Students have the opportunity to work through a problem set over Eukaryotic genes. Correct answers are reinforced with a brief explanation. Incorrect answers are linked to tutorials to help solve the problem.

Interactive resource provides students with an opportunity to work through a problem set over nucleic acids. Correct answers are reinforced with a brief explanation. Incorrect answers are linked to tutorials to help solve the problem.

An interactive module where students take a closer look at cells and relate their structure to function. They also discover how cell organelles work in systems to maintain important biological processes and how cells communicate.

A learning resource that incorporates augmented reality (AR), using a camera, where students explore the anatomy of the heart. The home page for this site has a PDF resource that explains how AR works and provides printable marker shapes...

Students review the study of living things and make connections back to Earth's systems. This unit focuses on how various species, grouped in populations and communities, work with the nonliving things around them to ensure survival.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How hormones work by binding to receptors of target cells.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The job of the eye is to focus light. The parts of the eye help it to carry out its job. Follow the path of light through the eye as you read about it. Learn more...

This paper, the work of a Ph.D. researcher, presents an interesting discussion of the reasons that assexual reproduction is not used by most organisms. Toward the end is a specific discussion of reproduction in plants. Advantages and...

Learn all about cell membranes in this game. Build a plasma membrane and learn about the membrane's functions. Identify the parts of a membrane, and learn how diffusion, transport, and osmosis work in cells. Includes a worksheet that can...

In this biology simulation, young scholars discover what factors influence the action of enzymes on cellular work. Students will first explore the action of enzymes through a simulation in which their hands are the enzyme "toothpickase"...

In this biology lab, learners use pineapple juice as an enzyme, and jello as a substrate to illustrate an enzyme/substrate complex.

Biography of Louis Agassiz, a natural historian and a contemporary of Charles Darwin. He was most famous for developing his theory of an Ice Age. Agassiz argued vehemently against the theory of evolution, based on his interpretations of...

An extensive collection of detailed diagrams and animations showing the structure of cells and how they work.

Students learn the fundamentals of using microbes to treat wastewater. They discover how wastewater is generated and its primary constituents. Microbial metabolism, enzymes and bioreactors are explored to fully understand the primary...

Go inside a pharmaceutical company, and take a virtual tour of the safety signs you might find there. After the tour, students do a quick, interactive self-check activity. Printable review sheets may be used as a follow-up activity.

Students explore how much of the world involves biology and examine what areas of biology will be covered during a course. Students practice planning and group work skills.

College-level biotechnology course highlighting a science basis for bioengineering focusing on molecular cell biology and systems biology. Course contents include video lectures and interviews of bioengineering faculty, lecture notes,...

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...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online lesson students will learn to explain how hormones work by binding to receptors of target cells.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how feedback mechanisms regulate hormone secretion.

Find out about the Blue Grouse when you explore this resource. Students will find information ranging from diet, reproduction, habitat and more. Come and check it out.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about reproduction. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about new insect species found within caves. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in classifying and categorizing.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the first scientists to successfully clone a dog. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.