External Resources
All Units
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/#about_these_pagesAn Online Biology textbook. Good for quickly looking up topics that are on top of your head but cant quite grasp. The index and table of contents are very useful.
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/biology/bio2004/interactivetutor/index.php?abrev=ntl- Interactive activities for many units. Crosswords, matching, mini-quizes, labs, etc.
http://www.kensbiorefs.com- A massive database of links to web resources.
http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/facilities/multimedia/index.php?Page=271- The University of Alberta site with many helpful tutorials on all the topics.
Unit 1: Ecology
http://sps.k12.ar.us/massengale/ecology_notes_bi.htm- Ecology cycles! (hint: helpful for essay outline)
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/BioBookpopecol.html- Encyclopedia reference to major terms in ecology and a description on population types + growth.
http://school.discovery.com/quizzes15/biolessonscom/Taxonomy.html- A short quiz on ecology.
http://www.enviroliteracy.org/category.php/3.html- Very basic explaination of the environment from the Environmental Literacy Council.
http://www.biologymad.com/master.html?http://www.biologymad.com/Ecology/ecology.htm- A bunch of stuff on ecology (population, succession, etc.)
Unit 2: Chemistry of Life
Unit 3: Cell Structure and Function
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/cell_structure/cell_structure.htm- The construct a cell part is good for distinguishing different types of cells. The other parts are educational but a little intense.
http://www.zerobio.com/target_practice_quiz/target_practice_quiz_cells.htm- A fun quiz on the structure and function of cells
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=AP11403- A excellent and fun, but challanging quiz!
http://www.wiley.com/college/pratt/0471393878/student/animations/actin_myosin/index.html- This is weird-looking but good. There is narration and a quiz at the end of each section. It is very detailed about the cytoskeleton, which we didn't do very much with in class. It also is very good on muscle contraction. However, the narrator is monotonous.
Unit 4: Cellular Energetics
Unit 5: Cell Structure & Function
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/7th/cells/sciber/micrpart.htm- This website goes over the parts of a microscope, and identifies them on a picture.
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/7th/cells/sciber/slidepre.htm- This website goes over the preparation of a slides and wet mounts.
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/7th/cells/sciber/micrhist.htmthis goes over important historical advances in the microscope, with names and dates.
http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/class/bio202/TFrey/MembraneStructure.html- Lecture overview about cell membranes, permeability, osmosis, and types of transport. great for a missed class, and summary of chapter 6.
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/BioBooktransp.html- For the people who like lots of pictures and diagrams, this goes over types of tansport in/out of cells, and diffusion etc.
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/problem_sets/signaling/Index.html- Problem set to review/learn cell signaling, w/ detailed explanations.
Unit 6: Meiosis and Genetics
Unit 7: Evolution and Classification
Unit 8a: Animal Anatomy and Physiology
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/matthews/myosin.html- A good explaination of the sliding filament theory. Has animations
http://www.ivy-rose.co.uk/Topics/Muscle_Structure.htm- Illustrations and definitions on the parts of muscles.
http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/basics/index.html- A site covering the fundamentals of the digestive system.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/3djigsaw_02/index.shtml- Activities that tests your ability to map the various parts of the organ, muscle, skeletal, and nervous systems. Also gives explainations to what they do.
Unit 8b: Respiration, Circulation, and Excretion
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html- A site covering parts of the body
http://www.getbodysmart.com/ap/respiratorysystem/nose/menu/menu.html- A simple visual tutorial on the Anatomy and Physiology of the nose. Requires flash.
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/tutorial/circulatory.html- Explainations on the open circulatory system found in insects.
http://www2.gsu.edu/~bioasx/closeopen.html- open and closed circulatory systems human heart vs crayfish heart
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=15&cat=1829&articleid=2721- Respiratory System of Birds: Anatomy and Physiology
http://www.smm.org/heart/heart/top.html- Heart Animations and Interactives
Unit 9: Homeostasis
Unit 10: Reproduction, Development and Behavior
Unit 11: Plant Structure and Function
http://www.biologymad.com/master.html?http://www.biologymad.com/Ecology/ecology.htm- Gives detailed explaination on almost all aspects of plant structure and functions.