Core Biology
- Title ID 12-CB
- Science, Biology, Core Science
- 4 Programs
- 18 Supplemental Files
- 10th Grade through Post Secondary
- Published by Ambrose Video Publishing Inc./Centre Communications
Included Programs
Core Biology: Plant SciencesRunning time is 29 minutes
Plant sciences are the study of plant life and are also known as botany.
Chapter List
- 323 b.c. - Theophratus Founds Botany
- Theophrastus, the father of plant classification, was a leader of early Greek science and a great figure in Greek history.
- 1682 - Plant Physiology
- Plant classification, or plant types, classifies plants according to plant physiology, And includes those who reproduce by spores and those who reproduce by seeds such as gymnosperms and angiospoerms.
- 1694 - How Plants Reproduce
- Plant reproduction involves the male organ, a stamen, and the female organ, a pistil with an opening called the stigma, where pollen is deposited, a form of sexual reproduction first demonstrated by Rudolph Camerarius.
- 1838 - The Cellular Basis of Plant Life
- Cells were first discovered by Robert Hooke and later, Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, who invented the microscope which could see a single plant cell.
- 1866 - Mendel's Laws of Inheritance
- Gregor Mendel discovered the laws of inheritance for plant genetics.
- 1886 - Nitrogen-Fixing of the Pea Family Is Explained
- Plant nitrogen-fixing uses the bacteria identified as rhizobium and improves yields in agriculture.
- 1946 - Photosynthesis
- How Photosynthesis works was described by the Calvin/Benson cycle, named for its discoverer Melvin Calvin, and has become a central tenet in understanding global warming.
Core Biology: Animal SciencesRunning time is 29 minutes
Animal sciences are also known as zoology and study animals.
Chapter List
- 350 b.c. - Aristotle Founds Zoology
- Greek Science, was founded by Aristotle the first scientist in Greek history.
- 1735 - Carlos Linnaeus Begins the Modern Description of Life
- Animal classification was set down by Carlos Linnaeus And includes the phyla porifera, cnidaria, mollusks, arthropods, echinodermata and chordata.
- 1796 - Comparative Anatomy
- Comparative anatomy was developed by George Cuvier and uses the concepts of homologous structures and convergent evolution to compare the anatomy of animals.
- 1826 - All Animal Life Begins with an Egg
- Animal life cycles start from embryos, and some of these life cycles are complex, needing a larva to develop into an adult, while others are simple as the embryo develops directly into a juvenile form of the adult.
- 1859 - The Theory of Evolution
- The theory of Evolution was described by Charles Darwin in his book On the Origin of Species, and later was refined with the idea of punctuated equilibrium.
- 1973 - The Science of Animal Behavior
- The study of Animal behavior and behavior modification has been carried out by leading scientists such as Ivan Pavlov, Konrad Lorenz and Nikolaas Tinbergen.
- 1998 - Principles of Animal Communication
- The study of animal communication and how animal senses work was begun by Karl von Frisch.
Core Biology: Environmental SciencesRunning time is 29 minutes
Ecology and the environment are part of conservation and environmental studies.
Chapter List
- 1920 - Biomes
- The world's biomes are tundra, coniferous forest, deciduous forests, grasslands, deserts, chaparral and tropical.
- 1928 - The Theory of Plant Succession
- Plant succession was first described by Frederic Clements to show how a plant community evolved.
- 1949 - Ecology
- The idea that ecology was important and needed an environmental ethic and a land ethic in order to sustains the ecosystem was first developed by Aldo Leopold.
- 1953 -Ecosystems
- The study of ecosystems was first written about by Eugene P. Odum.
- 1957 - Ecology's Concept of Niche
- Ecological niche, or niche, and habitat are two concepts introduced in the study of population ecology in order to define better ecosystem species and species population.
- 1969 - The Five Kingdoms of Life
- The Kingdoms of Life are based upon prokaryote cells and are the Kingdom of Monera, and eukaryote cells, which include fungi, protista, the animal kingdom and plant kingdom.
- 1979 - Gaia Hypothesis
- The Gaia Hypothesis was develop by James Lovelock.
- 1986 - Biodiversity
- The term Biodiversity was coined by E.O. Wilson to show the diversity in the world's ecosystems.
Core Biology: Microbiology and GeneticsRunning time is 29 minutes
Cytology, the structure of cells, is important to understanding microbiology and genetics.
Chapter List
- 1673 - Anton van Leeuwenhoek Describes Microscopic Life
- The study of cells was first started by Anton van Leeuwenhoek, who used a microscope to look at a single cell, and has grown to understand the roles of eukaryote cells, bacteria and prokaryote cells.
- 1878 - Germ Theory of Disease
- Bacteria, discovered by Louis Pasteur who showed they could cause infection, are known as a prokaryote cell and cause illness just like viruses can.
- 1884 - The Structure of Cells
- Biologists have long studied the cell structure, which is not the same for all cells and includes the cytoplasm, cell walls, cell nucleus, mitochondria, and unique to plants, chloroplasts.
- 1884 - Mitosis and Cell Division
- Mitosis describes the phases that occur in cell division for eukaryote cells to make sure that each daughter cell gets a complete set of chromosomes, hence genes; and that each daughter cell also receives some of all the other organelles, for example, mitochondria and ribosomes; while in bacteria cell division is simpler.
- 1905 - Meiosis
- The process of meiosis in biological reproduction shows how sex cells, carrying half the chromosomes of the mother cell cell, come about.
- 1911 - Genes
- Genes were discovered by American Thomas Hunt Morgan, who proved that they were places, or loci, along the chromosomes' DNA DNA, a breakthrough that in later half of the 20th century led to breakthroughs in genetic engineering.
- 1967 - The Symbiotic Cell
- The theory that a symbiotic cell gave rise to the eukaryote cell was first proposed by biologist Lynn Margulis.
Supplemental Files
- Blackline Master Quiz - CB- Animal Sciences
- Blackline Master Quiz - CB- Environmental Science
- Blackline Master Quiz - CB- Plant Sciences
- Comprehensive Timeline of Biological Discoveries
- Educators Guide - CB- Environmental Science
- Educators Guide - CB- Microbiology and Genetics
- Educators Guide - CB- Plant Sciences
- Educators Guide- CB- Animal Sciences
- MARC Records for CB
- MARC records for the series Core Biology
- Timeline - CB- Environmental Science
- Timeline - CB- Microbiology and Genetics
- Timeline - CB- Microbiology and Genetics
- Timeline - CB- Plant Sciences
- Timeline- Zoology
- Transcription for Core Biology: Plant Sciences
- Transcription for Core Biology: Animal Sciences
- Transcription for Core Biology: Environmental Sciences
- Transcription for Core Biology: Microbiology and Genetics
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