Links to AP Biology sites you may find helpful:

Current Assignments

Plant Lab images and resources Kingdoms Assignment as pdf Genetics Take-Home Test

Textbook Links

Mastering Bio website - you will need your login information Lab Bench - labs online Lab Links - stuff for lab assignments

Lab Safety

Lab Safety in the Biological Science Department at OSU

Cells

Cell Size and Scale - interact with this to get a feel for the size of cells, organelles, and molecules. Amazing Cells - structures in action, transport, communication, more! Plant and animal cells interactive - click on an organelle name to learn more Plant cells, animal cells, and prokaryotes - also interactive. Click around and explore. Also has some great mitosis/meiosis Comparison of Plant and Animal Cells- with description of organelles Inside the Cell - a totally awesome animation from Harvard. Click "Watch the Video" partway down the page. Nice musical accompaniment Narrated cell video - the same video as above, but with narration Inside a Cell - interactive from the Genetics Learning Center, University of Utah More cell animations, from the folks who made Inner Life of a Cell Animated advanced topics in cells: choose one, then click FLASH for the movie. Cell and Molecular Animations - a portal to many

Cell Communication

Cell Signals - Gene Almanac. Narrated animation of the cellular communications in the healling of a wound. You must see this one. Signal Transduction Pathway - another animation Cell Signaling Problem Set - The Biology Project, University of Arizona Cell Proliferation Signaling Pathway - an animation Cell and Molecular Animations - a portal to many animations, many are mechanisms of cell communication

Cell Biology and Cancer

Cell Biology and Cancer - Genetics of Cancer

Homeostasis

Na+ K+ Pump animation - short and sweet. Animation of Passive and Active Transport Membranes and Transport - another set of animations, complete with interactive quizzes

Photosynthesis

Importance of photosynthesis in your life - bet you didn't know this about photosynthesis! Light dependent reactions - animated, so you can see where everything goes Calvin Cycle/carbon fixation - from same place as the one above flash presentation of photosynthesis light dependent reactions from Virginia Tech Photosynthesis explanation and diagrams from University of Cincinnati Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis - think photosynthesis isn't important to you? One day it may power your world. Photosynthesis research at the Photosynthesis Center, Arizona State University. Good reasons to know about photosynthesis. Photosystem II - a great animation. Click FLASH to see the movies.

Cellular Respiration

Three animations on cellular respiration - and many other great links, including microscopy

Cell Cycle and Mitosis

Animation of mitosis - also link to animation of meiosis Cell Proliferation Signaling Pathway - an animation Mitosis narrative and great images Online Onion Root Tips - an interactive lab Mitosis Mitosis Movies - from University of North Carolina

Meiosis

Meiosis Animations - along with many other things Meiosis Tutorial - including karyotyping Karyotyping Activity - Faster and easier than the cut-out version. Santa's Karyotype - entertainment :-)

DNA and Protein Synthesis

Cytogenic Resources - list of cool links to structural info on chromosomes.

Mendelian Genetics

Genetics

Protists

Ron's Pond Scum - excellent photos of protists, the ones you will see in lab. Find the image of a paramecium dividing. Kingdom Protista - classification issues with protists; Origin of Life powerpoint (as pdf) Systematics of Eukaryota - (don't forget the prokaryotes)

Ecology

EPA Global Warming for Kids Site New York Board of Regents - What New York State HS students must know about Ecology in order to to graduate (And you thought the WASL was bad) - especially the food chain/food web site

Evolution

What is a Species? Species definitions Assignment questions and Ensatina visual Virtual Age Dating Tutorial - print your certificate at the end for extra credit Age of the Earth - more information than we have time to discuss in class Geological Time Scale - remember this from Physical Science? Darwin and Wallace - how well do you know them? Geological Time - a cool, animated explanation of evidence for the Earth's age University of California Museum of Paleontology - links to cladistics and phylogeny, evolutionary mechanisms Whale Evolution from PBS -

Evolutionary Biologists

The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online - includes private papers, notebooks, specimens, diaries of Emma and Annie The Darwin Correspondence Project - 6000 letters and counting.

Plants

Life Cycle of Mosses -general overview and orientation Mnium archaegonia and antheredia - use with Lab 15 pg 389-391; diagram of structures on pg 390. Also liverworts, ferns, Lycopodia. Commercially prepared slides of mosses - click to enlarge Liverwort life cycle - Lycopodium and Selaginella images, up close Club Mosses - click OUTLINE at the bottom to get back to the next link, an overview: Overview of Evolutionary History of Land Plants Horsetails - yes its Wikipedia. Get over it. Fern life cycle diagram - its a bit rough, but complete. Ferns, the simple version - Kimball biology site Dougls Fir - male and female cones Pine cones -

Classification and Taxonomy

Phylogenics - evolutionary tree Tree of Life - interactive tree and blog. Don't miss the remixable video with David Attenborough

Stem Cells

Stem Cell Animations from HHMI

Great Study Guides and Resources

MIT lectures - you can download a whole course from MIT at this website. Includes video lectures and study materials. the New York Board of Regents Test Prep Site - a great study guide on all topics biological Ecology Home Page from NASA

Textbook Links

Modern Biology 2006 - our textbook. You will need your login information. Prentice Hall Student Text - let me know if the animations do not work for you.

Periodic Tables

A printable, color periodic table - needs Acrobat to open; very complete The Comic Book Periodic Table Elementistory  Periodic Table  PeriodicTable.com  Periodic Table from Los Alamos National Laboratory  Periodic Table of Elements Information  The Periodic Table of Elements of the Internet  WebElements

MSDS Sources

Flinn Scientific MSDS list - we get most of our chemicals from here. The MSDS download as acrobat PDF files. The Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory at Oxford University - Chemical and Safety Info - MSDS links and safety info for chemicals commonly used in HS laboratories The Chemical Database at the University of Akron MSDS Database - choose from several; just type in the name of the chemical Merck Catalog Database: first look up the catalog number of the chemical, then type or paste the catalog number into the search engine to get the MSDS in PDF form Online NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards - this source does not have everythihng we work with, but it has many of them. SIRI MSDS database Chemexper.com MSDS sources  MSDS from Oxford University  Ohio State University MSDS list

Humor

The Best of Hi-Tech The End :-)

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