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Chapter 6 A Tour of the Cell

           1. Microscopes

           2. Practice Naming the Parts of the Microscope

           3. More on Microscopes        

           4. Onion cells

           5. Agar

           6. How Big is a Cell?

           7. Comparison of Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes Cells

           8. PhospholipidBilayer                                                    

           9. More Phospholipid Bilayer

           10. More about the Cell Membrane     

           11. Onion cells

           12. More cells

           13. Animal cell & processes

           14. Interactive cell

           15.  Cells

           16. The Virtual Cell

           17. Virtual Cell (Scroll down to cell structure & function

           18.Cells Alive

           19. Cell Structure & Function (animation)

           20. Cell Organelles (matching)

           21. Quia 

           22. Diffusion & Osmosis

           23. Osmosis

           24. Passive & Active Transport

           25. Interactive Cellular Transport

           26. Try this

Chapter 5 The Molecules of Life

          1. Biochemistry notes

             2. Organic molecule notes

           3.  Carbohydrates

            4.  Lipids and Proteins

            5. Virtual Cell- Organic Molecules

            6. Enzymes

 

Chapter 4 The Chemical Basis of Life

             1. Mendeleev's Periodic Table

             2. Modern Periodic Table

             3.Interactive Periodic Table

             4. Chemical Bonds Interactive

             5. Paper Clips and Water

             6. Capillary Action interactive

             7. Chemical Bonds

             8. Wonderful Water

             9. Interactive pH Scale

 

Chapter 36 Ecosystems and Conservation Biology

           1. Create a Food Web        

              2. "Studying Finds Plants Gobbling up More Carbon Dioxide..."

              3.    a. Kyoto Conference

                     b.  Kyoto Conference cont'd

              4. Greenhouse

Earthsystems

Carbon cycle

Water cycle

Bio invaders

Ozone

Antartica    

 

 

 

Chapter 35 Population and Community Ecology

            1. Maryland Population facts

            2.  a. Population Dispersion Patterns

                 b. Population Dispersion Patterns visual

            3.  World Population

            4. a. Understanding Age Structure diagrams

                b. US Population Pyramids

                c. World Population Pyramids

            5. Owl pellets

           .6  Kaibab images

            7.  Kaibab map

            8. Earth's Species

            9. Native species

          10. Exotic Species in Maryland

           11. 10 Reasons for BIODIVERSITY 

           12.  What is happening to Biodiversity?

           13. Kudzu

           14. Wonderful Kudzu! ? 

Chapter 34 The Biosphere

            1. Levels of Ecological Study

            2. Ecology  

Chapter 2 The Science of Biology

1. Scientific Method PPT

2. Scientific Method 

3. Qualitative versus Quantitative data

4. Scientific Laws, Hypotheses & Theories

5. Scientific Method Quia

6. Create a Graph

7. How to Construct a Line Graph (manually)

8. Constructing Bar Graph

9. Making Scientific Graphs Using Microsoft Excel

   Lab Help and the Metric System

           1. Lab Safety

 2. Powers of Ten

 3. More Powers of Ten

 4. Metric Measurement

 5. How BIG?

Chapter 1 The Scope of Biology

  1. Levels of Organization of Living Organisms

  2. Six Kingdoms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Chapter 14 Evolution: A History and a Process

              Evolution PPT

              1. Evidence of Evolution: embryos: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/odyssey/clips/

                                           Human embryos: http://www.visembryo.com/

              2.Timing is Everything: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/odyssey/timing.html

              3.Vestigial structures: http://wiki.cotch.net/wiki.phtml?title=Vestigial_features

              4. Peppered Moth Activity: http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/pepperedmoth.html

              5. Exloring Life Biodotedu: Check out types of natural selection:  http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/ahp/LAD/FastMenu.html

              6. 3 Ways Natural Selection Acts on Populations: http://www.lampstras.k12.pa.us/hschool/teachers/pitts/bio/un13/selections/types.html

