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Biology at home

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Learning At Home Schedule:

Thursdays 12-12:30 PM : Bio lesson on Zoom

Fridays 3-4 PM : Office Hours - ask questions on Zoom

Throughout week: Work on Practice questions.

Challenge: Due on the Monday after the lesson. 

 

Good news of the Week:

  1. Kathy Sullivan: first person to travel to space and the deepest point in the ocean. 
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53008948?fbclid=IwAR13nsgWsA8WfFGE_2R0mWEow_Ir___ARoe9rmRe8YsVS4wewRgeqO3zbLk

  2.  Dog trained to detect Covid 19  scores almost 100% in human sweat samples. 
    https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/dogs-can-smell-covid-19-in-human-sweat/

  3. HRHS organised a great graduation parade!
    https://globalnews.ca/video/7063756/st-huberts-heritage-regional-high-school-proceeds-with-graduation-celebration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date  Pre-lesson  Lesson  Practice  Challenge 
Week of June 15th 

1- The Golden Ratio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8ccsE_IumM
     
Week of June 8th 

1- Ecotourism – A Sustainable Way to Travel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWFSx23DqY8

 

     
Week of June 1st

1-      effective note taking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=25&v=bDoUMUJsvbM&feature=emb_logo

 

2-      outline method

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6aSgwUw1qM

 

3-      How to take notes in class

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AffuwyJZTQQ&feature=emb_rel_end

 

4-      Note-taking during the lecture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibHjJRVbTeI

TAKE NOTE!.pptx  

Becoming and Expert Note taker practice questions.docx  

Becoming and Expert Note taker-answers.pdf

Challenge - Take Note!.docx  
Week of May 25th  Pre-lesson videos Misleading Graphs.docx misleading graphs ppt.pptx

Practice Misleading Graphs.docx  

Practice Misleading Graphs_Answers.pdf

 
Week of May 18th

Darwin and Natural Selection: Crash Course

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfsUz2O2jww

 

Evolution and Natural Selection

https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/biomolecules/evolution-population-dynmaics/v/evolution-natural-selection

 

Natural Selection

Thursday 12:00 - 12:30

 

Natural Selection ppt.ppt

 

video of lesson has been uploaded to Teams "Biology Class"

Practice Questions Nat Selection.docx

 Practice Questions Nat Selection answers.pdf  

Natural selection challenge.docx  
Week of May 25th 

Misleading Line Graphs

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/pre-algebra-math-reasoning/pre-algebra-frequency-dot-plot/v/misleading-line-graphs

 

Identifying Misleading Graphs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETbc8GIhfHo

Creating and Interpreting Graphs

Thursday 12:00 - 12:30

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week / Topic Notes/Info Day Movies/Videos  Activities 
6- Fungi FUNGUS.pptx Monday

Introduction to Fungi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ojzbeaZDqk

 

Introduction to Fungi - Characteristics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3okZKylH9Y

 

The Life Cycle of Mushrooms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh2QuD0SAag

 

Fungus Cannon in Super Slow Motion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8OAmcUnm4g

 

Spore rain (mushroom reproduction)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrphn1zOWaE

Mushroom dissection

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0R7JeBTKos
    Tuesday

When giant Fungi Ruled

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G64DagHuOg

 

Glowing fungi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33-3UCTRZWM

 

10 fantastic fungi superpowers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcIL2ywmjsQ

 

Colouring pages

 

mushrooms.docx

 

Parts of a Mushroom.docx

    Wednesday

Fairy Rings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7L1k1bFb9c

 

Fungal Friends

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p006ry61

 
    Thursday

Cordyceps: Attack of the killer fungi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8

 

Nematode trapping Fungi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWdmL8sGCB4
 
    Friday

You didn’t know mushrooms could do all this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlcKBKJ8uro

 

Mushroom: How does it grow?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLtGRHX0sLI

Fungi Worksheet

Fungi Worksheet.doc  

 

Answer Sheet

fungi worksheet.pdf

 

5- Plants

texts:

Heath Biology

   Unit 4 (Ch 21-26)

Biology 11 

   Unit 5 (Ch.13,14)

Monday

The Importance of Plants

Why are plants important?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQFFZWTW3pc

 

 

The Importance of Plants in our daily lives

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2017/04/24/eco-solutions-richard-deverell.cnn

 

Medicinal Plants (learn a bit of Spanish too.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDWmHFQOJgY

