Inspiration and background
Eye of science and Micronaut
Ted talk - Hidden miracles of the natural world
Khan Academy - Chemistry of life, Water, acids, and bases, Properties of carbon and Intro to intermolecular forces
Ted talk - Hidden miracles of the natural world
Khan Academy - Chemistry of life, Water, acids, and bases, Properties of carbon and Intro to intermolecular forces
Ch. 1 Living creatures - diversity, cladograms, phylogenetic trees (名正才能言順)
Lab
Websites Videos |
Game - Go extinct!
University of California Museum of Paleontology A fisheye view of the tree of life BBC Nature Tree of Life Evogeneao Tree of Life Explorer TIDAL lab - Build a tree Mozaik 3D - Vertebrate brain evolution Khan Academy - Evolution and the tree of life KA Crash Course Biology - Taxonomy: Life's filing system |
Ch. 2 Cells - the building blocks of lfe
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Exploratorium - Making and Experimenting with naked 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 Mozaik 3D - 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 KA Crash Course Biology - Vascular plants 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 Ron's pond scum The freshwater life 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 KA Crash Course Biology - Old and odd: Archaea, bacteria & protists Bozeman science - Protists Plankton chronicles - Protists I and Protists II |
Ch. 8 The butterfly life cycle
Ch. 9 The frog life cycle
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Mozaik 3D - The life cycle of vertebrates
Harcourt - The life cycle of a frog BBC - Attenborough: Life in Cold Blood Metamorphosis (frog and flatfish) Nat'l Geog - Red-Eyed Tree Frog's Life Cycle |
Ch. 10 Our balanced world
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The Carbon Cycle Game
Ecology - Rules for living on earth (KA Crash Course Biology) Ecosystem ecology, Hydrologic and carbon cycles, Nitrogen and phosphorus cycles (KA Crash Course Ecology) |