Ecology Assignment - December 4th, 2014
Please choose at least 3 of the following videos to watch and write down at least 5 things you learned or found interesting from each video.  Your paper should look like this:

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Crash Courses by Hank

Crash Course #2 - Population Ecology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBOsqmBQBQk

Crash Course #3 - Human Population Growth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8dkWQVFAoA

Crash Course #4 - Community Ecology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxE1SSqbSn4

Crash Course #5 - Predators
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFDiiSqGB7M

Crash Course #6 - Ecological Succession: Change is Good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZKIHe2LDP8

Crash Course #7 - Links in the Chain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6ubvEJ3KGM

Crash Course #10 - Human Impact
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6ubvEJ3KGM

Chemistry, Photosynthesis, and Respiration

Chemistry!!!

How do Elements Bond?

http://www.visionlearning.com/en/library/Chemistry/1/Chemical-Bonding/55

Video - Recipe and Photosynthesis - If you like cooking shows, this one is for you!

http://www.tv411.org/science/tv411-whats-cooking/video-photosynthesis?gclid=COXuyMSIl7oCFcvm7AoddE0AyA

Would love to have someone try this experiment out with different temperatures! Photograph results, or better yet, make a video to show your class.

http://www.imcpl.org/kids/blog/?p=9601

Brief Video on Photosynthesis/Respiration Cycle

More detailed Cellular Respiration- interesting animation
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qH01PENtkgY&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DqH01PENtkgY

Cell Transport for Dummies (Not that I think any of you are Dummies, it just happens to be the title!)

 http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/transportation-within-and-between-cells.html


Bill Nye video on Chemical Reactions

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlp2y1_bill-nye-chemical-reactions_tech

Inside the Leaf Photosynthesis Video by Mark Drollinger

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OumYuinfjLg


A Photosynthesis Rap made by Bostin Biamonte
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE82qtKSSH4


Photosynthesis Video made by PBS LearningMedia
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.stru.photosynth/photosynthesis/


The simple story of photosynthesis and food - by Amanda Ooten
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-simple-but-fascinating-story-of-photosynthesis-and-food-amanda-ooten


Cellular Respiration video created by freshman MIT student, Amita Wamakima.  It is complex, but interesting!  See if you can follow it!  If you are a runner in track or cross country, you should check it out.
http://video.mit.edu/watch/cellular-respiration-11636/

Exploring Cells

Explore Cells!

Check out these videos created by XVIVO for Harvard University students:

http://www.xvivo.net/animation/the-inner-life-of-the-cell/

http://www.xvivo.net/animation/harvard-protein-packing/

http://www.xvivo.net/animation/powering-the-cell-mitochondria/


Make Me Genius Cell Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfopLilIOeA


Cell Rap Video

http://www.teachertube.com/video/cell-rap-125855


Virtual Cell Animation - Look at the Guided Flythrough and Closer Look, but the movies using Flash will NOT work on your iPad!

http://vcell.ndsu.nodak.edu/animations/


Interactive Tour of a Cell - From the National Science Foundation:

http://www.nsf.gov/news/overviews/biology/interactive.jsp


Typical Animal Cell From Wisc-Online

https://www.wisc-online.com/learn/natural-science/life-science/ap11403/a-typical-animal-cell

Scientific vs. Common Names

These sites may help you better understand why scientists use scientific names instead of common names.
http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/NamSpecies.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_name

Body Systems

These videos will help you to learn more about the body systems that we are studying in class:

Bill Nye Circulatory System video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbttJ-5do9M

EducationWithVision Respiratory System video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc1YtXc_84A

makemegenius.com Excretory System video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZMJeZL-BVg

School House Rock Nervous System video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivk_irrH1WY

Zac Lewis Skeletal System rap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRXv3qOl8-4

Kids Health Digestive Sytem video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnzwbipJuAA

Heat Inc Muscular System video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au1ucKBcjfU

Genetic Engineering

Directions: Read several of the following articles, and/or watch the videos that are of greatest interest to you.  On your own paper write the subject and a couple of sentences about each to explain what you have learned or what was surprising to you.  Then write a paragraph explaining your opinion(s) on genetic engineering.

Genetically Modified Food 
http://greenliving.nationalgeographic.com/organic-vs-gmo-2436.html?source=glmore

Regenerating Body Parts                                                           
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/03/big-idea/organ-regeneration-text
 

Curing Alzheimer’s                                  http://www.brighthub.com/science/genetics/articles/29113.aspx

Gene Therapy to Cure Cancer                  
http://www.brighthub.com/science/genetics/articles/32921.aspx

Genetic Engineering Debates
http://debates.juggle.com/is-it-appropriate-for-animals-to-undergo-genetic-modification

 

Disadvantages of genetic engineering                                 http://www.ehow.com/video_5112330_dangers-genetic-engineering.html

Why do scientist use genetic engineering?                                http://www.ehow.com/video_5112331_do-scientists-use-genetic-engineering_.html

How is genetic engineering performed?                              http://www.ehow.com/video_5112336_genetic-engineering-performed_.html

What is the purpose of genetic engineering in plants? http://www.ehow.com/video_5112339_purpose-genetic-engineering-plants.html

 

You will need to search "genetic engineering" to find a variety of videos and articles from this site
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=48150967-D733-4860-A3C4-3C849325D022&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

Cell Reproduction and DNA

Twins Don't Share Everything by Stephen Ornes
https://student.societyforscience.org/article/twins-dont-share-everything

Improving the Camel by Emily Sohn
https://student.societyforscience.org/article/improving-camel

What's on your genes? by Sharon Pochron
https://student.societyforscience.org/article/what%E2%80%99s-your-genes

DNA YouTube Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NegABEGTv4

DNA with short video
http://scienceforkids.kidipede.com/biology/cells/dna.htm

Mitosis Song by MrScienceGeek
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=81752

National Geographic videos - check out any of them
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/kids/science-space-kids/

National Geographic - Read about holes in the ozone layer.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/spacescience/ozone/

National Geographic - Interesting science articles.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/spacescience/