Watch "Speciation: An Illustrated Introduction" on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yvEDqrc3XE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Study classes Saturday and Sunday

Dear Students

Please don't forget your Level 3 Biology exam this coming Tuesday. 

Over the weekend there are two organised study class running:

Saturday 9 November from 11.00 am to 1.00 pm in room B12 with Mr Edwards

Sunday 10 November from 1.00 pm to 3.00 pm in room B8 with Mrs Rippon

Students from all Biology classes are welcome to attend these study classes.

Regards

Mr Edwards

Class of 2013

They have an exam in less than a week,

Year 13 Biology revision

Dear Students

I hope your Biology revision is well underway and you are making good use of the long weekend. In class last week I mentioned two very good web pages that could help your preparation. They were No Brain too Small and Pass Biology. 

Regards

Mr Edwards

Oldest Skeleton of Human Ancestor Found

Oldest Skeleton of Human Ancestor Found:

'via Blog this'

Homo Erectus Invented "Modern" Living?

Homo Erectus Invented "Modern" Living?:

'via Blog this'

Human Evolution Timeline Interactive | The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program

Human Evolution Timeline Interactive | The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program:

'via Blog this'

Milestones in Human Evolution | Newsdesk

Milestones in Human Evolution | Newsdesk:

'via Blog this'

On line text book focused on nzqa biology topics

http://www.passbiology.co.nz/home

BBC News - Blow to multiple human species idea

A recent news article regarding human ancestors

BBC News - Blow to multiple human species idea:

'via Blog this'

Biology revision class Saturday

Dear Students

This Saturday 19 October in room B 12 there will be a Biology revision class from 11 am to 1 pm.

Students from any Biology class are welcome to attend.

Regards

Mr Edwards

Hi Students (and Caregivers)

We hope you are enjoying your holidays and are having a restful break. 

We also hope you are revising for the examinations and if you are interested in coming to a study class check out the following timetable.

 

These are open to all students regardless of your subject teacher and you are welcome to invite other HVHS students who might not have received this email. 

Classes will take place in B11/B12 (or check door for any room change on the day). 

It would be great if you could please reply by email to let us know which class/s you may attend so we have an idea of numbers.

The structure of these tutorials will be students working in small groups on model question/answers, completing workbook activities, plus come with any problems/questions you have on specific topics

Regards

Mr Edwards

Time	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
1100 - 1300	13BIO              All topics(Edwards)	x		13 BIO  All topics(Edwards)	x
1300 - 1500	12BIO             Cell Biology (Edwards and Meehan)	x	12BIO                   Gene Expression(Edwards)	12BIO Genetics  (Meehan)	12BIO (Wallis)
1500 - 1700	11Sci Genetics (Edwards and Meehan)	x	11Sci      Mechanics(Edwards)	11Sci                   Acids and Bases(Meehan)	x

Tutorial study class

Dear Students

Mrs Rippon has committed to a Study class on Wednesday 2 October starting at 2pm in room B7. 

As always students from all classes are welcome to attend.

Regards

Mr Edwards

Bipedalism focus

This is a great power point highlighting features of primates and hominins connected to bipedalism

Recent discoveries about the origins of agriculture

LA Times - Agriculture arose in many parts of the Fertile Crescent at once:

'via Blog this'

Human Family Tree | The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program

Human Family Tree | The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program:

'via Blog this'

Study Class

Dear Students

I hope you are all studying productively in preparation for your Biology Examination on Wednesday in the student centre starting at 12.00 noon.

There will be two papers, Plant and Animal Interactions and Responses and the Patterns of Evolution and Speciation.

On Sunday starting at 2.00pm Mrs Rippon will be holding a study class in room B8. These classes are always a productive way to prepare for the examinations and students from any Biology class are welcome to attend.

Regards

Mr Edwards

The ancestors and when they lived

List of human evolution fossils - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

'via Blog this'

Human Evolution Powerpoints

Teachers & Students - Massey University:

'via Blog this'

Scholarship Study Class Timetable

Here is a proposed timetable for 13 Biology Scholarship classes for term three 2013. The study class will be in room B12 and start at 3.30. Students from all Biology classes are welcome to attend.

