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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:
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.
11.3 The Kidney & Osmoregulation
A powerpoint of the OLD syllabus – much is still relevant though.
A nice introduction to how the kidneys work (from TED-Ed):
Mr Paul Andersen (from Bozeman High) describes Osmoregulation (including in fish which you don’t need to know) in a 8m 57s lesson.
An animated tutorial from McGraw Hill Education on basic Renal processes and here’s an animated, narrated tutorial on the mammalian kidney which also includes a quiz (from Sinauer Associates).
In Crash Course Biology #29 – The Excretory System: From Your Heart to the Toilet, Hank takes us on the fascinating journey through our excretory system to learn how our kidneys make pee.
11.4 Sexual Reproduction
6.6. & 11.4 Reproduction from Bob Smullen
Paul Andersen describes The Reproductive System in 9m.
Fantastic animated tutorials from McGraw Hill Education – spermatogenesis & the maturation of the oocyte & follicle.
In Crash Course Biology #34 – The Reproductive System: How Gonads Go, Hank lets us in on the meaning of life, at least from a biological perspective – it’s reproduction.
D1 Human Nutrition (SL & HL)
D2 Digestion (SL & HL)
Fantastic animated tutorials from McGraw Hill Education on hormones & gastric secretion & the 3 phases of gastric secretion.
Click on ‘Fatty Acid Metabolism’ to see an Interactive Animation from Wiley on Lipid Digestion & Absorption (& metabolism which we don’t need).
Click on ‘Fatty Acid Metabolism’ to see an Interactive Animation from Wiley on Lipid Digestion & Absorption (& metabolism which we don’t need).
D3 Functions of the Liver (SL & HL)
Functions Of The Liver from Stephen Taylor – thank you Mr Taylor (of iBiology).
A fantastic animated tutorial from McGraw Hill Education on hemoglobin breakdown.
What does the Liver do? – a three and a half minute lesson from TED-Ed:
D5 Hormones & Metabolism (HL only)
The fight or flight response as an example of cells signalling other cells (4m 34) – you don’t need to know this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6uHotlXvPo&feature=share&list=PLRjS0i4ZIK37I8XE_QowMkhuWAhoukz_F&index=1
Topic 6 Human Physiology
One Body by XVIVO (2m 14s):
Get Body Smart: superb interactive, illustrated tutorials and quizzes on human anatomy and physiology.
6.6 Hormones, Homeostasis & Reproduction
CONTENT TO BE ADDED HERE (at some point).
Animated, narrated tutorials on the menstrual cycle and on pregnancy testing which also include a quiz (from Sinauer Associates); there’s also an animated, narrated tutorial on IVF.
In Crash Course Biology #34 – The Reproductive System: How Gonads Go, Hank lets us in on the meaning of life, at least from a biological perspective – it’s reproduction.
The physics of sperm vs. the physics of sperm whales from TED-Ed.