American Museum of Natural History
Differentiate! The Stem Cell Card Game
Let the games grow. Groups play a card game to grow cells. Players start growing cells from stem cells to create specialized cells in the human body. Learners use full-grown cells from the human body to create stem cells in the lab to...
Serendip
Cell Differentiation and Epigenetics
Pregnant women exposed to PAH air pollution increase the risk of obesity in their children. The example of epigenetics, along with others, builds the basis for understanding the process of cell differentiation. Scholars view a video,...
Nature Research
Scitable: Gene Expression and Regulation
Investigate gene expression with this collection of resources that explains how DNA is expressed to make RNA, how genes are turned "on" and "off", and what must occur for transcription to happen. The webpage explores gene expression by...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Cell Differentiation
In this video segment from The Secret of Life school video, "Sex and the Single Gene" follow as a single fertilized egg cell divides, differentiates, and assembles into the tissues and organs of a new organism. [1:20]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Human Embryogenesis
Explains what happens during embryogenesis, the first eight weeks of pregnancy.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Single Cell to Embryo
Watch this brief animation of the process of a zebrafish egg developing from a single cell into an embryo in 50 hours. Click on other links to watch animations of a zebrafish cell division, migration and differentiation.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Introduction to Development
How does an organism go from a single cell to something as complex as a frog, fly, or human being? Learn the basic principles of development.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Frog Development Examples
How do you build a frog from a single cell? Learn how body axes are established and nerve tissue is induced in frog embryos.
Arizona State University
Arizona State University: Cell Differentiation
Read about the fascinating science of cell differentiation.
Nature Research
Scitable: Complexity of Gene Expression, and Cell Differentiation
An article describing cell complexity by examining the process of cell differentiation, regulation of gene expression by DNA, and the role of proteins in cell differentiation and systems biology. Each topic is discussed with details and...
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Mitosis and Cell Specialization
This lesson focuses on cell specialization. This cell must divide to produce a multi-cellular organism. It must also differentiate, so that its cells develop features that enable them to fulfil specific roles. Links are provided to a...
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Cell Specialization Explained With Examples
Explains what is meant by specialized cells and provides examples for humans and plants.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Fertilization and Early Development
This lesson will explain the processes involved in fertilization of a female egg. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Fertilization."
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Information About the 3 Germ Layers in Animals
Describes the stages of development in animals from conception to the formation of the blastophore and then the three germ layers - the endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm. Details about each of the layers are also given.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: What Is Cell Differentiation?
Explains how the process of cell differentiation works and why it is so important.
Other
Ohio Department of Education: Cell Division and Differentiation
In this lesson, students use hands-on activities and journaling to learn about the process of mitosis, meiosis and cell differentiation. Hands-on activities include modeling of the mitosis and meiosis processes with model building and...