              7. Modeling NS Using Populations of Dog Breeds: http://darwin.nmsu.edu/~molbio/dog/nature.htm

              8. Speciation: http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/VSpeciation.shtml

              9. Defining a Species: http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/VADefiningSpecies.shtml

             10. Defining Speciation: http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/VBDefiningSpeciation.shtml

             11. Causes of Speciation: http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/VCCausesSpeciation.shtml

             12.  How Evolution Works: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/11/2/e_s_4.html

             13.Hummingbirds: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/05/2/l_052_04.html

             14. Biological Species Concept: http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/VA1BioSpeciesConcept.shtml

             15. Darwin's Finches: Adaptative Radiation: http://www.biology-online.org/2/15_adaptive_radiation.ht

Chapter 13

                Human Genome Project: http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/project/about.shtml

               1. Putting DNA to Work: http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/exhibitdna/index.jsp

               2. Human genome: http://www.phschool.com/atschool/biology/Elephant/Student_Area/MLB_SC10_HL_index.html

               3. Plasmid - recombinant DNA animation::             

                       http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/molecularbiology/plasmidcloning_fla.html

               4.  Vaccines and Food Vectors: http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/07_00/vaccines_trees.shtml

               5.  Gene Therapy: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/genetherapy/

               6. Gene Therapy article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A56894-2003Jan14?language

               7. Gel electrophoresis: http://www.stanford.edu/group/hopes/diagnsis/gentest/f_s02gelelect.gif

               8. Actual DNA Fingerprint: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/exhibitions/genes/images/1-3-4-3-1-1-0-0-0-0-0.jpg

               9. How to Make a DNA Fingerprint: http://www.dnalc.org/resources/dnadetective.html

                    (Murder/Rape case, Human Paternity Case, Father and Son)

               10. DNA Fingerprinting Activity: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sheppard/analyze.html

               11. DNA Fingerprinting: Health and Society:   

                           http://www.accessexcellence.org/AB/BA/DNA_Fingerprinting_Basics.htm

               12. All About Cloning: http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/cloning/

              13. Click and Clone: http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/cloning/clickandclone/

               14. Cloning: http://www.eurekascience.com/ICanDoThat/cloning.htm

               15. Dolly article:http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/02/14/cloned.dolly.dies/

                16. Dolly cloning chart: http://ghs.gresham.k12.or.us/science/ps/sci/ibbio/biotech/pics/dolly.jpg

               17. Engineered for Controversy: http://my.webmd.com/content/article/11/1671_50516

               18. Cloned cat: http://www.techtv.com/news/scitech/story/0,24195,3372380,00.html

               19. Telomeres: http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/T/Telomeres.html

Chapter 11 DNA and the Language of Life

               1. DNA Interactive Timeline: http://www.dnai.org/timeline/index.html

               2. Milestones in DNA: http://www.accessexcellence.org/AB/WYW/wkbooks/SFTS/sidebarmilestone.html

               3. Hershey and Chase Experiment:  http://www.accessexcellence.org/AB/GG/hershey.html

               4. DNA: http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/genome/overview.html

               5. Build a DNA Molecule: http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/builddna/

               6. DNA: http://www.eurekascience.com/ICanDoThat/dna_intro.htm

               7. Journey into DNA: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/genome/dna_flash.html

               8. Zooming into DNA: http://www.ideum.com/genetics-dna.html

               9. Rosalind Franklin and DNA x-ray diffraction: http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~simmons/DNA/img007.jpg

