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Bio Anim
BioAnin presents 3-D labeled images of all of the major systems of the human body, for example, the digestive system and the endocrine system. The images are embedded in slideshows. The site also has interactive 3-D models that can be...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Organization of the Human Body
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A variety of learning opportunuties about levels of organization in the human body. Includes videos, activities, discussion questions, and quizzes.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Organization of the Human Body
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] From basic cells to tissue to organ systems, identify and understand the structures and functions of the human body's organization.
Cells Alive
Cells Alive!: How Big Is A
"Use this animation to compare the relative sizes of cells and organisms sitting on a pinhead. See the size of these nearly invisible without magnification" View dust mites dwarf pollen grains and human cells. In turn, bacteria and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Cells
In this unit, students look at the components of cells and their functions and discover the controversy behind stem cell research. The first lesson focuses on the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. In the second lesson,...
Cells Alive
Cells Alive!
Animation studio that specializes in medical illustration lets you explore the structure and function of plant cells and animal cells, using videos and interactive graphics with clickable parts that lead to more detail.
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My Science Site
My Science Site: Cell Center Activities [Pdf]
Site provides six possible center activities for teachers to use to engage learners in the study of cells.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Structural Organization of the Human Body
Try considering the structures of the body in terms of fundamental levels of organization that increase in complexity: subatomic particles, atoms, molecules, organelles, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms and biosphere....
Untamed Science
Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology: Blood
Learn about the structure and function of human blood as well as the composition of this complex substance in the human body through a series of video clips.
Curated OER
Eastern Kentucky University: Human Physiology: Cell Structure: Illustration
Labeled illustration showing the parts of a cell.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Antarctica Research Center: What Do Cells Do?
For this lesson, students learn about the specialization of cells to perform different functions, and how they are organized into tissues and organs in the human body.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells
Stem cells have an enormous impact on the structure of a living creature. This site features still images as well as short videos of these cells in action.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: Cell Motility
This interesting site explains how cells move and provides videos depicting the movement of various human and animal cells.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Human Egg Cells
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] When a baby girl is born, her ovaries contain all of the eggs they will ever produce. But these eggs are not fully developed. They develop only after she starts...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Human Sperm
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Sperm, the male reproductive cells, are tiny. In fact, they are the smallest cells in the human body. Some people think that they look like tadpoles. Learn more...
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Introductory Biology
A collection of video lectures discussing applications of human biology taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lectures vary in length and cover topics like the cell cycle, stem cells, and cancer.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Human Egg Cells
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how eggs are produced.
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kansas Medical Center: Gastrointestinal System
Investigate the human gastrointestinal system with this extensive collection of microscopic specimens.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Reproduction, the Genome and Gene Expression
This lesson focuses on DNA including it's structure,components,and how it goes together to form genomes. It also provides to links to a video and a test.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Influenza
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Tutorial covers the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic as a vehicle to look at viruses and disease, as well as the use of modern biological tools to improve human health....