Web Sites that Align with Tennessee Biology Standards

• Standard #1: Cells
• Standard #2: Interactions
• Standard #3: Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
• Standard #4: Genetics and Biotechnology
• Standard #5: Diversity
• Standard #6: Biological Evolution
• Sites associated with multiple standards

Standard #1: Cells

• The Virtual Cell Lab: http://www.novonordisk.com/
• The Virtual Cell: http://www.life.uiuc.edu/plantbio/cell/
• Cilia and Flagella: http://cellbio.utmb.edu/cellbio/cilia.htm
• Interactive Mitosis tutorial: http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/multimedia/mitosis
• The Biology Project: http://www.biology.arizona.edu
• MIT Biology Hypertext: http://esg-www.mit.edu:8001/
• Biology Review: http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/jcarmich/102lab/Mitosis9/ans.html
• Membranes: http://cellbio.utmb.edu/cellbio/membrane.htm#Menu
• Diffusion and Osmosis: http://physioweb.med.uvm.edu/diffusion/
• 3-D molecular structures: http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/library
• Cells Alive: http://www.cellsalive.com
• Activation energy and enzymes: http://wsrv.clas.virginia.edu/~rjh9u/actenz1.html
• Access Excellence: Teacher Labs and Links to Many Sites: http://www.accessexcellence.org
• Woodrow Wilson Institute: http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/bi
• The Dictionary of Cell Biology: http://www.mblab.gla.ac.uk/~julian/Dict.html
• Cell Lessons: http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Science/Biology
• Biology Resources: http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printresponses.cgi/Virtual/Qa/archives/Subjects/Science/ Biology/biology.html
• Biology Links: http://www.tc.cornell.edu:80/Services/Edu/MathSciGateway/biology.asp
• BioChem Links: http://biochemlinks.com/bclinks/bclinks.cfm
• Cornell Theory Center Biology links: http://www.tc.cornell.edu:80/Services/Edu/MathSciGateway/biology.asp
• The Biology of the Cell: http://www.iacr.bbsrc.ac.uk/notebook/courses/guide/cell.htm

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Standard #2: Interactions

• Environmental Science Lessons: http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Science/Environmental_Education
• Dr. Stout’s Ecology Links: http://www.neosoft.com/~inflo/eco.htm
• Envirolinks Education Links: http://envirolink.netforchange.com/frame.html?page=search.html%3Fcatid%3D1
• Population ecology: http://www.gypsymoth.ento.vt.edu/~sharov/popechome/welcome.html
• African Frogs: http://www.calacademy.org/research/herpetology/frogs
• North American Breeding Bird Survey: http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/bbs.htm
• United States EPA: http://www.epa.gov/teachers/
• Office of Solid Waste: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/students.htm
• Research for Environmental Education: http://www.edu.uleth.ca/ciccte/naceer.pgs/pubpro.pgs/Abstracts/abstractmain.html
• Environmental Information Resources: http://www.gwu.edu/~greenu/index2.html
• National Resources Defense Council: http://www.nrdc.org/
• Environmental News Network: http://www.enn.com/
• Ocean Planet: http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html
• Biosphere 2 project: http://www.bio2.edu/index.html
• Environmental Education Link: http://eelink.net

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Standard #3: Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration

• MIT Biology Hypertext: http://esg-www.mit.edu:8001/
• Do-It-Yourself Glycolysis: http://www.jonmaber.demon.co.uk/diygly/
• Virtual Photosynthesis experiments: http://photoscience.la.asu.edu/photosyn/education/experiments/virtual.html
• Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Tutorial: http://gened.emc.maricopa.edu/bio/BIO181/BIOBK/BioBookPS.html
• Photosynthesis: Don't "Leaf" Out Fall's Most Valuable Lesson!: http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson024.shtml
• Computer Interfacing and Photosynthesis: http://www.accessexcellence.org/atg/data/released/0090-DougHerman/index.html
• Animation of Electron transport in Mitochondria: http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~terry/images/anim/ETS.html
• Photosynthetic Molecules: http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/library/photo/
• Photosystem II: http://www.life.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/gov/gov.cgi

