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 BIOLOGICAL  ANTHROPOLOGY  TUTORIALS

http://anthro.palomar.edu/tutorials/biological.htm

1.  

Early Theories of Evolution

11. Primate Behavior
2.   Basic Principles of Genetics 12. Record of Time
3.   Biological Basis of Heredity 13. Early Primate Evolution
4.   Human Chromosomal Abnormalities   14. Early Hominin Evolution
5.   Synthetic Theory of Evolution 15. Early Human Evolution
6.   Human Blood 16. Evolution of Modern Humans
7.   Modern Human Variation
8.   Human Biological Adaptability   a. Practice Quizzes
9.   Classification of Living Things   b. Glossary of Terms
(for all tutorials)
10.   Primates  
 
Cultural Anthropology
Tutorials
Anthropology
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Created and Maintained by Dr. Dennis O'Neil
Behavioral Sciences Department, Palomar College, San Marcos, California


The Biology Corner is a resource site for biology and science teachers. The Lesson Plans section contains classroom activities, labs and worksheets, feel free to change any of these to suit your own classroom needs. The Webquest section contains inquiry based projects that utilize the internet. Internet lessons (also called miniquests) are smaller activities that use one or two science related web sites for the students to explore and answer questions about. Again, feel free to modify these activities so that they work for your class and your style of teaching.


http://www.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/biobooktoc.html

 


 

 http://www.bio-medicine.org/

 Bio-Medicine is one of the Internet's leading online organizations and Web portals devoted to biology and medicine. The free, advertising-supported service brings you breaking news about the latest discoveries and hottest research projects in everything about biology and medicine. And the information provided herein is for educational and informational purposes only.


The Scientific Method 

http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio104/sci_meth.htm

Review of the steps involved in observation, hypothesis testing and prediction, with an interactive assignment in biology.


Plant and Animal Cell Organelles and Structures

http://corptrain.phoenix.edu/axia/sci230/cells.html

Plant and Animal Cells multimedia exercise


 http://www.nationalgeographic.com/crittercam/missions.html

National Geographic's Remote Imaging Team Needs You!

We work with researchers around the world to tackle conservation mysteries and other scientific puzzles. To do so, we custom-design a Crittercam for each species we work with, giving special consideration to the animals' needs. Will you help us build and deploy underwater Crittercams for some of the sea's wildest creatures?


 

http://www.cellsalive.com

CELLS alive! represents 30 years of capturing film and computer-enhanced images of living cells and organisms for education and medical research. The site has been available continuously and updated annually since May of 1994 and now hosts over 4 million visitors a year. All text, images, and layout are provided by me, Jim Sullivan (resumé) shown here with Boo and Bella. Every effort has been made to minimize errors or typos, but any you find on these pages are my doing as well.


Genetics Science Learning Center

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/

The Genetic Science Learning Center is a science and health education program located in the midst of the bioscience research being carried out at the University of Utah. Our mission is making science easy for everyone to understand.

Learn.Genetics delivers educational materials on genetics, bioscience and health topics. They are designed to be used by students, teachers and members of the public. The materials meet selected US education standards for science and health.


 

Mitosis and Meiosis Websites

 

http://www.biologycorner.com/bio4/notes/notes-mitosis.html

 

http://www.biologycorner.com/bio1/cellcycle.html

 

http://www.biologycorner.com/bio1/meiosis.html

 

http://www.biologycorner.com/bio4/notes/meiosis.html

 

http://www.lewport.wnyric.org/jwanamaker/animations.htm

 

Mitosis Animation

Click "Animation"

 

http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/mitosis.html

 

Meiosis Animation, Independent Assortment and Gamete Diversity

Click "Animation"

 

http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/meiosis.html

 

http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/independentassortment.html

 

http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/independentassortmentnm.html

 

 

 


How does DNA affect the cell?

 

http://www.biologycorner.com/bio1/DNA.html

 


 

 http://vcell.ndsu.nodak.edu/animations/

The Virtual Cell Animation Collection has been developed to introduce students to new concepts. By walking through the still images and movies included for each topic, viewers can easily choose between either studying a specific step from one of the processes or taking a more immersive look at the process in it's entirety.


CRACKING THE CODE OF LIFE

 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/genome/

·  Explore a Stretch of Code (Hot Science)
When scientists look at the four letters that make up our DNA they can read stories in the code -- of ancient DNA, of snippets of code that has jumped around the genome, and much more. Explore an actual piece of human DNA, and see what the experts see.

·  Sequence for Yourself
How do researchers read the tiny A's, G's, T's, and C's that comprise DNA? This step-by-step explanation shows you.

·  Journey into DNA (Hot Science)
Where and how does the famous double helix fit into chromosomes, and how do chromosomes relate to the human body? Take this animated journey into the tiny world of DNA to find out.


Gene Expression Animations

http://www.biologycorner.com/bio4/notes/gene-expression.php


http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/index_interactivebody.shtml

Interactive Body

 

A pair of kidneys
Organs Game
Plumb together your organs in the 3D jigsaw puzzle. This challenge requires Flash 5 and takes 5-10 minutes.
Hamstring
Muscles Game
Put the mystery muscles into the right places on the body. This challenge requires Flash 5 and takes 5-10 minutes.
Bones of the foot
Skeleton Game
Get the joints and unusual bones in the right places. This challenge requires Flash 5 and takes 5-10 minutes.
Human eye
Senses Challenge
Put your senses to the test and try not to let your brain be fooled. This challenge has 20 questions, requires Flash 5 and takes 10 minutes.
Changing face
Nervous System Game
Wire up the nervous system and senses. This challenge requires Flash 5 and takes 5-10 minutes.

Puberty Demo
Discover the changes that take place during puberty and understand the science. Requires Flash 5.

http://www.earthday.net/footprint/

 

 


Smithsonian National Zoological Park

The National Zoo/FONZ website is great fun to browse. If you can't find what you're looking for, feel free to review the site map or use the Search box at the top of every page.

At the top of each page there is a selection of links that represent the major areas of the site.

 Read more at: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Sitemap/?hpout=Site%20Map&xtr=

 

 

 

 
 

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