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 2; Reproduction – Paper 1 Questions; Reproduction – 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.