Instructions on how to create a Biology 30 scrapbook. As well, there is a Articles Rubric/Marking Template attached
This 14-minute video lesson looks at secondary active transport in the Nephron. [Biology playlist: Lesson 60 of 71].
This 14-minute video lesson covers the chromosomal basis for gender and sex-linked traits. [Biology playlist: Lesson 17 of 71].
Biology Simulations helps students to learn about biology and practice data analysis skills. These simulations allow students to experiment with concepts that may take too much time or too many resources to complete in a traditional science lab setting.
Simulations and virtual labs for biology topics including evolution, ecology, and cellular energetics. All materials are free
This 14-minute video lesson looks at how a sodium potassium pump can maintain a voltage gradient across a cell or neuron's membrane. [Biology playlist: Lesson 42 of 71].
This 9-minute video lesson discusses what a species is and isn't. It considers ligers, tiglons, mule, hinnies, and dogs. [Biology playlist: Lesson 61 of 71].
This 13-minute video lesson looks at the science of taxonomy and where humans fit into the tree of life. [Biology playlist: Lesson 62 of 71].
This textbook has 47 chapters organized into the following 8 units:
Chemistry of Life
The Cell
Genetics
Evolution
Biological Diversity
Plant Structure & Function
Animal Structure & Function
Ecology
This 19-minute video lesson provides an overview of how the nephrons in the kidney filter blood and reabsorb water and other molecules. [Biology playlist: Lesson 59 of 71].
This 21-minute video lesson looks at the pulmonary system including the lungs, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli and thoracic diaphragm. [Biology playlist: Lesson 37 of 71].
This 9-minute video lesson looks at tropomyosin and troponin and their role in regulating muscle contraction. How calcium ion concentration dictates whether a muscle is contracting or not. [Biology playlist: Lesson 48 of 71].
This 8-minute video lesson presents an overview of types of immune responses. It looks at the difference between innate and adaptive immunity and the differences between humoral adaptive immunity and cell-mediated adaptive immunity. [Biology playlist: Lesson 52 of 71].
This 20-minute video lesson discusses how variation can be introduced into a species. [Biology playlist: Lesson 7 of 71].
This 23-minute video provides an introduction to viruses. [Biology playlist: Lesson 19 of 71].
Developed for the third grade. The purpose of this activity is to explore different biomes and the water cycle. Students will create both a desert biome and a prairie biome, and see how the plants survive in both. They will also see how the water cycle works because once the plants are shut in the plastic bags, they will not need water again.Biology In Elementary Schools is a Saint Michael's College student project. The teaching ideas on this page have been found, refined, and developed by students in a college-level course on the teaching of biology at the elementary level. Unless otherwise noted, the lesson plans have been tried at least once by students from our partner schools. This wiki has been established to share ideas about teaching biology in elementary schools. The motivation behind the creation of this page is twofold: 1. to provide an outlet for the teaching ideas of a group of college educators participating in a workshop-style course; 2. to provide a space where anyone else interested in this topic can place their ideas.
Students learn about biomimicry and how engineers often imitate nature in the design of innovative new products. They demonstrate their knowledge of biomimicry by practicing brainstorming and designing a new product based on what they know about animals and nature.
How can you tell if harmful bacteria are in your food or water that might make you sick? What you eat or drink can be contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites and toxins—pathogens that can be harmful or even fatal. Students learn which contaminants have the greatest health risks and how they enter the food supply. While food supply contaminants can be identified from cultures grown in labs, bioengineers are creating technologies to make the detection of contaminated food quicker, easier and more effective.
Students study how heart valves work and investigate how valves that become faulty over time can be replaced with advancements in engineering and technology. Learning about the flow of blood through the heart, students are able to fully understand how and why the heart is such a powerful organ in our bodies.
Blood behaves not unlike those spilled water droplets, and the speed at which the droplets travel when they strike a surface, known to analysts as a target, affects their shape. This speed, combined with angle and surface characteristics, also determines how far blood droplets skip or bounce after meeting a barrier.