Links to Biology sites you may find helpful:

Lab Safety

Lab Safety in the Biological Science Department at OSU

Cells

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 "Wathc the Video" partway down the page.

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.

Cellular Respiration

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

Mitosis/Meiosis

Animation of mitosis - also link to animation of meiosis Mitosis narrative and great images Online Onion Root Tips - an interactive lab Mitosis Meiosis Animations - along with many other things Mitosis Movies - from University of North Carolina

DNA and Protein Synthesis

Mendelian 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

Classification and Taxonomy

Phylogenics - evolutionary tree

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

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