2021
Week 15 – Day 1
Final Exam – April 21 – room 3275 VCC
Week 14
Week 14 – Day 1 (Apr 4)
Reproduction/Human Development
Week 14 – Day 2
Human development
Hearing assignment due
Science Bingo
Week 14 – Day 3
Lab quiz 3
Embryo Lab at VCC
Week 13
Week 13 – Day 1 (Mar 28)
Midterm 2
Week 13 – Day 2
Labelling game
Male Reproductive system:
Female reproductive system and hormones video (Armando) with worksheet:
Worksheet:
Week 13 – Day 3
VCC lab day: rat dissection
Week 12
Week 12 – Day 1 (Mar 21)
Review of the nervous system on backchannel chat.
Week 12 – Day 2
Endocrine System
Crash course video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWHH9je2zG4
Jamboard activity
Week 12 – Day 3
Male reproductive system
Week 11
Week 11 – Day 1 (Mar 14)
Ch 16 – the senses. Please watch:
1120 Ch 16 Senses 2 Vision 1, and Vision 2 + Ch16 senses 4 taste and smell
Eye dissection:
Cow eye dissection: https://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/cow_eye/step01.html
Interactive eye: https://www.visiondirect.co.uk/the-human-eye
human eye game – test yourself: https://www.visiondirect.co.uk/the-human-eye
Week 11 – Day 2
Hearing assignment
Week 11 – Day 3
Quiz 2 at VCC.
Week 10
Week 10 – Day 1 (Mar 7)
Chapter 16 – the senses. Please watch on the 1120 playlist:
1120 Ch16 Senses (1)
Senses: activities & links on backchannel:
Week 10 – Day 2
TBA
Week 10 – Day 3
Senses lab at VCC.
Eye dissection
Week 9
Please watch lectures: ANS 1 and 2, for this week.
Week 9 – Day 1 (Feb 28)
TBA
Week 9 – Day 2
ANS introductory video and worksheet:
ANS quiz and crossword
Quizlet ANS quiz : Quiz and flashcards for practice.
Armando ANS review YouTube:
Week 9 – Day 3
TBA
Week 8
Week 8 – Day 1 (Feb 21)
READING BREAK
Week 8 – Day 2
READING BREAK
Week 8 – Day 3
READING BREAK
Week 7
Week 7 – Day 1 (Feb 14) – lovey dovey day
Please watch spinal cord lectures: 1 – spinal cord anatomy and tracts, and 2 – nerve plexuses.
Spinal cord: videos and exercises
Ascending and descending tracts:
Plexuses activity on jamboard
Game: ascending and descending tracts: https://www.purposegames.com/game/ascending-descending-tracts
Another good game: the Brain and Spinal cord labelling: https://www.purposegames.com/game/label-the-brain-and-spinal-cord-game
Week 7 – Day 2
The CNS – brain
Video: Neurulation
Video – brain function – Armando
Teen Brains video vocabulary:
Brain function crossword:
Week 7 – Day 3
Reflexes and reactions lab at VCC
Reflexes and Reactions Lab
Week 6
Week 6 – Day 1 (Feb 7)
Please watch for this week: Nervous tissue Chapter 12 – lectures 1-4
Animation and quiz/worksheet: How Neurons Work
Midterm review and practice
Week 6 – Day 2
Synapses.
Video and quiz chemical synapses
Week 6 – Day 3
Midterm 1 at VCC
Lab at VCC – Brain dissection.
Week 5
Week 5 Day 1 (Jan 31)
Histology lectures to watch: Histology 1, 2 and 3
Videos:
This Khan Academy video explains various cell junctions, such as tight junctions (like glue between cells and watertight – kidney, bladder …), desmosomes, allow water and ions through but cells held together in places of stress – kidneys, intenstines, and gap junctions, like a tunnel between cells allowing cellular components to flow from cell to cell (heart – intercalated disks).
This video by Dr. John Campbell describes exocrine and endocrine glands. Exocrine are ducted glands and usually multicellular, such as salivary, mammary, and sweat glands. Some, such as a goblet cell is one cell but as with all exocrine glands secretes substances to a surface. Endocrine glands, on the other hand, produce endocrine products (chemical messengers) and release them in the blood where they will reach a target cell with specific receptors for particular products. This may trigger a second messenger system, and produce a metabolic reaction in the target cell.
