Introduction to Evolution video link.

Click HERE for the first part of the Evolution 101 video.

Moving into Earth Science

After February break we will be leaving behind Life science for awhile and will move into an Earth Science topic - the age of the Earth.

Here is a Bill Nye Video on Rocks.

Here are a couple of videos to watch after you've finished with the Bill Nye Rocks video.
Video 1
Video 2

Review for Genetics Summative

Here is the Key for the Review for the Genetics Summative Test.
Here's a Punnett square video for review. 
Here's a general genetics on-line quiz you can try.
Here's a quick on-line quiz you can try.

Survey for today

https://goo.gl/forms/OxJtBp2I3ZBA2GEg2

Asexual reproduction

Here is a short clip showing the Hydra - a creature that reproduces asexually by a process called BUDDING.

Here is a short clip of Bacteria  (are they prokaryotes or eukaryotes?) reproducing asexually in a process called BINARY FISSION.

Asexual reproduction is efficient, but there is no variety in the offspring, since they are exact copies of the parent (DNA is the same),  and there is no mixing of the DNA as in sexual reproduction.