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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Cell Cycle Checkpoints

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how cells use checkpoints to regulate the cell cycle. This article provides an overview of cell cycle control, outlining the factors that influence a cell's decision to pause or progress at each checkpoint.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 2.20 Cell Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the life cycle of a eukaryotic cell.
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PBS

Nova Online: How Cells Divide, Mitosis vs. Meiosis

For Students 9th - 10th
Slideshow of mitosis and meiosis side-by-side. It is a summation of the two processes and the differences between them are clear.
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City University of New York

Brooklyn College: The Cell Cycle: Naming the Parts

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this information to help you understand the differences between major parts of the cell cycle. A good place to start a study of cell division.
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University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Cell Cycle and Mitosis Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
Has explanations, illustrations, and a Quick Time movie to download. Also contains practice test questions that are answered online.
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University of Arizona

U of a Biology Project: Cell Cycle and Mitosis Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
Poses and answers the question, "What is (and is not) mitosis?" An overview with images of the phases of mitosis, plus a mitosis animation.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Apoptosis

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about programmed cell death and how it is different from necrosis, cell death due to injury.
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Biology Pages

Kimball's Biology Pages: Dna Replication

For Students 9th - 10th
This page provides a fairly high level explanation of DNA replication with extensive graphics. Good description of this process.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Test Prep: Mcat: Oxidative Phosphorylation: The Major Energy Provider of the Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains oxidative phosphorylation, which is the fourth step of cellular respiration, and produces the most of the energy in cellular respiration.
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City University of New York

The World of Cells: Viruses

For Students 9th - 10th
Alive or not, viruses are introduced in an easy to follow essay that explains many basic concepts.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Cellular Respiration in Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what cellular respiration is, its function, and the three stages it goes through when it takes place in a cell.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Duck Development

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This video segment from NOVA: "The Shape of Things" follows the growth of a duck embryo, from a single fertilized egg cell to a complex, hatching duckling. [2:43]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Regulation of Cellular Respiration

For Students 9th - 10th
This article investigates how cellular respiration can be sped up or slowed down in response to ATP levels and other metabolic signals.