[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A complete, web-based, multi-media textbook covering a wide variety of Biological science concepts for middle grades.

This digital textbook covers core life science concepts and includes interactive features, real-world examples, and videos.

Learn genetics and inheritance works on a molecular level.

Learn about some human genetic disorders.

Understand the genetic similarities between humans and primates.

Understand the basics behind Mendelian genetics.

Understand why Gregor Mendel was the father of the field of genetics, which seeks to explain how traits are passed on from one generation to the next.

Understand the genetics and characteristics of viruses.

Learn how biotechnology can alter crops to change many different phenotypes of plants.

See how the human genome project sequenced all 3 billion bases that make up our DNA and identified within this code more than 20,000 human genes.

Understand the conditions required for the Hardy-Weinberg model in evolution.

Discover the structure and function of DNA.

Understand the process of reading the mRNA code in the ribosome to make a protein during translation.

See how a Punnett square is a special tool used to predict the offspring from a cross, or mating between two parents.

Explore some different areas of study in the life sciences.