Ecology | Microscopy | Succession | Biomes | Populations | Biodiversity and Conservation | Chemistry
Cell Structure and Function | Cell Energy | Cell Respiration | Cell Cycle | DNA | Meiosis and Genetics
Animal Behavior | Cardiovascular System | Plants | Evolution
Cornell Theory Center- Main page with lots of links to other topics covered in class
Biogeochemical cycles- A NASA site that has tons of information on the carbon, and water cycles. A great resource for extra information. Click on Atmosphere, Oceans, Land, Energy, or Life
Passport to the Rainforest- Discover the rainforest with interactive activities, videos and hands-on learning
World Planet Biomes- Good resource and good maps
Biomes and Climate - Univ of Texas - This is a good one!!
Marrieta College Environmental Science- biogeochemical cycles
Monarch and Viceroy Butterfly - Examples of Batesian Mimicry - NorthCarolinaNature.com
Interesting video about Sea Otter as the Keystone Species - YouTube
The Compound Microscope
How to Use a Microscope Properly
Microscope Imaging Station - Awesome images and videos of cells
Ecological succession - nice figures of plant succession
Morning-earth.org - Good pictures demonstrating succession
Biomes of the World
Powerpoint of biomes, Chesapeake bay dead zones
U.S. Census Bureau population clock
USA Today Population Article and interactive graph
Invasive Species- basic info
Read about Invasive Species in the Chesapeake Bay! - Living Classrooms
More info from Chesapeakebay.net about invasive species in the Bay
Cells Alive! Bacterial Population Growth- watch a neat video!
The Field Museum- Great website!
Center for Biodiversity and Conservation- American Museum of Natural History
Conservation International - Biodiversity Hotspots
Biodiversity.org
National Biological Inforamation Infrastructure - great site with other links
Diversity of Life in the Ocean. (Bob Morris/microscope) Boston Globe 8/17/06
Green Algae info and pictures
Pond Life: Info on protists, algae and other neat aquatic organisms
Help identify your protist using this website
Look at info, pictures and animations of protists, snails and other aquatic organisms
Info on the development of snails
Helpful pages from last year!!
Biological Macromolecules
Take this Biochemistry Quiz online
Check out this animation on Protein Structure!!
- UTube
Cells Alive! Website - great images of cells as well as an interactive animation
Plasma membrane information - cytochemistry.net
Bursting Bacteria with Penicillin - HHMI
Lysosome
Cilia and Flagella - movement
Sodium/Potassium Pump animation - really good animation for this!
Endocytosis and Exocytosis animation - great!
Membrane Transport - active and passive transport
Passive Transport
Na+/K+ ATPase Pump animation
Secondary Transport of Glucose across the cell membrane
What is an Enzyme?? - Great animation about enzymes and their function - even has info about inhibition
General HIV Drug Group - HIV Protease and its function
HIV Protease and its Inhibitor binding
General Video about HIV Replication
Photosynthesis- Maricopa
Chloroplasts - Molecular Expressions
Action Spectra of Chlorophyll - Visible Light Spectra - from Purves
Pigments and Spectra - different pigments and the colors they absorb - Purves
Info on Leaf Pigments from Harvard Forest - Harvard University
Animation about Electron Transport Chain - University of Idaho
Photosynthesis Animation used in class - Univ. of Vermont
Photosynthesis - JohnKyrk
Picture of the Mitochondria
OVERVIEW OF Cellular Respiration
Animation Overview of Cell Respiration
Oxidative Phosphorylation animation
ATP Synthase and Concentration Gradients
Cells Alive tutorial
The Biology Project-Mitosis
The Biology Corner- Mitosis with quiz at the end
Interactive Mitosis - Biology in Motion
To learn a bit about the history behind the coup by Watson and Crick....
More on Rosalind Franklin's story
Protein Data Bank- DNA information
Really great timeline on the scientific discoverys of days past and the present!
DNA Replication
Great animation by John Kyrk of DNA replication
Another animation of DNA replication!!
Animation about DNA structure and replication - this one explains DNA structure well
RNA Transcription
Transcription animation
www.dnai.org- website I showed in class- click on "Copying the Code" to get Transcription and "Reading the Code" to get to Translation. Then click on "Putting it all together" to get to the animations!
Translation
Translation animation
Another really good translation animation!! - www.dnai.org - the animation I showed in class!
This is a WONDERFUL website that lets you practice transcribing and translation using the codon chart- Univ. of Utah
Meiosis tutorials- The Biology Project
Cells Alive - Meiosis
PDF file describing Meiosis
Meiosis Simulation
Complex Inheritance patterns- explanations
Information about what Gregor Mendel did
Mendelian Genetics background and problems at the end
Genetics Practice Problems - The Biology Project
Biography of Charles Darwin
The best site on evolution (At least I think so!) - UC-Berkley
Great info on evolution - discusses how and when life began
HaloEd site with pictures of Halobacteria - an example of Archaebacteria
Endosymbiont Theory - added info
ARTICLES TO READ FOR CLASS:
"New Clues Add 40,000 years to Age of Human Species"
"160,000 - year old fossilized skulls uncovered in Ethiopia are oldest anatomically modern humans"
Check out these cool sites about geologic time scale:
Navagating the geologic time scale
Evolution of the Dinosaurs
New Thinking in Dino Evolution - article
PALEOMAP - Plate Tectonics
Center for the integrative study of animal behavior - cool website with info on careers in animal behavior
Palomar College Behavior Sciences Dept. - Great website on behavior
Duke University Primate Center
PBS- Ravens and animal behavior - Cool info about the cognitive behavior of ravens
The Jane Goodall Institute -
"Behavior May Suggest we are Not Only Human" - Washington Post article
Great info on different types of plants!
PowerPoint slides with pictures of some plant structures - CHECK IT OUT!!!!
Diagram of the heart - labeled and unlabeled - good to quiz yourself
Awesome video clip of an electrocardiogram and an explanation of the part of the heart HHMI Lecture Series
Dr. Christine Seidman, M.D. discusses the heart and its anatomy and physiology - HHMI Lecture Series
Blood Powerpoint presentation - May 2 and 4th, 2007
