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Tuesday, June 20, 2017

CPO BIOLOGY Schedule and Links


One of these items is to be done four days a week, Tuesday through Friday. I expect each task to take 20-30 minutes on average. Some activity days or video days might be longer.

The loop schedule follows this pattern:
1.) Watch videos on chapter topic.
2.) Read a section, do review orally. Do one of the skills worksheets.
3.) Read Connection, do extra science reading from literary selections recommended in the teacher's guide.  Sometimes I've scheduled the chapter activity here, but many of them are geared towards classrooms so we won't do all of them.
4.) Watch more videos, and do final chapter test.
We usually don't do the skills worksheets that involve in-depth experiments or set-ups. We use TOPS science, Mystery Science and the VanCleave science activity books for our hands-on science experiments instead.


  1. Watch videos on Measurement
    1. Measurement Mystery: Crash Course Kids #9.2 (3:44)
    2. Bill Nye: Measurement (22.57)
  2. Read section and do review - 1.1 Measurements
  3. Read section and do review - 1.2 Thinking like a scientist
  4. Read section and do review - 1.3 Graphs
  5. Read Connection: Role of a Scientist and do extra reading
  6. More videos, and Chapter test
    1. TED-ED Why the Metric System Matters (5:07)
  7. Watch videos on Living Things
    1. 11 Biggest Living Things (6:54)
    2. National Geographic Documentary: Wild Islands Zanzibar (43:59)
  8. Read section and do review - 2.1 Is it Alive?
  9. Read section and do review - 2.2 How living things are organized
  10. Read Connection: Is there proof of life on Mars?
  11. More videos, and Chapter test
    1. National Geographic Documentary: Rare and Exotic Animals (52:05)
  12. Watch videos on Classifying Living Things
    1. Taxonomy: Life's Filing System Crash Course Biology #19 (12:15)
  13. Read section and do review - 3.1 Types of living things
  14. Read section and do review - 3.2 Dichotomous Keys
  15. Read Connection: Discovering a New Species
  16. More videos, and Chapter Test
    1. Speciation: Of Ligers and Men - Crash Course Biology #15 (10:24)
  17. Watch videos on Physical Science Connections
    1. The Periodic Table: Crash Course Chemistry #4 (11:21)
  18. Read section and do review - 4.1 Elements and Compounds
  19. Read section and do review - 4.2 The Compounds of Life
  20. Read section and do review - 4.3 Physical Variables
  21. Connection: Chef or Scientist?
  22. More videos, and Chapter Test
    1. TED-ED The Genius of Mendeleev's Periodic Table (4:24)
    2. Will the Periodic Table Ever Be Complete? SciShow (3:40)
  23. Watch videos on Ecosystems
    1. Ecosystem Ecology: Links in the Chain Ecology #7 (10:09)
  24. Read Read section and do review - 5.1 Ecosystems, Energy and Nutrients
  25. Read section and do review - 5.2 Food Chains and Food Webs
  26. Read section and do review - 5.3 Ecosystems, a Natural Balance
  27. Read Connection: Food Webs of the Deep
  28. More videos, and Chapter Test
    1. Ecology - Rules for Living on Earth - Crash Course Biology #40 (10:25)
    2. Bozeman Science - Energy Flow in Ecosystems (7:45)
  29. Watch videos on Biomes
    1. AMAZING Introduction to Biomes (3:09)
    2. Rivers of the Sun Amazonia (52:02)
  30. Read section and do review - 6.1 Climates and Biomes
  31. Read section and do review - 6.2 Deserts and Grasslands Video: Worlds Deadliest Animals Deserts to Grassland (35:41)
  32. Read section and do review - 6.3 Temperate Forests and Rainforests Video: The Magical Forest BBC Plants Documentary (2.5 hrs)
  33. Read section and do review - 6.4 Taigas and Tundras Video: Children of the Tundra (28:18) Video: Nat Geo Iceland (45:05)
  34. Read Connection: Ecological Impact of Forest Fires
  35. More videos, and Chapter Test
    1. How the Sahara Desert was Made Documentary (44:54)
  36. Watch videos on cell structure and function
    1. Biology: Cell Structure (7:21)
    2. Eukarypolis The City of Animal Cells Crash Course Biology #4 (11:34)
  37. Read section and do review - 7.1 What are cells?
  38. Read section and do review - 7.2 Cells: A look inside
  39. Read Connection: Organ Transplants
  40. More videos, and Chapter Test

