Take your biology students on a tour of an unusual art museum -- the "Cell Gallery." Using electron microscope images and entertaining graphics, this program walks viewers through the basic components of a cell. The tour looks in detail at the structure and function of cellular organelles, including cell membranes, nuclei, mitochondria, chloroplasts, smooth and rough endoplasmic reticula, ribosomes, lysosomes, vacuoles, cytoplasm, cytosol and cytoskeleton, microtubules and microfilaments, and the Golgi complex. The program also covers the importance of internal cellular membranes and compares the relative sizes of the different organelles.

Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 12, 2005. Learn360 is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. Teacher's guide available under Additional info tag.

The Benefits of Technology (1:20) -- The Basic Parts of the Cell (2:11) -- Functions of Organelles (4:13) -- Text Review of Cell Form and Function (1:14) -- The Nucleus (1:55) -- Cytoplasm (2:13) -- How the Cell Makes Energy (4:35) -- The Endoplasmic Reticulum and Ribosomes (4:00) -- The Vesicles (4:02).