Category Archives: Option C Ecology & Conservation

C1 Species & Communities (SL & HL)

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C.1 species and community from Bob Smullen

Bio C1 Species & Communities in 5 minutes from roxprice:

Mr Andersen explains the niche in 5 minutes:

Community Ecology: Feel the Love – Crash Course Ecology #4 with Hank Green:

Community Ecology II: Predators – Crash Course Ecology #5 also with Hank:

Sampling strategies (Scot. Environment, 6m 45s); Transect, Quadrats and Percentage Cover to investigate the Distribution of Clover (6m 40s); Plant Sampling Techniques (Botany Web Series, 3m); and Quadrat Sampling (2016) IB Biology from Mr Alex Lee.

This is a fantastic 5m video demonstrating KEYSTONE SPECIES: how wolves change rivers.

C2 Communities & Ecosystems (SL & HL)

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C.2 communities and ecosystem from Bob Smullen

Bio C2 Communities & Ecosystems in 5 minutes from roxprice:

Ecosystem Ecology: Links in the Chain – Crash Course Ecology #7 with Hank Green:

or here is Energy Flow in Ecosystems from Mr Andersen:

SUCCESSION

Mr Andersen explains Succession in 6 minutes:

and Hank Green takes 10 minutes in Ecological Succession: Change is Good – Crash Course Ecology #6:

Videos on Surtsey and primary succession: The Formation of Surtsey (Encyclopedia Britannica); Surtsey Still Surprises (58s); Stages of Primary Succession (3m 30s).

C3 Impacts of Humans on Ecosystems (SL & HL)

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C.3 impact of humans on ecosystems from Bob Smullen

Bio C3 Human Impact in 5 minutes from roxprice:

5 Human Impacts on the Environment: Crash Course Ecology #10 with Hank Green:

ALIEN SPECIES

Invasion of the deadly Cane Toad (4m video); Giant Cane Toad (1m); and for fun: Cane-Toad, an animation short, Pixar-style

The threat of invasive species – Jennifer Klos (5m from TED-Ed); Are Invasive Species Breaking Ecosystems? (4m); Invasive Species, Rats in Pacific Islands (NatGeo, 2m)

25 most invasive creatures on earth (10m); Island solutions: Eradicating invasive species for biodiversity restoration (3m)

BIOMAGNIFICATION

DDT Let’s Put It Everywhere 1946 (5m 45s); DDT A Threat to America’s Bald Eagles (3m); Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification in Marine Ecosystems (4m)

MARINE PLASTIC

What really happens to the plastic you throw away:

The Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch:

and some good news! – India has banned all forms of disposable plastic in its capital (1m video).

C4 Conservation of Biodiversity (SL & HL)

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C.4 Conservation of Biodiversity from Bob Smullen

Bio C4 Conservation Biodiversity in 5 minutes from roxprice:

INDICATOR SPECIES

Biological sampling & recording: Kick sampling (7m 48s from FSC); Kick Sampling (1m)

BIODIVERSITY

Why is Biodiversity so important? (TED-Ed 4m video)

E.O. Wilson on Biodiversity in one minute; How Do the Many Islands of the Philippines Contribute to Its Biodiversity? (2m).

Loss of Biodiversity from Mr Andersen (7m 24s)

CONSERVATION

Conservation & the race to save Biodiversity (12m video)

Conservation and Restoration Ecology: Crash Course Ecology #12 (10m)

C5 Population Ecology (HL only)

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C.5 population.pptx from Bob Smullen

Option C.5 Estimating Population in 11m 28s from Megan Couser and Bio C.5 Population Ecology in 5 minutes from roxprice:

Population Ecology: The Texas Mosquito Mystery – Crash Course Ecology #2 from Hank Green:

MARINE RESOURCES

An excellent 8m video on the effects of overfishing: What happened to the Grand Banks cod?

State of the Planet’s Oceans: Decimation of the Atlantic Cod Fishery (4m 12s)

EMPTY OCEANS: Is The World Running Out Of Fish? (17m)

Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean (a TED talk in 18m)

No Fish Left Uncounted – Full Episode (27m)

Sustainable Use of Marine Resources (2m 21s)

HUMAN POPULATION

Hans Rosling: global population growth, box by box in a 10m vid; human population growth: Crash Course Ecology #3 in 10m.

Number of humans on the planet today? – see worldometer.