This Khan Academy video explains the inflammatory response – redness, swelling, heat and pain. Mucus and skin are the first defenders. If penetrated, injured cells release chemicals which activates a chain reaction involving white blood cells, antibodies, histamine, and other players.
This video by Dr. John Campbell discusses regeneration of tissue, through mitosis and migration tissue is replaced without injury. If there is an injury, the epidermis is very good at healing, often not leaving a scar. Bone heals well, and the liver regenerates (not with chronic insults however). Kidney endothelial cells can heal, but not whole nephrons are glomeruli. Lungs regenerate well, but not if continual injury due to smoking for example, then fibrosis occurs. Nerve cells don’t regenerate (except olfactory and peripheral nerves – but very slowly – 1mm/month).
Here are answer keys to the video questions for junctions, inflammatory response and glands.
Week 5 – day 2
TBA
Week 5 – Day 3
Quiz 1 at VCC, Labs: Orientation, microscopes, cells, histology.
Week 4
Week 4 – Day 1 (Jan 24)
Watch: Chapter 4 – Genetics 1-4
Review of genetics
Activities: protein synthesis worksheet
DNA replication lecture and worksheet:
Film: Personal DNA testing.
Week 4 – Day 2
Watch: Chapter 4 – Genetics 5-7
Introduction to population genetics
Week 4 – Day 3
Histology lab – please have your lab manual handy, and paper for sketching. The textbook also has very useful diagrams.
Week 3
Week 3 – Day 1 (Jan 17)
Microscope lab review:
Chemistry activities
Review energy and chemical reactions
Review carbon
Review macromolecules (organic compounds)
Week 3 – Day 2
Cells
Quizzes for fun:
Bioflix films: membrane transport and tour of an animal cell
Week 3 – Day 3
Lab at VCC – 3275 – cells
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Week 2
Week 2 – Day 1 (Jan 10)
Chemistry demonstration
Chapter 2 – Chemistry lectures: please watch Ch2 atoms and Ch2 molecules by 11:30.
Free radicals and antioxidants video
Week 2 – Day 2
Watch 1120 Ch2 part 2 water, 1120 Ch2 all parts 3&4: lecture playlist
Water demonstrations and experiments at home. Gather any of the following items you may have in your home, and make a space for doing some water experiments.
- food colouring
- white flowers, preferably tulips
- A small glass for the flowers
- a medium sized glass
- raisins
- vinegar
- baking soda
- Three differently-sized containers for water with lids (small, medium, large)
- A glass with a flat top and about 20 quarters (or more)
Week 2 – Day 3
Microscope lab at VCC, room 3275. Please look at the VCC access questionnaire and let me know if you answered yes to any of the questions. This will be required for every lab.
Here are the manual pages to bring with you, as well as pencil/pen and paper for drawings:
Please read face-to-face protocols:
Please make sure to review the vcc-site-access form below, and if you answer yes to any of the questions, email me at mariacoho@telus.net. Wear a mask. Bring your lab manual, goggles, and pen/pencil and paper.
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Week 1
Week 1 Day 1 – Wednesday, January 5 2022
Introductions, zoom directions, icebreaker – on zoom beginning at 10:30 a.m.
https://vcc.zoom.us/j/69382601733?pwd=dlFJY29RaHpLNGdDZjF5d0l2TEFCUT09
Chapter 1 lecture: introduction to anatomy and physiology; history of medicine. You can find the lecture and a summary under the Biol 1120 tab.
Today I will lecture in person. In future, I will be assigning lectures to watch in advance.
Lectures are on my playlist: lecture playlist
Videos: 1) human body systems
2) vaccines,
3) leeches
The videos will have short questions to answer.
Week 1 Day 2 – Thursday January 6 2022
Watch 1120 Ch1 parts 2-5 before 11:30 a.m.: lecture playlist
Class will start on zoom at 11:30.
Videos: 1) human body systems
Lab: Orientation lab. This lab is about terminology describing direction and areas of the body. For example, supine (facing upwards), and epigastric region (one of 9 regions).
Please download the lab here. In class we will watch this YouTube video to learn terminology for anatomical orientation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7WXfp35FWk
And this YouTube for abdominal quadrants and regions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeFoxTi02yg
Answer key for the orientation lab (excluding dental terms – won’t be tested) will be posted here in one week.
For future labs, you should get the lab manual (or you can download it below), and the colouring book from the bookstore:
You can also download the entire lab manual here:
VCC Biology - Instructor Maria Morlin 
