organismal Biology
Main resources
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Ch. 1 Living creatures - diversity, cladograms, phylogenetic trees (名正才能言順)
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Game - Go extinct!
University of California Museum of Paleontology A fisheye view of the tree of life Mozaik 3D - Vertebrate brain evolution BBC Nature Tree of Life Evogeneao Tree of Life Explorer TIDAL lab - Build a tree Khan Academy - Evolution and the tree of life and Taxonomy: Life's filing system |
Ch. 2 Cells - The Building Blocks of Life
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Exploratorium - Anatomy of an egg, Making a naked egg, Experimenting with naked eggs
Exploratorium - Egg science: An ova-view of eggs Mozaik 3D - Transport processes PBS - Cell membrane: just passing through Wisc-Online - Construction of the cell membrane Carolina - Cellcraft game Spongelab - Build an animal cell Ted-Ed - The game-changing amniotic egg Khan Academy - Structure of a cell, Membranes and transport and Cell signalling Bozeman science - A tour of the cell and The cell membrane |
Ch. 3 - 5 Photosynthesis, Parts of a Plant, How a Plant Grows
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Lighting up celery stalks; plant dissection; plants under the microscope; propagation by leaf cutting
Virtual plant dissection Photosynthesis, Chlorophyll, Flower, and Real fruits vs. pseudofruits Genomics digital lab: What plants need Glencoe virtual lab: Which colors of light do plants need for growth? Khan Academy - Intro to photosynthesis, Vascular plants, and Tour of a plant cell |
Ch. 6 - 7 Protists I and II
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Microscopic observation of pond and brackish-water protists; glycerin vs methyl cellulose as slowing agents; checking water salinity using refractometer
A virtual pond dip Khan Academy - Refraction and Snell's law, Refraction in water, Total internal reflection Short demo - Snell's law of refraction Sixty Symbols - Why is light slower in glass Khan Academy - Old and odd: Archaea, bacteria & protists Bozeman science - Protists Plankton chronicles - Protists I and Protists II |
Ch. 8 The butterfly life cycle
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Arthropod life cycles - Mantids from ootheca to adult, Drosophila culture, cricket culture
NASA - Flies in Space University of California Museum of Paleontology - Mantis shrimp shoulder their evolutionary baggage Bozeman science - r and K selection Khan Academy - Annelids and arthropods and Human population growth (r and K selection) BBC - Metamorphosis: the science of change Insect Structure, function, and metamorphosis |
Special unit: Tardigrades
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Finding tardigrades through the microscope
UNC Tardigrades article Mozaik 3D - Tardigrade Amazon short - What is a water bear? |
Special unit: Tide-pool invertebrates
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Special unit: Hymenoptera
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