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Standard #4: Genetics and Biotechnology

• Molecular Biology Notebook - A comprehensive package for the hands-on teaching of Molecular Biology: http://www.iacr.bbsrc.ac.uk/notebook/courses/
• Molecular Biology Tutorials: http://www.lsic.ucla.edu/ls3/tutorials/
• The Interactive Fly: http://sdb.bio.purdue.edu/fly/aimain/1aahome.htm
• The National Human Genome Research Institute: http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/index.html
• The Genetics Science Learning Center: http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/
• Gene School 99: http://library.thinkquest.org/28599/
• Genetics Education Center: http://www.kumc.edu/gec/
• Human Genome Resources: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/guide/
• BioTech: http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Lectures:
  • http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/
  • http://www.holidaylectures.org/grants/lectures/webcast/
• Human Genome Project: http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/elsi/elsi.html
• Virtual Embryo: http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/virtualembryo
• Mendel Web: http://www.netspace.org/MendelWeb
• Blazing the Genetic Trail: http://www.hhmi.org/GeneticTrail
• Explore Science- Mouse Online: http://www.explorescience.com/activities/Activity_page.cfm?ActivityID=39
• Genetics education center: http://www.kumc.edu/gec
• DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: http://vector.cshl.org
• The Gene School: http://Hyperion.advanced.org/19037
• DNA Fingerprinting: http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu
• NCBI: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/newsletter.html
• Biotechnology Institute: http://www.biotechinstitute.org/
• Bioethics Net: http://www.bioethics.net/
• National Bioethics Commission: http://www.Bioethics.gov
• Center for the Study of Bioethics: http://www.mcw.edu/bioethics/index.html

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Standard #5: Diversity

• Tree of Life - A collaborative Internet project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity: http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html
• Biodiversity: http://www.utm.edu/~rirwin/b120lab.htm
• Microbe Zoo: http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo
• Protist Image Database: http://megasun.bch.umontreal.ca/protists/protists.html
• Virtual Virus: http://library.advanced.org/13373
• Center for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov
• Online Frog Dissection
  • http://www-itg.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/Whole.Frog/Whole.Frog.html
  • http://teach.virginia.edu/go/frog
  • http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/
• Human Anatomy Online: http://www.innerbody.com
• Visible Embryo: http://www.visembryo.com
• Heart Exploration: http://www.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html

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Standard #6: Biological Evolution

• Evolution and the Natural Sciences Institute: http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/
• WWWvirtual library: Evolution: http://mcb.harvard.edu/BioLinks/Evolution.html
• Steward Valley Fossil Insects: http://www.calacademy.org/research/entomology/Entomology%20Resources/fossils/index.html
• Illinois State Museum: Midwestern U.S. 16,000 Years Ago: http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/larson
• “Earthtrips”: http://www.priweb.org/ed/earthtrips/earthtrips.html

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Web sites that align with many of the standards.  Many deal with all of the standards.

• Cell and Molecular Biology Online - A general site for molecular biology: http://www.cellbio.com/index.html
• Biology and Chemistry Links: http://www.ultranet.com/~fvirzi
• PBS teacher sources: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource
• Biology Pictures: http://biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca
• On-Line Biology Book: http://gened.emc.maricopa.edu/bio/bio181/BIOBK/BioBookTOC.html
• Virtual Lab: http://www.novo.dk/vl
• Biology Resources and Lectures: http://www.hhmi.org
• Access Excellence: Teacher Labs and Links to Many Sites: http://www.accessexcellence.org
• Woodrow Wilson Institute: http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/bi
• The Biology Project: http://www.biology.arizona.edu
• Biology Review: http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/jcarmich/102lab/Mitosis9/ans.html

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