Magazines on line (may (or may not) require a subscription)
http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/index.htm
http://www.africageographicdigital.com/ (full e-magazine by editors of African Geographic)
http://www.beyondbluemag.com/ (marine research, ecotourism and conservation articles)
Daily emails or RSS feeds of summaries of news (free)
http://www.scientificamerican.com/page.cfm?section=newslettersignup
http://www.newscientist.com/projects/forms/e-newsletter
http://www.sciencedaily.com/newsletters.htm
Textbooks on line
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookTOC.html
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/
http://biology-pages.info
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/biologycentury/index.html
http://www.biologymad.com/
http://www.actionbioscience.org/
http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/e00/contents.htm]
http://www.ucopenaccess.org/
Teacher resources
http://www.teachersdomain.org/collection/k12/sci.life/ (Site with Resources on Ecology, Evolution
and diversity, Genetics and heredity, Organisms and their environment, Regulation and behaviour
and Structure and function. Needs you to register (free) and sign in)
http://biologyjunction.com/biology%20quia%20games.htm (activities - Many simple and more
complex games covering many syllabus areas)
http://geoset.group.shef.ac.uk/lecture_list.html?t=8 (Site with 32 lectures on dual screen to choose
from)
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/ubcase.htm (Site with links to many different case
studies that can be used extend learner’s understanding – mostly America pre-med level)
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/ (Site (very big)that has new stuff regularly –contains archived
podcasts, videoclips and much, much more – not only Life Sciences)
http://nsdl.exploratorium.edu/nsdl/welcome.do (Site of a San Francisco museum with lots of
resources)
http://www.surveymonkey.com/ For setting up a pupil survey exercise
http://www.keytoschool.com/ A Moodle site that hosts your course material for free
http://www.scanmyessay.com/ Site to download antiplagiarism software
http://www.worldofteaching.com/biologypowerpoints.html Lots of power-point presentation, not
always very exciting
http://www.pppst.com/themes.html Power point presentations, games, etc mostly fairly elementary
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/classroom/9-12/science-tech/resources/ Teacher resources on all sorts of
topics
http://www.ted.com/pages/view/id/5 Contains downloadable videos of talks by famous people,
some relevant to us e.g. Al Gore and Jane Goodall
http://www.athenaweb.org/programs/?page=browse Lots of downloadable videos of variable quality
but worth a look
http://www.abpischools.org.uk/page/index.cfm A huge amount of resources from the Association of
the British Pharmaceutical industry, all sorted by age range, topic, etc fitting U.K. curricula
GRADE 10
STRAND: DIVERSITY, CHANGE AND CONTINUITY
Biodiversity and classification
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jAGOibTMuU (Youtube Rap on Classification)
http://stort.unep-wcmc.org/imaps/gb2002/book/viewer.htm (World Atlas of Biodiversity that can be
set up to show many different features)
http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/bio65/Titlpage.htm (a hypertext book from U. California)
http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html (the tree of life web project –HUGE amount of info)
http://anthro.palomar.edu/animal/ (introduction to the principles of taxonomy)
http://universe-review.ca/R10-33-anatomy.htm (lots of details about each phylum)
STRAND: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Biosphere to ecosystems
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/19/AR2009071901817.html
(article - about care needed when introducing new chemicals into industrial processes)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8314171.stm (glossary of words used when discussing
climate change)
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/life/habitat/habitat.html (Franklin institute: very American but with many
links)
http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/ecosystems.htm?tqskip1=1 (World biomes with links to more
detailed sites)
http://www.environment.gov.za/enviro-info/nat/biome.htm (South African biomes described)
History of life on Earth
http://www.actionbioscience.org/newfrontiers/eldredge2.html (site about mass extinctions + lesson
plans)
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327161.200-dawn-of-the-animals-solving-darwinsdilemma.html?full=true (article – new discoveries in China put back the age of the earliest animals)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8195664.stm (article showing that early forms of
engineering took place in South Africa up to 170 000 years ago)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8550504.stm (confirming that a space impact was linked to
the dinosaur extinction + short video)
STRAND: LIFE AT THE MOLECULAR CELLULAR AND TISSUE LEVEL
The chemistry of life
http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=61 (chemistry of carbohydrates,
includes simple ring structure, with links and quizzes)
http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=62 (fats and proteins, with links
and quizzes)
http://web.indstate.edu/thcme/mwking/nucleic-acids.html (medical biochemistry site has dozens of
pages with title like Protein synthesis, DNA metabolism, RNA metabolism, etc.)
