This episode covers 1.5 in our textbooks about Genetics and Gregor Mendel--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meghan-houk/message

1.3 From a Cell to an Organism, Plus some Prokaryotes

Sep 21st, 2020 16m 9s

This covers chapter 3 in our textbook, Life Science. Here's our vocab words to listen for:Cell cycle - the cycle of growth, development, and division that most of your cells go throughInterphase - the phase of growth, development, and replic

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Interview with a Biologist: Michael the Wildlife Tech

Sep 14th, 2020 15m 46s

In this episode, I interview my friend Michael, who is a wildlife technician in Arizona! Join us to hear Michael tell us about his favorite animal, the Sperm Whale, his job working with Masked Bobwhite, and the importance of conservation. Li

1.2.4 Cells, Energy, and Wildfires

Sep 14th, 2020 15m 50s

This episode explains how cells convert food into energy, and explores how living things are connected, and why we might care about people, plants, or animals that we've never seen. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.co

1.2.2 The Cell

Sep 3rd, 2020 14m 40s

This episode covers the two types of cells: Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells, and the structures and organelles that work together to be the cell! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meghan-houk/message

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Interview with a Biologist: Erica the Physician's Assistant

Sep 2nd, 2020 15m 22s

I interviewed Erica Sutton (who also happens to be my sister) about her career as a Physician's Assistant. In this episode, Erica told us about what a PA does, how they help people, and answered some questions about what a virus like COVID-19

1.2.1 Cells and Life

Aug 31st, 2020 12m 42s

This podcast goes along with Chapter 2, Lesson 1 in our Life Science textbook. Here is the vocab you need to know: Cell theory: all living thing are made of one or more cells, the cell is the smallest unit of life, and all new cells come fr

1.1 Q&A

Aug 27th, 2020 21m 19s

Q&A With Caleb Lankford (Science Teacher and Science Expert)Here are the questions we talked about in this episode: What is a protist? What is homeostasis and how does it differ from response to stimuli?Is the COVID-19 virus a living

1.1.2 Classifying Organisms

Aug 25th, 2020 11m 55s

This lesson covers the material from Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 2: Classifying Organisms in our Life Science textbook. You can read more about this material on pages 18-24. VocabBinomial nomenclature: The system that gives each organism a T

1.1.1 Characteristics of Life

Aug 21st, 2020 13m 58s

This podcast covers 1.1.1 Characteristics of Life in our Life Science textbook. If you want to see this material in a different way, read pages 6-15 in your textbook!Focus Words: Organism, Cell, Unicellular, Multicellular, Homeostasis Bonus

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