CH 1 Body basics
Projects
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Temperature perception; Touch acuity; using the compound microscope
CellCraft The incredible megacell game (Nobelprize.org) Create a stem cell line, Stem cell heart repair, and Stem cell transplant (Edheads) Creating Embryonic Stem Cell Lines (HHMI) Cells to systems (BBC) Tissues of Life (Science Museum of Minnesota) Electron microscope, CT scanner (Mozaik 3D) Levels of organization, Animal and plant cells (Mozaik 3D) Layers of skin, Types of epithelial tissue, Tanning and skin cancer (Mozaik 3D) Human Body Collection Episode 2 - Skin (National Geographic ) Inner life of the cell (Harvard University) Tissues (pts. 1-4) and Integumentary system (pts. 1-2) (Crash Course) Life on us: A microscopic safari (Wive TV) |
Ch 2 Bones and muscles
Ch 3 Heart and blood
Projects
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Auscultating the heart; Making and observing a blood smear; The changing color of bruises
The heart, The electrical conduction system of the heart, Heart attack (Mozaik 3D) The circulatory system, Human blood, Hemoglobin, Lymphatic system (Mozaik 3D) Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary thromboembolism (Mozaik 3D) Heart function and How a heart attack occurs (HHMI) Blood typing game (Nobelprize.org) Operate now: Heart surgery game (Agame.com) Map of the human heart (PBS) Hemoglobin breakdown (McGraw-Hill) Heart and blood (DK Find Out!) Blood groups The evolution of oral anticoagulants; The heart makers (Nature video) Physiology of hemostasis: the coagulation cascade (Thrombosis adviser) |
Ch 4 Disease defenses
Websites
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Immune responses game and Immune system game (Nobel Prize.org)
Bacteria, Viruses 3D and video (Mozaik 3D) Cells of the immune system (HHMI BioInteractive) Body defenses (DK Find Out!) Flu attack! and The invisible universe of the human microbiome (NPR) The immune system explained Introduction to the immune system Your immune system (KA Crash Course Biology) Immune system pt 1, pt 2 and pt 3 (Crash Course A&P) |
Immunology : Physiology 313 lecture notes and
Janeway Immunobiology 5th ed, with animations |
Part 1 - Innate immunity and Toll-like receptors
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Toll-like receptor 4 signalling
Role of phagocytes in innate or nonspecific immunity and Types of immune responses (Khan Academy) Blood cell lineages, How white blood cells move around, and Inflammatory response (Khan Academy) The immune system (Bozeman Science) |
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Part 2 - B cell development and generation of diversity
VDJ Gene Recombination, and Antibody Somatic Recombination I and II (Animations)
B lymphocytes (Khan Academy) |
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Part 3 - The B cell immune response: antibody production and complement
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Part 4 - T cell development and self / non-self discrimination
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Part 5 - The T cell immune response: T cell activation and effector functions
Cytotoxic T cell and Cytotoxic T cell function animations
Helper T cells, Cytotoxic T cells and MHC I complexes, and Cytotoxic T cells (Khan Academy) Review of B cells, CD4+ and CD8+ T cells (Khan Academy) |
Part 7 - When self-tolerance fails: autoimmune disease
Systemic lupus erythematosus (Osmosis)
Immunology virtual lab: ELISA for SLE (HHMI BioInteractive) Gene Music using Protein Sequence of FoxP3 |
Part 8 - Immunity in transplantation and pregnancy
European Diseases Left Their Mark on First Nations’ DNA (Scientific American)
Microchimerism (UBC Useful Genetics) Bioessays: Fetal microchimerism and maternal health (WBLifeSciences) |
Part 9 - Immunity in atypical viral infections and cancer
HIV life cycle (HHMI BioInteractive)
What Will the Next Influenza Pandemic Look Like? (Scientific American) Tumour immunology and immunotherapy (Nature Video) Immunotherapy: Boosting the immune system to fight cancer (Nature Video) Personalized Cancer Vaccine Prevents Leukemia Relapse in Patients (MIT Technology review) Personalized dendritic-cell based tumor immunotherapy (Immunotherapy) Cell fusion: from hybridoma to dendritic cell-based vaccine (Abstract from Expert Rev Vaccines) 1 Patient, 7 Tumors and 100 Billion Cells Equal 1 Striking Recovery (NY Times) T-Cell Transfer Therapy Targeting Mutant KRAS in Cancer (NEJM) |