http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/biocoach/bioprop/intro.html (biocoach site for
reviewing important concepts and information i.e. individual tuition and revision; has shockwave
diagrams)
Cells the basic units of life
http://www.centreofthecell.org/interactives/exploreacell/index.php (animation)
http://www.udel.edu/biology/ketcham/microscope/scope.html (site with san introduction to the
microscope)
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/ (nice site to illustrate scale/cell size, etc)
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/videos/ (links to many videos illustrating cell
structure)
Cell division mitosis
http://www.johnkyrk.com/mitosis.htm (animation)
http://www.cellsalive.com/mitosis.htm (animations, also has meiosis, cell cycle, etc.)
http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/biocoach/mitosisisg/intro.html (another biocoach
site for reviewing important concepts)
Plant and animal tissues and Organs
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/Biology/botf99/tissimages/tiss1.html (5 pages about each of the main
types of plant tissues)
http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/biocoach/plants/intro.html (yet another biocoach
reviewing information)
http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/ap/histology_mh/start_histology.html (introduction to tissues of the
human body, well laid out, lots of detail and illustrations)
http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/14-anatomy.htm (mostly describing the main organs with a
little on tissues)
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html (lots of human anatomy from the University of
Liverpool)
STRAND: LIFE PROCESSES IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Energy transformations sustain life
http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/articles/broad_photosurvive.htm (various resources for teaching
photosynthesis to choose from)
http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/biocoach/photosynth/intro.html (another biocoach
activity for reviewing photosynthesis details)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/methuselah/photosynthesis.html# (flash diagrams illustrating
photosynthesis)
http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/sat2/biology/chapter6section1.rhtml (set of notes
describing respiration in some detail)
Animal nutrition
http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/anidigestion.htm (elementary herbivore/carnivore nutrition)
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-body/digestivesystem-article.html (nice descriptions and diagrams-part of a larger useful site on the human)
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327171.200-the-calorie-delusion-why-food-labels-arewrong.html?full=true (article discussing calorie value of foods)
http://www.annecollins.com/nutrition/balanced-diet.htm (USA dietary guidelines and balanced diet
discussion)
http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/Health_Information/Health_Information.aspx (tons of
information about dietary supplements)
Gaseous exchange
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Education-resources/Teaching-andeducation/Animations/WTDV026681.htm (animation TB infection and transmission)
http://universe-review.ca/R10-33-anatomy.htm (look for respiratory system for each phylum)
http://www.capegateway.gov.za/eng/your_gov/595/news/2004/may/72445 (effects of smoking from
S A government site)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A27019505 (straightforward account of breathing)
GRADE 11
STRAND: LIFE PROCESSES IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Support and transport in plants
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/Biology/botf99/tissimages/tiss1.html (plant tissues -see above)
http://www.biotopics.co.uk/plants/pltrsu.html (notes with simple diagrams)
Supporting systems and movement in animals
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/skeleton/Skelprintout.shtml (skeleton)
http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/VL/xrays/ (x-rays of skeleton)
http://www.saburchill.com/chapters/chap0008.html (human joints with nice photos)
Transport in animals
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/landsteiner/ (activity -blood typing/transfusion
game)
http://www.howstuffworks.com/heart.htm/printable (heart function)
http://www.smm.org/heart/ (with videos, animations, etc)
http://heartdisease.about.com/od/reducingcardiacrisk/a/cardiology101.htm (heart disease)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_transplant#History (history of heart transplants)
Excretion
http://www.mamashealth.com/organs/kidney.asp (mostly about kidney disease)
http://www.biologymad.com/Kidneys/Kidneys.htm (also includes the liver – quite detailed)
http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/hemodialysis/#how (on haemodialysis – go to the home
page to find lots more on the human kidney)
STRAND: LIFE AT THE MOLECULAR CELLULAR AND TISSUE LEVEL
Viruses. Bacteria, protists and fungi
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/may/29/science/sci-skin-bacteria29 (newspaper article 1000 spp
bacteria on human skin)
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227131.500-aids-denial-a-lethal-delusion.html?full=true
(article -AIDS denial- Beliefs and attitudes)
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=hiv-aids-latent-reservoir-treatmentcure&sc=WR_20090804 (article about new approaches to AIDS prevention)
