CPO BIOLOGY Schedule and Links

One of these items is to be done four days a week, Tuesday through Friday. I expect each task to take 20-30 minutes on average. Some activity days or video days might be longer.

The loop schedule follows this pattern:
1.) Watch videos on chapter topic.
2.) Read a section, do review orally. Do one of the skills worksheets.
3.) Read Connection, do extra science reading from literary selections recommended in the teacher's guide.  Sometimes I've scheduled the chapter activity here, but many of them are geared towards classrooms so we won't do all of them.
4.) Watch more videos, and do final chapter test.
We usually don't do the skills worksheets that involve in-depth experiments or set-ups. We use TOPS science, Mystery Science and the VanCleave science activity books for our hands-on science experiments instead.

1. Watch videos on Measurement
1. Measurement Mystery: Crash Course Kids #9.2 (3:44)
2. Bill Nye: Measurement (22.57)
2. Read section and do review - 1.1 Measurements
3. Read section and do review - 1.2 Thinking like a scientist
4. Read section and do review - 1.3 Graphs
5. Read Connection: Role of a Scientist and do extra reading
6. More videos, and Chapter test
1. TED-ED Why the Metric System Matters (5:07)
7. Watch videos on Living Things
1. 11 Biggest Living Things (6:54)
2. National Geographic Documentary: Wild Islands Zanzibar (43:59)
8. Read section and do review - 2.1 Is it Alive?
9. Read section and do review - 2.2 How living things are organized
10. Read Connection: Is there proof of life on Mars?
11. More videos, and Chapter test
1. National Geographic Documentary: Rare and Exotic Animals (52:05)
12. Watch videos on Classifying Living Things
1. Taxonomy: Life's Filing System Crash Course Biology #19 (12:15)
13. Read section and do review - 3.1 Types of living things
14. Read section and do review - 3.2 Dichotomous Keys
15. Read Connection: Discovering a New Species
16. More videos, and Chapter Test
1. Speciation: Of Ligers and Men - Crash Course Biology #15 (10:24)
17. Watch videos on Physical Science Connections
1. The Periodic Table: Crash Course Chemistry #4 (11:21)
18. Read section and do review - 4.1 Elements and Compounds
19. Read section and do review - 4.2 The Compounds of Life
20. Read section and do review - 4.3 Physical Variables
21. Connection: Chef or Scientist?
22. More videos, and Chapter Test
1. TED-ED The Genius of Mendeleev's Periodic Table (4:24)
2. Will the Periodic Table Ever Be Complete? SciShow (3:40)
23. Watch videos on Ecosystems
1. Ecosystem Ecology: Links in the Chain Ecology #7 (10:09)
24. Read Read section and do review - 5.1 Ecosystems, Energy and Nutrients
25. Read section and do review - 5.2 Food Chains and Food Webs
26. Read section and do review - 5.3 Ecosystems, a Natural Balance
27. Read Connection: Food Webs of the Deep
28. More videos, and Chapter Test
1. Ecology - Rules for Living on Earth - Crash Course Biology #40 (10:25)
2. Bozeman Science - Energy Flow in Ecosystems (7:45)
29. Watch videos on Biomes
1. AMAZING Introduction to Biomes (3:09)
2. Rivers of the Sun Amazonia (52:02)
30. Read section and do review - 6.1 Climates and Biomes
31. Read section and do review - 6.2 Deserts and Grasslands Video: Worlds Deadliest Animals Deserts to Grassland (35:41)
32. Read section and do review - 6.3 Temperate Forests and Rainforests Video: The Magical Forest BBC Plants Documentary (2.5 hrs)
33. Read section and do review - 6.4 Taigas and Tundras Video: Children of the Tundra (28:18) Video: Nat Geo Iceland (45:05)
34. Read Connection: Ecological Impact of Forest Fires
35. More videos, and Chapter Test
1. How the Sahara Desert was Made Documentary (44:54)
36. Watch videos on cell structure and function
1. Biology: Cell Structure (7:21)
2. Eukarypolis The City of Animal Cells Crash Course Biology #4 (11:34)
37. Read section and do review - 7.1 What are cells?
38. Read section and do review - 7.2 Cells: A look inside
39. Read Connection: Organ Transplants
40. More videos, and Chapter Test
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41. Watch videos on cell processes
1. Why do organ transplants fail so often? (3:56 min)
2. Heart in a Box: UCLA patient's life-saving donor heart arrives 'warm and beating' inside box (4:20 mins)
42. Read section and do review - 8.1 The Cell Membrane
43. Read section and do review - 8.2 Cells and Energy
44. Read Connection: Amazing cells!
45. More videos, and Chapter Test
1. NOVA Origin of Life - How Life started on Earth (49:53)
46. Watch videos on the microscopic world
1. 50 Things Looking Totally Bizarre Under a Microscope (6:02)
2. Old and Odd: Archaea, Bacteria, and Protists Crash Course Biology #35 (12:16)
47. Read section and do review - 9.1 Protozoans
48. Read section and do review - 9.2 Bacteria
49. Read section and do review - 9.3 Viruses
50. Read Connection: The good, the bad, the microbe
51. More videos, and Chapter Test
1. Nat Geo Virus Evolution Documentary (42:46)