             10. James Watson & Francis Crick and DNA:

                                                  http://www.delos.fantascienza.com/imgbank/92/genetica/scienza/watson-crick.jp

              11. Transcribe and Translate: http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/transcribe/

              12. Transcription game: http://library.thinkquest.org/20465/g_DNATranscription.html?tqskip1=1

              13. DNA interactive Workshop: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/dna/#

              14. Protein Synthesis animation: http://www.lewport.wnyric.org/jwanamaker/animations/Protein%20Synthesis%20-%20long.html

             15. Protein Synthesis: http://www.eurekascience.com/ICanDoThat/rna_synthesis.htm

             16. Quia: http://www.quia.com/jg/65756.html

Chapter 10 Patterns of Inheritance

             1. BIO COACH: Inheritance

             2. Classical Genetics: http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/toc.html

             3.  Gregor Mendel: http://www.biopoint.com/engaging/MENDEL/MENDEL.HTM

             4. Genetic Disorders: http://www.newbedford.k12.ma.us/srhigh/oliveira/biolinks.htm#Genetic%20Disorders

             5. Genetic Disorders- projects: http://ww.kumc.edu/gec/support/

                                                                   http://www.ygyh.org

                                                                   http://www.newbedford.k12.ma.us/srhigh/oliveira/biolinks.htm#Genetic%20Disorders

            6. European Royal Family Pedigree: http://www.ikm.jmu.edu/Buttsjl/ISAT493/Hemophilia/hemophiliaeurope.html

            7. X-linked inheritance: http://www.ikm.jmu.edu/Buttsjl/ISAT493/X-linked/xlinkedintro.html

            8. Blood type basic info: http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/blood/  

                                                       http://nobelprize.org/medicine/educational/landsteiner/readmore.html

                                                       http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/problem_sets/blood_types/Intro.html

