The discovery of chloroplast | Botany: A Blooming History
Timothy Walker explains how Julius von Sachs discovered where starch was made in a plant, and how new microscopy techniques let him see inside plant cells, where he found chloroplasts.
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Clip Info
- Clip length: 2'53''
- Broadcast year: 2011
Curriculum Connection
- Biology | Bioenergetics | Photosynthesis | Historical experiments to investigate photosynthesis
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UK only
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- Provider: BBC
- Channel: BBC Four
- Programme: Botany: A Blooming History
- Episode: Photosynthesis
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