Cell revision Carbohydrates Lipids Protein structure DNA Test yourself Plasma membrane Diffusion Osmosis Facilitated diffusion Cell organelles Enzyme activity Denaturation Chloroplasts Respiration Evolution of organelles Controlling glucose Endocrine system Signalling Synapses Herpes Barriers to infection Monoclonal antibodies Meiosis Mendel Independent Assortment DNA replication Transcription Polyribosomes lac operon DNA cloning PCR Applications Stem cells Fossils Timescales Plate tectonics Marsupials Darwin Allopatric speciation Cladogram Human evolution Cultural evolution
Page 4. Cell revision
To help you revise your knowledge about the structure and function of cells.
http://web.mit.edu/esgbio/www/cb/org/organelles.html
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Page 18. Carbohydrates
View the animation to assist your understanding of simple and complex carbohydrates.
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=AP13104
Page 22. Lipids
View the animation to assist your understanding of lipids.
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=AP13204
Page 30. Protein structure
View the narrated animation on how heat affects protein structure.
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/nonmajorsbiology/proteinstructure.html
Page 33. DNA
View the narrated animation on DNA structure.
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/molecularbiology/DNA_structure.html
Page 35. Test yourself
Complete the quiz on nucleic acids and protein synthesis.
http://www.nelsonthornes.com/essentialbiology/chapter3_quiz.htm
Page 44. Plasma membrane
View the animation on the structure of the plasma (cell) membrane and complete the quiz questions at the end.
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=AP1101
Page 47. Diffusion
View the animation of simple diffusion through a plasma membrane.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/asguru/biology/01cellbiology/05pathways/06passivesimple/index.shtml
Page 50. Osmosis
How does osmosis work?
View the animation and summarise the process of osmosis in three sentences.
http://colorado.edu/eeb/web_resources/osmosis/
Page 54. Facilitated diffusion
View the animation on facilitated diffusion.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/asguru/biology/01cellbiology/05pathways/07passivefacilitated/index.shtml
Page 63. Cell organelles
Work through the interactive animation to help you understand cell organelles.
http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/westmin/science/sbi3a1/Cells/cells.htm
Page 74. Enzyme activity
Use the buttons on the movie to watch the animation. How do enzymes act to speed up the rate of a reaction? Why are enzymes specific to certain reactions?
http://www.lewport.wnyric.org/jwanamaker/animations/Enzyme%20activity.html
Page 78. Denaturation
Work your way through the material presented. Make sure you click on the question mark boxes and view the animations. How are enzymes denatured?
http://www.biotopics.co.uk/other/enzyme.html
Page 82. Chloroplasts
Go to this page for more information about chloroplasts and photosynthesis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroplast
Page 87. Respiration
View the animation on cellular respiration.
http://scholar.hw.ac.uk/site/biology/activity3.asp?outline=
Page 90. Evolution of organelles
View the narrated animation about a theory of how chloroplasts and mitochondria evolved in eukaryotic cells.
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/nonmajorsbiology/organelles.html
Page 111. Controlling glucose
View the animation and try the quiz at the end.
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=AP15004
Page 118. Endocrine system
View the animation to get a general overview of the endocrine system.
http://health.howstuffworks.com/adam-200091.htm
Page 124. Signalling
View the narrated animation on cell signalling. This may take some time to load.
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/neurobiology/signaling.html
Page 125. Synapses
View the narrated animation to see how a synapse works. How is the neurotransmitter molecule recycled?
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/neurobiology/synaptictransmission.html
Page 145. Herpes
View the narrated animation on the reproduction of the Herpes simplex virus. How does the virus use the host cell structure for its own purposes?
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/microbiology/herpessimplex.html
Page 161. Barriers to infection
Click on the blue spots to see the barriers to infection.
http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/content/4/biology/abpi/immune/immune3.html
Page 187. Monoclonal antibodies
View the narrated animation on the production of monoclonal antibodies.
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/molecularbiology/monoclonalantibodies.html
Page 214. Meiosis
View the narrated animation on meiosis.
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/majorsbiology/meiosis.html
Page 217. Mendel
View the animation on how Mendel started his genetic studies using pea plants.
http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/1/concept/
Page 226. Independent Assortment
View the narrated animation about Independent Assortment. How does Independent Assortment contribute to variation amongst offspring?
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/majorsbiology/independentassortment.html
Page 245. DNA replication
Work through the interactive animation to match the DNA bases to make you own strands of DNA.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/dna/shockwave.html
Page 248. Transcription
View the animation on transcription.
http://www.ncc.gmu.edu/dna/mRNAanim.htm
Page 250. Polyribosomes
View the animation of a polyribosome producing proteins.
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/molecularbiology/polyribosomes.html
Page 254. lac operon
View the narrated animation on the working of lac operon.
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/majorsbiology/ovarianuterine.html
Page 273. DNA cloning
View the narrated animation on DNA cloning.
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/molecularbiology/plasmidcloning_fla.html
Page 281. PCR
View the narrated animation on PCR. Why is the temperature at each step so important?
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/molecularbiology/pcr.html
Page 288. Applications
Read about more applications for genetic engineering.
http://www.biologymad.com/master.html?http://www.biologymad.com/GeneticEngineering/GeneticEngineering.htm
Page 299. Stem cells
View the narrated animation on embryonic stem cells. What are the two key features of stem cells that makes them so valuable?
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/generalscience/stemcells.html
Page 309. Fossils
Go to this page to find out more information about fossils and fossilisation.
http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/Paleontology/FossilsAndFossilisation/FossilsAndFossilisation/FossilsAndFossilisation.htm
Page 313. Timescales
Click on each link to find out about each time period.
http://www.es-designs.com/geol105/timescale/
Page 316. Plate tectonics
View the animation to see what the earth looked like through its geological history.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/anim2.html
Page 326. Marsupials
Read more about the history of marsupials and monotremes.
http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~amberm/amber.htm
Page 344. Darwin
Read more about Darwin and his ideas through the diaries he kept throughout his life.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/darwin/diary/index.html
Page 350. Allopatric speciation
View the animation on allopatric speciation.
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/ridley/a-z/Allopatric_speciation_b.asp
Page 356. Cladogram
View more cladograms on this site.
http://www.calacademy.org/research/izg/cladograms.htm
Page 375. Human evolution
Enter the gallery and view the skulls of human ancestors in 3D.
http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/projects/human/#
Page 381. Cultural evolution
Read more about the cultural evolution of humans.
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~taflinge/culture1.html
