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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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