BIOL 6A: Biological Form & Function
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Lecture Slides
- B6A-1: Introduction
- B6A-2: Taxonomy & Systematics
- B6A-3: Cell Cycles & Life Cycles
- B6A-4: Plant Development & Tissues
- B6A-5: Transport & Exchange Processes in Vascular Plants
- B6A-6: Gas Exchange in Animals
- B6A-7: Circulatory Systems
- B6A-8: Animal Development & Tissues
- B6A-9: Homeostasis & Thermoregulation
- B6A-10: Feeding & Digestion
- B6A-11: Osmoregulation & Excretion
- B6A-12: Communication & Coordination of Body Functions
- B6A-12B: Neuron Regulation
- B6A-13: Sensory Systems
- B6A-14: Muscles & Skeletons
- B6A-15: Animal Reproduction
Lab Manual
Lab-Lecture Notes
- A. Sci Method
- A2. Microscopy & Microbes
- Specimen slides to accompany the Microbes & Microscopy Lab Exercise
- B. Systematics & Cladistics
- C. Plants
- Specimen slides to accompany the Lab Manual
- SE-1: Study Exercise — Gas Physics & Diving Physiology
- D. Fungi
- Specimen slides to accompany the Lab Manual
- Fungi
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- Deep Look, KQED and PBS Digital Studios
- Deep Look, KQED and PBS Digital Studios
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- Fungi
- Specimen slides to accompany the Lab Manual
LxV1 - Vocabulary list for the Plant & Fungi Quiz
- E1. Animalia - pt. 1
- Specimen slides to accompany the Lab Manual
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- excerpts from The Shape of Life, Sea Studios Foundation
- Deep Look, KQED and PBS Digital Studios
- Squidtoons
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- E2. Animalia - pt. 2
- Specimen slides to accompany the Lab Manual
- Animals II
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- excerpts from The Shape of Life, Sea Studios Foundation
- Platyhelminthyes (flatworms)
- Annelida (segmented worms)
- Deep Look, KQED and PBS Digital Studios
- excerpts from The Shape of Life, Sea Studios Foundation
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- Animals II
- Specimen slides to accompany the Lab Manual
- E3. Animalia - pt. 3
- Specimen slides to accompany the Lab Manual
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- excerpts from The Shape of Life, Sea Studios Foundation
- Deep Look, KQED and PBS Digital Studios
- Watch These Cunning Snails Stab and Swallow Fish Whole
- You're Not Hallucinating... That's Just Squid Skin
- This Adorable Sea Slug is a Sneaky Little Thief
- If Your Hands Could Smell, You’d Be an Octopus
- Barnacles Go To Unbelievable Lengths To Hook Up
- Sea Urchins Pull Themselves Inside Out to be Reborn
- Squidtoons
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- F. Bugs
- Specimen slides to accompany the Lab Manual
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- excerpts from The Shape of Life, Sea Studios Foundation
- Deep Look, KQED and PBS Digital Studios
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- LxV2 – Vocabulary List for the Invertebrate Animal Quiz
- SE-2: Study Exercise — Kidney Function & Osmoregulation
- SE-2 graph — graphs of osmoregulation in human kidney
- G. Chordates
- Specimen slides to accompany the Lab Manual
- H. Fishes
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- Deep Look, KQED and PBS Digital Studios
- Squidtoons
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- LxV3 – Vocabulary List for the Vertebrate Animal Quiz
- SE-3: Study Exercise — Sensory–Motor
Lab Supplements & Resources
- Heyer Education Lab Specimen Tutorial - created by Simon Siu
- Bone Lab with Professor Heyer
Christine & Rebecca's Dissection Guides (De Anza):
Dissection videos:
Organismal Biology Instructional Media
- University of Alberta, Department of Biology instructional multimedia
(animations and quizzes; require Adobe Flash emulator, such as Ruffle.)- Biology History Quiz!
- Microscope Basics
- How to make a Wet Mount
- Plant Cell - mix and match
- The Fern Life Cycle
- Parts of the Flowering Plant
- Transport in Plants
- Life Cycle of Seed Plants
- Angiosperm Life Cycle
- Animal Cells
- Structure and Function of Sponges
- Sinusoidal Locomotion in Worms
- Peristalsis Locomotion in Worms
- Protonephridia and Metanephridia
- Life Cycle of Obelia (phylum Cnidaria; class Hydrozoa)
- Life Cycle of a jellyfish (phylum Cnidaria; class Scyphozoa)
- Water Flow and Feeding in Filibranch Bivalve (mussel)
- Water Flow and Feeding in Eulamellibranch Bivalve (clam)
- Squid Locomotion
- Crustacean Claw Form and Function
- Form and Feeding of Sea Urchins
- Tunicate Anatomy and Feeding (Sea Squirt)
- Animal Taxonomy Quiz!
- excerpts from The Shape of Life, Sea Studios Foundation, 2001
(videos and animations)
- Porifera (sponges)
- Cnidaria
- Platyhelminthyes (flatworms)
- Annelida (segmented worms)
- Mollusca
- Arthropoda — marine
- Arthropoda — terrestrial
- Echinodermata