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Unit: Crash Course: Biology and Ecology

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Crash Course: Biology

Hank Green teaches you biology! Learn, study and understand the science of life. Topics covered range from: taxonomy, systems, biological molecules, photosynthesis, evolution, animals, plants, anatomy, and ecology.

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Why carbon is everywhere
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Water - Liquid awesome
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Biological molecules - You are what you eat
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Eukaryopolis - The city of animal cells
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In da club - Membranes & transport
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Plant cells
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ATP & respiration
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Photosynthesis
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Heredity
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DNA, hot pockets, & the longest word ever
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Mitosis: Splitting up is complicated
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Meiosis: Where the sex starts
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Natural Selection
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Speciation: Of ligers & men
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Animal development: We're just tubes
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Evolutionary development: Chicken teeth
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Population genetics: When Darwin met Mendel
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Taxonomy: Life's filing system
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Evolution: It's a Thing
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Comparative anatomy: What makes us animals
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Simple animals: Sponges, jellies, & octopuses
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Complex animals: Annelids & arthropods
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Chordates
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Animal behavior
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The nervous system
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Circulatory & respiratory systems
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The digestive system
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The excretory system: From your heart to the toilet
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The skeletal system: It's ALIVE!
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Big Guns: The Muscular System
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Your immune system: Natural born killer
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Great glands - Your endocrine system
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The reproductive system: How gonads go
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Old & Odd: Archaea, Bacteria & Protists
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The sex lives of nonvascular plants
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Vascular plants = Winning!
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The plants & the bees: Plant reproduction
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Fungi: Death Becomes Them
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Ecology - Rules for living on earth
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Crash Course: Ecology

Hank Green teaches you ecology! Learn, study and understand how organisms relate to one another and to their surroundings. Start with the history of life on earth, then cover topics ranging from population ecology, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, to conservation and restoration ecology.

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The history of life on earth
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Population ecology: The Texas mosquito mystery
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Human population growth
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Community ecology: Feel the love
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Community ecology II: Predators
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Ecological succession: Change is good
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Ecosystem ecology: Links in the chain
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The hydrologic and carbon cycles: Always recycle!
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Nitrogen and phosphorus cycles: Always recycle!
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5 human impacts on the environment
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Pollution
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Conservation and restoration ecology
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Unit: Crash Course: Biology and Ecology

Unit: Crash Course: Biology and Ecology

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