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Education-resources/Teaching-andeducation/Animations/WTDV026676.htm (animation HIV lifecycle)
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Education-resources/Teaching-andeducation/Animations/WTDV026686.htm (animation -malaria lifecycle in human)
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Education-resources/Teaching-andeducation/Animations/WTDV026683.htm (animation - malaria lifecycle in mosquito)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114025106 (with a video of how a virus
invades your body)
STRAND: DIVERSITY, CHANGE AND CONTINUITY
Plant and animal diversity in South Africa
http://www.unep.org/iyb/ (videos etc about 2010 the international year of biodiversity)
http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/xp/Hotspots/pages/map.aspx (biodiversity hotspots interactive
map)
Plant diversity
http://www.tolweb.org/Embryophytes/20582 (tree of life site - general information)
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/moss.html (moss)
http://www2.auckland.ac.nz/info/schools/nzplants/moss_lifecycle.htm (moss)
http://www2.auckland.ac.nz/info/schools/nzplants/fern_intro.htm (fern)
http://www.jburroughs.org/science/resources/fern/Ferntitle.html (fern)
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/seedplants/seedplants.html (spermatophytes)
Animal diversity
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/porifera/porifera.html (porifera)
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/cnidaria/cnidaria.html (cnidaria)
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/phyla/ecdysozoa/nematoda.html (ematoda)
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/platyhelminthes/platyhelminthes.html (platyhelminthes)
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/annelida/annelida.html (annelida)
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/arthropoda.html (arthropoda)
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chordata/chordata.html (chordate)
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/animations/index.html (look under Infectious diseases for two
short videos about the malaria parasite)
Modifications of basic body plans
(too variable to include any specific sites)
Biogeography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecozone
http://entweb.clemson.edu/database/trichopt/biomap.htm
http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/zoogeog/zooreg.html
STRAND: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Human influences on the environment
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8394886.stm (four different sets of information on the key
effects of climate change
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527481.400-smoke-bomb-the-other-climateculprits.html?full=true (article about the main climate altering pollutants)
GRADE 12
STRAND: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Population ecology
http://www-popexpo.ined.fr/eMain.html (activity watch human population growth)
http://www.worldometers.info/ (activity another way to watch population growth and other stats:
Care – its difficult to get out of it)
http://www.ciblearning.org/teacherresources-exercises.php (look for the Mark-Recapture Sampling
that can be downloaded as a .pdf file)
http://educ.queensu.ca/~science/main/concept/biol/b11/B11LACG2.htm (Predator prey )
http://www.otherwise.com/population/index.html (look for the item on population growth – has two
Java applets you can download)
Community structure
http://www.anselm.edu/homepage/chieber/itopic22.html (useful lecture notes on communities)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_exclusion_principle (competitive exclusion)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/c/competitive_exclusion_principle.htm (competitive
exclusion)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niche_differentiation (about resource partitioning)
http://www.ms-starship.com/sciencenew/symbiosis.htm (types of symbiosis)
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent591k/symbiosis.html (types of symbiosis)
Community changes over time: ecological succession
http://www.countrysideinfo.co.uk/successn/
STRAND: LIFE PROCESSES IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Plant responses to the environment
http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2007/0906-plants_under_attack.htm (Some info about plant
defences against insects (with a short video)
Animal responses to the environment
http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77 (activity -test for colour vision)
http://www.sciencecases.org/patrick_paralyzed/prelude.asp (activity – a case study that uses
‘clicker’ technique)
Reproduction
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761558664_4/Animal.html
Flowers as reproductive structures
http://andromeda.cavehill.uwi.edu/flower_structure_and_function.htm (angiosperm flower structure
http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/library/webb/BOT311/Angiosperm/flower.htm
(angiosperm flower structure)
http://www.saburchill.com/chapters/chap0041.html (angiosperm flower structure
Diversity of reproductive strategies in some animals
http://www.csupomona.edu/~dfhoyt/classes/zoo138/EGG.HTML (the amniotic egg)
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/taxa/verts/amniota.php (the amniotic egg)
Human reproduction
http://www.fertilityuk.org/nfps20.html (general)
http://www.innerbody.com/image/repmov.html (male and female reproductive system with lots of
notes – but need to navigate round all the adverts!)
