BBSRC
Discovering DNA: The Recipe for Life
A pinch of adenine, a dash of thymine and ta-da, you have life! Well, it's not quite that simple, but through this series of activities and experiments young scientists learn about the structure of DNA and how it contains the recipe...
Curated OER
Immune System: The Master of Self-Defense
Students examine the role of the immune system in the human body. They conduct a hand-washing experiment, answer questions while viewing videos, discuss key vocabulary, draw and label illustrations, and observe demonstrations and record...
Curated OER
Genome: The Secret of How Life Works
What do you have in common with a fruit fly? About 60 percent of your DNA. The resource, divided into two units, is intended for grades four to eight and another for high schoolers. Both units include eight lessons covering the...
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.
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,...
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....
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.
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...
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.
Other
California State University: Biology Labs Online: Hemoglobin Lab
A set of virtual experiment assignments where students investigate the biochemistry of hemoglobin and the role it plays in the functioning of human red blood cells. Includes background information, glossary, online notebook, and...
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Lymphatic System
Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the structure and function of the human lymphatic system. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Nervous System
Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the structure and function of the human nervous system. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Reproductive System
Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the structure and function of the male and female reproductive systems. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How We See Color
There are three types of color receptors in your eye: red, green and blue. But how do we see the amazing kaleidoscope of other colors that make up our world? The following learning module explains how humans can see everything from...
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....