Category Archives: Channels & Publishers
The Transport System
These links are for the Further Human Physiology unit.
Here’s the powerpoint:
Download here: transport-system.ppt
And here’s the Click4Biology link
Medmovie.com has a large collection of animations which are great for this unit. We can’t link to them directly, but it’s worth having a look around.
The Cardiac Cycle:
Hyper Heart animation and graphs from the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Biointeractive from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Control of the Heart Beat:
A few good links to try from Washburn Rural High School
And don’t forget the Medmovie resource…
Atherosclerosis and Coronary Heart Disease:
Medmovie has good animations for atherosclerosis, heart attacks and heart bypass surgery. There aren’t many that are better…
Production of Tissue Fluid and Lymph:
Hydrostatic and osmotic pressure (fluid exchange) from McGraw Hill
Capillary exchange from coolschool.ca (they have other good resources, too)
Bonus features:
For a good (tricky) prac, here’s a virtual EKG package from skillstat.com
And here’s a decent heart structure tutorial from Gateway Community College
Queen – Say It’s Not True
This one passed me by, being out of the country, but I found out more when I read that Queen were writing a new album and going on tour.
Why is this important?
Well, it’s Queen and it’s a HIV campaign video for a start. And we all know two things:
1. You can’t be a proper scientist if you don’t like Queen.
2. Erm… that’s it.
Let’s also not forget that not many geek-books come with their own trailers…
Fizzix is Phun
I’m a bit worried about posting this so close to the DP exams*, but it is irresistable…
Ben Goldacre posted this video on the badscience blog – it’s a Physics toy for the computer, which can be downloaded here: phun.at.
The comments page turned up a load of other good toys to play with, so go on over to the original post and check them out.
There are plenty of videos of Phun in action on YouTube.
*potential 10 on the procrastinometer
Obama vs Clinton – Who will be better for Science? (via NewScientist)
This is from the NewScientist channel and is an interesting conversation starter. Last week at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting in Boston, representatives from Clinton and Obama’s teams were on hand to outline their positions on Science and Technology.
What kind of impact on voting do scientific policies really have in the US elections?
Is Science one of those promises that is all too easy to forget about once the candidate is in place?
What could the UK do to boost its Science departments and improve the quality of graduates (and retain a skilled scientific workforce)?
The idea of Science Debate 2008 is an interesting one – but will they be bothered to turn up?
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Here are the candidates’ Sci-Tech policies:
Obama: energy and environment, technology, higher education, healthcare.
Clinton: energy and environment, innovation, education, healthcare.
McCain: energy and environment, education, healthcare. *
* it’s interesting to see that McCain has no section on his site relating to science and technology, nor did he send anyone to the AAAS meeting.
It all reminds me a bit of the South Park episodes where the military and FBI were deriding the professors by sneering “Mister Scientist” at them at every given opportunity.
There’s a funny South Park style Mac vs PC ad after the jump:
“What’s the prognosis, Fertile Myrtle?”
“That ain’t no etch-a-sketch. This is one diddle that can’t be undid, Homeskillet.”
Probably the most realistic, sensitive and enjoyable movie about a teenage pregnancy ever made.
Juno: Nominated for Best Picture (probaby not worthy of that) and best Actress (yeah, she could win):
150 years since ‘On the Origin of Species’
Darwin’s theory of natural selection was finally published (and sold-out) in November 1859. The idea had been in his head, and a talking point of others, for years before. We’re still talking about it today.
Here’s a clip from a BBC documentary called Legacy about the impact of Darwin’s ideas:
The Guardian newspaper has a great page devoted to Darwin, including key excerpts from ‘On the Origin of Species…‘ and an article by Richard Dawkins.
You can download the full text of the first edition in pdf format from the University of New South Wales, or read it online at Talk Origins.
DNA Replication: linklist
There are stacks of DNA replication animations on the internet. Here are a few good ones.
John Kyrk (HL, very detailed and good)
New Century College (simple, clear) This school sounds interesting.
Biology 7th edition from McGraw Hill
Bioteach (cartoony, but has it all)
Remember – DNA replication is NOT Protein Synthesis – it doesn’t involve transcription and translation!
i-Biology 