Take out the popcorn and watch this:

BBC Documentary Life Ch.9 Plants

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3excdh
    Tuesday

Plant Evolution and Classification

Evolution and Oxygen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE4CPmTH3xg

 

Plant Evolution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQHo7nlqjsg

 

Monocots or Dicots explained

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI2RxzAT-ww

Monocot vs Dicot quiz

https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/quizreport.php?title=monocot-dicot-quiz&sid=235936038
    Wednesday

Plant Structure and Function

Structure of the Leaf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co0JdqUlycg

Travel Deep inside the Leaf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwymX2LxnQs

Structure of the Stem

https://www.coursehero.com/sg/introduction-to-biology/stems/

Structure of the Root

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mruz6m0fGR4

 

Colouring page the plant cell

plant cell.docx  

 

Draw and label the parts of a plant leaf.

 

Quiz leaf structure and photosynthesishttps://www.quia.com/quiz/2710263.html?AP_rand=1110491493
    Thursday

Plant Reproduction

https://www.britannica.com/video/126539/overview-plant-reproduction

How to grow ginger in a container

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mUeNy0rweM

 

Growing your own avocado tree

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDd_QU9Crmk

 

Growing vegetables form scraps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2z9G6eut8Y
    Friday

Plant Responses

Plants Tropisms and Hormones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCFstSMvAMI

The amazing ways plants defend themselves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hja0SLs2kus

Watch a seedling react.

Test on gravitropism - Flip the plant and watch what happens to the stems.

(Plant radishes or cucumbers, they sprout really fast.)

Create a maze with the light at one end and watch the plant move towards the light through the maze. (Sunflowers are good to use for this.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb55mj8xkxk
4- Evolution and Adaptation #2

EVOLUTION ppt.ppt

* from page 31 on

Monday

Evolution and Natural Selection

https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/biomolecules/evolution-population-dynmaics/v/evolution-natural-selection

 
    Tuesday

The Galapagos – The Islands that Changed the World

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xt0286

Galapagos movie questions.doc
    Wednesday

Examples of Natural Selection

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7EhExhXOPQ

 

Adaptations to desert life

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57204/20-amazing-animal-adaptations-living-desert

 

The adaptations of sea snakes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E_I4AgsIok

 

Penguins Amazing Survival Skills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2igITGUZbZw

Lab simulation

The Peppered Moth : Survival of the Fittest

http://peppermoths.weebly.com/
    Thursday

Speciation: An Illustrated Introduction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yvEDqrc3XE

 

Formation of New Species by Speciation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPQF9BQnw2A

 

Gradualism vs Punctuated Equilibrium

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSjiFxIHknk 

 
    Friday

Human Origin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehV-MmuvVMU

 

7 million years of human evolution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZv8VyIQ7YU
 
3- Evolution and Adaptation #1

EVOLUTION ppt.ppt

* up to page 30

Monday

What is the evidence for Evolution?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIEoO5KdPvg

 
 
    Tuesday

The Coelocanth

https://www.knysnamuseums.co.za/pages/the-coelacanth/

 

The Coelocanth: A living fossil of a fish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujKL1pUHDfo 

Visit the Smithsonian

https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/z_tour-022.html 
    Wednesday

The Origin of 4-legged animals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK8XGEDcTfo   

 

Plan a visit: See a prince!

Parc national de Miguasha, Qc

https://www.sepaq.com/pq/mig/index.dot?language_id=1

 

    Thursday

How Evolution Works

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOfRN0KihOU

 

Darwin and Natural Selection: Crash Course

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfsUz2O2jww

 

Myths and Misconceptions about Evolution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZt1Gn0R22Q

 
    Friday

Evolution and the Corona Virus

https://www.newyorker.com/science/lab-notes/what-viral-evolution-can-teach-us-about-the-coronavirus-pandemic 
 
2- Vertebrates

Vertebrates.pptx

*=link to video

Monday

Fish

Vertebrate Classification:The Fish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNlQzE5QVoo

 

Baby fish hide inside mother’s mouth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW2FEYtI_Hw

 

Archer fish water pistol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4G_MeUUZlI

 

Mudskippers: The fish that walk on land

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAQuoH_fOWM

 

Deepwater fish farms

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/10/aquaculture-fishing-food-security-environment/

 

Virtual Tours : New England Aquarium

https://www.neaq.org/visit/at-home-events-and-activities/ 

 

