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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Nova: Guess the Embryo

For Students 9th - 10th
Every animal starts out as a single, fertilized cell. What happens then? Launch an interactive that showcases four similar-looking embryos. Can you guess what each one of them actually is? Watch them develop.
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Activity
Other

California Science Center: Lemon Light

For Students 9th - 10th
Try out this great electricity activity by using lemons to make a light bulb glow. You can learn about the science behind the activity and watch an animated demonstration.
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Handout
Other

Stuttgard High School: Plant Structure & Function

For Students 9th - 10th
Site features high school-level comprehensive info on the structure and function of seed plants organized into shoot and root systems. While presented with lots of detail, clear illustrations and animations help make sense of the parts...
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eBook
Estrella Mountain Community College

Online Biology Book: The Nature of Science and Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
Use the scientific reasoning and critical thinking to take an in-depth look at the basics of biology.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 2.22 Reproduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the different ways that animals and plants reproduce.
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Unit Plan
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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Unit Plan
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.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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]
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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.
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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...
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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]
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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.
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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.

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