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Standard 14 : Organization and
Development of Living Organisms
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A. Cells have characteristic structures and functions that make them distinctive.
B. Processes in a cell can be classified broadly as growth, maintenance, reproduction, and
homeostasis.
C. Life can be organized in a functional and structural hierarchy ranging from cells to the
biosphere.
D. Most multicellular organisms are composed of organ systems whose structures reflect their
particular function.
Number: SC.912.L.14
Title: Organization and Development of Living Organisms
Type: Standard
Subject: Science
Grade: 912
Body of Knowledge: Life Science
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Describe the scientific theory of cells (cell theory) and relate the
history of its discovery to the process of science.
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Describe how continuous investigations and/or new
scientific information influenced the development of the
cell theory. Recognize the contributions of scientists in the
development of the cell theory.
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Relate structure to function for the components of plant and
animal cells. Explain the role of cell membranes as a highly
selective barrier (passive and active transport).
Compare and contrast the general structures of plant and animal
cells. Compare and contrast the general structures of prokaryotic
and eukaryotic cells.
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Compare and contrast structure and function of various types of
microscopes.
Explain the evidence supporting the scientific theory of the
origin of eukaryotic cells (endosymbiosis).
Explain the significance of genetic factors, environmental
factors, and pathogenic agents to health from the perspectives of
both individual and public health.
Relate the structure of each of the major plant organs and tissues
to physiological processes.
Remarks/Examples:
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Explain alternation of generations in plants.
Relate the major structure of fungi to their functions.
Discuss the relationship between the evolution of land plants
and their anatomy.
Classify and state the defining characteristics of epithelial
tissue, connective tissue, muscle tissue, and nervous tissue.
Describe the anatomy and histology of bone tissue.
Distinguish between bones of the axial skeleton and the
appendicular skeleton.
Identify the major bones of the axial and appendicular skeleton.
Identify major markings (such as foramina, fossae, tubercles,
etc.) on a skeleton. Explain why these markings are important.
Describe the anatomy and histology, including ultrastructure, of
muscle tissue.
List the steps involved in the sliding filament of muscle
contraction.
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Describe signal transmission across a myoneural junction.
Explain the physiology of skeletal muscle.
Identify the major muscles of the human on a model or diagram.
Remarks/Examples:
Refer to MAFS.K12.MP.4: Model with mathematics.
Describe the anatomy, histology, and physiology of the central
and peripheral nervous systems and name the major divisions of
the nervous system.
Describe the physiology of nerve conduction, including the
generator potential, action potential, and the synapse.
Identify the parts of a reflex arc.
Identify the general parts of a synapse and describe the
physiology of signal transmission across a synapse.
Identify the major parts of a cross section through the spinal
cord.
Identify the major parts of the brain on diagrams or models.
Remarks/Examples:
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Florida Standards Connections: MAFS.K12.MP.4: Model
with mathematics.
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Identify the functions of the major parts of the brain, including
the meninges, medulla, pons, midbrain, hypothalamus,
thalamus, cerebellum and cerebrum.
Identify the major functions of the spinal cord.
Define the terms endocrine and exocrine.
Compare endocrine and neural controls of physiology.
Describe the physiology of hormones including the different
types and the mechanisms of their action.
Describe the anatomy and physiology of the endocrine system.
Describe the basic anatomy and physiology of the reproductive
system.
Describe the composition and physiology of blood, including
that of the plasma and the formed elements.
Describe the steps in hemostasis, including the mechanism of
coagulation. Include the basis for blood typing and transfusion
reactions.
Describe the factors affecting blood flow through the
cardiovascular system.
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Explain the components of an electrocardiogram.
Describe normal heart sounds and what they mean.
Describe hypertension and some of the factors that produce it.
Describe the histology of the major arteries and veins of
systemic, pulmonary, hepatic portal, and coronary circulation.
Describe fetal circulation and changes that occur to the
circulatory system at birth.
Describe the anatomy and the physiology of the lymph system.
Describe the histology of the respiratory system.
Describe the physiology of the respiratory system including the
mechanisms of ventilation, gas exchange, gas transport and the
mechanisms that control the rate of ventilation.
Describe the histology of the alimentary canal and its associated
accessory organs.
Describe the physiology of the digestive system, including
mechanical digestion, chemical digestion, absorption and the
neural and hormonal mechanisms of control.
Describe the physiology of urine formation by the kidney.
Describe the anatomy, histology, and physiology of the ureters,
the urinary bladder and the urethra.
Identify the major functions associated with the sympathetic and
parasympathetic nervous systems.
