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I recommend students watch a video(s) before I present the topic in class.  I don't spend a lot of time lecturing, so these videos supply some background knowledge for the activities we will do in class.   I recommend the Amoeba Sister and Crash Course videos on Youtube.
ROL - Rollercoaster STEM Challenge
Paper Roller 
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7eZmHyOTK0
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQDOFnMa56o
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•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdT2s_SThn8

ECO1: Ecosystems and their biotic and abiotic factors
Ecosystem:
  • ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYmdrJWLQ4Y (2 mins.)
Characteristics of Life:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQPVXrV0GNA&vl=en  (7:57 mins)​

ECO2: Biomes
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fb8143ndo8 (12:54 mins.)

ECO3 - Food Chains and Webs
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHCOzc143Ec (3:13 mins.)


ECO4 -  Food Chains, Webs, and Pyramids
  • Amoeba Sisters: Food Webs and Energy Pyramids: Bedrocks of Biodiversity (5:48 mins)

ECO5 - Biomagnification
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZk6vcmLcKw  (6:38 mins.)

ECO6 - Human Impact on the Environment
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eTCZ9L834s&feature=youtu.be

ECO7 - The Carbon Cycle
Amoeba Sisters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHqEthRCqQ4
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFE9o-c_pKg

ECO8: Mark-Recapture Counting Method
Basic Sampling Techniques:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nr9rQpm2A4  (3:32 mins.)
Mark Recapture Method with snakes
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DR50IgvE7g​ (3:11 mins.)

ECO9 - Natural Selection and Bird Beak Adaptations
Galapagos Finch Evolution:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcM23M-CCog (16:08 mins.)
Living Things Change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDSFlRunlrU
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SCjhI86grU

ECO10  - Symbiosis
Ecological Relationships: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNjPI84sApQ (6:49 mins.)

ECO11 - Limiting Factors and Carrying Capacity
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI2ixJeIxEU (4:34 min.)
  • Population Dynamics: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaOe_pBEgSE (16 min.)

ECO12 - Coloration and Natural Selection
Natural Selection and the Rock Pocket Mouse:
  • ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjeSEngKGrg (10:31 min.)

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Other interesting videos:

Migration
Shorebird Migration: ​www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT-VpilYxtg
ECO - Earth's Water and The Water Cycle​
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5G4NCwWUxY
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_bbQ0m3wuM
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzY5-NZSzVw
​ The Nitrogen Cycle and Phosphorus Cycle
  • ​Amoeba Sisters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHqEthRCqQ4
  • Simple explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaFVfHftzpI (3:55)
  • Nitrogen and Phosphorus Cycle - Crash course: https://youtu.be/leHy-Y_8nRs (9:21 min)
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