Protists: videos and info on Volvox and Blepharisma

Hi kids,

Check these out. Share what you learn with your families!
Have fun.
Ms. Tuttle

Sites to see and read about Blepharisma, Volvox, and “friends”

Volvox in action.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/video/Volvox-Dancing-the-Minuet-and-the-Waltz.html

Volvox:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He9FSeGRi3A

daughter colony leaving:

http://vimeo.com/26514497

Read here:

More details on Volvox and its predator.

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/art97b/volvoxms.html

Blepharisma:

View:

15 second video:

http://vimeo.com/5080189

Read/view this:

Readings and images: http://ethemes.missouri.edu/themes/26

Images with labeled organs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyFlgu8g0Ao

Blepharisma and friends:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx3vZ_vTkG4