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Important Links and Resources

Are you looking for a movie to watch online, or interested in a website to explore?

Check out the following resources to further your knowledge and understanding of topics related to our course.

CURRICULUM LINKS
UNIT 1 - Characteristics of Living Things
Introduction to the Characteristics of Life
Characteristics of Living Things - BBC

Check out the following links to practice classifying the different characteristics of living things:
Sea Urchins
C. Elegans
Blood
Stem Cells
Elodea
Zebrafish
Amoeba

Brain Pop - A GREAT resource for all kinds of subjects... very FUN!

UNIT 2 - Microscopes
History and parts of a Microscope
Exploratorium Microscope Imaging Station
Parts of a Microscope
Human body under a microscope
Extreme magnifications of various insects, parasites, and cells
The world's most powerful microscope
The invisible world

Unit 3 - Levels of Organization
Levels of Organization Review
Levels of Organization - Advanced
Human Cheek Cells

Unit 4 - Cell Biology
Cell Rap
What is Bacteria?
What is a Virus?
Germs Movie, Bacteria and Viruses

Unit 5 - Six Kingdoms of Living Things
Why do Plants Have Purple Leaves?
6 Kingdoms of Classification
6 Kingdoms of Living Things - Summary
Archaebacteria
6 Kingdoms Jeopardy Review Game

Unit 6 - Kingdom Plantae
Osmosis and Diffusion
Diffusion
Osmosis
Plants Rock Song
Vascular vs. Non-vascular Plants

UNIT 7 - BODY SYSTEMS
What is an atom?
What is a molecule?

Unit 8 - Human Organ Systems
National Geographic - Incredible Human Machine
Episode 1 - Integumentary System
Episode 2 - Nervous System
Episode 3 - Respiratory System
Episode 4 - Circulatory System
Episode 5 - Digestive System
Episode 6 - Muscular System
Episode 7 - Skeletal System
Episode 8 - Reproductive System
Episode 9 - Human Brain

Bangladesh
A Woman's life in Bangladesh
Climate Change in Bangladesh

HOLIDAY LINKS
HALLOWEEN SUGAR LESSONS -
Sugar Stacks
The Effects of Soda and Sugar on Your Body
Halloween Candy Buy Back

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Martin Luther King Jr. -
"Our Friend Martin" - An Animated Classic!
I Celebrate MLK! - A fun song/video
"I Have a Dream" Speech - Animated
Shadow of Hate - Extended Trailer
Gandhi - Extended Trailer
Gandhi - Full Movie

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Cesar Chavez -
Fingers to the Bone: Child Farmworkers in the United States
Children of the Fields

Sustainability:

The End of Easter Island - National Geographic describing the end of the civilization
Tragedy of the Commons - Animated short film
Tragedy of the Commons - Video providing a simple explanation
The Story of Stuff Project - Entertaining video clips explaining how "stuff" is made, created, and where it goes once you are ready to throw your "stuff" away

Websites:

The 4 R's Video and "Doing the Rot Thing"
Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect
Going Vegetarian in the Bay Area
Taking Back our Trash - A Film About Trash
An Incredible Way to Reuse a Water Bottle! - Philippines
Save the Trees - Clear Cutting Videos
What the (Bleep) is the Green Economy?
The Majestic Plastic Bag - A Mockumentary
A Plastic State of Mind - Music video parody
Plastic Bags and the Marine Environment
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Global Footprint Network - Calculate your family's ecological footprint, your country's, and the world's
Appliance Energy Usage - Determine the energy use of your appliances
Water Use Calculator - Calculate your family's water usage
Power House - Online game about home energy use
What Would It Look Like? - Explains the state of the world today, and discusses the importance of a new way of thinking.
How it's Made - From Tree to Paper
Life Cycle Analysis Example Drawing of a Newspaper

Films available on Netflix.com to watch instantly:

No Impact Man
Big Ideas for a Small Planet
The Age of Stupid
Fuel
A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
Crude
Tapped
The Ecological Footprint

Food - You Are What you Eat
Websites:

Films available on Netflix.com to watch instantly:

Food, Inc.
What's on Your Plate?
Food Matters
The Future of Food
King Corn

National Geographic Global Climate Change