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4/28:  Revision

​4/25:  Revision
Slides

4/24:  Revision

4/20:  Revision
Homework:  Complete physiology packet (due 4/24 for exam grade)

4/13:  Digestion and Absorption
Slides 1
​Slides 2
​Diagramming the Digestive Tract
Video:  Digestive Tract Drawing

4/12:Digestive system
slides
Homework:  review pp. 284 (absorption) and 286-288
​Complete Lab Handout 
Watch:  Crashcourse 1
              Crashcourse 2
​Extra:  How the digestive system works
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4/10:  Ventilation
Slides
Homework:  read pp. 279-288.
Complete diagram of alveolus (linked here)
Answer IB exam style questions (linked here)

4/6:   Cardiac Cycle 
Slides 
Animation:  Cardiac cycle
​Video:  How the heart actually pumps blood (TEDed)
Link:  Animation-myocardial infarction
Homework:  Read pp. 310-318
Review:   Phases of the cardiac cycle.  Prepare a list of the phases with annotations of processes that occur in each one.

4/4:  Circulatory system
Quiz:  6.6 and A.3
Slides  
Extra:  Harvey ideas about blood
​Video:  William Harvey
Video:  Circulatory system  
​Link:   Circulatory systems (interactive)
​Link:  Anatomy of the heart (interactive) 
​Video:  Cardiac function animation
Video:  Blocked arteries
Homework:  Read pp. 295-302
Complete heart diagram and blood vessels worksheet (due 4/6)

3/31:  Menstrual cycle.
Link:  Slides 1
Link:  Slides 2
Link:  Article-Ways women deal with periods around the world
Video: 100 women 2014
Homework:  Read pp. 289-295.
Answer Questions (hand out) linked here  
Animation:  menstrual cycle

3/27:  Reproduction 
Link:  Article-Caster Semenya and the logic of olympic competition
Link:  Gender testing in athletes
Slides (from Bioknowledgy)
Video:  Gonads (crash course) 
Homework:  Watch Video-Menstrual Cycle Feedback Mechanism 
                      Complete annotated diagrams of male and female reproductive tract 
                       Review p. 337 (menstrual cycle)
Extra:  Female reproductive system
            Male reproductive system

3/23:  Hormones and Homeostasis
Link:  Slides
Link:  Type II diabetes 1
Link:  Type II diabetes 2
 Link:  Obesity 
Link:  TedED-Thyroxin 
Link:  Circadian Rhythms 1
Link:  Circadian Rhythms 2 
Article:  Circadian rhythms and metabolism
Homework:  Answer questions on google forms (linked here)
​Read. pp. 334-340

3/21:  Revision-sensory systems
Diagrams:  eye, ear
Understandings:  rod and cone cells, hearing, vision and olfactory sensing  
Extra:  Evolution of Eyes (SUPER COOL)
Homework (due 3/23):  Answer google form questions linked here 
                                       Read text pp. 329-335.

Spring Break 3/11-3/20
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3/10:  Exam:  Topic A.1-A.3 and 6.5

3/8:  Test Review

3/6:  Sensory Processing
Slides 
Video:  Sensory systems
Homework:  Draw a diagram of the human eye (p. 527) and ear (p. 530)

3/2:  Somatosensory Cortex
Video 1:  Brain structures and functions
Video 2:  Video games and stroke recovery
Activity:  Mapping your sensory homunculi
Homework:  read pp. 526-533

2/28:  Action potential and the synapse (continued)
Link:  Instructions for 2/28-3/2
Video 1: Action potential
Link PHET simulation (action potential)
Video 2:  Synapse
Video clips on the cone snail
1.  Motor cabal toxins block motor neuron synapses
2.  Lightening strike:  cabal acts like a tasar
3.  Conus bullatus "lightening strike".

2/24:  Action potential and Synapse
Slides
Link:  TED neural networks
Link:  3D brain interactive
Homework:   Review sections 6.3, 6.5, A1, A2 for quiz.  
​Extra:  Song put some ACH into it

2/22:  Neurons and Embryogenesis
Link:  Slides
Link:  Animation of gastrulation
Link:  Animation of neurulation
​Link:  Xenbase (database of all things Xenopus)
Video:  Growing minibrains in the lab
Homework:  Review pp. 514-515
                     Complete diagram of neurulation (linked here).

2/17:  Model Systems and Development
Link:  Slides (neurons and development)
Link:  interactive on comparative neuroanatomy and intelligence 
​Extra:  Chordate evolution
Homework:  Read pp. 513-525
Complete diagram of the brain

2/16:  Introduction to Nervous System
Link:  Slides
See HL page for video links


2/14:  IA Feedback day

2/10:  Specific Immunity
​Slides:  Specific Immunity 
Link:    Dr. Bowers' notes on immune system
​Video:  Animation-virus infection 
​Video:  HIV vs AIDs
​Video:  Why is HIV so difficult to treat?
Link:     Click and Learn Immune system 
​Link:    Questions to answer in class
Homework:   Read pp. 319-328 (section 6.5- Neurons)

2/8:  Immune system continued
Link:  Slides-Non-specific defenses
Link:  Video-introduction to immune system 
Link:  Video-Rap:  Non-specific Immunity
Link:  Article-Flies and agriculture spreading antibiotic resistance
Note:  Bring Textbook to class on 2/10.
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2/6:  Introduction to immune system

Link:  Slides-antibiotics
Link:  Frontline:  The trouble with antibiotics
Homework:  Read pp. 302-310

1/31:  Homework:  Read-questions that keep chemists up at night

​1/27:  Exam Genetics (chapter 3)

1/25:  Genetics Review
Link:  Ancestry video  
Extra:  science of skin color
Extra:  Ted-Humanae (art/science)

​1/19:  Exceptions to Mendel's laws
           Link:  Slides on Exceptions to Mendel's laws
           Link:  Problems on blood type 
           Homework:  complete packet questions (due 1/23 for quiz grade)
           Attention:   Exam on chapter 3 on 1/27. 

1/17:  Mendelian inheritance, genetic diseases and pedigree analysis
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1/13:  Human pedigree analysis
Link:  Tips for pedigrees (slides)
Link:  Video-"Got lactase" (HHMI)  
Extra:  Video-shortcut tips to solving pedigrees (example 1)
            Video-shortcut tips to solving pedigrees (example 2) 
            Video- Basic summary of Mendel's laws (TEDed)
Homework:  Read packet sections 91-93.  Answer associated questions/problems.
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1/11:  Variation, Mutation, and Inheritance
slides:  mutation and alleles
Link:  Mendelian genetics
Link:  Beginners punnett squares
Homework:  Read packet sections 85-90.  Answer associated questions/problems.

1/9:  Genetic Variation:  Meiosis 

Link:  Great scientist-Nettie Stevens

 Slides:  Meiosis 
Link:  Chromonoodle modeling guidance
 Link: Video on meiosis mechanism  

 Extra:  Gender testing in athletes  
Extra:  Meiosis Revision Slides (by stage)

Homework:
               Read text pp. 159-168
               Complete review packet questions 80-82. 



​1/5:  Introduction to genetics
Slides:  chromosomes and genomes
Link:  OMIM online genetic database
​Link:  Questions to answer (in class) 
Link:  Genetics interactive
Link:  Short film on sickle cell disease
Homework:  
                      Read text pp. 142-159
                      Do DBQ p. 153
                      Answer:  review packet questions from 72-79.
                      Due 1/9/17


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