52. Watch videos on reproduction
1. Reproductive System Part 1 Female Reproductive System Crash Course #40 (10:14)
2. Reproductive System Part 2 Male Reproductive System Crash Course (10:43)
53. Read section and do review - 10.1 Growth and cell reproduction
54. Read section and do review - 10.2 Sexual reproduction and meiosis
55. Read Connection: Differences between twins start with cells
56. More videos, and Chapter Test
1. Reproductive System Part 3 Sex and Fertilization (9:58) - I've previewed this video and I find it's fine for a grade 6 level, but it goes into quite a lot of depth so please preview it beforehand to make sure it's right for your child.
2. Reproductive System Part 4 Pregnancy and Development (10:44)
57. Watch videos on heredity
1. GENETICS: Greatest Discoveries with Bill Nye (44:07)
58. Read section and do review - 11.1 Traits
59. Read section and do review - 11.2 Predicting Heredity
60. Read section and do review - 11.3 Other patterns of inheritance
61. Read Connection: An inherited blood disease
62. More videos, and Chapter Test
1. TED-ED How Mendel's Pea Plants helped us understand Genetics (3:06)
2. Bozeman Science: Mendelian Genetics (16:03)
63. Watch videos on The Code of Life
1. PBS The Secret of Life (53 mins)
64. Read section and do review - 12.1 The role of DNA in Heredity
65. Read section and do review - 12.2 DNA and technology
66. Read Connection: Cracking the Code Video: NOVA Cracking Your Genetic Code (55:27)
67. More videos, and Chapter Test
1. PBS The Human Race - the Human Genome Project (53 mins)
2. OR Miracle Cure: A Decade of the Human Genome BBC (53:54)
68. Watch videos on evolution
1. Evolution: It's a Thing - Crash Course Biology #20 (11:43)
69. Read section and do review - 13.1 Evidence for Evolution
70. Read section and do review - 13.2 How Evolution Works
71. Read section and do review - 13.3 Natural Selection
72. Read Connection: Chameleons of the Sea
73. More videos, and Chapter Test
1. Natural Selection - Crash Course Biology #14 (13:43)
74. Watch videos on earth and life history
1. Nat Geo The History of Earth (1.5 hrs)
75. Read section and do review - 14.1 Evidence from Rocks
76. Read section and do review - 14.2 How Earth Changes Video: The World in 2050 (38:15)
77. Watch: Snowball Earth (48:02)
78. Read section and do review - 14.3 Life History Video: David Attenborough Origin of Life (58:45)
79. Read Connection: Mass extinctions, devastation and opportunity. Do Chapter 14 Activity: Radioactivity and Half-life
80. More videos, and Chapter Test
1. NOVA What Darwin Never Knew (1:51 hrs)
81. Watch videos on the diversity of life
1. Nat Geo Desert Seas by David Attenborough (44:57)
82. Read section and do review - 15.1 Taxonomy and Systematics
83. Read section and do review - 15.2 Algae and Fungi
84. Read Connection: Likeable Lichens. Do chapter 15 activity: How to make a simple Cladogram
85. More videos, and Chapter Test
1. Energy 101: Algae to Fuels (2:33)
2. Bozeman Science: Fungi (9:13)
86. Watch videos on plants
1. TED-ED How plants tell time (4:19 mins)
2. BBC How Plants Communicate & Think (52 mins)
3. What Plants Talk About (52 mins)
87. Read section and do review - 16.1 What are plants?
88. Read section and do review - 16.2 Roots, Stems, and Leaves
89. Read section and do review - 16.3 Reproduction in Flowering Plants
90. Read Connection: The Buds and the Bees
91. More videos, and Chapter Test
92. Watch videos on animals
1. Comparative Anatomy: What Makes Us Animals Crash Course Biology #21 (8:50)
2. David Attenboroughs Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates (59:02)
93. Read section and do review - 17.1 What is an animal?
94. Read section and do review - 17.2 Invertebrate structure and function
95. Read section and do review - 17.3 Vertebrate structure and function
96. Read Connection: Snails vs. Crabs: An Undersea Arms Race. Do Chapter 17 activity: Making an evolutionary tree
97. More videos, and Chapter Test
98. Watch videos on human body systems
99. Read section and do review - 18.1 Circulation and Respiration
100. Read section and do review - 18.2 Other Organ Systems
101. Read Connection: Skin grafts for Burn Victims. Do chapter 18 activity: Build a Lung Model
102. More videos, and Chapter Test
103. Watch videos on support and movement in the human body
104. Read section and do review - 19.1 Bones and Muscles
105. Read section and do review - 19.2 The Human Body as a Machine
106. Read Connection: Prosthetic Legs and Technology. Do chapter 19 activity: Leg levers, Digger or Runner?
107. More videos, and Chapter Test
108. Watch videos on vision and hearing
109. Read section and do review - 20.1 The Nervous System
110. Read section and do review - 20.2 Color Vision
111. Read section and do review - 20.3 Light and Images
112. Read section and do review - 20.4 Hearing
113. Read Connection: Keeping Things in Focus. Do Chapter 20 activity: Build a Human Ear Model
114. More videos, and Chapter Test