Week 2: The Song of Nature, theme 1: ORGANISMS
Day 1: Viruses/Archaea/Bacteria
Day 2: Protists
Day 3: Fungi
Week 3: The Song of Nature, theme 1: ORGANISMS
Day 1: Plants
Day 2: Invertebrates
Day 3: Fish
Week 4: The Song of Nature, theme 1: ORGANISMS
Day 1: Amphibians/Reptiles
Day 2: Birds
Day 3: Mammals
Week 6: The Song of Nature, theme 2: STORIES
Day 1: Umwelt
Day 2: Movement
Day 3: Intelligence
Week 7: The Song of Nature, theme 2: STORIES
Day 1: Struggle
Day 2: Ontogeny
Day 3: Interaction
Week 8: The Song of Nature, theme 2: STORIES
Day 1: Origins
Day 2: Taxonomy
Day 3: Transformation
Week 9: Interlude - To Experience Nature
Day 1: Ranger
Day 2: Druid
Day 3: Elf
Week 10: The Song of Nature, theme 3: ENVIRONMENT
Day 1: Climate
Day 2: Weather
Day 3: Sky
Week 11: The Song of Nature, theme 3: ENVIRONMENTS
Day 1: Lentic
Day 2: Lotic
Day 3: Oceanic
Week 12: The Song of Nature, theme 3: ENVIRONMENTS
Day 1: Rock
Day 2: Soil
Day 3: Landscape
Appendix #1 - Natural History Books
Appendix #2 - Index of Nature Poems
Appendix #3 - Selected Outlines of Living Things

Day 2: Ontogeny

Words

Insects and birds provide remarkable examples of individual organismic development; here are two minicourses on insect development, followed by a video on what happens inside of a bird egg.

 Reading: “Metamorphosis and Diapause in Insects (TNAU eCourse)” 

Reading: “Types of Larvae and Pupae (TNAU eCourse)”

 

Video: “Flight – The Genius of Birds – Embryonic Development” (4:09)

Works

Look at organisms today as entities with lifetimes. The acorn and the oak are the same species, just at different points in their story. How many juveniles can you find? How about eggs, or aged individuals?