Tag Archives: neurons

11.2 Movement

A powerpoint from the OLD syllabus, much is still relevant.

This is an amazing gif from tabletop whale – you have to check it out:

An animated guide to the human body : The muscle edition

How do Nerves Carry Information? a 6m40s lesson from Naked Science Scrapbook.

Fantastic animated tutorials from McGraw Hill Education – Action Potentials & Muscle Contraction, Myofilament Contraction, sarcomere contraction & breakdown of ATP & cross-bridge movement.

Paul Andersen explains The Muscular System in 5m 59s.

In Crash Course Biology #30 The Skeletal System: It’s ALIVE!, Hank introduces us to the framework of our bodies, our skeleton and in #31 – Big Guns: The Muscular System, he tells us the story of the complicated chemical dance that allows our skeletal muscles to contract and relax.

B7.1 The Nervous System

Science Bank 15 (Responding to Stimuli): Part 1 – the Eye (to 5m 30s); Part 2 – the Nervous System (to 9m 25s):

B7.1 Revision notes

GCSE Bitesize revises The Nervous System (in 8m 27s) and here’s a short (less than 5 minute) video clip from BBC iScience – The Eye.

Other videos include Science in Focus – Wired Nervous System (22m 51s), The Virtual Body – Sensory Systems (19m) & BBC Short Circuit The Eye (19m).

Another power-point (this one includes the eye):

TEXTBOOK REVISION

IGCSE Biology: Coursebook, chapter 10, pp.126 – 134