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Disclaimer: These are online resources that I have found, They are not meant to be your only source of study, instead you can use them to your enhance your normal study. I don’t know what level these resources are aimed at, but I’ve tried to provide a range for a number of different topics.

The Body:

Cells:

Animals and Plants:

Genetics:

Evolution:

Health:

Other:

Online Lessons and Guides:

  • Chemistry
    of life
    • Elements
      and atoms       – elements and atoms, matter, elements and atoms, introduction to
      the atom, atomic number, atomic mass, and isotopes.
    • Electron
      shells and orbitals       – orbitals, electronic configuration, valence
      electrons, groups of the periodic table, the periodic table, electron shells,
      and orbitals.
    • Chemical
      bonds and reactions       – ionic, covalent and metallic bonds, electronegativity
      and bonding, intermolecular forces, chemical bonds, chemical reactions
      introduction and chemical reactions
  • Water, Acids and bases:
    • Hydrogen
      bonding in water       – hydrogen bonding in water, hydrogen bonds in water,
      water as a solvent, solvent properties of water.
    • Cohesion
      And adhesion       – capillary action and why we see a meniscus, surface tension,
      cohesion and adhesion in water
    • Temperature
      and state changes in water       – LeBron asks why does sweating cool you down,
      evaporative cooling, heat of vaporisation of water and ethanol, specific heat
      of water, liquid water denser than ice, specific heat, heat of vaporisation,
      and density of water
    • Acids,
      bases and pH       – autoionisation of water, Arrhenius definition of acids and
      bases, bronsted-Lowry definition of acits and bases, definition of pH, acids
      bases, pH and buffers
  • Cellular and
    molecular biology
    • Cells
      – diffusion and osmosis, nucleim membranes, ribosomes, eukaryotws and
      prokaryotes, endoplasmic reticulum and golgi bodies, chromosomes, chromatids,
      and chromatin.
    • Introduction
      to cell division       – Fertilization
      terminology: gametes, zygotes, haploid and diploid, zygote differentiating into somatic
      and germ cells
    • Mitosis
      – interphase, mitosis, phases of mitosis, mitosis questions.
    • Meiosis
      – comparison of mitosis and meiosis, chromosomal crossover in meiosis 1, phases
      of meiosis 1, phases of meiosis 2.
    • Cellular
      respiration       – ATP, ATP hydrolysis mechanism, introduction to cellular
      mechanism, oxidation and reduction review from biological point of view,
      oxidation and reduction in cellular respiration, glycolysis, krebs cycle,
      elctron transport chain, oxidative phosphorylation and chemiosmosis.
    • Photosynthesis
      – light reactions, photophosphorylation, calvin cycle, photorespiration, C-4
      photosynthesis, cam plants
  • Human
    Biology:
    • Circulator
      and pulmonary systems       – the lungs, red blood cells, circulatory system, haemoglobin.
    • The
      neuron and nervous system       – neuron anatomy, sodium potassium pump, action
      potentials, salutatory conduction, neuronal synapses.
    • The
      kidney and nephron       – kidney and nephonr, secondary active transport.
    • Muscles
      – myosin and actin, tropomyosin and troponin, role of sarcoplasmic reticulum in
      muscle cells, anatomy of skeletal muscle fibre.
    • Immunology
      – phagocytes, immune responses, b lymphocytes, antigen presenting cells and MHC
      II complexes, helper T cells, cytotoxic t cells and MHC I complexes, review of
      cells, inflammatory response.
  • Heredity
    and evolution
    • Evolution
      and natural selection       – introduction, ape clarification, intelligent design
      and evolution, natural selection and the owl butterfly, variation in a spcies.
    • Heredity
      and genetics       – introduction, Punnett squares, allele frequency, Hardy
      Weinberg equation, sex linked traits, DNA, RNA transcription and translation,
      alleles and genes.
    • Tree of
      life       – taxonomy and the tree of life, species, bacteria, human prehistory
  • Crash
    Course
    • Biology
      and ecology       – pollution, conservation, ecosystems, nitrogen cycle, history
      of life on earth, population growth.
  • (Spotlight Lessons): Ecology
    • Estimating Population Size – simulate mark and recapture by using small objects to trap and tag.  A simple formula will tell you what the overall population size is which can be verified by counting the objects in the bag.
    • Owl Pellet Dissection –  owl pellets are undigested bits of fur and bones  that owls regurgitate. Students can examine the contents, reconstruct the skeleton of the prey and make inferences about the owl’s diet.
    • Interpreting Ecological Data – examine charts, data tables  and graphs to answer questions about population size, growth, and carrying capacity.
    • Biome Project – as a group, investigate a biome and present to the class the main features, animal and plant species present and general climate.
    • Isopod Behavior Lab – collect isopods (pillbugs) and design a chamber to test their response to different environments, such as temperature, moisture, and substrate.