Page Index:

• General Online Biology Resources;
• Online Textbooks and Lecture Notes;
• Glossaries;

Access Excellence

Access Excellence is a national (US) educational program that provides high school biology teachers access to their colleagues, scientists, and critical sources of new scientific information via the WWW. Genetech is sole sponsor of Access Excellence.

Advancing In Natural Science

A biology section of the Open Door Web Site, including sections on Breathing and Activity, How Organisms Communicate and Animal Life Cycles and Dispersal. Students are welcome to use any of the information used on this site in their research projects.

AP Interactive Animation

This extensive collection of Interactive Activities is hosted by North Harris College for use with the Advanced Placement program, featuring mostly biology, with some chemistry. The interactive animations are largely Flash, Shockwave and Authorware and will be of use or interest to a wide range of teachers and students

Australian Science and Technology Links

An excellent site providing direct access to a selective list of Australian science and technology Internet sites.

BioInteractive

Hosted by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, this site displays a collection of biology related animations and interactive media. Links to topics , such as Animations, Virtual Labs, Click and Learn, Ask a Scientist and more are provided.

Biology 1 Animations, Movies & Interactive Turorial Links

Biology animations, movies & interactive turorial links. Compiled and maintained by North Harris College.

Discovery Online

News briefs from the world of science.

Education Index®

Education Index®, is an annotated guide to the best education-related sites on the Web. They're sorted by subject and lifestage, so you can find what you're looking for quickly and easily.

HowStuffWorks

A great general science and technology site that contains hundreds of articles on how things work. Each subject contains facts, images, descriptions and the variety is impressive.

IUCN-World Conservation Union

This is the website of the World Conservation Union, formed to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and sustainable. It contains many up to date articles, statistics and pieces of information on regional to global level.

Internet Directories: Biological Sciences

Offers a range of web links to other biological sites.

Ken's Bio-Web Resources

This web page offers a wide range of information of various biology topics. Includes: animal behaviour, physiology, cell structure and function, ecology, evolution, genetics, microbiology, plant physiology, plus others.

NABT: Online Resources

Part of the National Association of Biology Teachers, this web page provides links to various biological web sites.

Odysseys: New Zealand Tours

The Odysseys site is the homepage of a New Zealand company that offers interactive tours for education, families and tourists. The tour's focus is determined by the client and range from curriculum linked programmes to native forests, volcanoes and guided walks.

Science Ideas and Concepts

A link to the underlying scientific principles and thinking in today's environment.

Virtual Library: Biosciences

From this starting point, access areas of interest to you within biology, including: animal and plant science and medicine.

 

 

 

 

 

An Online Biology Book

This online biology book has over 50 chapters covering all areas of biology. Chapters include: biological molecules; cell biology; enzymes; DNA; genetics; plant biology; animal biology: digestive, nervous, reproductive, endocrine, muscular, respiratory, excretory; evolution; biodiversity and classificaiton; ecology; and human evolution. Well worth a look and also contains a glossary of terms.

Actionbioscience.org

This site provides articles on a range of issues, including biodiversity, human genome, biotechnology, evolution and the environment.

Biology-Online Org.

This site provides biology notes on cell biology, genetics & evolution, control & development, biological regulation, adaptation, and freshwater ecology. Also provides a dictionary for biological terminology and links to other useful websites.

Bursary Topics

Lecture notes from Otago School of Medical Sciences, New Zealand. Includes: biocontrol, GM plants, GM animals, biotechnology, molecular biology techniques, gene therapy, cancer, heart disease, proteins, and HIV & AIDS.

Examcentre

This site aims to help students taking science related topics to pass their courses. Choose from the many topics listed to view study notes. At the end each topic is a list of questions, so you can test your knowledge on the material you have just studied.

Gondar Design Sciences

This UK site is devoted to helping students learn more about science. Learn about specific areas in biology, ecology and chemistry. Also has a section on essay writing, homework, and making investigations.

Human Biology Guide

Revision notes designed for the AQA Human Biology (A-Level/GCE) specifications. Several books and other resources were summarised and combined to make this set of notes.

Kimball's Biology Pages

Kimball's Biology pages offer a wide range of information of various biology topics. Well worth a look.

Mark Rothery's Biology Web Site

Aimed mainly at AQA (B) AS and A Level students, this website id divided up into the five modules and provides background lecture notes, key facts, and past paper questions.

NOVA-Science in the News

This Australian based site allows you to read full text articles on a wide range of science topics and also lists activities, further reading and other useful sites for each article, well worth a look.

 

S-Cool! - A-Level Biology Revision Guide

This website is designed for AS and A2 Biology students and covers a range of topics from biological molecules and cells, to Evolution and Genetic engineering.

The Biology Project

Offers information and online tutorials on a range of topics such as: cell biology, human and developmental biology, immunology, Mendelian genetics, and molecular biology.

The Open Door Web Site

Aimed for more junior biology students, this is a great place to get started. Includes various topic chapters, facts and figures, laboratory work, and quizzes.

Welcome to the Biology Web

An online textbook and laboratory manual designed speciafically for UK students.

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