Evolution Unit

• Overview: An Evolutionary Timescale
• “The Tree of Life” (Animation)
• Natural Selection (video)
• Natural Selection (Tutorial)
• Rock Pocket Mice (Tutorial)
• Stickleback Evolution (Tutorial)
• Designer Cats – Artificial Selection
• “Dogs that changed the world” (Full Video – Notes for Part 2)
• Altruism (Science School video)
• Anole Lizards, an example of Speciation
• An Origin of Species – track island bird populations over 5 million years
•  Modes of Speciation (Tutorial)
• What is a Species? (video)
• Crash Course: Comparative Anatomy (Video)
• Science Show: Vestigial Structures (Video)
• Crash Course: “Evolution: It’s a thing” (Video)
• NOVA Hot Science interactives (*try “Evolution in Action”)
• NOVA: Evolution Series (video & more)

Taxonomy Unit

• Classifying Life interactive
• Amazing Ants interactive
• Taxonomy Overview at Franklin Centre
• The Linnaean System of Classification
• Crash Course: “Taxonomy: Life’s Filing System” (video)
• Tree of Life web (reference tool)
• Animal Diversity web (reference tool)

Genetics Unit

• 18 Things You Should Know About Genetics (video)
• Mitosis vs Meiosis (tutorial)
• Crash Course: Heredity (video)
• NOVA: Journey into DNA (interactive)
• NOVA: Human Pedigrees (interactive)
• Drag & Drop Pedigree (Interactive)
• Punnett Square Tutorial (Interactive)
• Punnett Square Practice 1
• Punnett Square Practice 2
• Punnett Square Practice 3
• Chromosome Maps: Genome View
• Colourblindness Test and Simulator
• Science Show: Epigenetics

Circulatory & Respiratory Systems

• Crash Course: Circulatory & Respiratory Systems (Video)
• Circulatory & Respiratory Systems Overview (Video)
• Interactive Heart
• Heart Anatomy (click + to see full anatomy list)
• Anatomy of the Heart (with practice quiz)
• Heart Anatomy Tutorial (very thorough!)
• NOVA: Map of the Human Heart (interactive)
• Cardiac Cycle (Tutorial)
• Path of Blood through the Heart
• Anatomy of Breathing (Animation)
• Breathing Mechanism (tutorial)
• Blood cells presented by Type or via Virtual Microscope
• Human Arterial System (reference diagram)
• Arteries that branch off the Abdominal Aorta (Video tutorial)
• Crash Course: Immunity (Video)
• Quiz yourself on Heart Anatomy

Digestive System

• Crash Course: Digestive System (short, overview video)
• Crash Course Three Part Video Series – Very detailed & informative!!
• Part 1      Part 2    Part 3
• The Virtual Body (reference interactive)
• The Organs of Digestion (Animation + Interactive Quiz)
• Digestion of Fats (tutorial)

 

Vertebrate Anatomy: Dissection

Virtual Pig Dissection Guide