Part 10 - Manipulation of the immune system: vaccination
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Part 11 - Interaction of the immune system with the nervous and endocrine systems
Important Link between the Brain and Immune System Found (Scientific American)
Researchers Find Altering Link Between Brain, Immune System (UVA School of Medicine) |
Ch 5 Lungs and breathing
Project
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Balloon model of the lungs; auscultating the lungs; measuring your lung capacity
Respiratory system, Voice production, and Effects of smoking on the lungs (Mozaik 3D) Lungs and breathing (DK Find Out!) ATP & Respiration and Circulatory & respiratory systems (KA Crash Course biology) Cellular respiration and Circulatory & pulmonary systems (KA biology) Respiration (Bill Nye) Immunology of the lung (Nature Video) |
Ch 6 Fueling the body
Project
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Pre- and post-prandial blood glucose measurements
Teeth, Upper digestive tract (Mozaik 3D) Anatomy of the small intestine, Large intestine, and Appendicitis (Mozaik 3D) Glands connected to the duodenum and The effect of bile in fat dispersion (Mozaik 3D) Interactive Human: Digestion (Kitses.com) Digestion and Keeping healthy (DK Find Out!) The digestive system (KA Crash Course biology) How does digestion work? and How does the liver work? (TEDEd) Animation: Organs of digestion (McGraw Hill) |
Ch 7 Waste disposal
Project
Websites Videos |
Urine analysis and specific gravity (using refractometer)
Excretory system, Human body (male) (Mozaik 3D) Waste disposal (DK Find Out!) The excretory system (KA Crash Course biology) A journey through the nephron (British Heart Foundation) What do your kidneys do? (TEDEd) Osmoregulation (Bozeman Science) Nephrology - Kidney and nephron overview |
Ch 8 Life cycle
Websites
Videos |
Life cycle (DK Find Out!)
Male reproductive system and Female reproductive organs (Mozaik 3D) Genetic material, Meiosis, Gametes, Prenatal development (Mozaik 3D) Harvard team successfully reverses the aging process in mice (New Atlas) The reproductive system (KA Crash Course Biology) Heredity, DNA structure & replication, and Meiosis (KA Crash Course Biology) What is aging? (PHD comics) Why do we age? (TED-Ed) Human body collection Ep. 3 Inside the human body (National Geographic) |
Ch 9 In control
Project
Websites Videos |
Patellar reflex and blink reflex (U. of Washington)
Brain and nerves (DK Find Out!) Neuroscience for kids (U. of Washington) Vertebrate brain evolution, Nervous system, Neurons, Synaptic transmission (Mozaik 3D) Human brain, Parts of the brain, The ventricular system (Mozaik 3D) The spinal cord, Pain withdrawal reflex, Patellar reflex (Mozaik 3D) The limbic system, Cortical organization of speech (Mozaik 3D) Hypothalamic pituitary axis, Endocrine system, Thyroid gland, Adrenaline (Mozaik 3D) Brain anatomy interactive (Koshland Science Museum) Brain basics interactive (Brainline.org) Your brain map (OpenColleges) The nervous system, The endocrine system, and Membranes & transport (KA Crash Course Biology) Newborn reflexes (Worth Publishers) Phineas Gage (Worth Publishers) Meet your master: getting to know your brain (Crash Course Psychology #4) The brain that changes itself (Xive TV) The fantastical world of hormones (Xive TV) |
Ch 10 Super senses
Project
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Field trip to the Exploratorium and Tactile Dome; Praxinoscope; Finding your blind spot
The Senses (DK Find Out!) The ear and hearing, The nose and smelling (Mozaik 3D) The eye, The mechanism of vision, Eye Resolution, Vision correction, Color vision deficiency (Mozaik 3D) Mechanism of taste, Sense of balance (Mozaik 3D) Otitis media (Mozaik 3D) Mona Lisa Optical Illusion (Exploratorium) How 3D glasses work (MITK12 Videos) Feline retinal diseases (Vetbook.org) Sensory biology around the animal kingdom (The Scientist) Tour the tongue (NOVA) The most extreme ep. 6: Super senses Xpolration animal science ep. 6: Super senses We don't know: Magnetoreception (Science magazine) How sweet the sound that gave this sight to me (Great Big Story) |
Ch 11 Mind and personality
Project
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Personality test
The Teen Brain (Harvard Magazine) Food for thought: How gut microbes change your mind (TEDMED) Measuring personality and Feeling all the feels (Crash Course Psychology) Emotions: Limbic system (Khan Academy) |
GENERAL REVIEW
Crash Course Anatomy and Physiology playlist