Fish Review.docx

Fish Review.pdf

    Tuesday

Amphibians

The Evolution of Amphibians

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAiG__2HUM0

 

The life cycle of a frog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJOOxlFs9Is

 

Meet 12 Interesting Amphibians

https://www.thoughtco.com/amphibian-photogallery-4122653

 

 

Amphibian Review.docx  

Amphibian Review.pdf

    Wednesday

Reptiles

What exactly is a reptile?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuQjs_ERFyU

 

Reptiles & Amphibians BBC Documentary Episode 1 Part 1 - Ectotherms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GUfz3CnHro

 

Sea Turtles 101

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rmv3nliwCs

 

Longest Snake on Earth eats a Deer Whole

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP5Ro3oy-ec

 

Reptiles Review.docx  

Reptile Review.pdf

    Thursday

Birds

What makes a bird a bird?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB5FsjN9jdQ

 

What came first, the chicken or the egg?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a8pI65emDE

 

Baby bird hatching

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JCSNvoQl20

 

Imprinting- Biologist is real life mother goose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxxrDEbtuag

 

11 things human engineers are learning from birds

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/65023/11-things-human-engineers-are-learning-birds

 

review birds.docx  

Review Birds.pdf

 

build a bird house

https://birdwatchinghq.com/free-birdhouse-plans/

https://www.thespruce.com/free-birdhouse-plans-1357100

 

    Friday

Mammals

Types of Mammals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4qHhdOp26A

 

The 3 Different Ways Mammals Give Birth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz3Yv3On4lE

 

platypus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0-qFKpktkA

 

Newborn Baby Grey Kangaroo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CAXe1NMQl4

 

Birth of a giraffe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kZW8e79Bm0

 

These are the most endangered animals on the planet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgw4baqoUIE

 

 mammal review questions.doc

review mammals.pdf

 

Watch live animals - 

https://explore.org/livecams

1- Invertebrates

Invertebrates.ppt 

* = link to a video 

Monday 

Porifera & Cnidaria

Crabs make sponge hats

https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/animals-source/00000168-e8b7-d0fe-a76e-f8bf0b870000?source=searchvideo

 

Coral Reef Spawning

https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/00000144-0a1e-d3cb-a96c-7b1fab630000?source=searchvideo 

 

Mysterious deep sea jellyfish

https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/00000163-5efa-d088-ab73-dffb32e60000?source=searchvideo

  

Cnidaria: NetFlix documentary “Chasing Coral"

jellyfish colouring page

jellyfish.docx  

    Tuesday

Worms:

Weird Deep sea worm https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/0000015b-7d2e-d590-addf-fdfe170d0000?source=searchvideo

 

Glow worm lure https://video.nationalgeographic.com/wild/00000144-2f3a-df5d-abd4-ff7f4aa20000?source=searchvideo

 

Hammerhead worm https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/0000015d-41d1-d1cb-a7fd-c5dd801a0000?source=searchvideo

Virtual dissection earthworm

http://glencoe.mheducation.com/sites/dl/free/0078802849/383950/BL_14.html
    Wednesday

Mollusks:

Cuttlefish

https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/00000161-9a60-d9e1-abf3-daec9c620000?source=searchvideo

 

mussel farming

https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/videos/deep-water-mussel-farming-elevage-moules-eau-profonde-eng.html

 

Octopus escape

https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/00000144-0a44-d3cb-a96c-7b4dc6830000?source=searchvideo

 

Mussel and starfish dissection

https://hascinvertebrates.weebly.com/invertebrate-dissections.html
    Thursday

Echinoderms:

Why are sea stars dying?

https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/0000014f-cd93-deef-a9ef-efbff3ca0000?source=searchvideo

 

Why are sea cucumbers so expensive?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRH5KzNQxmc

 

starfish colouring page

starfish.docx  

    Friday

Arthropods:

blue lobster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NECzSuvhQVA

 

Hercules beetle metamorphosis

https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/00000163-4f88-d2fa-a76b-cfbe22d20000?gc=%2Fvideo%2Fanimals%2Finvertebrates

 

Should we eat more bugs?

https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/magazine/food-by-the-numbers/00000147-d4d7-d0bf-a3f7-fdff784f0000?source=searchvideo

beetle colouring page

beetle.docx

 

Virtual lab arthropods

https://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs_2K8/labs/BL_10/index.html

 

 

 

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