biology


 * Biology Resources**

Weekly Homework Assignments

 * Complete vocabulary online (due each week before Friday's Biology class)
 * Complete chapter quiz (due each week before Friday's Biology class)

Biology SOL resources

 * Biology SOL practice test
 * Biology SOL standards
 * SOL test help (from Monticello high school teacher, Mr. Dove)
 * SOL online practice testing (from JeffersonLab)
 * Biology tutorials
 * Scientific method (video)
 * Test taking and anxiety

Chapter 30: Fishes and Amphibians

 * FishFAQ
 * AmphibiaWeb

__Unit 8: Invertebrates__

 * The invertebrates - the little things that run our world
 * Kingdom Animalia Trading Card Assignment

Chapter 29: Echinoderms and Invertebrate Chordates

 * Echinoderm features
 * Invertebrate Chordates features
 * Reef Life
 * Chordates features
 * notochord - large, fluid-filled chord (in vertebrates this structure is replaced by a backbone)
 * dorsal hollow nerve cord - develops into the spinal cord
 * pharyngeal pouches - develop into gills for aquatic animals and jaw, inner ear, tonsils in terrestrial animals
 * postanal tail - tail that extends beyond the anus


 * Typical Animal characteristics
 * Mobility:
 * mobile
 * sessile (stationary)
 * Mouth:
 * protostome (when opening in gastrula develops into the mouth)
 * deuterostome (mouth develops from other cells, not gastrula)
 * Symmetry:
 * asymmetry (irregular shape)
 * radial symmetry (appendage, such as tentacle, radiates out from body; used to detect and capture prey)
 * bilateral symmetry (can be divided down its length into similar right and left halves)
 * Body Plan:
 * acoelomates (develop from 3 cell layers, ectoderm, endoderm and mesoderm, but have no body cavities)
 * pseudocoelomates (a fluid-filled body cavity partly lined with mesoderm)
 * coelomate (a fluid-filled body cavity completely surrounded by mesoderm)
 * Body Support:
 * exoskeleton (a hard covering on the outside of the body that provides a framework for support)
 * endoskeleton (protects internal organs and provides an internal brace for muscles to pull against)
 * Reproduction:
 * sexual (fertilization occurs when a sperm cell penetrates an egg)
 * asexual (budding, fragmentation, formation of gemmules, parthenogenesis)

Chapter 23: Plant Structure & Function
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 * Plant structure & function
 * Plant structure: leaves
 * observingleaves.pdf
 *  plantstructureandfunction.pdf

Chapter 22: The Diversity of Plants

 * Types of Leaves

Chapter 21: What is a Plant?

 * Plant parts @ The Great Plant Escape
 * Plant glossary @ The Great Plant Escape
 * plantclassification.pdf
 * fieldobservations.pdf
 * planttypereferencechart.pdf
 * Monocots vs. Dicots

Chapter 20: Fungi

 * Fungi (video)
 * [|Fungi Concept Map.pdf]

Chapter 19: Protists

 * Protists (video)
 * Amoeba (worksheet)
 * Paramecium (worksheet)
 * Protista Concept Map.pdf
 * Amoeba (image)
 * Flagellates (image)
 * Ciliates (image)
 * Sporozoans (image)
 * Pond life (images)

Chapter 18: Viruses & Bacteria

 * Vocabulary quiz
 * Virus structure
 * Bacteria cell structure
 * BrainPOP Bacteria
 * BrainPOP Viruses
 * Immune System Defender game

Chapter 17: Organizing Life's Diversity
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 * Animal Classification Game
 * The Three Domains of Life
 * The Six Kingdoms online tutorial
 * Classification of All Living Things online tutorial
 * __Classification__
 * __6 Kingdoms__

**Chapter 16: Primate Evolution**
 * Early Primate Evolution
 * Evolution by PBS (videos)
 * Survival of the Sneakiest

**Chapter 15: The Theory of Evolution**
 * Understanding Evolution
 * Dinosaur Wars (video)

Chapter 14: History of Life

 * Radiometric dating (video)
 * Examining the fossil record

Chapter 10: Mendel and Meiosis

 * genome games
 * meiosis animation
 * mitosis animation

Chapter 9: Energy in a Cell

 * Illuminating Photosynthesis
 * Photosynthesis: How Life Keeps Going
 * Photosynthesis animation
 * ATP & Energy Storage

Chapter 7: A View of the Cell

 * Check Cell Lab (worksheet)
 * CellsAlive (worksheet)
 * interactive cell structure lesson
 *  compare prokaryote and eukaryote cells
 *  interactive exploration of animal and plant cells

Chapter 6: The Chemistry of Life

 * Vocabulary Quiz
 * Breakfast Cereal Lab (worksheet)
 * Chemistry of Life: Atoms and Elements (video)
 * Chemistry of Life: learn with a song! (video)

Chapter 5: Biological Diversity and Conservation

 * Biodiversity
 * The Wild Classroom (note taking exercise)
 * 3 definitions of biodiversity
 * 3 reasons why biodiversity is important
 * 3 things you can do to protect biodiversity

Chapter 4: Population Biology

 * The Lesson of the Kaibab (worksheet)

Chapter 3: Communities & Biomes

 * Major Biomes of the World
 * Biosphere Quiz

Chapter 2: Principles of Ecology

 * EcoLiteracy

Chapter 1: Biology: The Study of Life

 * The Scientific Method (cartoon)
 * Biology4Kids
 * Living Things
 * Experimenting game/quiz

Other resources

 * Learning style quiz
 * Amazing Biology Resources
 * Biology Lesson Plans
 * Online Biology Book
 * Create an interactive game (classtools)
 * What Darwin Never Knew (PBS NOVA)
 * Glencoe Biology (worksheets)