it to my parents what I am doing in the lab is a question that often arises. To address this problem, digital content in form of a playful educational video is one way to help communicate and educate an audience that might not always hav the same level of “scientific literacy” in plant science than horticulture and biology students. The target audience for this video clearly goes beyond the classmates of the undergraduate from the HORT301 plant physiology course. All steps of production of this video have been taken by or together with the students who also perform as actors in this video. The students were actively involved from the storyboarding, preparing the locations, shooting the footage, designing animations to the editing process and finalizing the cut of the material after critical review. Video equipment was supplied by Purdue University’s Digital Learning Collaboratory at ITaP (http://dlc.purdue.edu/cs4.cfm) and through an Instructional Innovation grant by the College of Agriculture. Editing of the material and production of musical score has been done together with Diana Nucera (Video artist, Detroit, MI) and Ace the Kid (High school student, Detroit Summer), respectively. More background information on our video productions can be found at http://www.hort.purdue.edu/hort/academics/HortMedia/hortmedia.html.

Author: Monto Kumagai
( Inserted on 12/04/2009 - 3747 Reads)

We are using RFID and cellular technology to tell a story about an extremely endangered tropical plant. We used a Nokia 6212 cell phone to read a Munroidendron racemosum cDNA sequence from an RFID tagged postcard (Bulacard). This film was submitted to www.ChloroFilms.org for use in education and plant biology.

Author: Monto Kumagai
( Inserted on 12/04/2009 - 3484 Reads)

We are using RFID and cellular technology to study and disseminate information about the molecular genetics of Nicotiana benthamiana. We used a Nokia 6212 cell phone to read, record, and replay a video on plant gene silencing from an RFID tagged postcard (Bulacard). This film was submitted to www.ChloroFilms.org for use in education and plant biology.

Author: Monto Kumagai
( Inserted on 12/04/2009 - 3591 Reads)

We are in search of the Yellow Dragon. It is a disease that could wipe out California Citrus industry. We are using RFID and cellular technology to record and disseminate information about plant pathology. This film was submitted to www.ChloroFilms.org for use in education and plant biology.

Author: Chris Martine and Dave Fleming
( Inserted on 27/03/2009 - 8311 Reads)

The second webisode in the "Growing Better" series of DIY botany videos produced and hosted by Dr. Chris Martine, a professor at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. This webisode explores the concept of serotiny as exemplified by the jack pines (Pinus banksiana) of the rare habitat known as the sandstone pavement barrens. We begin in the snowy barrens among the trees, and end in a neighbor's kitchen "cooking" pine cones with a group of local kids. The concept behind this series is that we feel there are already plenty of animal shows, but not enough (if any) plant shows. We don't need another gardening program. What we need are fun, adventurous, and educational shows about plants that play similarly to things like "The Crocodile Hunter" or, perhaps, Alton Brown. We'd like to head in one of those directions, eventually.

Author: Margarita Vazquez
( Inserted on 17/04/2009 - 6919 Reads)

The video contains general characteristics of the plant. How its external morphology, reproduction and use.

Author: Hayley Kilroy
( Inserted on 16/04/2009 - 8681 Reads)

The fungus Pilobolus kleinii, which grows on herbivore dung, uses hydrostatic pressure to launch its sporangia into the air. The spores land on fresh, clean grass, which can be eaten by an herbivore, allowing the fungus to complete its life cycle. This video shows a montage of the fungus's amazing launches, which have the fastest recorded acceleration in nature, set to Verdi's Anvil Chorus. The video is designed to artistically showcase the amazing abilities of fungi, which are much less studied than plants and animals. The video was captured in Nik Money's laboratory at Miami University, Oxford, OH, in 2008, using high-speed video cameras mounted on microscopes.

For more technical information on the flights and acceleration of Pilobolus kleinii, please see the following article: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0003237

Author: Ken Shackel
( Inserted on 12/04/2009 - 8421 Reads)

A UCD Botanist/Plant Scientist (Ken Shackel) demonstrates how a simple device, which works like a bicycle pump, can measure the level of water stress in plants.

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( Inserted on 12/04/2009 - 6820 Reads)

Importance of the pines inside an ecosystem

Author: Brady Haran
( Inserted on 16/03/2009 - 10081 Reads)

Brady Haran creates science videos in collaboration with researchers at the University of Nottingham and posts them to YouTube on two channels - nottinghamscience and periodicvideos Often the aim is to show tiny scientific insights into things which surround us everyday - and make the videos topical. In this film "The Science of Christmas Trees" he took ecologist Markus Eichhorn to a local seller and asked him what he could tell us about the trees on offer - it was unscripted and unplanned, designed to come across as a simple and casual chat, yet inspire people to think a little more deeply about something they make take for granted, or not necessarily see as a topic of scientistific interest.

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