| General Biology |
| Biology Dictionary |
Dictionary of Biology (Suitable for Standard Grade) |
| Alphagalileo |
Alphagalileo - the Internet press centre for European science |
| Cells Alive |
Cells Alive - Information, Downloadable video clips and galleries for cells |
| Basic chemistry |
Basic Chemistry for Understanding Biology |
| Sodaplay |
SodaConstructor - Build a model robot with muscles and try to make move and walk |
| Science Museum |
National Museum of Science |
| New Scientist |
New Scientist web site - News about recent scientific discoveries |
| Brooklyn University |
Science at a Distance from Brooklyn University - simulations of laboratory experiments, lectures, workbooks and information. |
| Sea World |
SeaWorld and Busch Gardens |
| The Heart |
The Heart: an online exploration. Learn about the heart and how it works. |
| NPAC |
The NPAC Visible Human Body Project - view high-resolution images of 2-dimensional slices of a human body, using image data taken from the National Library of Medicine's Visible Human Project |
| Why Files |
The Why Files - the science behind recent news stories. |
| Bitesize |
BBC Standard Grade Bitesize Revision: |
| Biology 4 All |
Information about biology at university, useful links, galleries and biology news |
| Gondar |
Action for Biology in Education: Information and activities for pupils. |
| AS Guru Biology |
Focuses specifically on those parts of the core curriculum that have proven the most difficult for students to deal with. |
| Microscopy |
student resources from Microscopy-UK |
| Channel 4 |
Channel 4 Science |
nature.com
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Nature magazine - a load of information on all things
natural. |
| enchantedlearning.com |
Lots of diagrams on lots of Biological topics. |
| nhm.ac.uk |
A direct link to the Natural History Museum. |
| ebi.ac.uk |
The European Biological Information site for a wealth of information. |
| epress.com |
The Institute of Biology no less |
| genbiol.cbs.umn.edu |
An EXCELLENT site with loads of links to all branches of Biology. |
| discovery.com |
The easy to navigate site of the cable and satellite channel Discovery which has features on science and natural history. |
| newscientist.com |
The online edition of the British science and technology weekly in a clean easy to use site. It includes an archive of the print edition, as well as original material for the website on subjects such as cloning and bio-terrorism. |
| isinet.com |
The Institute for Science. |
| ex.ac.uk |
Budding entomologists can tap into a rich store of data on
cockroaches, beetles and other creepy-crawlies if you like that kind of thing! |
| Landsat |
NASA landsat site for global surveys |
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| Biotechnology |
ctcnet.ne
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Sewage Treatment
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| oneworld.net |
Genetic Engineering
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| diabetes.ca |
Insulin - The facts
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| rdg.ac.uk |
Euro Initiative for Biotechnology education
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| Cells |
cellsalive.com
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Mainly for Advanced Higher Cell and Molecular Biology pupils, but may be of interest to some Higher Biology pupils. Has useful information, animations and interactive activities on model cells, the cell cycle and mitosis. |
enchantedlearning.com
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Some good diagrams which you need to label yourself using the glossary. Good for revision. |
thelifewire.com
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Mainly for Advanced Higher Cell and Molecular Biology pupils, but may be of interest to some Higher Biology pupils. Has useful information, animations and interactive activities on all aspects of cell biology and in particular the structure and function of macromolecules (proteins, lipids, carbohydrates and nucleic acids). |
| uq.edu.au |
Suitable for Advanced Higher Biology pupils studying the Cell and Molecular Biology unit. A web site with information on electron microscopy and "virtual" microscopy activities. Also has a photo gallery of electron micrograph images |
| biology.arizona.edu |
Suitable for Advanced Higher Biology pupils studying the Cell and Molecular Biology unit. Contains information on Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells, viruses and the cell cytoskeleton. Also has an online activity looking at The Cell Cycle in Onion Root Tip Cells. |
| gdb.org |
A good site for an introduction to molecular biology |
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| Environment |
| ctcnet.net |
Virtual tour of a sewage treatment works – worth a look! |
| enchantedlearning.com |
Some good diagrams that you need to label yourself using the glossary |
| rain-tree.com |
Excellent site on rain forest destruction. Easy to read bullet point info and lots of it |
| realtime.net |
Excellent picture gallery of the rainforest |
| rain-tree.com |
Huge and fantastic site on rainforests |
| chem.ox.ac.uk |
DDT - information on the chemistry of DDT. For Advanced Higher students |
| eco-usa.net |
DDT - effects and a bit of historical background. |
| augustachronicle.com |
Article on continuing effects of Minimata Disease – mercury poisoning. Suitable for Advanced Higher |
| climatehotmap.org |
A site giving details and suggested activities to research on global warming. More suitable for older pupils. |
epa.gov
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Another really good site on global warming – its causes, effects on climate, impacts on the environment and suggest |
| greenpeace.org |
Access to Greenpeace for a load of environmental infor |
| foe.co.uk |
More environmental stuff – this time from Friends of the Earth. |
| conbio.net |
A great site for biodiversity and pollution. Also useful for exotic species (Advanced Higher Environmental Biology unit) |
| jwocky.gsfc.nasa.gov |
Information on the ozone layer |
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| Human Body / Health |
innerbody.com
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An interactive body site – not to be missed. |
enchantedlearning.com
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A good site with some label yourself diagrams. Useful for revision. |
| omni.ac.uk |
A clear simple and easy to use site for biomedical stuff. |
| cdc.gov |
The US centre for disease control. Lots of information on lots of diseases. Also includes information on antibiotic resistance suitable for Higher. |
| who.ch |
The World Health Organisation site with lots of information on diseases, etc. |
| bbc.co.uk |
Just about every health issue covered here, from preventative health to childhood infections, cancer to healthy weight levels. |
| roche.com |
Roche Limited |
| pfizer.com |
Pfizer Incorporated |
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| Inheritance |
| gslc.genetics.utah.edu |
An excellent site suitable for all levels – Standard Grade to Advanced Higher. Lots of interactive stuff. |
| bbc.co.uk |
An excellent site for genetics. Your chance to have children with the stars!!! Predict what colour eyes your children would have! |
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| Plants |
genbiol.cbs.umn.edu
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An excellent site on photosynthesis suitable for Standard
Grade, Int. 2, Higher and Advanced Higher. |
| rbgkew.org.uk |
Get into the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew without getting out
of your seat |
| enchantedlearning.com |
A good site with some diagrams that you need to label using a
glossary. Useful for revision. |
| learn.co.uk |
The Eden Project in Cornwall is a fantastic place with the
world's main ecosystems all under glass for you to explore, but if its too far for you to go its worth visiting this site. Go to the "can't go" section and play some of the games. |
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| Revision |
biology.arizona.edu
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Good site for Higher Biologists needing help with basic Chemistry |
| biology-online.org |
Tutorials on a variety of topics-more suitable to Higher
Biologists |
| bbc.co.uk |
Always reliable and definitely worth using. |
| Biomedia |
Biomedia - learning programs for Biology |
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