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- AS 91604 (Internal) Demonstrate understanding of how an animal maintains a stable internal environment
This achievement standard involves demonstrating understanding of how an animal maintains a stable internal environment.
A control system that maintains a stable internal environment (homeostatic system) refers to those that regulate:
• body temperature
• blood pressure
• osmotic balance
• level of blood glucose
• levels and balance of respiratory gases in tissues.
The biological ideas related to the control system includes the:
• purpose of the system
• components of the system
• mechanism of the system (how it responds to the normal range of environmental fluctuations, interaction and feedback mechanisms between parts of the system)
• potential effect of disruption to the system by internal or external influences.
Environmental influences that result in a breakdown of the control system may be external influences such as extreme environment conditions, disease or infection, drugs or toxins, or internal influences such as genetic conditions or metabolic disorders.
This video is great for helping to describe the differences between two skulls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCCV96DoTa4
Skull terminology from no brain too small these can be made into great flash cards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCPQK7OdhUY - Link to in depth bi pedalism (only for excellence and schol.
This is the link to the picture that shows human evolution
<div class='visually_embed'><img class='visually_embed_infographic' src='https://visual.ly/node/image/70913?_w=540' alt='Timeline of hominid evolution' /><div class='visually_embed_cycle'><span>by </span><a target='_blank' href='http://www.SA4L.ca?utm_source=visually_embed'>PrateekLala</a>. <br/></div><script type='text/javascript' src='https://a.visual.ly/api/embed/70913?width=540' class='visually_embed_script' id='visually_embed_script_70913'></script><p> From <a href='https://visual.ly?utm_source=content-embed&utm_medium=embed'>Visually</a>.</p></div>
This is extension and is the links to the part of the cirriculum that is ever changing and hard to keep fully up to date on.
Here is a list of what Otago Uni thinks is an essential list of reading material
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Wednesday, October 5th, 2011 | hamvi58p | No Comments
->Covers human evolution, this website has excellent video coverage and resources
site applying genetics to examples
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/
->Genetics applications, an excellent site
-> Gene Almanac, an awesome interactive
-> DNA from the beginning, an excellent summary of level 3 genetics
-> DNA Interactive, excellent case studies as applications of genetic practises and processes, an awesome site with case study approaches to assist in exam prep (especially for schol exam).
http://sci.waikato.ac.nz/evolution/index.shtml
-> NZ evolution examples, excellent site for evolution with lots of good NZ examples.
http://www.sciencecases.org/hemo/hemo.asp
-> Inheritance of haemophilia, an interesting case study, good practice for thinking.
http://www.biotechlearn.org.nz/
-> NZ science research, home grown examples of applications of science, a good site.
http://www.rsnz.org/education/gamma/
->Royal Society of NZ webiste, Gamma Series, Science behind the news, great articles modelling good writing.
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/scholarship/index.html
-> scholarship information, details of scholarship, an essential for scholarship candidates.
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/scholarship/subjects/resources.html
-> Biology Scholarship Information, details of exams etc, an essential for scholarship candidates.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ncea/bio3_supportmaterial_15feb06.doc
->NCEA on TKI supplementary materials, summary of genetics and evolution at level 3
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ncea/bio3_supportgenetics_18dec06.doc
->NCEA on TKI supplementary materials, summary of Plant and Animal and ecology knowledge required for level 3 and scholarship
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Thursday, August 18th, 2011 | STEPHEN BRONI | No Comments
The archaeology of human evolution in depth.
Fresh voices in the field speak out on relevant topics.
Extensive reference guide and extremely thorough glossary.
http://www.archaeologyinfo.com/
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Sunday, August 7th, 2011 | STEPHEN BRONI | No Comments
Rebecca Cann is “Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology, and member of the International Scientific Advisory Panel of the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution. She co-authored the influential study which showed modern humans evolved from a single African population” but there is a strong Otago University link through Professor Alan Wilson way back in 1950’s. Check out the story on national radio podcast from Sat 6th Aug at 9.05 am http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011 | STEPHEN BRONI | No Comments
Struggling to get your head around role of polyploidy in speciation, adaptive radiation and such like?
This page brings those concepts into focus using New Zealand examples.
http://sci.waikato.ac.nz/evolution/NZevidence.shtml
Check out the rest of the Evolution for Teaching site for information on ‘Human Evolution’, `Darwin & Religion’,Earth’s History & Evolution’ and `Theories, Hypotheses, & Laws’.
A good authoratative site from University of Waikato with a links to glossary & a useful FAQ page.
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Monday, May 23rd, 2011 | STEPHEN BRONI | No Comments
This web site is intended to provide an overview of the study of human evolution, and of the currently accepted fossil evidence. It also contains a very comprehensive treatment of creationist claims about human evolution. If you are not interested in creationism, you can easily skip those pages. If you are interested in creationism, you can go directly to the pages on creationist arguments; they contain links to the fossils under discussion when necessary.
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/
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Monday, May 23rd, 2011 | STEPHEN BRONI | No Comments
Start finding out how it all happened.
Very readable and accessible style with latest news comment and analysis
http://www.newscientist.com/topic/human-evolution
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Monday, May 23rd, 2011 | STEPHEN BRONI | No Comments
Interactive multimedia, research and scholarship come together with this site to promote greater understanding of the course of human evolution
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Monday, May 23rd, 2011 | KEV KNOWLES | No Comments
This achievement standard involves the description of trends in human biological evolution, cultural evolution, and patterns of dispersal.
Trends refers to progressive change over a period of time in relation to:
- human biological evolution
- human cultural evolution
- patterns of dispersal of hominins. The term hominins refers to living and fossil species belonging to the human lineage. This is a subgroup of hominids which includes both humans and the great apes.
Trends in human biological evolution begin with early bipedal hominins and may require comparison with living hominids (apes). Trends are limited to:
- skeletal changes linked to bipedalism
- changes in skull and endocranial features
- changes in the manipulative ability of the hand.
Trends in human cultural evolution will be limited to evidence relating to: use of tools (stone, wood, bone), fire, shelter, clothing, abstract thought (communication, language, art), food-gathering, and domestication of plants and animals.
- Interpretations on the origins and trends of human evolution will be based on current evidence and may change as a result of recent developments.
- Evidence relating to human evolution must be scientific evidence which is widely accepted and presented in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
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Friday, January 21st, 2011 | KEV KNOWLES | No Comments
From Bradshaw Foundation
Timeline animation of ‘Out of Africa’ hypothesis. Lots of extra information to click on. Evidence from mitochondrial dna etc…
Link – http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/timeline.swf
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