Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Biology Quizzes: The Carbon Cycle
Assess your understanding of the carbon cycle with this interactive multiple choice quiz. Immediate feedback is provided.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Water and Water Cycle
An illustrated article helps learners understand the water cycle and the distribution of Earth's water.
Other
Keratin.com: Hair Biology Index
This site, dedicated to hair information ranging from baldness to excess hair growth, explores the biology of hair. Contents includes a focus on the structure and function of skin and hair, hair follicle structure, ethnic differences in...
Estrella Mountain Community College
Online Biology Book: Cell Division: Binary Fission and Mitosis
Short animations, detailed information, and illustrated diagrams help explain the cell cycle and cellular division, focusing on binary fission and mitosis.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Interesting Facts About June Bugs
Describes the physical characteristics of June bugs and their life cycle, and provides many other facts about these beetles.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Cellular Respiration Diagram
The equation for cellular respiration is given and a diagram is provided that illustrates the process with glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and the electron transport chain shown. Each of these steps is explained and a summary of the total...
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Antibacterial Agents
This site lists the different antibiotics, tells how they disrupt the life cycle of the bacteria, and give examples of where in nature the antibiotic is from- i.e., penicillin -> bread mold.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Cell Cycle, Mitosis and Cytokinesis
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A description of the stages of eukaryotic cell division, a summarization of mitosis and the metaphase plate, an explanation of the function of the centrioles and the...
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Mosses and Liverworts
A lesson on the classification of mosses and liverworts as well as the physical make up and similarities of the species.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Insects
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses characteristics of insects.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Frog Life Cycle: Frog Worksheets, Games and Quizzes
Expand your understanding of frogs with these interactive games, worksheets and quizzes.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Conservation Biology: Polar Bear
Information about the polar bear: physical characteristics, behavior, life cycle, distribution, threats to their survival, conservation efforts, etc. (Published Sept. 7, 2011)
Ducksters
Ducksters: Biology for Kids: Cell Division and Cycle
A site about cell division and the cell cycle in the science of biology including mitosis, meiosis, and binary fission.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Gymnosperm Life Cycle
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the life cycle of gymnosperms.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Life Cycle of Nonvascular Plants
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the life cycle of nonvascular plants.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Introductory Biology
A collection of video lectures discussing applications of human biology taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lectures vary in length and cover topics like the cell cycle, stem cells, and cancer.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Carbon Oxygen Cycle
The fours stages of the carbon-oxygen cycle are described - photosynthesis, respiration, combustion, and decomposition.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Understanding Nitrogen Cycle With a Diagram
Describes the steps involved in the nitrogen cycle, a critical biogeochemical cycle.
Other
S Cool: Engery Flow and Nutrient Cycle
This website describes trophic levels, transfer of energy between trophic levels, pyramids of ecology, and nutrient cycles within the environment.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: An Easy Explanation of the Carbon Cycle for Kids
The importance of the carbon cycle, how it works, the sources of carbon, and the steps in the carbon cycle are explained here.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: A Brief Guide to the Steps of the Carbon Cycle
Outlines the steps for the movement of carbon along the carbon cycle through photosynthesis, food chains, being dissolved into the ocean, the decomposition of organisms, fossil fuel formation, industrial use of fossil fuels, carbon...
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Lytic Cycle
Explains what the lytic cycle of a virus is and the steps involved in the process.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Salmon Life Cycle
Describes the six stages in the unique life cycle of the salmon.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Lifecycle of a Plant
Describes the life cycle of a plant as it develops from a seed into a seedling, grows into a mature plant, develops flower buds, goes through pollination and double fertilization, and produces seeds.