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11.4 Sexual Reproduction

6.6. & 11.4 Reproduction from Bob Smullen

Paul Andersen describes The Reproductive System in 9m. In Crash Course Biology #34 – The Reproductive System: How Gonads Go, Hank lets us in on the meaning of life, at least from a biological perspective – it’s reproduction.

GAMETOGENESIS

Fantastic animated tutorials from McGraw Hill Education – spermatogenesis &  the  maturation of the oocyte & follicle.

FERTILISATION

Impressive Journey of Sperm – a 6m video on fertilisation.

IMPLANTATION & EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT

Day 0 to 7 Fertilization, Zygote, Blastocyst 4m video from Armando Hasudungan. Implantation – a 2m 53s animation.

A Biologist’s Mother’s Day Song (3m 50s):

Amazing – Child is born still inside Amniotic Sac – happens to just one in every 80,000 babies

6.6 Hormones, Homeostasis & Reproduction

BioKnowledgy presentation on 6.6 hormones homeostasis and reproduction from Chris Paine

6.6 Hormones, Homeo & Repro notes to complete (created by Mrs Green).

IB Biology 6.6 notes – Cheryl Haus talks us through the topic while making notes in a 1 hour video.

Some past paper questions answered by IB Blueprint: Nerves, hormones and homeostasis – Paper 1 Questions ; Nerves, hormones and homeostasis – Paper 2Reproduction – Paper 1 QuestionsReproduction – Paper 2 Questions.

HORMONES

Crash Course Biology #33: Great Glands – Your Endocrine System (11m). Hank also does Endocrine System, part 1 – Glands & Hormones (Crash Course A&P #23) in 10m 24s and part 2, Hormone Cascades (Crash Course A&P #24) in 9m 33s.

The Endocrine system explained in under 4 minutes – a nice introductory video – or here is a 5m video The Endocrine System in more detail than you need or Mr Andersesn’s The Endocrine System in 13m 47s.

HOMEOSTASIS & NEGATIVE FEEDBACK

Positive & negative feedback loops, a 14m video lesson from Mr Andersen, who also teaches us elements of a feedback loop in 9 minutes.

‘What does the Pancreas do?’ (from Emma Bryce & TED-Ed):

THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE & HORMONES

How menstruation works and Why do women have periods? – 2 videos from TEDEd.

Animated, narrated tutorial on the menstrual cycle from Sinauer Associates; there’s also an animated, narrated tutorial on IVF.

In Crash Course Biology #34 – The Reproductive System: How Gonads Go, Hank lets us in on the meaning of life, at least from a biological perspective – it’s reproduction.

The physics of sperm vs. the physics of sperm whales from TED-Ed.