Unit 7: Biodiversity and Ecology

Unit 7 Lectures

POWERPOINT: Ch. 29 and 38 (Botany)

• Moss Alternation of Generations

• Angiosperm Double Fertilization

• Angiosperm diagram (to fill in)

• ANSWER KEY: Angiosperm Diagram

POWERPOINT: Ch. 39 (plant hormones)

• Plant Growth, Development, and Response to Env't

POWERPOINT: Ch. 51 (Animal Behavior)

• FAP: Stickleback attacks red stimulus (1:25)

• Communication: Waggle Dance (0:55)

• Video: Phineas and Ferb Waggle Dance (1:40)

• Vervet monkey alarm calls (1:03)

• Agonistic behavior: My Life as a Turkey (1:21)

• Human Mate Choice (3:11)

• Capuchin monkeys reject unequal pay (1:02)

• Monkey cooperation and fairness (2:05)

POWERPOINT: Ch. 53 (Population Ecology)

• Population dynamics

• Capture-recapture activity

• Population Growth rate Problems #2

  • ANSWERS: Population growth rate problems

POWERPOINT: Ch. 52 (Ecosystems)

Lab 15: Photosynthesis

• Slides - Photosynthesis lab information

Lab 16: Diversity of Life

POWERPOINT: Ch. 54-55 (energy and communities)

• Video Lecture Ch. 54-55 (Ms. Brunson)

• Video: Keystone species through the eyes of the Octonauts (Season 3, Urchin invasion) (first 4 min)

• Simpson's Biodiversity Index Slides/Notes

• Simpson's Diversity Index Practice Worksheet

  • Simpson's Diversity Index ANSWER KEY

Lab #18 - qPCR 

• Tutorial on qPCR and what it is

• Tutorial on how to do serial dilutions (start at 2:22)

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