Essential Biology Learning Guides (homework, review)
Topic 6.1, Digestion
Topics 6.2, 6.4 Transport (Circulation), Gas Exchange, & Topic 11.3 Kidney - Quiz in class -6.2/6.4 - 3/12-3/13; Take home on 11.3 due after break (3/31)
Topic 6.3/11.1 Defense Against Disease - Quiz 4/10/15 (EB also embedded below - will be used in class discussions)
Topic 11.2 Muscles/Movement - Quiz 4/17/15
Topic 6.6/11.4 Reproduction - Quiz 4/28/15
Topics 6.2, 6.4 Transport (Circulation), Gas Exchange, & Topic 11.3 Kidney - Quiz in class -6.2/6.4 - 3/12-3/13; Take home on 11.3 due after break (3/31)
Topic 6.3/11.1 Defense Against Disease - Quiz 4/10/15 (EB also embedded below - will be used in class discussions)
Topic 11.2 Muscles/Movement - Quiz 4/17/15
Topic 6.6/11.4 Reproduction - Quiz 4/28/15
Support material for unit (homework, class discussion)
Powerpoint (S Taylor) for topic 6.1 Clegg reading: pp. 178-184, in textbook, not CD-rom.
Study Guide revision: pp. 47
Powerpoints (S Taylor) for topics 6.2, 6.4 & 11.3 Clegg reading: pp 184-193, 204-209, 370-375
Allott Study Guide pp 48, 49 (top 3 boxes only), 51, 101-102
Powerpoints (S Taylor) for topics 6.3 and 11.1 Clegg reading: pp 193-203 & 348-361,
Allott Study Guide pp 49-50 & 96-98
Powerpoints (S Taylor) for topics 11.2 Clegg reading:pp 361-369, Allott Study Guide pp 99-100
Powerpoints (S Taylor) for topics 6.6 and 11.4 Clegg reading: pp 224-233 & 376-388
Study Guide revision: pp. 47
Powerpoints (S Taylor) for topics 6.2, 6.4 & 11.3 Clegg reading: pp 184-193, 204-209, 370-375
Allott Study Guide pp 48, 49 (top 3 boxes only), 51, 101-102
Powerpoints (S Taylor) for topics 6.3 and 11.1 Clegg reading: pp 193-203 & 348-361,
Allott Study Guide pp 49-50 & 96-98
Powerpoints (S Taylor) for topics 11.2 Clegg reading:pp 361-369, Allott Study Guide pp 99-100
Powerpoints (S Taylor) for topics 6.6 and 11.4 Clegg reading: pp 224-233 & 376-388
Mini Unit - Digestion (Topic 6.1) - It's all about Structure/Function

