Resources
Links below organized by unit - Scroll down to explore!
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
EasyBib: MLA Citation Generator
MLA Format Overview: Purdue OWL
Current Events in Science - Resources
Unit 1: Characteristics of Life, Hierarchy of Life, Graphing and Microscopes
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)
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
Classes of Biomolecules Reading
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
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
Bozeman Science: Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis and Respiration Games
Cell Respiration Song (based on Black Eyed Peas "I've Got a Feeling")
Unit 7: Mitosis and Meiosis
Mitosis in the Cells of Onion Root Tips - Online Lab
Mitosis Reference - Phase Images
Mitosis Animation (McGraw Hill)
What is Cancer? (Bozeman science video, 6:54)
Fighting Cancer Podcast (TED Radio Hour, 52:43)
GTCA Music Video (The DNA version of YMCA) Great PCR video at bottom of the page as well
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
Unit 8: DNA Transcription and Translation
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
Crash Course Video: Heredity (10:17)
Genetics Resources at University of Utah Health Sciences
Kahoot Review: Mendelian Genetics
Unit 10: 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
Earth's History of Life in 24 hours - Video (2 minutes)
The Sixth Extinction - Video (9 minutes)
History of Life - Video, Crash Course (Start after the intro song - about 12 minutes)
Webquest: Understanding Geologic Time
Webquest: Fossil Record Interactive
Evolution: Deep Time and Geologic History
History of Life on Earth (scroll down for resources)
Alaska Plate Tectonics - Video (8 minutes)
Geologic History of Denali - Video (4 1/2 minutes)
Kahoot Review: Homologous, Analogous, and Vestigial Structures
Unit 13: Natural Selection
Stickleback Fish Evolution Lab
Five Fingers of Evolution - Video (5 minutes, 23 seconds)
Natural Selection and Charles Darwin - Video (9 minutes, 18 seconds)
Galapagos Finch Evolution - Video (16 minutes, 8 seconds)
Unit 14: Evolution, Genetics, and Molecular Biology
Evolution of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria - Video (4 minutes, 34 seconds)
Unit 15: Speciation and Phylogeny
How Evolution Works - Video (about 12 minutes)
Human Evolution Introduction (Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History)
Reference sites
Multi-Language Science Glossary
Muppets Singing about Lab Safety
Howard Hughes Medical Institute: Biointeractive resources for teachers and students
Just For Fun
CRISPR
CRISPR Explained, McGovern Institute - Video (4 minutes, 12 seconds)
Bozeman Science Explains CRISPR - Video (7 minutes, 20 seconds)
Explained in Five Levels of Complexity - Video (16 minutes, 52 seconds)