Biology 11
Current Schedule
Classification |
Notes Package Notes on Living vs Non-living Notes on Classification and Taxonomy: One & Two Laub Divulga: Scientific Method Amoeba Sisters: Biological Levels Amoeba Sisters: Characteristics of Life Amoeba Sisters: Taxonomy Amoeba Sisters: Dichotomous Keys In a Nutshell: What is Life? Ted Ed: How Life Fits Together Crash Course: Taxonomy Ted Ed: A simple way to tell insects apart Online Lab: Nature of Science...Scientific Method |
Evolution |
Notes on Evolution: One & Two Notes on Types of Natural Selection Stated Clearly: What is Evolution? Stated Clearly: Survival of the Fittest In a Nutshell: Mechanisms of Evolution Amoeba Sisters: Evolution PBS: What Darwin Never Knew PBS: Why Sex? PBS: Evolutionary Arms Race Ted Ed: Is Human Evolution Speeding Up? or slowing Down? Ted Ed: Extinct Species...can we bring them back? HHMI Biointeractive: Lizard Evolution Lab PBS: Evolution Interactive Lab University of Utah: Genetics & Evolution UC Berkeley: Evolution 101 Biomanbio: Fossil Dig Biomanbio: Biochemical Evidence for Evolution (cladograms) Biomanbio Game: DNA Basics Biomanbio Game: Snurffle Island |
Simple Animals |
Notes on Simple Invertebrates: One & Two & Three Shape of Life Playlist Crash Course: Simple Animals The following channels have hundreds of good Invertebrate Videos: Ted Ed It's OK to be Smart Sci Show PBS: Deep Look Journey to the Microcosmos (Youtube Channel) Bamfield Marine Science Centre Virtual Dives! or here or here or here Coral Picture Guide |
Complex Animals |
Annelida Notes Mollusca Notes One & Two. Echinodermata Notes Arachnids and Crustaceans Notes One, Two, Three & Four. Insecta Notes One & Two Shape of Life Playlist Crash Course: Complex Animals Worksheet for Annelida and Mollusca review Virtual Squid Dissection and Lab Snail Lab Spider Lab Virtual Crayfish Dissection and Lab. Here's another document with some Crayfish Labels. "The Arthropod Story" Online Worksheet. Use this website. Review Worksheet Watch My Octopus Teacher on Netflix, an award winning documentary about a researchers daily relationship with an octopus in a kelp forest off the South African coast. Check out the Hakai Institute or BMSC, two science field stations on the BC Coast. |
Vertebrates |
Phylum Chordata Notes. You can print these notes if you want fill-in-the-blanks. Bird Evolution Local Bird species. Watch this: Speciation in Birds Play Birdsong Hero, to get a better idea of how birds communicate. Play either Fancy Males OR Feathers to learn more about birds. All Cornell Ornithology Lab Games When you are ready to reward yourself, play Beastbox. Watch Serengeti: A James Earl Jones Narrated IMAX classic (Trivia note: he also did the voice of Darth Vader). Crash Course: Vertebrates Watch at least 4 Ted-Ed videos (your choice, doesn't have to be the ones referenced in the notes) that have Vertebrates as the focus AND complete the THINK component of the lesson. This means you will have to link directly to Ted-Ed, NOT through Youtube. Use this link. Pokemon Card Emulators: This one or this one Rat Dissection Walkthrough Frog Dissection Walkthrough |
Botany |
Kingdom Plantae Graphic organizer Algae Notes Moss & Fern Notes Complex Plants Notes 1 Complex Plants Notes 2 PBS: How Plants Caused the First Mass Extinction PBS: Do Plants Think? Amoeba Sisters: Plant Structures Amoeba Sisters: Plant Reproduction (Angiosperms) Crash Course: Non-Vascular Reproduction Crash Course: Vascular Plants SciAmer: Seaweeds Ted-Ed: How plants defend themselves Ted-Ed: The Secret Language of trees Ted-Ed: How plants tell time Ted-Ed: Carnivorous Plants Redfern Productions: Amazing Plants Playlist Botanical Vocabulary Movie: Treeline. Movie: Global Forest Movie: Kiss the Dirt (on Netflix) Movie: Secret Life of Trees. Movie: Queen of Trees BBC Green Planet Tide Chart! Seaweeds common to Boundary Bay Fucus (rockweed). Enteromorpha Ulva Eelgrass is NOT a seaweed, it's an aquatic Angiosperm (it flowers!)....more on that later. Fucus Lab Moss with a sporophyte Moss Lab. Ferns with sori under the fronds Fern Lab. Conifer Lab Tree field guide Flower Lab Fruit Lab |
Bacteria & Virus |
Virus Notes Bacteria Notes Nature of Disease Notes Various Online Microbiology Labs Journey to the Microcosmos (Youtube Channel) In a Nutshell: Immune system overview In a Nutshell: Immunity in your Body In a Nutshell: Deadliest Being on Planet Earth Ted-Ed: Single Celled Organism that almost wiped out life on Earth PBS: Where did life come from? Amoeba Sisters: Viruses Amoeba Sisters: Bacteria It's OK to be Smart: Herd Immunity Electron Microscope Images Biomanbio Games: Cell Immunity PANDEMIC! board game explanation PANDEMIC 2 Video game Watch Contagion on Netflix for a scarier but realistic (ie. no zombies) version of a consequential pandemic. Great cast and it addresses all of the same societal challenges we are seeing with COVID. |
Protists & Fungi |
Protist Notes Protist Notes 2 Fungi Notes Fungi Notes 2 Online Paramecium Lab Various Online Microbiology Labs Biomanbio: Malaria Interactive Great Pacific Media: Protists Great Pacific Media: Plant Protists Protist Diversity Video Symbiote Lab Lesson Links: Coral, Termites, Humans I, Cows, Humans II Amoeba Sisters: Protists and Fungi Crash Course: Fungi SciShow: 10 Fungi Superpowers Think humans invented the World Wide Web? Think again..... Fungi...changing paradigms of how we view the Earth Professor Dave Playlist Stephen Axford: How Fungi Changed my View of the World Watch Fantastic Fungi on Netflix for a great look at how fungi might be on the new frontier of our understanding nature. |
Upcoming Tests
Kingdom & Taxonomy Test
Evolution Test Virus Quiz Bacteria and Immunology Test Microscope Quiz Protista Test Simple Invertebrates Test Complex Invertebrates Test Vertebrates Quiz Botany Test |
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