Biology

Most of these are online lessons, usually with some interactivity, intended as part of an online “textbook”.  Many are suitable for a flipped learning situation.  Others are interactives suitable for demonstrating or exploring concepts.  The grade/class for which these were created is given as a guide to the approximate level.

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Skills

• Thinking like a Scientist.  What is science?  Hypotheses, theories, and laws.  Grade 7/8.
• Scientific Vocabulary.  grade 7/8.
• Observations & Inferences.  Grade 7/8.
• Microscopes.  The parts of a microscope and their functions.  grade 8.
• Working With Variables.  Manipulated, responding, and controlled variables.  Grade 7/8.

Characteristics of Living Things

• MR. GREEN.  Characteristics of Living Things.  Grade 8.

Cells: Structure & Function

• Cell Structure Part 1.  Structure of animal cells.  Grade 8.
• Cell Structure Part 2.  Adds in plant cells.  Grade 8.
• Hammerling’s Acetabularia Experiment.  How do we know the nucleus is the controlling centre?  Grade 8.
• How Materials Enter & Exit Cells: Part 1 – Understanding Concentration.  Grade 8.
• How Materials Enter & Exit Cells: Part 2 – Diffusion & Osmosis.  Grade 8.
• How Materials Enter & Exit Cells: Part 3 – Active Transport.  Grade 8.
• Diffusion.  See how particles naturally spread out in different scenarios.  Grade 8.
• Cell Specialization.  Grade 8.

Organ Systems

• Paths Through the Circulatory System.  Grade 8.
• Circulatory System Quiz.  Grade 8.
• Blood.  Grade 8.
• The Immune System.  Grade 8.
• Eyeballs.  The structure of the human eye.  Grade 8.