             9. Rh: http://anthro.palomar.edu/blood/Rh_system.htm

            10. Blood typing: http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/B/BloodGroups.html

            11. Blood typing game:http://nobelprize.org/medicine/educational/landsteiner/index.html 

            12. Blood quiz: http://anthro.palomar.edu/blood/quizzes/bldquiz2.htm 

            13. Mixed up baby activity:http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/ASM/25.html#top 

            14. Quia: http://www.quia.com/hm/101200.html

                          http://www.quia.com/cb/55700.html

                          http://www.quia.com/rr/31066.html

                          http://www.quia.com/jg/65851.html

Chapter 9 The Cellular Basis for Heredity

  Genetic Disorder Research Project info

    1. Chromatin

    2.   Cell cycle & DNA       

    3. Cell Cycle

    4.  Cells Alive Cell Cycle

    5.  Cells Alive Animal Cell Mitosis

    6. Cells Alive Malignant Cells

    7. Diverse Ways to Vanquish Cancer

    8. Cancer Growth

    9. Mitosis diagram

    10. Mitosis animation

    11. Mitosis Interactive

    12. Plant & Animal Cell Mitosis review & photos

        More onion root and whitefish mitotic cells

    13. Whitefish mitosis

    14. Cell Cycle & Mitosis Tuto

    15. Onion Root tip Activity

           Actual onion root tip and mitotic cells

    16. Mitosis & Meiosis Interactive

    17. More Mitosis & Meiosis interactive

18.Meiosis Interactive

19. BIOCOACH: Meiosis

20. Making a Karyotpye

21: Karyotyping Activity

22. Normal Karyotypes

23. Female Karyotypes

24. Male Karyotypes                

25. Abnormal Karyotypes            

26.  Cytogenetics- careers

27. How to end up with more or less that 46 chromosomes

28. Quia: http://www.quia.com/pp/3371.html

29. http://www.quia.com/hm/100650.html

30. Meiosis: http://www.quia.com/jg/618515.html

31. http://www.quia.com/rr/98876.html

32. http://www.quia.com/jg/66180.html

33. http://www.quia.com/jg/385077.html

34  http://www.quia.com/jg/65901.html 

35. TOUR OF THE BASICS

Chapter 7 The Working Cell: Energy from Food

    Ch. 7 textbook link

  . 1. Mitochondria

     2. More Mitochondria

     3.  Glycolysis

     4. Fermentation

     5. Intermediate Step and Kreb'sCycle

     6. Electron Transport Chain

      7. Scilinks ETC

      8. BIO COACH Respiration overview

      9. BIO COACH Respiration introduction

  Chapter 8 The Working Cell: Energy from Sunlight

          1. Leaf Structure

             2.  Chloroplasts

             3. Do you know the structures found in a chloroplast?

             4. More chloroplasts

             5. Electromagnetic spectrum

             6. More Electromagnetic spectrum

              7. Interactive chromatography

              8. Chromatography #1-6 only

              9.  Interactive Photosynthesis

            10. More Photosynthesis               

             11.  Photosynthesis

              12.  Photosynthesis in review

            13.  BIOCOACH PHOTOSYNTHESIS

            14. Calvin Cycle    

            15. QUIA Photosynthesis

             16. More Quia Photosynthesis

             17. And More Quiz Photosynthesis

Chapter 15

              1. Interactive Plant Dichotomous Key

              2. Plant Identification Game

              3. http://www.nps.gov/goga/parklabs/library/plantkey.htm

              4. Interactive Dichotomous Key: http://www.students.ed.qut.edu.au/n2364379/MDB377/DichotomousKey.htm8

              5. Genus Novo :http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/dichoto.htm

              6.  Cladistics: http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/Fossil_Halls/cladistics.html

              7. Bacteria:

                     Cocci: http://www2.mf.uni-lj.si/~mil/bakt1/jpeg/13a.jpg

                     Bacilli: http://www.bmb.leeds.ac.uk/mbiology/ug/ugteach/icu8/images/xinfect/gnb.jpg

                     Spirilli: http://www.anselm.edu/homepage/jpitocch/genbios/spirilli.jpg

                8. Protists:

                    Protozoans: Animal-like: Zooflagellates: http://www2.mf.uni-lj.si/~mil/praz1/jpeg/8g2.jpg

                                       Amoeba: http://www.rkm.com.au/imagelibrary/thumbnails/Amoeba-proteus-150.jpg

                                        Ciliates: http://www.shef.ac.uk/aps/images/paramecium-210.jpg

                                        Paramecium: http://pantransit.reptiles.org/images/1998-05-23/Paramecium.jpg

                                         Sarcodines: http://home.jlu.edu.cn/~yunxiang/yuansheng/amoeba/amoeba.jpg

                                         Trypanosome: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jdtr/trypa3.jpg

                                          Sporozoans: http://www.doh.gov.za/facts/stats-notes/2001/images/graph7.jpg

                                          Plasmodium: http://medinfo.ufl.edu/year2/mmid/bms5300/images/d7219.jpg

                     Plant-like Protists: Euglenophytes: http://www.stcsc.edu/ecology/algae/euglena.jpg

                                                  Dinoflagellates: http://www.biol.tsukuba.ac.jp/~inouye/ino/etc/dinoflagellates.jpg

                                                 Chrysophytes: http://www2.eou.edu/~kantell/img1023.jpg

                                                 Diatoms: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/images/diatoms.gif

                                                  Red algae: http://waynesword.palomar.edu/images/redalg1b.jpg

                                                 Brown Algae: http://www.derwentriver.tas.gov.au/images/kelp.jpg

                                                 Green algae: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/greenalgae/chlamydomonas.jpg

                                                                        http://www.anselm.edu/homepage/jpitocch/genbios/spirogyra.jpg

                                                                        http://www.uri.edu/artsci/bio/rishores/images/ulva.jpg

                   Fungus-like Protists: Slime molds: http://www.nps.gov/olym/microfauna/slimemold2.jpg

                                                        Water molds: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chromista/mildewgrape.j

                  9. Fungi:    Yeast: http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040816/images/yeast.jpg

                                       Mushroom: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ammons/oslo/another%20mushroom%20(2).JPG

                                       Mold: http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/biology/plant_bio/fungi/Rhizopus%20-%20bread%20mold.jpg

                                        Mildew: http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/gardner/diseases/dark%20mildews/dark%20mildew.JPG  

Chapter 15

              1. Radiometric Decay: http://www.gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/geo102/radio.htm

              2. Nova Radioactive Decay interactive: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/first/radiocarbonhl.html

              3. Radioactive Decay interactive: http://vcourseware4.calstatela.edu/VirtualDatingDemo/files/2.0_HalfLife.html

              4. Geologic Time: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/geotime/gtpage8b.html

              5. Fossils, Rocks, and Time: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/fossils

              6. Types of Fossils: http://people.uncw.edu/laws/GLY337/Types.htm

              7. Brief History of Life interactive: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/origins/life.html