Overview of Materials with Concept Maps
Biochemistry
Animations
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*Short video clip
(10 sec. or less)
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H-bonding (42
sec)
*Ionic bonding
*Covalent bonding
O, H
*Exothermic
reactions
Games
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Amino acid side
chain game
Simulations/Labs
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Virtual pH lab
(WS, TG)
Molecular models
(WS, TG, Concept
map, KEY)
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Independent
Exploration
3D molecular
models
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Enzymes, digestion,
nutrition
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*Enzyme
reactions
*Fat digestion
and bile
Cells
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Enzyme lab
(WS, TG)
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How big? (30
sec)
Inner life of a
cell-narrated (8
min)
Inner life of a
cell- non
narrated (WS,
TG, 3 min)
Virtual cell (WS,
TG, quiz, KEY)
Virtual
microscopy
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Onion root tip
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Genetics: heredity
Genetics: DNA to
Protein
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Recovering the
Romanovs (WS,
TG, quiz, KEY)
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*Structure of
DNA
*DNA
replication
Thinkwell’s
DNA
transcription
and translation
(WS, TG, 15
min)
Genetic Code
(WS, TG, quiz,
KEY)
Biotechnology
Animations
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PCR (45 sec)
*Insulin synthesis
Evolution
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*Evolution time
line
Ecology
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*Short video clip
(10 sec. or less)
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Photosynthesis
animation (1
minute)
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Gene therapy
(WS, TG, quiz,
KEY, Concept
map)
Gel
electrophoresis
(WS, TG)
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*Reflex arc
*Osmoregulation
(ADH)
*Glucoregulation
(insulin)
*Phagocytes
Blood groups game
only without WS (5
min)
Sex and the
single guppy
(WS, TG,
writing
assignment)
Bird Island:
Adaptive
Radiation
(WS, TG)
Mating trickery
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Nervous, immune,
endocrine sys
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The Mating
Game (WS, TG)
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Independent
Exploration
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Games
Simulations/Labs
*Nitrogen
fixation
*Greenhouse
effect
*Predator/prey
dynamic
(graph)
*Food chain
(trophic levels)
Photosynthesis,
respiration
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Bird Island:
succession and
outsider
influences
(WS, TG)
Earth in peril
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Photosynthesis
simulation
(WS, TG, quiz)
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Mouse party (WS,
TG, quiz, KEY)
Blood groups (WS,
TG, quiz, KEY)
Action potential
(WS, TG, quiz,
KEY)
Comparative Anatomy Unit
Simulations/Labs
Earthworm
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Earthworm
locomotion
animation
Earthworm
heartbeat and
coming out of a
cocoon
animation
Earthworm
dissection
review (WS)
Squid

Squid
dissection
review (WS)
Anatomical References: http://www.whitman.edu/biology/vpd/main.html
Crayfish
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Crayfish
dissection
review (WS)
Perch
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Perch
dissection
review (WS)
Fetal Pig

Virtual Pig
Dissection
(WS)
Molecular Models Concept Map
Organic compounds
Example with single strand
include:
Examples
Example with double strand
Which are chains of
Fatty acids
Composed of 4 fused C rings
Can be
or
Important component of
Cell membranes
Consisting of more than 2 sugars
Consisting of 1 sugar
Examples
Consisting of 2 sugars
Example
Examples
1 glycerol + 3 fatty acids
Found in
Found in
Word Bank: Amino acids, animals, carbohydrates, DNA, disaccharide, fructose, glucose, glycogen, isoleucine, leucine, lipids,
monosaccharide, nucleic acids, phospholipids, plants, polypeptides, polysaccharides, proteins, RNA, saturated, serine, starch, steroids,
sucrose, triglycerol, unsaturated
Molecular Models Concept Map-KEY
SERINE
RNA
Organic compounds
Example with single strand
DNA
Example with double strand
include:
NUCLEIC ACIDS
LEUCINE
ISOLEUCINE
Examples
LIPIDS
PROTEINS
Which are chains of
Fatty acids
Composed of 4 fused C rings
Can be
AMINO ACIDS
or
STEROIDS
SATURATED
UNSATURATED
Important component of
Cell membranes
POLYSACCHARIDE
PHOSPHOLIPIDS
Examples
Consisting of 2 sugars
DISACCHARIDE
MONOSACCHARIDE
Example
Examples
1 glycerol + 3 fatty acids
TRIGLYCEROLS
CARBOHYDRATES
Consisting of more than 2 sugars
Consisting of 1 sugar
STARCH
GLYCOGEN
Found in
GLUCOSE
SUCROSE
Found in
FRUCTOSE
PLANTS
ANIMALS
Word Bank: Amino acids, animals, carbohydrates, DNA, disaccharide, fructose, glucose, glycogen, isoleucine, leucine, lipids,
monosaccharide, nucleic acids, phospholipids, plants, polypeptides, polysaccharides, proteins, RNA, saturated, serine, starch, steroids,
sucrose, triglycerol, unsaturated
Cystic Fibrosis Concept Map
What cells it affects in the body
Type of genetic disorder
Cystic Fibrosis
Can be fixed by inserting a
Mutation in chromosome
Symptoms include
Into cells of this tissue, exposed to air
Caused by deletion of
_____ amino acids
In a gene called
By use of
Which leads to a misfolded
Protein pump
Which pumps out
If it is mutated
So this moves out of the cell
Does not remove
By a process called
So this stays in the cell
which keeps the mucus layer
Which makes the mucus layer
So the cilia cannot sweep out
So the cilia can sweep out
harmful
Word Bank: (answers may be used more than once or not at all) recessive, debris, coughing, small intestine, inhaler, increased
infection, 1, 7, in, out, water, moist, dry, gene, lungs, pancreas, chloride ions, poor digestion, osmosis, CFTR
Cystic Fibrosis Concept Map: KEY
LUNGS
What cells it affects in the body
RECESSIVE
Type of genetic disorder
Cystic Fibrosis
Can be fixed by inserting a
PANCREAS
Mutation in chromosome
SM. INTESTINE
GENE
Symptoms include
Into cells of this tissue, exposed to air
Caused by deletion of
7
1 _____ amino acids
COUGHING
LUNGS
In a gene called
By use of
Which leads to a misfolded
POOR DIGESTION
INHALER
Protein pump
CFTR
INC. INFECTION
CTRF
Which pumps out
If it is mutated
So this moves out of the cell
WATER
Does not remove
CHLORIDE IONS
By a process called
CHLORIDE IONS
So this stays in the cell
OSMOSIS
WATER
which keeps the mucus layer
Which makes the mucus layer
So the cilia cannot sweep out
DRY
MOIST
DEBRIS
So the cilia can sweep out
harmful
Word Bank: (answers may be used more than once or not at all) recessive, debris, coughing, small intestine, inhaler, increased
infection, 1, 7, in, out, water, moist, dry, gene, lungs, pancreas, chloride ions, poor digestion, osmosis, CFTR