Biology
Biology in Motion
Provides biology animations and interactive activities, available for free on the internet. Includes activities on intestinal gas, enzyme characteristics, receptor and signal as "lock and key", biology terms, evolution, ATP and energy storage, fat dige ...
American Field Guide
Provides various lessons plans (including background, content standards, activities and assessment) developed by high-school teachers. Printable pdf versions of the lessons are available. Each lesson uses top-notch supporting video clips included on t ...
Human Anatomy Online
The Human Anatomy on-line is a great reference for students and teachers when studying biology. Each system (Skeletal, Digestive, Muscular, Lymphatic, Endocrine, Nervous, Cardiovascular, Male Reproductive, Female Reproductive, Urinary) has animations, g ...
OLogy from the American Museum of Natura...
From the American Museum of Natural History this site is designed for students aged 7 to 12 and contains activities for students to learn about archaeology, astronomy, biodiversity, genetics, marine biology, paleontology, and physical science. Students ...
ActionBioscience
ActionBioscience.org includes up-to-date and topical peer-reviewed articles on a wide range of biological topics. The site provides lessons written by teachers to accompany the articles on the site. Each lesson indicates the appropriate student level ( ...
Forensics in the Classroom
This site contains 5 units, each one built around a unique and realistic mystery. Each unit contains: • Unit outcomes • Unit overview • Introductory and background information • The complete mystery • Correlation to national science standards ...
Access Excellence
This site was designed for biology, health and life science teachers and learners. It's goal is to provide teachers access to their colleagues, scientists, and sources of new scientific information. The Resource Center contains graphics and animations ...
Edheads - Activate Your Mind (Science Ac...
Edheads is a non-profit organization that provides free high quality educational activities on the Web at no cost to students or teachers. Edheads creates unique, educational Web experiences designed to make hard-to-teach concepts understandable. Featur ...
Switcheroo Zoo
At this site students can make new animals, make postcards and send them to their friends, play games, learn about animals, and watch movies.
The Biology Project, developed at The Un...
The Biology Project is an interactive online resource for learning biology, developed at The University of Arizona. It has been designed for biology students at the college level, but is useful for senior level high school students as well. Activities i ...
Bioscience Education Net
The BEN Portal comprises an extensive digital library of biological resources for biology teaching and research at all educational levels. Teachers register for free and can then browse materials by resource type, subject or grade level.
Interactive Body
This engaging site allows students to explore the human body through a series of interactive activities. The four main sections (organs, skeletons, muscles, nervous system) are listed as links at the bottom of the main page. Students begin by choosing ...
Cells Alive
This site provides a visual tour of cells, bacteria, viruses and their interaction with one another. Contains hundreds of images, animations, 3-D models, time lapse photography.
Inside Cancer
This site includes dynamic animations and video interviews with 18 cancer experts. Students can explore the biology of a cancer cell, follow cancer pathways, and learn the molecular basis of diagnostics and treatments.
DNA Interactive
DNA Interactive is an educational web site resource that celebrates the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the DNA double helix structure. The site has six sections: Code, Manipulation, Genome, Applications, Implications and Timeline.Each section is s ...
Brains Rule!
This site is designed to promote learning about the brain and nervous system among students and teachers. Interactive games help students learn about the different parts of the brain and their functions. The teachers section provides several lesson plans ...
Gene Research - Secrets of the Sequence
This free website offers an innovative way for high school teachers to incorporate astounding advances in the life sciences from gene research into their teaching. Virginia Commonwealth University has assembled 50 of the best videos from the public tele ...