BIOLOGY
Unit 2 - Tissues, Organs, and Systems of Living Things
Mrs. Michalak Unit Outline 2024
Video - Why the world's most popular banana may go extinct (Business Insider, 13:38)
Gizmos - Virtual Frog Dissection
Optional:
Warm up lesson , student handout
TED Talk - Julia Enders, The surprisingly charming science of your gut
Gross Science video- Fungus and caterpillars
1. Introduction, Cell Theory, Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes:
Warm up lesson , student handout
Living Systems Unit Introduction ppt
Video - Discovery - Cells (3:35)
Video - TED-ED - The wacky history of cell theory (6:11)
Video - Cell Theory History (3:30)
Cell Theory, Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes - student
Cell Theory, Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes - notes
ProKaryotic vs. Eukaryotic Cells - YouTube Amoeba Sisters 5:28
Homework: read and review parts of the cell for animal and plant cells pp. 21, 23, 29-32, Parts of a cell
2. Cell Structures and Their Functions, Differences between Plant and Animal Cells
Parts of a Cell - plants and animals ppt
Parts of a Cell - HO, Parts of a Cell Assignment
Cells Cells - Parts of a Cell Rap - YouTube 3:08
Activity: Microviewer – looking at plant cells or animal cells- hand in
Activity: Veritech - cell structures and functions
Video - Biology: Cell Structure (7:21)
Video - Amoeba eats paramecium (0:43)
Video: White blood cells attack bacteria (1:28)
pp. 30-32
GIzmo- parts of the cell
3. Purpose of cell division – notes: reproduction, growth and repair, pp. 36-37
Diffusion, Osmosis, Concentration
Cell Division Notes student, Cell Division - notes teacher
Review: Plant and Animal Cells, Review: Plant and Animal Cell - solutions
Video - Iodine Bag Diffusion demonstration
Video - Sci Guys: The naked egg and osmosis
Video: PBS in the race for life, which human embryos make it?
Gizmo Activity - Cell Structure or online simulation as Demo
Cell Cycle Practice Quiz and Review Answer Key
4. Review: importance of cell division, Cell cycle – notes: IPMAT, cytokinesis, pp. 40-43
Gizmo Activity - Cell Division
Mitosis and Cell Division ppt, Mitosis and Cell division - student
Mitosis student handout - homework solutions
Homework: Mitosis worksheet, Mitosis worksheet solutions
Homework: Mitosis worksheet
Animation interactive - Mitosis and Cell Cycle
Mitosis synchronized swimming (1:03)
Mitosis video- crash course (10:47)
GIzmo on mitosis as demonstration
5. Review: cell cycle, cell division big picture
Activity: microviewer or microscopes – looking at stages of mitosis
Microviewer activity - mitosis and Mitosis flipbook template
Cell crossword, more labelling practice
6. Cell division and cancer: tumour, benign, malignant, metastasis, pp. 48-51
Female Black Physicist Pioneers new cancer treatment
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks- video
Causes of cancer: mutation, mutagen, carcinogen, causes of cancer - viruses – Pap test, radiation and skin cancer, smoking, lifestyle choices
Video - TED-ED - How do cancer cells behave differently from healthy ones? (3:50)
Cancer - lifestyle prevention WS
Cell Cycle Practice Quiz and Review Answer Key
Video - Cancer: from a healthy cell to a cancer cell (4:39)
Video: The Future of Cancer - Prevention & Precision Medicine (11 mins)
Virtual Lab - Cell Cycle and Cancer HO
Ameoba sisters cell division and cancer video
7. Diagnosing cancer and treatments of cancer. Diagnosing: imaging technologies, biopsies; Treatments: surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, bio photonics, pp. 52-55
Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment - student
Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment - teacher
Video - Your Guide to Your Skin Self Exam ( 8:16 min)
8. Stem cells and specialized cells – tissues, organs and systems (p. 58-60, 77-79)
Discussion of ethics, potential benefits of stem cell research
Stem Cell Interactive Animation
Toronto Star Article - Ethical Stem Cells
Toronto Star Article - Ethical Stem Cells questions
Toronto Star Article - Ethical Stem Cells - solutions
Discussion of ethics, potential benefits of stem cell research
video - TED ED - What are stem cells? (Craig A. Kohn, 4:11)
Video - Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (13:40)
pp. 58-60, 77-79
Growing organs in the Lab-NOVA video (13:55)
9. Discussion: cell division and aging, p. 43, 45
video - TED ED - Why do our bodies age? (Monica Menesini, 5:10)
Aging and Cell Division - article and HW
Aging and Cell Division - HW solutions
Video - NOVA Science - Can we slow aging? (4:19)
Video - Superhero Science - limb regeneration (2:17)
Video - Real Microscopic Mitosis (1:28)
Video - Plant Cell Division (1:21)
Aging article, aging questions TBD
10. Tissues, organs and systems in animals, Review stem cells and specialized cells, Hierarchy of structure: cell, tissue, organ, system, organism, Table 1: p. 76, p. 73-76
Video - ABC News 1997 - Dolly the Sheep
The Hierarchy of Structure in Animals - ppt
The Hierarchy of Structure in Animals - student
The Hierarchy of Structure in Animals HO - teacher
Video - Crash Course Anatomy and Physiology - Tissues Part 1 (10:42)
Biology of skin colour activity
Lab activity looking at slides of different types of tissues
Homework: Cells, and tissue organization handout
11. Systems: circulatory, respiratory,
Blood (red cells, white cells, platelets, plasma), heart, blood vessels (veins, capillaries
, arteries)
Diseases: coronary artery disease, heart attack
Diseases: tuberculosis, cancers
Circulatory System and Respiratory system- student
Circulatory System and Respiratory system- teacher
Optional :Colouring worksheet of the heart, Circulatory System word search
Cool interactive-virtual microscope
IVideo - PBS: From the Heart (3:14)
Video - TED-ED - What do lungs do?
Video - Bill Nye the Science Guy - Blood and Circulation
Video - TED-ED - Why do blood types matter?
Video - TED-ED - How blood pressure works
12. Activities on Circulatory and Respiratory system, videos and transplant candidate debate , pp. 83-86, Gizmo of frog dissection, exploration activity using a dissection
13-15. Biology Research Project
Optional: 13. Musculoskeletal System
Musculoskeletal System student handout
Optional: 14. Using a microscope
Parts of the Microscope, Using the Microscope Activity
Optional: 15. Social Issues in Biology Readings and Assignment (Jigsaw, notes and quiz)
Video - HPV Vaccines - how they work
Antibiotics, Antivirals and Vaccines (Amoeba Sisters, 9:28)
Video - Cloning (The Eyes of Nye, 23 minutes)
Video - Organ Donation and Transplantation (United States HRSA, 4:57)
Max and Kiera's Law - Organ Donation in UK
Optional Activity Curing Cancer- Tech/Engineering Challenge. supporting worksheets and attachments
Curing Cancer Worksheet (docx)
Curing Cancer Worksheet Example (docx)
Curing Cancer Worksheet Example (pdf)
Video- Skin cancer- A note to my 16 year old self
Formative Assessment:
Worksheets, homework checks
Summative Assessments:
Quiz #1
Quiz #2/ Cancer assignment
Summative Google slide project
Microviewers
Mitosis flipbook