Courses

What must a body accomplish to stay alive and reproduce? Follow material and energy through living cells, examine how size changes the problem, and build an evidence-based account of an animal in its environment.

How does a fish make water a workable place to live? Follow muscles and fins, gill exchange, buoyancy, salt balance, senses, and reproduction through leopard sharks, garibaldi, and steelhead.

How does a transparent bell move, catch food, coordinate a response, and produce another generation? Follow a moon jelly through its body and branching life cycle, compare other gelatinous animals, and investigate what a sudden crowd of jellies can tell us about the sea.

How do insects move, breathe, grow and sense the world? Follow a caterpillar and moth, a grasshopper and a honey bee through body mechanisms, changing development and social interactions.

How do octopuses and squid move, feed, change appearance and coordinate their bodies? Follow Pacific species and carefully bounded research comparisons through six substantial reading chapters.