Science+-+Biology

Find some more pictures of invertebrates at []



=Student Activities - Introduction to Biology= Take the Fossweb "Diversity of Life" challenge - upload your digital photos of seeds, leaves, flowers or 'critters' to the site - []
 * Activity 1**

Characteristics of Life - from Gerald Ardito in New York at []
 * Activity 2**

Create your own video documentary in the style of one of the following famous naturalists: David Attenborough Steve Irwin, Crocodile Hunter Charles Darwin, "Father of Evolution" Make sure you include all the structual, functional and behavioural characterisitics which make your chosen species unique.
 * Activity 3**

Write an essay - "If I was an animal I would be a................." . Explain all the characteristics you have in common with that animal and all that is different. David Attenborough, for example, claims he would be a three-toed sloth, because they are incredibly lazy, slow-moving and sleep a lot!
 * Activity 4**

Research an Australian Threatened Species (from the DSE list of [|Threatened Species Fact Sheets]) and use the following student task sheet, assessment rubric and research grid to assist you. Victorian threatened species list - Student task sheet for "Threatened Animal" project, including assessment rubric. Research Table for Animal Porject.
 * Activity 5 -** See student work here

Information about Australian threayened species [] David Attenborough web site: [] David Attenborough clip - The Australian Lyrebird. [] David Attenborough's Life Photo Competition - Finalists on Flickr []

Alternatively, you may like to present your research as a report back to England in the style of [|Charles Darwin] - the famous biologist who first wrote about the theory of evolution in his book "Origin of Species" about 150 years ago. He was the first scientist to visit Australia and describe some of it's unique animals, such as the kangaroo and platypus, to the English, who hardly believed such creatures existed! More about [|Charles Darwin at the BBC]site and at Zephyrus: []

Student task sheet for "Plants in the Vegetable Garden" project. The following are links to various Animal Cameras - showing animal behaviour in real time: Sea Otter @http://montereybayaquarium.org/efc/efc_otter/otter_cam.asp Panda Cams @http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-giant_panda.html @http://www.sandiegozoo.org/zoo/ex_panda_station.html @http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GiantPandas/default.cfm Peregrine Falcon Cams \\http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/Web_Cams/TorontoKingSt/index.htm @http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/peregrinecam/ Bald Eagle Cams @http://www.nwf.org/eaglecam/webcam.cfm @http://www.wvec.com/news/norfolk/stories/wvec_local_050306_eaglecam.61748cc.html @http://chil.vcoe.org/eagle_cam.htm Elephant Cam @http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wap/ex_elephants.html =General Biology= Biology 4 kids - [] World records in the Animal Kingdom - [] Biology games and quizzes: [] National Geographic - Fun Activities fro kids including cartoons, recipes and crafts - [] Fossweb - Full Option Science System for Inquiry-based learning - [] =Our Voicethread - "Is it Living or non-Living?"= media type="custom" key="3823707" =Human Body - Living Connections= National Geographic - [|Incredible Human Machine interactive] Visible Body - [] Digestive System animation - [] Interactive Autopsy- [] (Not for the squeamish! - details about what happens during an autopsy). The Brain from Top to Bottom - [] Heart animation - []

=Cells= Biology 4 Kids - Cells - [] [|Cells Alive] - an interactive web site Virtual microscope - red blood cell smear - [] Close up of blood cells - [] Cell Biology clip (You Tube) - [] [|3D Cell Explorer] animations of cell processes. [|The Virtual Electron Microscope] - a lesson plan from Discovery Education. =Animals= ARKive - Images of life on earth - [] =Plants= Biology 4 Kids - Plants - [] Simple experiments to learn abiout plants - [] =**Classification media type="custom" key="6053633"**= Plants or Animals? - http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/plantsoranimals.html Dichotomous Keys - [] Animal Corner - [] Planet Science - Classification activities and masks fo the five kingdoms [] Spineless Wonders - totla resource for insects spiders and other non-vertebrates: [] =Adaptations of Living Organisms= media type="custom" key="2128591" =Parts of the Light Microscope= media type="custom" key="2128597" =Cells= media type="custom" key="2128583" media type="custom" key="3740083"