National Institutes of Health
U.s. National Library of Medicine: What Is Dna?
Scientific information about the hereditary material in all living things, DNA. Also includes links to fact sheets for quick reference.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Gene Regulation and Cancer Advanced
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This article complete with labeled diagrams, key vocabulary terms, and review questions explains the connection between gene regulation and cancer.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Dna or Deoxyribonucleic Acid Part Ii Quiz
Take an interactive quiz over DNA. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Evolution Quiz Ii
Take an interactive quiz over evolution. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
National Health Museum
Nhm: Restriction Maps to Cladograms Lesson
This lesson plan requires students to analyze DNA restriction maps to determine the differences in the sequence for several primates and humans. They then use the information to create a cladogram.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 4.7 Microevolution and Macroevolution
Understand the difference between microevolution and macroevolution.
NASA
Nasa: Repair Shops for Broken Dna
Discover more about the late-breaking research into DNA repair shops located in the cell. The work is being done by NASA scientists who are interested in the effects of radiation on astronauts. (Nov. 7, 2007)
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Sickle Cell Anemia
This brief site discusses symptoms, treatment, hereditary condition, and a doctor who made a difference by spearheading a groundbreaking study of sickle cell anemia and infections.
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Asexual Reproduction
Everything you've ever needed to know regarding asexual reproduction. Modules include Asexual Reproduction in Plants, Asexual Reproduction in Animals, Why Choose Asexual Reproduction? Materials can be used as supplemental resources or as...
Other
Principia Cybernetica Project: Insect Societies
A description of the evolution of the caste differentiation in insect colonies.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Speciation and Natural Selection: Lesson 3
This lesson discusses how and why plants and animals adapt to their surroundings over time. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Speciation and Natural Selection."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Speciation and Natural Selection: Lesson 4
This lesson discusses how and why plants and animals adapt to their surroundings over time. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Speciation and Natural Selection."
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Dna History and Dna Replication
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will take a look at the history of DNA. It lists all the scientists involved in the discovery of DNA. Students will also look at some of the basic facts about DNA and determine the sequence of...
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animal: Turquoisine Grass Parrot
Enjoy the images of this beautiful bird while learning more about its characteristics and lifestyle.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Mitosis and Cancer
Just like mitosis creates two identical healthy cells from one, it also enables cancer cells to duplicate themselves, facilitating the spread of the disease.
Curated OER
Picture of w.c. Bryant
Six sonnets by the American Romantic era poet, including "Midsummer," "October," "November," "To an American Painter Departing for Europe," "Mutation," and "William Tell."
Other
Principia Cybernetica Web: Punctuated Equilibrium
Starts with a definition of Punctuated Equilibrium, followed by an explanation of this "Observation," and how it fits with other evolutionary theory.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: X Linked Inheritance
Find out about the chromosomal basis of sex determination, X and Y chromosomes, and X-linkage.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Aneuploidy & Chromosomal Rearrangements
Find out about aneuploidy and nondisjunction, as they relate to down syndrome and other related disorders. Also learn about chromosomal rearrangements.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Inheritance of Mitochondrial and Chloroplast Dna
Find out about mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA, and why its inheritance does not follow Mendelian patterns.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Repetitive Nerve Stimulation in Myasthenia Gravis Patients
Practice questions over repetitive nerve stimulation in Myasthenia gravis patients.