Course Introduction || 1 Video
- Methods of Study & Test Preparation
- Additional Resources
Lesson 1: Introduction to Biology and the Scientific Method || 1 Video
- The Study of Life and Common Themes
- Observation and Hypothesis in the Study of Nature
- The Scientific Process
Lesson 2: The Chemical Level of Life || 1 Video
- Atoms, Molecules, and Compounds
- Covalent and Ionic Bonds
- The Movement of Substances Within Body Fluids – Diffusion and Osmosis
- Body Fluids – Extra and Intra Cellular Fluids
Lesson 3: Water – The Molecule of Life || 1 Video
- The Four Main Properties of Water
- Acids and Bases
- Buffers
Lesson 4: Carbon – The Molecule of Diversity || 1 Video
- Carbon Skeletons, Hydrocarbons, and Isomers
- Chemical Groups Important to Molecular Function and Processes of Life
Lesson 5: The Cell || 1 Video
- Meet the Cells – Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic
- Understanding the Nucleus: The Cell’s Information Center
- Understanding Ribosomes: The Cell’s Protein Factories
- Understanding the Endoplasmic Reticulum: The Body’s Biosynthetic Factory
- Understanding the Golgi Apparatus: The Cell’s Shipping and Receiving Centre
- Understanding Lysosomes: Compartments for Cellular Digestion
- Understanding Vacuoles: Cellular Maintenance Compartments
- How Mitochondria and Chloroplasts Change Energy From One Form to Another
- Extracellular Components, Walls, and the ECM
Lesson 6: Cellular Metabolism and Respiration || 1 Video
- The Energy of Life
- Forms of Energy
- Thermodynamics and Its Laws
- The Energy of Life and Work – Cellular Respiration
- Catabolic Pathways and ATP
- The Stages of Cellular Respiration
Lesson 7: Photosynthesis || 1 Video
- The Chemistry of Photosynthesis
- The Two Stages of Photosynthesis
Lesson 8: The Cell Cycle || 1 Video
- Phases of the Cell Cycle
- The Evolution of Mitosis
Lesson 9: Molecular Inheritance || 1 Video
- The Basics of DNA
- The Cell Cycle Review and DNA Replication
Lesson 10: Evolution and Populations
- Genetic Variation
- Genetic Drift
Lesson 11: Phylogeny & The Tree of Life
- The Classification System
- The Molecular Clock & Evolutionary Time
Lesson 12: Plant Diversity – How Plants Colonized Land
- Hypothesis – Plants Evolved from Green Algae
- Origin and Diversification of Plants
Lesson 13: Soil and Plant Nutrition
- Soil is a Living, Complex Ecosystem
- The Importance of Bacteria in the Nitrogen Cycle and Fixation
Lesson 14: Introduction to Ecology
- Earth’s Climate
- Ecological Change and Evolution Affect Each Other
Lesson 15: Ecosystems and Restoration
- Physical Laws Govern Ecosystems