Monday 5 August
Wednesday 14 August
Monday 19 August (practice exam preparation)
Wednesday 28 August
Monday 2 September
Wednesday 11 September
Monday 16 September
Wednesday 25 September

Natural Selection

What is Natural Selection? - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Allopatric Speciation - YouTube

Allopatric Speciation - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Sympatric Speciation - YouTube

Sympatric Speciation - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Sympatric Speciation via Polyploidy - YouTube

Sympatric Speciation via Polyploidy - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Gene sequence analysis on line and free to use

Can you figure how to compare the gene sequence between species?


Ensembl Genome Browser:

'via Blog this'

Genetic Drift - YouTube

Genetic Drift - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Evidence for Evolution - YouTube

Evidence for Evolution - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Holiday study class Wednesday 24 July

Dear Students

You are invited to a year 13 Biology study class on Wednesday 24 July in room B 12 starting at 10.00 am.

We will be looking at some past questions from the NCEA biology exams focusing on evolution and speciation.

Students from all year 13 Biology classes are welcome.

Regards

Mr Edwards

More on throwing

The Evolution of Throwing - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Throwing and human evolution

Armed And Deadly: Shoulder, Weapons Key To Hunt : NPR:

'via Blog this'

Human Chimp Hybrid?

How to Make A Humanzee - YouTube:

'via Blog this'

Study class 17 July

Dear Students

There will be a year 13 study class on Wednesday 17 July in room B12 from 10 am.

Students from all 13 biology classes are welcome.

Ring Species

Examples of Evolution occurring "NOW" - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Pure Nature Specials - Mutation - The Science of Survival - YouTube

Pure Nature Specials - Mutation - The Science of Survival - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Evolution of Man - YouTube

Evolution of Man - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

What is Natural Selection? - YouTube

What is Natural Selection? - YouTube:

'via Blog this'

What is Evolution? - YouTube

What is Evolution? - YouTube:

'via Blog this'

Website of an American Biology Teacher

Biology - 13 - Mr. Jodelka's Webpage:

'via Blog this'

Reproductive isolation and speciation #swag

Speciation - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Social Interactions and Group Behavior

LS2D - Social Interactions and Group Behavior - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Variation

LS3B - Variation of Traits - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Is cloning the answer for extinct species?

Cloning The Tasmanian Tiger full doc - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Will Cloning Ever Save Endangered Animals?: Scientific American

Will Cloning Ever Save Endangered Animals?: Scientific American:

'via Blog this'

How Antibiotics work.

6.3.2 Effectiveness of antibiotics - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Scholarship study group Biology

Dear Students

I will be running a Biology Scholarship study group on Monday 3.30 to 4.30  in room B12

Students from all Biology classes are welcome.

Regards

Mr Edwards

Five fingers of evolution - Paul Andersen - YouTube

Five fingers of evolution - Paul Andersen - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Biology - annotated exemplar Level 3 AS91607 (A) » NZQA

Here is an example of some student responses to the exemplar on the NZQA website. Use this as a guide to writing your report

Biology - annotated exemplar Level 3 AS91607 (A) » NZQA:



'via Blog this'

Assessment task for Human Manipulations of genetic transfer and its biological implications

Just in case you mislay your copy of the assessment task here is an electronic version.


Assessment task PDF

Cloning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Link posted to help with AS 91607  Human manipulations of genetic transfer and its biological implications.

Cloning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

'via Blog this'

Animal Biotechnology: All About Animal Cloning | BIO

Link posted to help with AS 91607  Human manipulations of genetic transfer and its biological implications.

Animal Biotechnology: All About Animal Cloning | BIO:

'via Blog this'

LIC | Artificial Breeding

Link posted to help with AS 91607  Human manipulations of genetic transfer and its biological implications.

LIC | Artificial Breeding:

'via Blog this'

Dairy cattle selective breeding

Link posted to help with AS 91607  Human manipulations of genetic transfer and its biological implications.

Genomic Selection:

'via Blog this'

Getting picky with paua: selective breeding to improve productivity | NIWA

Link posted to help with AS 91607  Human manipulations of genetic transfer and its biological implications.

Getting picky with paua: selective breeding to improve productivity | NIWA:

'via Blog this'

Focus Stories | Biotech Learning Hub

Link posted to help with AS 91607  Human manipulations of genetic transfer and its biological implications.

