(This one’s for you, Shiv D.! I hope this is what you were looking for. – Anne) This animation, from McGraw-Hill, explains how metabolism (the chemical reactions involved in converting food to energy) works. View this and other animations from McGraw-Hill at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J4LXs-oDCU
(This one’s for you, Lucille W. – I hope you enjoy it!) This interactive video helps to test students’ understanding as they watch a short film on the rock pocket mouse — a living example of Darwin’s process of natural selection. http://media.hhmi.org/biointeractive/interactivevideo/pocketmousequiz/ For more resources from BioInteractive and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, please visit…
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This animation from HHMI Interactive shows you how coral bleaching occurs. Reef-building corals rely on the photosynthetic algae inside their cells for their survival. For more resources from the HHMI Interactive website, please go to: http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/coral-bleaching
Explore millions of high-resolution images showing the spatial distribution of proteins in 44 different normal human tissues and 20 different cancer types, as well as 46 different human cell lines. http://www.proteinatlas.org/ The Human Protein Atlas project was initiated in 2003 by funding from the The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Primarily based in Sweden, the…
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Learn all about baleen whales, dolphins, sperm whales, pinnipeds, beaked whales, belugas, narwhals and porpoises with this interactive website. http://cetus.ucsd.edu/voicesinthesea_org/species/baleenWhales/blue.html For more resources from the Voices in the Sea website, please go to: http://cetus.ucsd.edu/voicesinthesea_org/
Cell signals travel through the body, coming in contact with many cell types. In this interactive module, you will learn how the response depends on the type of cell the signal reaches. http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cells/signals/ For more interactive resources from the Genetic Science Learning Centre (University of Utah Health Sciences), please visit their website: learn.genetics.utah.edu
This interactive resource explores the ear – the organ which controls hearing and balance. Discover all of the parts which make up the outer, middle and inner ear. http://www.amplifon.co.uk/interactive-ear/index.html Provided by Amplifon, UK.
“Coral reefs cover only about 0.1% of the world’s oceans, but 50% of the species that live in the ocean live on a coral reef at some point in their life.” This quote is from this 26-minute video documentary focusing on protecting the coral reefs near the island of Curacao in the Caribbean. This is…
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This interactive module will teach you all about proteins, carbohydrates and lipids and why chemistry is so important in biology. http://www.abpischools.org.uk/page/modules/chemistryoflife/index.cfm?age=Age%20range%2016-19&subject=Biology For other interactive resources for schools, please visit the ABPI website at: http://www.abpischools.org.uk/
This Cell Biology Flipped Classroom Course was developed by Professor Jonathan Scholey and iBiology. Here you will find all of the course materials including the iBioSeminars (high quality video lectures), discussion questions, and assignments. http://www.ibiology.org/ibioeducation/taking-courses/cell-biology-flipped-course.html For more resources from iBiology, please visit their website: http://www.ibiology.org/
