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Hhmi: Biointeractive: Dna: Human Chromosomes
Human chromosomes explained in this brief description of human cell biology. [0:47]
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: How Tumors Grow
An excellent BioInteractive animation describing factors related to the growth of tumors with audio and text support. Strong supporting material for teachers and students.
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Bio Interactive: Birth and Death of Genes
Classroom resources paired with a thirteen-minute video highlight how scientists discovered the evolutionary history of an Antarctic icefish by studying its genome.
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Hhmi: Biointeractive: Viral Outbreak: Viral Geometry and Structural Diversity
Learn about the geometrical structure of three different viruses, and how these structures affect the function of each virus. [3:22]
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Hhmi: Biointeractive: The Chemical Structure of Dna
Learn how the chemical properties of the DNA molecule determine its structure and function in this video. [2:45]
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Hhmi: Biointeractive: Viral Outbreak: The Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr)
Learn how a standard lab technique, polymerase chain reaction, amplifies a single or several copies of a piece of DNA. [0:55]
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Fossil Record of Stickleback Evolution
A close-up look at the fossil records of the stickleback fish. [1:26]
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Hhmi: Biointeractive: Neuroscience: The Cochlea
Watch how sounds affect the cochlea inside the human ear in this narrated animation. [1:30]
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Great Transitions
This series of three videos from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute explore major transitions in the history of life on earth. Videos cover the evolution of fish, reptiles that evolved to birds, and the origin of humans.
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Salmonella Infection Demonstration
A demonstration of the effects of Salmonella on a cell. [1:20]
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: The Origin of Species: The Beak of the Finch
Learn about the evolution of the finch species on the Galapagos Islands in this video. Students can test their understanding of the concepts by answering the embedded quizzes. [15:54]
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Watson Constructing Base Pair Models
See James Watson reenact his discovery of the base pairs that form the double helix structure of the DNA molecule. [1:42]
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Hhmi: Biointeractive: Infectious Disease: Viral Life Cycle
Watch a short, but concise clip demonstrating how a virus infects a human cell. [1:08]
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Hhmi: Biointeractive: Infectious Disease: u.s. Aids Epidemic
A United States map animation showing the spread of the AIDS epidemic from 1981 to 1997. [0:31]
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Bio Interactive: Electrical Activity of Neurons
Slideshow provides detailed facts, animations, and videos of the transfer of information that propagates from one neuron to the next.
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Paintbrush Gene
Through video clips, demonstrations, and inquiry learn how the paintbrush gene functions in the process of evolution.
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Hhmi: Biointeractive: Building Blocks of Dna
A brief introduction to the four building blocks of DNA. [0:25]
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Diffusion Across Membranes
Resource offers a great explanation and animation of the processes of active and passive transport across cell membranes.
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Evolution and Gene Switches
Through a series of videos, learn how modern science has uncovered an aspect of evolution involving gene switches rather than the creation of new genes.
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: How the Body Uses Fat
One of the bodies main sources of energy is fat; this comprehensive slide show presentation explores the ways the body processes fat, including digestion, transport, conversion, and energy extraction.
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Mesozoic Film With Quiz
This video focuses on what causes the extinction of the dinosaurs. Learn about Luis Alvarez's research that led to the discovery that an asteroid caused the mass extinction. Video includes embedded quizzes that check from students'...
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Icefish Film With Quiz
This video will explore adaptations by looking at how genes are reused and recycled in icefish. The video includes embedded quiz modules to test students' understanding. [13:14]
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: The Cardiology Lab
A fascinating interactive laboratory in which simulations allow students to explore techniques of cardiac diagnosis and learn about cardiac structure/function. Excellent supporting information and resources for teachers and students.
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Hhmi: Biointeractive: Neuroscience: Neurons in Parietal Cortex Are Active During Straddling
Through a simple animation of a cat straddling an obstacle, learn about the activity of the neurons in parietal cortex. [1:03]