Resources

Reading – Online Texts

Interactive Biology lectures

Watching – Lectures, Videos & Animations, Documentaries

Biology lectures

Khan Academy – Bozeman Science – Crash Course – Brightstorm

Videos

Week 1: Phylogeny & Evolution Darwin and the Tree of Life Convergent Evolution	Week 2: Viruses, Prokaryotes Lytic vs Lysogenic Virus Cycles Discovering Microbes Binary Fission Resistant Bacteria on Giant Petri Dish Oil-Eating Bacteria	Week 3: Protists The Endosymbiont Theory Kingdom Protista Deadly protists: – the malaria parasite – Trypanosoma	Week 4: Fungi What are Fungi? The Fungarium at Kew Royal Botanic Gardens Fungus Cannon The Wood Wide Web (mycorrhizae) Never Eat the Clean Part of Moldy Bread	Week 5 & 6: Plants Bryophyte Life Cycle Fern Life Cycle Seed Production in Gymnosperms Sex Lives of Christmas Trees Gnetophytes: Welwitsia, a Living fossil Double Fertilization in Angiosperms The Millenium Seed Bank Buzz Pollination
Week 7: Animals Animals Phyla Coral Bleaching Planaria Regeneration House Centipedes Sea Urchins Oh Worm! (Additional Dissection Videos)	Week 8: Homeostasis & Tissues Human Body 101	Week 9: Circulatory Systems The Human Circulatory System Coronary Artery Bypass Blood Groups	Week 10: Immune Systems Leukocyte Chasing Bacteria Your Immune System Under a Microscope The Immune System Explained How Vaccines Work Herd Immunity	Week 11: Digestive Systems Swallowing X-ray MyPlate.org Cow Ruminating Cloaca-Turd Machine
Week 12: Respiratory Systems Breathing Breathing 2 The Human Respiratory System	Week 13 Excretory Systems How Do Your Kidneys Work?	Week 14: Reproductive Systems Fertilization Fertilization & Fetal Development Chick Embryo Development From Zygote to Tadpole	Week 15: Nervous Systems Human Brain 101 The Unfixed Brain You Are Two Neurons Making Connections

Documentaries

Your Inner Fish (PBS; 3 episodes) – Planet Earth (BBC; 2 seasons) –

What Plants Talk About (Nature; PBS) – The First Flower (Nova; PBS) – In the Mind of Plants (Arte) – The Seedy Side of Plants (Nature; PBS) – The Private Life of Plants: Flowering (BBC)

The Miracle of Life (Nova; PBS)

Your Brain: Who is in Control? (Nova; PBS)

Listening – Podcasts

How Charles Darwin Worked

How Natural Selection Works

The Life-Changing Magic of Fungi (Good Life Project)