A good resource with New Zealand examples of selective breeding and other biotech examples

Focus Stories | Biotech Learning Hub:

'via Blog this'

Selective breeding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Link posted to help with AS 91607  Human manipulations of genetic transfer and its biological implications.

Selective breeding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

'via Blog this'

Bill Nye the Science Guy- Evolution (1/2) - YouTube

He may be a bit strange but his intentions are good.

Bill Nye the Science Guy- Evolution (1/2) - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Was New Zealand completely submerged by the sea?

A theory flounders | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago, South Island, New Zealand & International News

Zoo trip 2013

Up close with a Giraffe

Tongue - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Timing responses

The Time of Our Lives:

'via Blog this'

Seasonal Affective Disorder: SAD and Our Biological Clocks (Part 3) - YouTube

Seasonal Affective Disorder: SAD and Our Biological Clocks (Part 3) - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Science (ICAS) Competition 2013

ICAS in Science is a is a skills based  Science Literacy assessment that is completed by over a million students from over 6,300 schools in Australia and New Zealand annually.  Why should you enter?

• Fun and challenging competition
• Great for CV
• Gives you an indication of skill on a national level
• HVHS students have traditionally preformed very well. 
• All students can participate - Y9 to Y13

Students sit the assessment on the 5th June, however if you want to enter you need to hand in permission slip with $8.50 to the resource centre by Friday 3rd May

Find out more here

Phototropism and Plant Hormones! - Bite Sci-zed - YouTube

Phototropism and Plant Hormones! - Bite Sci-zed - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Navigation and homing in the Pigeon

Homing Pigeon Navigation: Bite Sci-zed - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Animal Migration - Navigation

In our class this morning we have been looking at the methods Animals use to Navigate during their migrations.

Methods include:

• Visual Cues (Birds, Insect)
• Solar Navigation (Bird, Bees)
• Magnetic Fields (Homing pigeons, Cetaceans, Salmonids)
• Stellar Navigation (Birds)
• Chemical Navigation (Eels, Salmon)
• Sound used as Sonar (Cetaceans)

Animal Magnetism: How Animals Navigate - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Aposematic Coloration - YouTube

Aposematic Coloration - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Carl Sagan - COSMOS - Evolution - YouTube

Carl Sagan - COSMOS - Evolution - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Group Hunting in Chimpanzees

Chimpanzees team up to attack a monkey in the wild - BBC wildlife - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

NZQA Assessment resources

Have you visited the NZQA Website? This link will take you the resources for our internal assessments this year. Please make use of this information as other students in school throughout New Zealand certainly will be (intra-specific competition?). The most helpful parts are probably the assessment schedules for the achievement standards. Use these documents to guide your efforts as you carry out and write up your investigations during term one.
The Student Exemplars are also very helpful in clarifying what is required for Achieved. Merit or Excellence.

Co-operative interactions

Natural World - A Wild Dog's Story - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Animal Behavior Innate to Learned behaviour.

Animal Behavior - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

Biozone Activities for Investigation Assessment

This a little table of the relevant activities in our Biozone text that may help you with your investigations

13 Bio Investigation task - Google Drive:

'via Blog this'

Science Student Day

YEAR 12 and 13 SCIENCE STUDENTS: THE HUTT VALLEY SCIENCE STUDENT DAY:

Friday 1 March Spells 1-4.

We have 7 invitations to the GNS Science Day. It’s a hands-on program of activities that include making your own icecream with liquid nitrogen, splitting the atom with ion guns and carbon policing the air. So if you are thinking you might study Science at tertiary level and could be keen to obtain future employment locally –this would be ideal for you. Sign up on the Science Department Noticeboard.

First lesson questions.docx

First lesson questions.docx:

'via Blog this'

Nice Biography of Charles Darwin

Darwin Day 2013: What You May Not Know About Charles Darwin, Father Of Evolution (VIDEO):

'via Blog this'

Germination trial 2013 after 85 hours

Copy of Germination trial 2013:

'via Blog this'

Six Steps to Wonderful Graphs

Six Steps to Wonderful Graphs: "Graphing guidelines"

'via Blog this'

Results from Tomato trial 13BIOL ED

Germination trial 2013 - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtgQ5bTXXVnzdHVYXzlOWHRKcE1PN2d3YXJFTWVUSGc&usp=sharing