It all starts in the mouth with saliva. Saliva helps us swallow food, protects our teeth and even gives us a sense of sweetness as it converts starch to glucose. Anthropologist and evolutionary biologist Nathaniel Dominy, associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at Dartmouth College, has studied saliva from around the globe. He researches how humans acquire, process and assimilate food -- and how those behaviors affect the evolution of anatomical form and function. Listen to the following short interview.
Be able to explain why a given structure is supportive of a corresponding function! This is the basis of many of the questions on the Essential Biology packet.
6.2 Transport (Circulation - connected to Gas exchange and Kidney functions)
HOW DO THE VALVES WORK?
WHAT STARTS THE SYSTEM? MYOGENIC SINO-ATRIAL NODE. NOTE WHAT IS MUSCLE AND WHAT IS NERVE TISSUE IN THE FOLLOWING (click on image to set animation)
WHAT CONTROLS THE RATE?
INCLUDE ROLES OF CARBON DIOXIDE, CHEMORECEPTORS IN THE BLOOD,
THE MEDULLA OBLONGATA IN THE BRAIN, THE VAGUS NERVE,
EPINEPHRINE, AUTONOMIC CONTROL, NEGATIVE FEEDBACK.
INCLUDE ROLES OF CARBON DIOXIDE, CHEMORECEPTORS IN THE BLOOD,
THE MEDULLA OBLONGATA IN THE BRAIN, THE VAGUS NERVE,
EPINEPHRINE, AUTONOMIC CONTROL, NEGATIVE FEEDBACK.
HEART MUSCLE NEEDS ITS OWN SOURCE OF BLOOD - CORONARY ARTERIES!
ARTERIES VS. VEINS...STRUCTURE/FUNCTION
BLOOD COMPOSITION AND FUNCTION - SEE ALSO BLOOD TYPING LAB.
CAN YOU LIST 5 BIOCHEMICALS CARRIED DIRECTLY IN THE PLASMA?
TWO BIOCHEMICALS CARRIED INDIRECTLY BY BLOOD CELLS?
ONE FORM OF ENERGY CARRIED BY BLOOD?
CAN YOU LIST 5 BIOCHEMICALS CARRIED DIRECTLY IN THE PLASMA?
TWO BIOCHEMICALS CARRIED INDIRECTLY BY BLOOD CELLS?
ONE FORM OF ENERGY CARRIED BY BLOOD?
What's new?
6.4 - Gas Exchange
Shaf Keshavjee at TEDMED 2010
lung "breathing" outside of body!
lung "breathing" outside of body!
11.3 Kidney - Excretion and Water Balance
BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE BIG STEPS IN DETAIL - WHAT IN/WHAT OUT, WHERE?
ULTRAFILTRATION
SELECTIVE REABSORPTION
OSMOREGULATION
ULTRAFILTRATION
SELECTIVE REABSORPTION
OSMOREGULATION
This may help with the role of the Loop of Henle in osmoregulation - click reset to start.
Disease and Immune System
TERMS AND CONNECTION TO THE NATURAL SELECTION TOPIC
ANTIBODY FORMATION - WHAT ARE THEY AND WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE?
OVERVIEW OF ALL THE CELLS ON THE IMMUNE TEAM
RELEVANT TO HIV/AIDS:
NATURAL IMMUNE RESPONSE
OTHER IMPORTANT IMMUNOLOGICAL METHODOLOGY
FROM THE 11.1 ESSENTIAL BIOLOGY ASSIGNMENT...
Video Imaging of the Processes - in a small group, compose a voice-over...
TAKE SOME TIME TO WATCH THIS FILM...Public Health Case Study

Based on Randy Shilt's 1987 book of the same name. All real characters, played by many prominent actors who volunteered their time. Excellent portrayal of the intersection of politics and science, especially the under-recognized area of public health. Click on image to the YouTube link (or find the downloaded version on the lab tab for this unit.
A REFLECTIVE UPDATE

From the website of the same name...and available on Netflix.
2011 marks 30 years since AIDS descended. Like an unrelenting hurricane, the epidemic roiled San Francisco for two decades and only began granting some reprieve with medical advancements in the late 90s. The death years of AIDS left the City ravaged and exhausted, yet, as in most of the developed world, the worst seems past. Though thousands are still living with HIV, and new infections continue at an alarming rate, the relentless suffering of the 80s and 90s has given way to a kind of calm, and, understandably, a degree of willful forgetfulness. We Were Here utilizes San Francisco’s experience with AIDS to open up an overdue conversation both about the history of the epidemic, and the lessons to be learned from it.
2011 marks 30 years since AIDS descended. Like an unrelenting hurricane, the epidemic roiled San Francisco for two decades and only began granting some reprieve with medical advancements in the late 90s. The death years of AIDS left the City ravaged and exhausted, yet, as in most of the developed world, the worst seems past. Though thousands are still living with HIV, and new infections continue at an alarming rate, the relentless suffering of the 80s and 90s has given way to a kind of calm, and, understandably, a degree of willful forgetfulness. We Were Here utilizes San Francisco’s experience with AIDS to open up an overdue conversation both about the history of the epidemic, and the lessons to be learned from it.
Entertaining example of use of monoclonal antibodies (against human gonadotrophin, HCG - pregnancy test) and preview of final unit on reproduction.
11.2 MUscles and movement
FIRST, GO THROUGH THE MACROSCOPIC LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING MUSCLES, BONES, TENDONS, LIGAMENTS, JOINTS, ETC...USE THE POWERPOINT TO REVIEW THIS AND ANSWER THE ESSENTIAL BIOLOGY QUESTIONS.
THEN SPEND A GOOD DEAL OF TIME REALLY BREAKING DOWN THE STEPS IN SLIDING FILAMENT THEORY

Clicking on the image should take to the Campbell Biology site. Try turning off the narration and see if you can explain it yourself.
HOW DARWIN CONNECTS WITH BRAVE NEW WORLD CONNECTS WITH SLIDING FILAMENT THEORY...
The animation/explanation goes by pretty quickly, but the cross-disciplinary connections are worth a look.
AND TO SEE MUSCLE CONTRACT OUTSIDE OF THE BODY...
Reproductive System
Fossilized live birth