Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: Lactase Film With Quiz
Discover why people are lactose intolerant. Understand the genetic traits that allow some people to be lactose tolerant.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: Skin Color Interactive Video
Discover the evidence scientists have found to support the idea of evolving skin color. Pigments in the skin may be linked to where our ancestors lived.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Forces of Evolution
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will explore the factors that lead to evolution such as genetic mutation, gene drift and gene flow.
University of California
University of California Museum of Paleontology: Evolution 101: Gene Flow
An explanation of the process of gene flow and how it can cause genetic variation within a population.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior
A collection of video lectures introducing beginning biology students to the principles of evolution, ecology, and behavior. The course was taught three times a week for a semester at Yale University. The course discusses concepts of...
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Molecular Biology/primate Phylogeny
This lesson plan involves comparison of amino acids to create a phylogenetic tree of primates. Young scholars will also use other species information to draw conclusions about evolutionary relationships.
National Health Museum
Nhm: Amino Acid Sequences Show Evolution
This lesson plan focuses on differences in the amino acid sequence of hemoglobin and myoglobin proteins. They use the number of differences to create a phylogenetic tree.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Barbara Mc Clintock
Learn how Barbara McClintock made a number of groundbreaking discoveries in genetics.
Genome British Columbia
Genome British Columbia: Dna Goes Upc: An Introduction to Dna Barcoding
In recent years, Canadian scientists have been in the forefront of efforts to identify animal species by DNA barcoding. A single gene, cytochrome oxidase I (COI), that is present in all animals is being used to identify each species....
National Institutes of Health
Niehs: Kids' Pages: You and Your Genes
Online children's story that teaches about genes and how they direct how you react to things in your environment. Click on "next" at the bottom of the story to see how different people respond differently to harmful substances.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Online Biology Book: The Modern View of Evolution
Take a closer look into the modern view of evolution. This article includes many pieces of evidence, all which support the theory of evolution.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Diversity Quiz
Take this interactive, multiple-choice quiz over ecological biodiversity, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Biodiversity
Through an interactive learning module, students investigate the importance of species richness and biological diversity.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Definition and Examples of Stabilizing Selection
Explains what stabilizing selection is and how this type of natural selection actually limits genetic diversity in a population. Presents examples of stabilizing selection in different plants and animals.
Ohio State University
General Plant Biology: Plant Evolution
This is a solid review of basic principles of population genetics with an emphasis on plants. Use this to complement your units on evolution and plant biology. Take the quiz to check your understanding.
Palomar Community College District
Palomar College: Practice Quiz for Gene Flow
This site from Palomar College contains an interactive practice quiz containing four questions on major concepts regarding gene flow. A great learning tool.
Other
North Dakota State University: Variation in Chromosome Number: Aneuploidy
A webpage exploring changes in chromosome numbers. Learn how aneuploidy, monoploidy, and euploidy are conditions that contains a change in the number of chromosomes.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Meiosis
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How do you make a cell with half the DNA? Meiosis. This activity outlines the phases of meiosis, provides an overview of sexual reproduction, and describe how...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Glossary: Harnessing Sci and Educ for Biodiversity Conservation
All of the following terms relate to the topic of harnessing science and education for biodiversity conservation.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: What's the Big Idea? Biodiversity
Find information about diversity among genes, species, and ecosystems that helps answer questions about the importance of biodiversity and how we can save species from extinction.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: Biodiversity: Self Check Quiz
These five multiple-choice questions can be used for a quick, self-checking assessment over biodiversity.
Other
Canadian Centre for Dna Barcoding
The Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding was started in 2003 by Dr. Paul Hebert. He came up with the idea of barcoding the DNA of all known species and creating a database to them. You can find a good explanation of what DNA barcoding is,...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Biodiversity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the meaning of biodiversity. Includes videos and review questions.
University of Arizona
Actividad No. 2 Con El Adn De La Familia Blackett
How can you use data from STR close relatives to create a genetic profile of a missing person? How much genetic diversity exists between brothers? These and other questions will be answered with these activities.
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