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Topic 6.1:  Digestion and absorption
Slides 1
​Slides 2
​Diagramming the Digestive Tract
Video:  Digestive Tract Drawing


Topic 6.2:  Blood System 
Article:  William Harvey
Slides:  Circulatory system 
Slides:  Harvey's Blood experiments
Slides:  Cardiac cycle
​Video:  William Harvey Ideas about Blood
Video:   Circulatory system (Bozeman)
​Link:   Circulatory Systems Interactive 
Link:  Heart anatomy interactive
Animation:  Blood flow in the heart
Animation:  Cardiac cycle
Animation:  Myocardial infarction
​Extra:  Growing vascular tissue on a spinach leaf
Extra:  Heart growers 
​Link:  Diagramming the heart  

Topic 6.3:  Defense against infectious disease
Slides 1:  Intro to the immune system 
Slides 2: Guided Exploration 
Videos:
                    1.  Allergies and the immune system
                    2.  How do Vaccinations work?
                    3.  Why do you need a new flu shot every year? 

Slides:  Antibiotic Resistance
Extra:  Comic strip-Immune cells 
Extra:  Non-specific Immune System Rap  
Extra:  Frontline-the trouble with antibiotics  

Topic 11.1:  Specific Immunity
Slides  (HL):  Specific Immunity
 
        HIV vs AIDS
        Ted ED:  "Why is it so hard to cure HIV? 
        TedED:  How does the immune system work?
​Extra:  Review specific immunity (comic strip) 

Topic 6.4:  Gas Exchange Systems
Slides
Video:  Diagramming the alveolus 
Link:  Article-Vaping and Popcorn Lung
Link:  Article-Vaping and Respiratory Failure 


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Topic 6.6:  Hormones and homeostasis 
​Article: Blind Cave Fish

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 

Hormones and Reproduction
​Slides 
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Link:  Article-Ways women deal with periods around the world
Video: 100 women 2014
Animation:  menstrual cycle 
Video:  Menstrual cycle (TEDed) 
Video:  in vitro fertilization 
3D animation:  in vitro fertilization
LIfe is wonderfully complicated.   Stay curious.  Be skeptical.    And above all, ask many questions!