Resources

Water Bears (tardigrades) are one of the most resilient animals known! They are found in every habitat and have even survived 10 days in space.

Reliable Sources

Eleven Examples: Why Everything on the Internet is not reliable

5 W's of Website Evaluation

EasyBib: MLA Citation Generator

MLA Format Overview: Purdue OWL

Current Events in Science - Resources

Nature.com

Science News

Science Daily

Unit 1: Characteristics of Life, Hierarchy of Life, Graphing and Microscopes

Build Your Own Microbe

Negative and Positive Feedback Loops

Flu Attack! How a Virus Infects Your Body

Unit 2: Nature of Science, Scientific Method and Scientific Nomenclature

Great Video with several scientists discussing the nature of science (20 minutes 31 seconds long)

The Scientific Method Song

Scientific Method Rap

Unit 3 Prep: Basic Chemistry

Crash Course Chemistry: the Nucleus

Download "The Elements" app for on your phone info about the elements!

NOVA: Hunting the Elements (including Radiocarbon dating clip found at 1:39:32 to 1:44:48) Non-Adobe version found on YouTube

Popcorn Popping in Slow Motion

Otzi the Ice Man - Smithsonian Channel Video clip (3 minutes, 12 seconds)

Unit 3: Organic Chemistry (Biochemistry, Chemistry of Life)

Organic Molecules Testing Procedure Reference

Organic Molecules Testing Procedure Reference #2

Organic Molecule Testing Procedure Reference #3

Pearson Biochemistry Reading

Monomer and Polymer Reading

Classes of Biomolecules Reading

Carbohydrate Video (Bozeman)

Lipid Video (Bozeman)

Protein Video (Bozeman)

Nucleic Acid Video (Bozeman)

Unit 4: Cells and Cellular Structure

Amazing Cells Resources at University of Utah Health Sciences

Endosymbiotic Hypothesis/Theory - Video (5 minutes, 41 seconds)

25 Amazing Electron Microscope Images

How Electron Microscopes Work

Mitochondrial DNA Inheritance Video (4:36)

Unit 5: Membrane Structure, Transport and Homeostasis

Cellular Transport Overview : McGraw Hill

Membrane Transport Animation: hypotonic, hypertonic, and isotonic

Overview Video - Membrane transport

Sodium-Potassium Pump animation

Na-K Pump: How a Neuron Works (The first 3:51 minutes)

Na-K Pump: Neuromuscular Junctions

Example Phagocystosis: Neutrophil white blood cell "hunting down" bacteria cell (video, 1 minute)

Phagocytosis Horror Film: Amoeba hunt for Paramecium (2:26 minutes)

Unit 6: Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration

Crash Course: ATP and Cellular Respiration

Bozeman Science: Cellular Respiration

Crash Course: Photosynthesis

Bozeman Science: Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis and Respiration Games

Animation

Cell Respiration Song (based on Black Eyed Peas "I've Got a Feeling")

Unit 7: Mitosis and Meiosis

Chromosome Gallery

Mitosis in the Cells of Onion Root Tips - Online Lab

Mitosis Reference - Phase Images

Mitosis Animation (McGraw Hill)

Mitosis Game

National Cancer Institute

What is Cancer? (Bozeman science video, 6:54)

Fighting Cancer Podcast (TED Radio Hour, 52:43)

Dolan DNA Learning Center

GTCA Music Video (The DNA version of YMCA) Great PCR video at bottom of the page as well

Mitosis and Meiosis animation

Meiosis Animation

Crash Course Video: Meiosis (11:42)

Crash Course Video: Embryonic Development and Pregnancy (10:44)

Development of Blastocyst video (0:44)

Human Development (2:18)

Stem Cell Research: PBS NOVA (13:40)

Stem Cell Debate: Is it Over? (Learn.Genetics)

Susan Solomon: The Promise of Research with Stem Cells (TED Talk, 14:58)

Unit Test Preparation

Kahoot Round One

Kahoot Round Two

Kahoot Round Three

Unit 8: DNA Transcription and Translation

Online DNA Extraction Lab

DNA Structure: Crash Course Video: DNA Structure and Replication (12:58)

Transcription: Animation

Transcription: DNA Transcription DNALC video (1:52)

Transcription: Transcription Game and another Transcription Game

Transcription: In depth learning and participating in research at Eterna

Protein Review: What's is a protein again? (Bozeman science, 9:15)

Protein Building: Want to help discover the proteome? Try Fold it

Translation: From RNA To Protein video (2:50)

Translation: Crash Course Video: DNA Transcription and Translation (14:07)

Kahoot Review One: Protein Synthesis

Kahoot Review Two: Protein Synthesis

Kahoot Review Three: Protein Synthesis

Unit 9: Mendelian Genetics

Blood Typing Game

Crash Course Video: Heredity (10:17)

Genetics Resources at University of Utah Health Sciences

GeneEd website

Kahoot Review: Mendelian Genetics

Unit 10: Heredity

The Human Genome Project

Human Genetic Disorders

Kahoot Review: Heredity

Unit 11: Evidence of Evolution

What is the Evidence of Evolution? - Video, Stated Clearly (11 minutes, 21 seconds)

Direct Observation of Evolution: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria - Video (4 minutes, 34 seconds)

Speciation and Extinction - Video (12 minutes, 59 seconds)

Isn't Evolution Just a Theory? - Video, PBS (5 minutes, 54 seconds)

Unit 12: Geologic Time and Fossil Record