City University of New York
Classification: Bringing Order Out of Chaos
A self-directed module on all aspects of biological classifications that covers the species problem, diversity and chaos, cladistics, putting things in groups, and so on.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Fields in the Life Sciences
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The life sciences are the study of living organisms. They deal with every aspect of living organisms, from the biology of cells to the biology of individual...
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Energy Cycle From Plants to Animals
Find out about the essential role energy plays in cell function and in sustaining life. Trace energy transformations as they pass from one living thing to another.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: The Origin of Life: Self Check Quiz
This multiple-choice quiz on the origin of life allows students to get hints for each question and check their answers after submitting.
Other
Biologie Online: Biologie Von a Bis Z (German)
Biology is a natural science that deals with living things. Like other areas of science, biology is divided into several subcategories. See them here from A to Z.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Genetic Inheritance Aqa
Our genes are inherited from our parents, and the different combinations of these genes make us unique. Genetic inheritance controls the characteristics of all living things. This lesson focuses on the inheritance of biological sex in...
Other
Reproduction in Plants and Animals
Reproduction in Plants and Animals. The ability to produce more organism similar to themselves is a very important characteristic of all living organisms. The process by which they do so is known as reproduction. [0:21]
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Mexican Diner: What Are Body Systems?
Learn about the different levels of organization in living things from cells to organisms, what body systems do, and how the skeletal and muscular systems work together.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Classification
This lesson will explain the reasons that society groups and classifies. The lesson has a hands-on component that helps students connect everyday grouping with the way that scientists group and classify all living organisms.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Organic Compounds
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The main chemical components of living organisms are known as organic compounds and are built around the element carbon. Living things are made up of very large...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Enzymes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson, students will define enzyme, be able to discuss the role of enzymes in biochemical reactions, and summarize their importance to living organisms.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Enzyme Function
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This activity describes how enzymes speed up biochemical reactions and their importance to living organisms.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Cell Biology
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Cells make up all living things but not all cells look alike. This activity introduces cells, cell theory, and the levels of organization in organisms.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Virus Characteristics
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What are the differences and similarities between viruses and living things? This tuorial covers the characteristics of viruses and viral reproduction.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Organization of Cells
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how cells are organized in living things and explains the origin and significance of multicellular organisms.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Cell Biology
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduces cells, cell theory, and the levels of organization in organisms.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Importance of Photosynthesis
Explains what the products of photosynthesis are, how we depend on this process for the oxygen we breathe, how it maintains the balance between carbon dioxide and oxygen in the environment, and how it supports all other living organisms...
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...
Other
New Mexico Tech: The 7 Characteristics of Life
Describes the seven characteristics that define what life is for biological purposes.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Fundamentally Fish
The science portion of this lesson provides opportunities for young scholars to recognize that structure and function are directly related to specific animals and to their survival. The body shape and the position and size of the mouth...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Living and Nonliving
[Free Registration/Login Required] Flipchart details characteristics of living and nonliving things, then asks students to classify. Activote questions are included.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Themepark: Cycles
This is a large collection of resources on cycles of nature and the Earth. There is a constant exchange of the elements between air, earth, water, plants, and animals. Most biological processes wind up back where they started. These...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Chemistry of Life
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Many chemical reactions are going on constantly inside your body. In fact, there are probably thousands of chemical reactions occurring every second in every one of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Carbon Cycle
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Carbon is one of the most common elements found in living organisms. Chains of carbon molecules form the backbones of many molecules, such as carbohydrates,...