Useful web sites for Biology - AQA spec B
General websites for getting information
Web address
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/
http://www.ncbe.reading.ac.u
k/menu.html
Title
The Natural History
Museum Home Page
The National Centre for
Biotechnology
Education Home Page
http://www.biology4all.com/
http://wsrv.clas.virginia.edu/
~rjh9u/sites.html
Biology links
Brief description
Really worth looking at – all kinds of
information available
Mainly about DNA, microbiology and
biotechnology but there are lots of
interesting links to Biology sites in general
Site with lots of biology links, hosted by
University of Central Lancashire
Gives lots of links to Biology sites, listed
under different categories
AS Module 1 – Core Principles
Web address
http://www.cellsalive.com/
Title
Cells Alive!
Brief description
Lots of information about all kinds of
cells
An interactive site where you can click
on any bit of the cell and find out more
about it
Space-filling models of monosaccharides
http://koning.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/cell
/Cell.html
Typical Plant Cell
http://www.jonmaber.demon.co.uk
/monosaccharide/
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/ce
ll_bio/cell_bio.html
http://faculty.nl.edu/jste/transport.
htm
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/bi
ochemistry/biochemistry.html
Monosaccharide
browser
The Biology Project:
Cell Biology
Cell transport
Good descriptions and pictures
The Biology Project:
Biochemistry
AS Module 2 – Genes and Genetic Engineering
Web address
http://vector.cshl.org/dnaftb/
Title
DNA from the
beginning
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_e DNA is an
vents/online/genome/
instruction manual
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/m The Bio Project:
olecular_bio/molecular_bio.html
Molecular Bio
http://www.unc.edu/depts/salmlab/ Mitosis and
mitosis/mitosislinks.html
meiosis links
http:www.biology.arizona.edu/cell Online onion root
_bio/activities/cell_cycle/cell_cycl tips
e.html
http://faculty.nl.edu/jste/mitosis.ht Mitosis
m#surface
http://vector.cshl.org/Shockwave/p PCR animation
cranwhole.html
(Shockwave)
Brief description
many links to mitosis and meiosis - some
good animations quizzes and photographs
Work thru’ an onion root tip and identify
the stages of mitosis the different cells are
in. If you get it wrong, you’re told!
A stage by stage explanation of mitosis
From the DNA Learning Center, Cold
Spring Harbor. Excellent PCR animation
http://vector.cshl.org/Shockwave/c Cycle sequencing
ycseq.html
http://vector.cshl.org/resources/dn
adetective.html
http://vector.cshl.org/bioforms
DNA detective
The Mystery of the
Romanovs
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/hu Blackett Family
man_bio/activities/blackett/introdu DNA activity
ction.html
http://www.biointeractive.org/gran HHMI Virtual
ts/lectures/biointeractive/vlabs.htm Bacterial ID Lab
l
http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/multimedi Mitosis
a/mitosis/
http://129.137.140.39/vgenetic/mit Mitosis and
osis/mitosis.htm
meiosis
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/m The Bio Project:
olecular_bio/molecular_bio.html
Molecular Biology
From the DNA Learning Center, Cold
Spring Harbor. Excellent cycle sequencing
animation – needs Shockwave plug-in
Use your knowledge of DNA to be a
detective – but you need the right plug-in
Use your knowledge of DNA to solve this
mystery – but you need the right plug-in
Learn the concepts and techniques behind
DNA profiling and use them to determine
family relationships
An interactive program in a virtual lab
where you use PCR & DNA sequencing to
identify different species of bacteria
Interactive mitosis tutorial
Virtual mitosis and meiosis
AS Module 3 – Physiology and Transport
Web address
http://sin.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html
http://cer.hs.washington.edu/John/
start.htm
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/fac
ulty/webb/BOT410/Roots/roots.ht
m
Title
The Heart: An
Online
Exploration
Introduction to
Blood
Roots
Brief description
Learn about the heart, how it works, the blood
system and blood vessels. Find out how to have
a healthy heart & monitor your heart’s health.
