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Macmillan Education

W.h. Freeman Publishing: Allosteric Regulation of Enzyme

For Students 9th - 10th
Reactions in cells must be regulated and one way to do this is using allosteric molecules. These regulators can activate enzymes or inhibit them. This tutorial explains exactly how allosteric regulation works using words, narration, and...
Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Video: Oxygen Transport

For Students 9th - 10th
A video animation showing how oxygen is brought to the cells in the body. Follow the oxygen as it is taken in by the lungs as gas and then transformed into solution and carried by hemoglobin throughout the body. Also learn how oxygen...
Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Video: Respiratory System: Co2 Transportation

For Students 9th - 10th
A video showing an animation of how carbon dioxide is exchanged from tissues to the lungs. Understand how an enzyme catalyzes the diffusion and breakdown of carbon dioxide in the red blood cells and lungs to have allowed it to be...
Handout
Other

Eureka Science: Cloning

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this short article to find out about the history of cloning and genetic engineering. Continue on to the next page to find out how cloning is done. Simple terms and fun animations make it easy to read.
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Other

Elmhurst College: Protein Synthesis

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated explanation of the different steps in protein synthesis. At the end of the article, there are links to some good animations of the process.
Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: Dna Arrays

For Students 9th - 10th
Animation showing the mechanics of a DNA array, a recently discovered method to analyze patterns of gene expression at different timepoints in a living cell.
Unit Plan
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Dna Is Only the Beginning

For Students 9th - 10th
The human genome project was established to determine the sequence of DNA bases that are found in each human cell. Understanding what the resulting proteins do is an entirely different project. This page is about how we are trying to...
Graphic
Curated OER

I know.net: Mitosis

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete site from iKnow.net that compares the various phases of mitosis in plant and animal cells. Text is supplemented with pictures of each phase.
Graphic
Curated OER

I know.net: Mitosis

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete site from iKnow.net that compares the various phases of mitosis in plant and animal cells. Text is supplemented with pictures of each phase.
Graphic
Curated OER

I know.net: Mitosis

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete site from iKnow.net that compares the various phases of mitosis in plant and animal cells. Text is supplemented with pictures of each phase.
Graphic
Curated OER

I know.net: Mitosis

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete site from iKnow.net that compares the various phases of mitosis in plant and animal cells. Text is supplemented with pictures of each phase.
Handout
Florida State University

Florida State University: Virus Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
View a colorful 3-D diagrams of viruses and learn about how their structure helps them infect plants, animals, and bacteria.
Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Botany: Respiration

For Students 9th - 10th
The process of respiration in plants, humans, and animals is discussed, along with diseases that can affect respiration. (Published: November 16, 2011)
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Genetic Therapy and Breast Tumors

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment from the Secret of Life School Video: "On the Brink: Portraits of Modern Science" explores the genetics of breast cancer. [3:40]
Handout
Other

Johnson County Community College: Active Transport

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a short but factual description of active transport. An animation displaying the process of active transport is also provided.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Plant Reproduction and Life Cycle

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The life cycle of a plant is very different from the life cycle of an animal. Humans are made entirely of diploid cells (cells with two sets of chromosomes). Our...
Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: Transcription & Translation: Transcription Basic

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief animation showing the basics of DNA transcription in cells. [1:52]
Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna Learning Center: Nobel Laureates in Dn Aft B

For Students 9th - 10th
An animation showing the research of David Baltimore and Howard Temin that found the interaction between the genetic material of the cell and tumor viruses.
Interactive
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Single Displacement Reaction

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive animation showing the changes that take place during a single displacement reaction. See how the molecules move about when making a voltaic cell.
Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: Learn About Genetics: Genes & Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
An animation introducing the basic concepts of cells, DNA, recessive inheritance, and Punnett squares.
Handout
Cells Alive

Hiv Infection and Aids

For Students 9th - 10th
Shows the step by step process by which the HIV virus takes over a cell and makes copies of itself. Each explanation is animated.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Oxygen's Surprisingly Complex Journey Through Your Body

For Students 9th - 10th
In the body, oxygen forms a vital role in the production of energy in most cells. Enda Butler tracks the surprisingly complex journey of oxygen through your body.
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: What Makes You You? What Makes Me Me?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Simple animation explains the function of chromosomes, genes, and DNA by letting you zoom into a cell nucleus for a closer look.
Website
Other

Planet Ark: World Environmental News

For Students 9th - 10th
Welcome to Planet Ark's daily Reuters World Environment News - the most comprehensive source of environmental news on the Net. To read previous news stories, please use the search engine below to find stories relating to any...

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