How does new genetic information evolve?

Green London

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/lifeintheuk/london/green-london/upper-intermediate-listening

The Greenhouse Effect

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/environment/climate-change/climate-change-listening-activities.html

Smoggy London..

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/lifeintheuk/london/air-pollution/london-smog-lesson-activities.html

Natural Parks Almeria

http://www.andalucia.com/environment/protect/almeria.htm

WILDLIFE

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/places/United_Kingdom

http://www.npws.ie/national-parks

PROTECTED SITES IN IRELAND:http://www.npws.ie/protected-sites

U K NATIONAL PARKS

http://www.nationalparks.gov.uk/aboutus


 


http://www.beacons-npa.gov.uk/environment/understandbiod/bd-in-the-bbnp/

http://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/looking-after/managing-land-and-water/biodiversity

http://www.cairngormsnature.co.uk/where-to-see-wildlife

http://www.dartmoor.gov.uk/learningabout/lab-printableresources/lab-factsheetshome/lab-wildlifehabitatsfactsheet

http://www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/Whats-Special/wildlife

http://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/171189/factsheets_habitat.pdf

http://www.lochlomond-trossachs.org/learning/our-wildlife/menu-id-301.html

http://www.newforestnpa.gov.uk/info/20095/habitats_and_wildlife

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northumberland_National_Park



http://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/discover

http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/looking-after/biodiversity


http://www.pembrokeshirecoast.org.uk/default.asp?PID=81


http://www.eryri-npa.gov.uk/education/snowdonia-national-park/wildlife

https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/discover/wildlife/

http://www.natureinthedales.org.uk/

The Life of a Silkworm

 

Estudio histórico-artístico

de los tejidos de al-Andalus y afines.

CRISTINA PARTEARROYO LACABA

Instituto Valencia de Don Juan

/http://www.mecd.gob.es/cultura-mecd/dms/mecd/cultura-mecd/areas-cultura/patrimonio/mc/

REPRODUCTION

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bx3dvd-kesbEazdualBQWjh3c00/edit?usp=sharing

Asexual Reproduction
When an organism reproduces it makes another organism of the same _________. Some organisms reproduce ________. Cows make more cows and pigs make more pigs. Sexual reproduction combines genes from a mother and a father, making a genetically _________ organism. Other organisms reproduce asexually. In asexual reproduction, all the genes come from a ________ parent. Asexually produced offspring are genetically __________ to the parent. There are many methods1 of asexual reproduction. In some one-celled organisms, _________________ is a method of asexual reproduction. Bacteria cells reproduce through cell division. The cell makes a copy of its _____ then sends the copy into a new bacteria cell. Some bacteria cells can reproduce fast, making a new cell every 20 minutes. Another method of asexual reproduction is budding. Unicellular yeast cells grow new cells off of the ______ of another. When the cell is developed it falls off and a new ________ cell is produced. Some organisms produce offspring by splitting into pieces. A sea anemone can split down the middle resulting in the production of another individual _________ to the original. Some worms if split will continue to live as ______ identical worms. Both sexual and asexual reproduction produce __________. However, asexual reproduction makes genetically ___________ offspring and sexual reproduction makes __________ offspring. Try taking a __________ of a plant. You will be making another that has the same DNA as the parent plant. You just helped the plant to reproduce asexually!
2. ges·ta·tion /jeˈstāSHən/ n. The process of carrying or being carried in the womb between conception and birth.
Vocabulary
Below is a sentence from the video.
Some bacteria cells reproduce fast, making a new cell every 20 minutes.
Select the word that would best replace the word fast. (1) unhurried (2) rapid (3) leisurely (4) rapidly
Questions
1. According to the video, what is the gestation period of a pig? The amount of time a baby pig is in the womb is
2. How could two plants in different locations have the same DNA?


Create Complete the diagram.
Asexual
Sexual


Word Bank

Produce offspring
Genetically unique offspring
Genetically identical offspring
Sperm
Budding

Honey bees - Natural History 1

Honey bees - Natural History 1

Male birds show off their beauty to attract females - David Attenborough...

BBC Life: The Grebes

How Animals See The World

How Animals Adapt (Animal Atlas)

Animal Senses

https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/amaze.html


Some animals have developed amazing adaptations to their environments. Many different types of energy exist in the environment, some of which humans cannot detect. Here are some examples of how some animals sense the outside world and the anatomical structures that allow them to do so...


http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/worlds-deadliest/deadliest-snake-senses

Super Senses (Animal Atlas)

Unit 3: Interaction and coordination

Task
Imagine you are an insect. Find out about some very dangerous plants. Design a poster
with the following information:
• A description of some of these plants.
• Where do they grow?
• What do they eat?
• Why are they dangerous?

Illustrate your poster with drawings of the plants.

Resources:

http://www.botany.org/Carnivorous_Plants/
http://www.botany.org/bsa/misc/carn.html
http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq1040.html
http://www.kidsgardeningstore.com/ca2-16-06.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivorous_plant

ANIMAL NUTRITION

Insect mouthparts

 Insect mouthparts
Insects exhibit a range of mouthparts, adapted to particular modes of feeding. The earliest insects had chewing mouthparts. Specialization has mostly been for piercing and sucking, although a range of specializations exist, as these modes of feeding have evolved a number of times (for example, mosquitoes (which are flies) and aphids (which are true bugs) both pierce and suck, however female mosquitoes feed on animal blood whereas aphids feed on plant fluids)

 The development of insect mouthparts from the primitive chewing mouthparts of a grasshopper in the centre (A), to the lapping type (B) of a bee, the siphoning type (C) of a butterfly and the sucking type (D) of a female mosquito. Legend: a, antennae; c, compound eye; lb, labium; lr, labrum; md, mandibles; mx, maxillae hp hypopharynx. h                                                                      

                 


                    


 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect_mouthparts











                                                                                                                                                                                      

Plant Cell Lab

http://biologycorner.com/worksheets/cell_lab_plant.html

Purpose: Students will observe plant cells using a light microscope. Two cells will be observed, one from the skin of an onion, and the other from a common aquarium water plant (anacharis). Students will compare both types of cells.

Prelab Questions

1. What is the function of chloroplasts?
2. Name two structures found in plant cells but not animal cells.
3. Name three structures found in plant cells AND in animal cells.
4. What structure surrounds the cell membrane (in plants) and gives the cell support.

Part A - Onion Cells

     

Part B - Elodea Cells

View a prepared slide of elodea (anacharis), which is an aquarium plant. As the slide warms from the light of the microscope, you may see the chloroplasts moving, a process called cytoplasmic streaming.

   

Post Lab Questions

1. Describe the shape and the location of chloroplasts.
2. Why were no chloroplasts found in the onion cells? (hint: think about where you find onions)
3. Which type of cell was smaller - the onion cells or the elodea cells?
4. Fill out theVenn Diagram below to show the differences and similarities between the onion cells and the elodea cells.