This video is a collaboration between the Plant Endomembrane Research Group at Oxford Brookes University (UK) and the band "Professor Science". We are interested in the function and organisation of the plant secretory pathway and use a lot of confocal laser scanning/electron microscopy to take a closer look at our plant cells. When we discovered David Mansfield's song "Sweet Home Apparatus" online, we thought that the combination between his song about the Golgi apparatus and our Golgi videos obtained on the confocal microscope might make a good music video. This is the result!

This is a short general introduction to the group of plants known as angiosperms (or flowering plants). The video begins with a brief mention of the rise of flowering plants and then discuss some of their major characteristics (such as fruits and flowers). Next, it identifies parts of a typical flower, introduces some of the relationships that exist between angiosperms and animals, and talks about the role of flower petals in pollination. The video ends with a discussion of how humans use flowering plants in their everyday lives.

I intended this video to be accessible to a wide audience with little or no technical experience with plants. The language is simple enough for a younger audience, while the material remains appropriate for any age. I am a science educator, and had 5th and 6th grade science students in mind when making this video.

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

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