  41. Watch videos on cell processes
    1. Why do organ transplants fail so often? (3:56 min)
    2. Heart in a Box: UCLA patient's life-saving donor heart arrives 'warm and beating' inside box (4:20 mins)
  42. Read section and do review - 8.1 The Cell Membrane
  43. Read section and do review - 8.2 Cells and Energy
  44. Read Connection: Amazing cells!
  45. More videos, and Chapter Test
    1. NOVA Origin of Life - How Life started on Earth (49:53)
  46. Watch videos on the microscopic world
    1. 50 Things Looking Totally Bizarre Under a Microscope (6:02)
    2. Old and Odd: Archaea, Bacteria, and Protists Crash Course Biology #35 (12:16)
  47. Read section and do review - 9.1 Protozoans
  48. Read section and do review - 9.2 Bacteria
  49. Read section and do review - 9.3 Viruses
  50. Read Connection: The good, the bad, the microbe
  51. More videos, and Chapter Test
    1. Nat Geo Virus Evolution Documentary (42:46)
  52. Watch videos on reproduction
    1. Reproductive System Part 1 Female Reproductive System Crash Course #40 (10:14)
    2. Reproductive System Part 2 Male Reproductive System Crash Course (10:43)
  53. Read section and do review - 10.1 Growth and cell reproduction
  54. Read section and do review - 10.2 Sexual reproduction and meiosis
  55. Read Connection: Differences between twins start with cells
  56. More videos, and Chapter Test
    1. Reproductive System Part 3 Sex and Fertilization (9:58) - I've previewed this video and I find it's fine for a grade 6 level, but it goes into quite a lot of depth so please preview it beforehand to make sure it's right for your child.
    2. Reproductive System Part 4 Pregnancy and Development (10:44)
  57. Watch videos on heredity
    1. GENETICS: Greatest Discoveries with Bill Nye (44:07)
  58. Read section and do review - 11.1 Traits
  59. Read section and do review - 11.2 Predicting Heredity
  60. Read section and do review - 11.3 Other patterns of inheritance
  61. Read Connection: An inherited blood disease
  62. More videos, and Chapter Test
    1. TED-ED How Mendel's Pea Plants helped us understand Genetics (3:06)
    2. Bozeman Science: Mendelian Genetics (16:03)
  63. Watch videos on The Code of Life
    1. PBS The Secret of Life (53 mins)
  64. Read section and do review - 12.1 The role of DNA in Heredity
  65. Read section and do review - 12.2 DNA and technology
  66. Read Connection: Cracking the Code Video: NOVA Cracking Your Genetic Code (55:27)
  67. More videos, and Chapter Test
    1. PBS The Human Race - the Human Genome Project (53 mins)
    2. OR Miracle Cure: A Decade of the Human Genome BBC (53:54)
  68. Watch videos on evolution
    1. Evolution: It's a Thing - Crash Course Biology #20 (11:43)
  69. Read section and do review - 13.1 Evidence for Evolution
  70. Read section and do review - 13.2 How Evolution Works
  71. Read section and do review - 13.3 Natural Selection
  72. Read Connection: Chameleons of the Sea
  73. More videos, and Chapter Test
    1. Natural Selection - Crash Course Biology #14 (13:43)
  74. Watch videos on earth and life history
    1. Nat Geo The History of Earth (1.5 hrs)
  75. Read section and do review - 14.1 Evidence from Rocks
  76. Read section and do review - 14.2 How Earth Changes Video: The World in 2050 (38:15)
  77. Watch: Snowball Earth (48:02)
  78. Read section and do review - 14.3 Life History Video: David Attenborough Origin of Life (58:45)
  79. Read Connection: Mass extinctions, devastation and opportunity. Do Chapter 14 Activity: Radioactivity and Half-life
  80. More videos, and Chapter Test
    1. NOVA What Darwin Never Knew (1:51 hrs)
  81. Watch videos on the diversity of life
    1. Nat Geo Desert Seas by David Attenborough (44:57)
  82. Read section and do review - 15.1 Taxonomy and Systematics
  83. Read section and do review - 15.2 Algae and Fungi
  84. Read Connection: Likeable Lichens. Do chapter 15 activity: How to make a simple Cladogram
  85. More videos, and Chapter Test
    1. Energy 101: Algae to Fuels (2:33)
    2. Bozeman Science: Fungi (9:13)
  86. Watch videos on plants
    1. TED-ED How plants tell time (4:19 mins)
    2. BBC How Plants Communicate & Think (52 mins)
    3. What Plants Talk About (52 mins)
  87. Read section and do review - 16.1 What are plants?
  88. Read section and do review - 16.2 Roots, Stems, and Leaves
  89. Read section and do review - 16.3 Reproduction in Flowering Plants
  90. Read Connection: The Buds and the Bees
  91. More videos, and Chapter Test
  92. Watch videos on animals
    1. Comparative Anatomy: What Makes Us Animals Crash Course Biology #21 (8:50)
    2. David Attenboroughs Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates (59:02)
  93. Read section and do review - 17.1 What is an animal?
  94. Read section and do review - 17.2 Invertebrate structure and function
  95. Read section and do review - 17.3 Vertebrate structure and function
  96. Read Connection: Snails vs. Crabs: An Undersea Arms Race. Do Chapter 17 activity: Making an evolutionary tree
  97. More videos, and Chapter Test
  98. Watch videos on human body systems
  99. Read section and do review - 18.1 Circulation and Respiration
  100. Read section and do review - 18.2 Other Organ Systems
  101. Read Connection: Skin grafts for Burn Victims. Do chapter 18 activity: Build a Lung Model
  102. More videos, and Chapter Test
  103. Watch videos on support and movement in the human body
  104. Read section and do review - 19.1 Bones and Muscles
  105. Read section and do review - 19.2 The Human Body as a Machine
  106. Read Connection: Prosthetic Legs and Technology. Do chapter 19 activity: Leg levers, Digger or Runner?
  107. More videos, and Chapter Test
  108. Watch videos on vision and hearing
  109. Read section and do review - 20.1 The Nervous System
  110. Read section and do review - 20.2 Color Vision
  111. Read section and do review - 20.3 Light and Images
  112. Read section and do review - 20.4 Hearing
  113. Read Connection: Keeping Things in Focus. Do Chapter 20 activity: Build a Human Ear Model
  114. More videos, and Chapter Test


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