Category Archives: IBDP Biology
Chromosomes, Genes, Alleles and Mutations
Chromosomes, Genes and Alleles:
Here’s a YouTube clip:
Let’s start with a tour of the basics from Learn.Genetics at Utah.
DNA coiling on histone proteins from biostudio.com
A description of chromosomes from Dexter Pratt
Zooming in to Chromosome 11 (a bit too advanced) from the DNA Learning Centre’s Gene Almanac
Transcription Java game from thinkquest.org
Mutations:
How do mutations occur? from the DNAi at the Dolan DNA Learning Centre
Evolution of Sickle Cell: Resistance to Malaria
Sickle Cell Anemia: A Mutation Story from the excellent Evolution Library.
Human Genome Project
First stop, the official website from the National Institute of Health
Here’s a great interactive from DNAi at the Dolan DNA Learning Centre
Now for some videos:
Mickey-Mouse introduction, bit of review on transcription and translation:….
If you have a spare hour (I don’t), here’s Charlie Rose interviewing Dr. J. Craig Venter:
Here’s James Watson (famous for co-discovering the structure of DNA and the first person to receive their own personal genome) chatting with NewScientist:
And don’t forget Learn.Genetics excellent site.
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…
Functions of the Liver
Here’s the powerpoint:
Download it here: functions-of-the-liver.ppt
Boring introduction (sounds like it’s narrated by Hannibal Lecter):
Introduction to liver functions from Encyclopedia Britannica
Flashy introduction, then focuses on liver cancer from the CancerCompass.com
Good tutorial with simple animation of bile secretion from Colorado State
Great EM images from Dr. Jastrow’s EM Atlas
Good histology set of specialized cells of the GI system from siumed
Absorption of Digested Food Molecules
Download it here: absorption-of-digested-foods.ppt
Virtual Fetal Pig dissection (digestive system) from Whitman
Zooming in – Intestine to epithelial cells (with comedy Lancashire accent) from UCLan’s Sonic Nursing project
Lots of digestion and absorption animations from Nutrition.jbpub.com
Absorption of monosaccharides (tutorial) from Colorado StateNew-Yorkers in search of poo-phoria (from Salon.com)
JD and Turk telling us how poo is used for diagnosis:
Digestion (Further Human Physiology) Linklist
Download it here: digestionfhp.ppt
Let’s start with the basics:
Simple Digestion animation by kitses.com
And don’t forget the excellent review materials at Click4Biology.
Fetal pig digestive system virtual dissection from Whitman College
Control of digestive juice secretion:
Straight to the Point McGraw Hill (their page on types of glands is also very helpful)
Gastric acid production by parietal cells (advanced – look at ‘normal’ only) – John Hopkins
Another Gastric acid animation (over-detailed) PPIKnow Pharmacology website
Digestion of lipids:
Good animation from Wiley.com
Control of bile secretion (advanced) from ZeroBio.com
I’m still looking for animations for the other subtopics. If you find any, let me know!
Harvard University: list of databases online
As part of the ICT requirements of IB DP Biology, you are required to access and work with a database of biological information. The department of Molecular and Cell Biology at Harvard (which is well worth spending some time looking though) has posted this extensive collection of links.
Children’s Hospital Boston – Great Flash apps for students
Thanks to Rod Murphy for this one.
eSchool News featured CHB’s site as site of the week and it’s well deserved. There are some great animations here, including a nice neurons and synapses animation, some stem cell resources, cancer information and a chance to have a go at
making an EM image.
Go have a look!
Jellinek – Drugs and the Brain
Thanks to Roger Allison for pointing out this one.
Jellinek is a Dutch drugs education website that has some great, accessible resources for neurobiology of drugs and the brain. Animations are available in multiple languages.
For more details on the brain, neurobiology and behaviour, see the DP Bio Linklist.
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