Biology Units 3 & 4
Biolinks: Read the activity and click on the website link.
Page 4. Cell revision
To help you revise your knowledge about the structure and function of cells.
http://web.mit.edu/esgbio/www/cb/org/organelles.html
Page 18. Carbohydrates
View the animation to assist your understanding of simple and complex carbohydrates.
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=AP13104
Page 22. Lipids
View the animation to assist your understanding of lipids.
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=AP13204
Page 30. Protein structure
View the narrated animation on how heat affects protein structure.
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/nonmajorsbiology/proteinstructure.html
Page 33. DNA
View the narrated animation on DNA structure.
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/molecularbiology/DNA_structure.html
Page 35. Test yourself
Complete the quiz on nucleic acids and protein synthesis.
http://www.nelsonthornes.com/essentialbiology/chapter3_quiz.htm
Page 44. Plasma membrane
View the animation on the structure of the plasma (cell) membrane and complete the quiz questions at the end.
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=AP1101
Page 47. Diffusion
View the animation of simple diffusion through a plasma membrane.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/asguru/biology/01cellbiology/05pathways/06passivesimple/index.shtml
Page 50. Osmosis
How does osmosis work?
View the animation and summarise the process of osmosis in three sentences.
http://colorado.edu/eeb/web_resources/osmosis/
Page 54. Facilitated diffusion
View the animation on facilitated diffusion.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/asguru/biology/01cellbiology/05pathways/07passivefacilitated/index.shtml
Page 63. Cell organelles
Work through the interactive animation to help you understand cell organelles.
http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/westmin/science/sbi3a1/Cells/cells.htm
Page 74. Enzyme activity
Use the buttons on the movie to watch the animation. How do enzymes act to speed up the rate of a reaction? Why are enzymes specific to certain reactions?
http://www.lewport.wnyric.org/jwanamaker/animations/Enzyme%20activity.html
Page 78. Denaturation
Work your way through the material presented. Make sure you click on the question mark boxes and view the animations. How are enzymes denatured?
http://www.biotopics.co.uk/other/enzyme.html
Page 82. Chloroplasts
Go to this page for more information about chloroplasts and photosynthesis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroplast
Page 87. Respiration
View the animation on cellular respiration.
http://scholar.hw.ac.uk/site/biology/activity3.asp?outline=
Page 90. Evolution of organelles
View the narrated animation about a theory of how chloroplasts and mitochondria evolved in eukaryotic cells.
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/nonmajorsbiology/organelles.html
Page 111. Controlling glucose
View the animation and try the quiz at the end.
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=AP15004
Page 118. Endocrine system
View the animation to get a general overview of the endocrine system.
http://health.howstuffworks.com/adam-200091.htm
Page 124. Signalling
View the narrated animation on cell signalling. This may take some time to load.
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/neurobiology/signaling.html
Page 125. Synapses
View the narrated animation to see how a synapse works. How is the neurotransmitter molecule recycled?
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/neurobiology/synaptictransmission.html
Page 145. Herpes
View the narrated animation on the reproduction of the Herpes simplex virus. How does the virus use the host cell structure for its own purposes?
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/microbiology/herpessimplex.html
Page 161. Barriers to infection
Click on the blue spots to see the barriers to infection.
http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/content/4/biology/abpi/immune/immune3.html
Page 187. Monoclonal antibodies
View the narrated animation on the production of monoclonal antibodies.
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/molecularbiology/monoclonalantibodies.html
Page 214. Meiosis
View the narrated animation on meiosis.
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/majorsbiology/meiosis.html
Page 217. Mendel
View the animation on how Mendel started his genetic studies using pea plants.
http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/1/concept/
Page 226. Independent Assortment
View the narrated animation about Independent Assortment. How does Independent Assortment contribute to variation amongst offspring?
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/majorsbiology/independentassortment.html
Page 245. DNA replication
Work through the interactive animation to match the DNA bases to make you own strands of DNA.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/dna/shockwave.html
Page 248. Transcription
View the animation on transcription.
http://www.ncc.gmu.edu/dna/mRNAanim.htm
Page 250. Polyribosomes
View the animation of a polyribosome producing proteins. http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/molecularbiology/polyribosomes.html
Page 254. lac operon
View the narrated animation on the working of lac operon.
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/majorsbiology/ovarianuterine.html
Page 273. DNA cloning
View the narrated animation on DNA cloning.
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/molecularbiology/plasmidcloning_fla.html
Page 281. PCR
View the narrated animation on PCR. Why is the temperature at each step so important?
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/molecularbiology/pcr.html
Page 288. Applications
Read about more applications for genetic engineering.
http://www.biologymad.com/master.html?http://www.biologymad.com/GeneticEngineering/GeneticEngineering.htm
Page 299. Stem cells
View the narrated animation on embryonic stem cells. What are the two key features of stem cells that makes them so valuable?
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/generalscience/stemcells.html
Page 309. Fossils
Go to this page to find out more information about fossils and fossilisation.
http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/Paleontology/FossilsAndFossilisation/FossilsAndFossilisation/FossilsAndFossilisation.htm
Page 313. Timescales
Click on each link to find out about each time period.
http://www.es-designs.com/geol105/timescale/
Page 316. Plate tectonics
View the animation to see what the earth looked like through its geological history.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/anim2.html
Page 326. Marsupials
Read more about the history of marsupials and monotremes.
http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~amberm/amber.htm
Page 344. Darwin
Read more about Darwin and his ideas through the diaries he kept throughout his life.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/darwin/diary/index.html
Page 350. Allopatric speciation
View the animation on allopatric speciation.
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/ridley/a-z/Allopatric_speciation_b.asp
Page 356. Cladogram
View more cladograms on this site.
http://www.calacademy.org/research/izg/cladograms.htm
Page 375. Human evolution
Enter the gallery and view the skulls of human ancestors in 3D.
http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/projects/human/#
Page 381. Cultural evolution
Read more about the cultural evolution of humans.
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~taflinge/culture1.html