http://www.fwhc.org/health/moon.htm (menstrual cycle)
http://womenshealth.about.com/cs/pregnancy/a/whenpregoccur.htm (safe days in menstrual cycle
and pregnancy with lots of other related links)
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~taflinge/socsex.html (long article on sociology of human courtship)
http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/saunders/courses/online/SNC1D/McIntosh/biology/human-conception.htm
(conception and implantation)
http://www.visembryo.com/baby/index.html (foetal development with lots of attached info)
http://www.biology-online.org/7/2_embryo.htm (foetal development, birth and contraception in
summary)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-stemcells24-2009jul24,0,6849298.story
(newspaper article –recent stem cell research produces mice from connective tissue cells)
STRAND: LIFE AT THE MOLECULAR CELLULAR AND TISSUE LEVEL
DNA the code of life, and RNA
http://www.moleculesinmotion.com/NucAcids/title.html (nucleic acids)
http://www.eurekascience.com/ICanDoThat/dna_intro.htm (DNA structure leads on to genes and
protein synthesis in following pages)
http://www.ecm8.com/rp/65/process.clsp?t=2476DEE4FD04E0D34B7D3268509D7EB85 (article
20 facts about the human genome)
http://www.sanger.ac.uk/HGP/publication2001/facts.shtml (article 10 facts about the human
genome)
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-price-of-silentmutations&SID=mail&sc=emailfriend (article on effect of small mutations)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj9cdVeIntY (Youtube animation of DNA condensation and
replication)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8172673.stm (article about barcoding using genes to
identify species)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8186263.stm (article about the genome of HIVirus)
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Education-resources/Teaching-and-education/Big-Picture/Allissues/Genes-Genomes-and-Health/index.htm (magazine with articles and activities about genes,
genomes and health issues) (N.B. on the left of the opening screen are the other 11 e-magazines they
have produced – all of them interesting and relevant)
http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/VL/GG/protein_synthesis.php (protein synthesis
straightforward description)
http://www.biostudio.com/demo_freeman_protein_synthesis.htm (protein synthesis animation)
Meiosis
http://www.johnkyrk.com/meiosis.html (animation)
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/CELL_BIO/tutorials/meiosis/main.html (a tutorial for individual
learning – note the site covers all cell biology topics too)
http://www.lewport.wnyric.org/jwanamaker/animations/meiosis.html (animation)
http://www.biostudio.com/d_%20Meiosis.htm (animation)
http://faculty.clintoncc.suny.edu/faculty/Michael.Gregory/files/Bio%20101/Bio%20101%20Lectures
/Meiosis/meiosis.htm (variation due to meiosis)
Genetics and genetic engineering
http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/1/concept/ (huge site with 41 separate units on DNA, inheritance etc.
each with animations, biographies, videos, problems, etc – first class for individual learning)
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/ (site (huge) on many aspects of genetics)
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-alz20-2009jul20,0,55169.story (article – ethical
considerations of genetic testing)
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Education-resources/Teaching-andeducation/Animations/WTDV026689.htm (animation - DNA sequencing Sanger method NB two
other methods also in animation)
http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/go/aboutus/externalactivitiespage_1018.html (3 activities on
ethical issues about bioinformation)
http://www.nature.com/scitable/topics (guided introduction to genetics for self-study + many other
goodies)
STRAND: DIVERSITY, CHANGE AND CONTINUITY
Origin of an idea about origins
http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2009/3/the-origin-of-life/1 (article with a theory
about the origin of life)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/science/14rna.html?_r=2&emc=eta1 (newspaper article -RNA
as the origin of life)
Evolution by natural selection
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/ (site (huge) with lesson plans, news, self learning, etc)
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Education-resources/Teaching-and-education/Big-Picture/Allissues/Evolution/index.htm (.pdf magazine-style for downloading)
http://www.learningscience.org/lsc3cevolution.htm (links to and reviews of 13 evolution sites)
http://curriculum.pgwc.gov.za/site/27/page/view/632 (another set of links from the D.O.E)
http://www.arkive.org/darwin/ (activities, notes and pp presentations about Darwin)
http://darwinsafari.blogspot.com/2008/04/darwins-voyage-of-beagle.html (Google map tour that
follows the voyage of The Beagle)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100201171639.htm (note about the way ecology and
evolution reciprocate)
Formation of new species
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8364778.stm (example of how extinction of a central
variety may cause isolation leading to speciation –Darwin’s specimen helps identify)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091030125054.htm (example of speciation in
progress in USA)
Human evolution
http://www.becominghuman.org/ (downloadable documentary)
http://www.saasta.ac.za/africanorigins/downloads.shtml (links to clips, fact sheets, etc)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/science/28hobbit.html?_r=1 (newspaper article about H.
floriensis)
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=innovative-blades-may-hav (article – how small
technical improvements led to early human population explosion)
http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/happy_birthday_zinjanthropus/ (article with biographical
details about the Leakey’s and discoveries at Olduvai Gorge
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-mysterious-downfall (* article –
disappearance of Neanderthals)
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/ardipithecus/ardipithecus.html?sicontent=0&sicreative=3333868124&sic
lientid=3578&sitrackingid=100546626&campaign=GGL|ardi|Ardipithecus+-+Alone|GGL+DA++Ardipithecus+-+Alone (A lot of material about Ardepithecus with many links to other sites)
Evolution in present times
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/061201_quietcrickets (article with an example)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8225000/8225219.stm (example of evolution in action)
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=how-fast-are-humans-mutating-200908-27&sc=CAT_HLTH_20090901 (article about work on the speed of modern human evolution)
Alternative explanations
http://www.ichthus.info/Evolution/evol-vs-creation.html (article with a biased creationists view)
http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_noma.html (article on non-overlapping magisteria)