BIOCHEMISTRY UNIT
- General Biochemistry Review
- Crash Course: That’s Why Carbon is a Tramp (Video)
- Crash Course: Water – Liquid Awesome! (Video)
- Hydrogen bonds (interactive)
- Elements and Polarity (interactive)
- Amino Acids & Proteins
- Biomolecules: The Carbohydrates
- Biomolecules: The Proteins
- Biomolecules: The Lipids
- Macromolecules of Life (review)
- Biomolecules: You are what you eat (Video)
- Lipid Structure (Video)
- Protein Folding (interactive)
- Interactive Cell Membrane
- Cell membranes and Detergent?
- Construction of the Cell Membrane
- Cell Transport Tutorial
- Inner Life of a Cell (Video)
- Crash Course: Cell Transport (Video)
- Voyage Inside the Cell (Video)
- Inside the Cell (Video)
- Ins and Outs of Symbiosis (Cell origins Video)
- Origins: Let’s Make A Microbe!
- Origins (Crash Course)
- The Evolution of Cells (Article)
- Origins: Where did we come from? (Full NOVA episode + extras)
- First Life with David Attenborough. (full episode)
CELL METABOLISM
- Metabolism Overview
- Anabolism and Catabolism Video
- Enzyme Activity Tutorial
- Enzymes and Activation Energy
- Enzyme Inhibition Tutorial
- Enzymes: Nature’s Power Tools (Video)
- An Overview of Cell Metabolism (Video)
- Step By Step Glycolysis
- Glycolysis Overview With Enzymes
- Glycolysis: The Reactions
- Clear, Simple Summary image of Glycolysis
- Glycolysis Matching Game for practice
- Step By Step Krebs’ Cycle
- Krebs Cycle Overview with Enzymes
- Krebs Cycle: The Reactions
- Animation: Krebs’ Cycle Step by Step, with Enzymes (Flash)
- A fantastic Krebs Game – Test yourself!
- Another great Krebs (Citric Acid) Game to try
- Krebs’ Cycle Tutorial
- Oxidative Phosphorylation Tutorial
- How Glycolysis Works (Animation)
- How the Krebs’ Cycle Works (Animation)
- How NAD+ Works (Animation)
- Glycolysis (Video)
- Krebs or Citric Acid Cycle (Video)
- Slower paced Videos for Glycolysis and Krebs Cycle
- All 3 processes of Cell Metabolism (Video)
- ATP & Respiration Crash Course (Video)
- Gluconeogenesis Tutorial
MOLECULAR GENETICS UNIT
- DNA structure (interactive)
- DNA Structure (video)
- What is DNA? (Video)
- What is a Gene? (Video)
- Overview of the History of DNA
- The Discovery of DNA Structure (TedED)
- The Secret of Photo 51 (Full NOVA episode)
- Rosalind Franklin, DNA’s unsung hero
- DNA Replication Tutorial
- DNA Replication: En Espanol!
- Crash Course: DNA Replication (Video)
- DNA Transcription & Translation (Video)
- Transcription (Video)
- Translation (Video)
- Transcribe & Translate a Gene interactive
- Central Dogma Sing Along (yep, it’s a thing)
- Mutations (Video)
- Another Mutations Video
- And one more Mutations Video!
- What happens when DNA is damaged? (TED Ed)
- PCR: Polymerase Chain Reaction (Video)
- Science Show: Glowing Rats & Extreme Genetic Engineering (Video)
- NOVA: Cracking Your Genetic Code (Video)
- Learn Genetics: University of Utah – Great site!
- Genetics and Evolution: Phylogenetic Tree of Life interactive
- NOVA Hotscience Interactives (try some!)
- Genetically Modified Food Crops assignment link
- Virtual Cell You Tube Channel has great animations for many topics
HOMEOSTASIS UNIT
- Crash Course: Great glands – your endocrine system. (Video)
- Endocrine Glands (Video)
- Endocrine System Interactive Diagram
- Endocrinology overview – excellent, thorough overview.
- Temperature Homeostasis
- Thermoregulation in Animals (Video)
- Fluid Balance: The function of The Nephron (interactive)
- Fluid Balance: Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone (video)
- Crash Course: Urinary System pt1 Urinary System pt 2 (Video)
- Crash Course: Caffeine (Video)
- Science Show: Caffeine (Video)
- How Caffeine Works (Video)
- Glucose Homeostasis
- General Metabolism: Thyroid Gland (interactive)
- Mechanism of Thyroxine Action (Animation)
- How Epinephrine Works (Animation)
- How Steroid Hormones Work (Animation)
- FSH & LH in both female and male bodies
- Crash Course: How Gonads Go (Video)
- Ovulation and the Menstrual Cycle (Video)
- Reproductive Hormones: Spermatogenesis (Animation)
- Reproductive Hormones: Ovarian Cycle Tutorial
- The Great Sperm Race (Documentary)
- Stress: The Silent Killer (Documentary)
- Major Hormones – a summary table of targets & actions
- Neuroscience for Kids
- Crash Course: Nervous System (Video)
- Links for the lesson on Function Physiology & Anatomy of the Nervous system are below:
- Nerve Conduction – General overview and Neurons
- Na+ K+ Pump
- Action Potential along a neuron
- Action potential – Nerve Impulse (simplified)
- Action Potential in detail (requires download)
- The Synapse
- Synapse (requires download)
- Brain Components
- Innerbody – Interactive Anatomy of the Peripheral Nervous System
- Various Nervous System interactive tutorials
- Sympathetic vs Parasympathetic innervation (diagram)
- Autonomic Nervous System (Crash Course)
- Sympathetic Nervous System (Crash Course)
- Parasympathetic Nervous System (Crash Course)
- Function of the Synapse (Animation)
- Excitatory vs Inhibitory Synapses (Video)
- Neurotransmitters: The Chemical Mind (Video)
- Know Your Brain (Video)
- Good general overview for Brain Anatomy & Function
- 3D Brain Anatomy (interactive)
- Interactive Brain Model
- Interactive Brain Anatomy (CBC site!)
- Sensory Systems: Taste & Smell, Vision, Hearing & Balance, Somatosensory Homunculus.
- Mnemonism: Stephen Wiltshire Draws Rome. Amazing.
- Discovery Channel documentary: The Brain
- Brain Injury (interactive)
- Aphasia (TED ed)
- Mouse Party (interactive)
- Crash Course: Sensory Homunculus (Video)
- Crash Course: Language (Video)
- Crash Course: Memory (Video)
- Pinky & The Brain: Brain Song (Video)
- Sheep Brain Dissection (Video guide)
- Sheep Brain Dissection (also a very good video guide)
- Sheep Brain Dissection (Step-by-step, labelled images)
- Sheep Brain Dissection from Exploratorium
Discovery Channel: Body Story (Full Series, 5 ep.)