Useful introduction to blood and the blood
system
A2 Module 4 – Energy, Control and Continuity
Web address
http://www.exploratorium.edu/lear
ning_studio/cow_eye/index.html
Title
Cow’s eye
dissection
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/i
mmunology/immunology.html
http://www.sonic.net/~nbs/project
s/anthro201/exper/
The Bio Project:
Micro, Immunology
Pea experiment
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/hu
man_bio/problem_sets/blood_type
s/intro.html
http://kauai.cudenver.edu:3010/0/n
utrition.dir/cellresp.html
http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/gly
colysis/glycohome.html
Blood types tutorial
Cellular respiration
Glycolysis – the
universal E pathway
Brief description
Dissect a cow’s eye. The site also has
many interesting links and a small
interactive program teaching about the
parts of the eye.
Interactive pea-breeding experiment. You
choose 2 parents to breed from, and end
up with 4 offspring. You then choose 2 of
these to interbreed, and so on…..
http://faculty.nl.edu/jste/photosynt
hesis.htm
http://www.netspace.org/Mendel
Web/
http://faculty.washington.edu/chud
ler/neurok.html
Photosynthesis
Mendelweb home
page
Neuroscience for
Kids
Animations of photosynthesis
Lots of info & interactive sites about
neuroscience – there’s plenty which you
will find both useful and interesting
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/m The Biology Project:
endelian_genetics/mendelian_gene Mendelian Genetics
tics.html
A2 Module 7 – Microbes and Disease
Web address
http://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/
WWW/Courseware.html
http://www.accessexcellence.org/
AB/GG/biotechnology.html
http://www.brewingtechniques.co
m/library/backissues/issue2.5/allen
.html
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/
dic-me/zoo/
http://www.microbeworld.org/
http://www.demon.co.uk/scotcal/
murray/index.html
http://www.milk.co.uk/
http://www.pfizer.com/rd/microbe
s/
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/i
mmunology/immunology.html
Title
All the virology on
the world wide web
Biotechnology:
present & future
The Microbrewery
tutorial
Brief description
Lots of information about all kinds of
viruses
The Microbe Zoo
MicrobeWorld is your
gateway to the world
Murray’s identity
crisis
The National Dairy
All sorts of information, like how
Council
yoghurt and cheese are made, as well as
career information
Pfizer microbes site
The Biology Project:
Microbiology and
Immunology
The big picture book
of viruses
The Microbial
Underground
Antibiotics Attack
http://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/
Big_Virology/BVHomePage.html
http://www.medmicro.mds.qmw.a
c.uk/underground/
http://www.biointeractive.org/gran
ts/lectures/biointeractive/Antibioti
cs_Attack/frameset.html
http://www.biointeractive.org/gran HHMI Virtual
ts/lectures/biointeractive/vlabs.htm Bacterial ID Lab
l
http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~jbrown Bugs in the news
/bugs.html
Tutorial on antibiotics and how they
work
An interactive program in a virtual lab
where you have to identify different
species of bacteria based on their DNA
sequence. This includes using PCR and
DNA sequencing.
Web-sites of general interest
Web address
http://george.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.d
ocs/dissect/info.html
http://medicus.marshall.edu/medic
us.htm
Title
Virtual frog dissection kit
http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/e
we2/
http://www.austmus.gov.au/fish/di
ssect/
http://gened.emc.maricopa.edu/bio
/bio181/BIOBK/BioBookTOC.ht
ml
http://rpiwww.mdacc.tmc.edu:80/s
e/anatomy/
Ewe 2
http://www.biozone.co.nz/HUMA
N_EVOLUTION.html
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~brow
der/
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/ho
ms/specimen.html
Human evolution
The Interactive Patient
Home Page
Dissection of a blue
mackerel
Online Biology Book
Human dissections
The Virtual Embryo
Prominent hominid fossils
Brief description
Have a go at dissecting a frog –
without causing it any harm!
An interactive site where you are
given a patient, & you have to be
doctor & diagnose what’s wrong!
Interactive case study exploring the
ethics of cloning humans
A general fish dissection
Good for extension reading, yet
quite accessible
The first page shows you an outline
human – click on a bit of the
anatomy to view a dissection of
that area