Describe the structure of vertebrate sensory organs. Relate
structure to function in vertebrate sensory systems.
Describe the function of the vertebrate integumentary system.
Explain the basic functions of the human immune system,
including specific and nonspecific immune response, vaccines,
and antibiotics.
Remarks/Examples:
Annually Assessed on Biology EOC. Also assesses
SC.912.L.14.6 HE.912.C.1.7 and HE.912.C.1.5.
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Independent
Discuss basic classification and characteristics of plants.
Identify bryophytes, pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and
angiosperms.
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Identify that all living things are made of cells and cells function
in similar ways (cell theory).
Identify the major parts of plant and animal cells, including the
cell membrane, nucleus, and cytoplasm, and their basic
functions.
Identify that parts of cells (organelles) can combine to work
together.
Describe common human health issues.
Describe the general processes of food production, support,
water transport, and reproduction in the major parts of plants.
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Identify that the cell is the smallest basic unit of life and that all
living things are made of cells.
Recognize that cells have different parts and each has a
function.
Recognize common human health issues.
Relate parts of plants, such as leaf, stem, root, seed, and flower,
to the functions of food production, support, water transport,
and reproduction.
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Match parts of common living things to their functions.
Recognize that small parts of a living thing can work together.
Identify ways to prevent infection from bacteria and viruses,
such as hand washing and first aid.
Recognize major plant parts, such as root, stem, leaf, and
flower.
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as to their
purpose. The
ABO blood
group, the most
well-known of
the blood
groups, has
enabled
scientists to
understand a
link between
blood groups
and the immune
system;
discoveries over
the last century
suggest a link
between blood
groups and
disease. Even
with these
findings,
scientists are
still unclear as
to why such
blood antigens
The Real-Life Neuroscience Behind Zombies:
Vaccines:
Who Is at Risk for Heart Disease?:
evolved in the
first place.
This
informational
text resource is
intended to
support reading
in the content
area. This text
discusses the
possible real-life
brain disorders
that could
contribute to
fictional zombie
behavior. There
is also a TED
Talk video that
explains these
disorders
further.
This
informational
text resource is
intended to
support reading
in the content
area. This text
explains how
the immune
system works
and how
vaccines, by
mimicking
natural
infections,
capitalize on the
functions of the
immune system.
This
informational
text resource is
designed to
support reading
in the content
Wildlife Species Provide Clues to Spread of Antibiotic Resistance in Africa:
area. The text,
written by the
National
Institutes of
Health,
describes the
many risk
factors for heart
disease. The text
is broken into
three areas: risk
factors that can
be controlled
(like smoking,
high blood
pressure, and
obesity), risk
factors that
cannot be
controlled (like
age and family
history), and
emerging risk
factors.
The
informational
text resource
describes how
researchers from
Virginia Tech
and the
University of
Sydney tested
for resistance to
10 antibiotics
among 18
wildlife species
and cattle in
Botswana. The
results from the
tests showed
that antibiotic
resistance is
being
transferred to
mostly
World Cup Raises Epidemic Questions:
carnivores at the
top of the food
web. Animals
that show multidrug resistance
are crocodiles,
leopards,
hyenas, hippos,
baboons, and
warthogs. There
also seems to be
a correlation to
drug resistance
and aquatic life,
but only certain
species. Further
research should
be conducted in
order to
understand how
the resistance
moves across
landscapes.
This
informational
text resource is
intended to
support reading
in the content
area. Tropical
areas such as
Brazil can be
hotspots for
communicable
diseases due to
warm
temperatures
and crowded
urban spaces.
There is a
concern that
when Brazil
hosts the World
Cup, mosquitoborne dengue
fever may
Zika's Accidental Ally: Miami's Luxury High-Rises:
spread to its
visitors. The
article explores
methods of
pathogen
transfer in a
variety of
venues
(pilgrimages,
airplanes, cruise
lines) and
compares these
to conditions at
the World Cup.
This
informational
text resource is
designed to
support reading
in the content
area. The article
discusses the
problems that
are being
encountered in
Miami Beach as
health officials
try to execute a
mosquito
management
program.
Because of the
high rise
buildings, the
pesticides being
sprayed are not
necessarily
reaching the
intended areas.
Not only are
mosquitoes
staying alive,
but they may
become resistant
to the firstchoice
pesticides being
used against
them.
Lesson Plan
Name
A New Vaccine for Yellow Fever?:
An Activity on Factors Affecting Blood Flow:
Animal vs. Plant & Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic Cells:
Description
This informational text
resource from the
National Institutes of
Health is designed to
support reading in the
content area. The article
discusses how yellow
fever is becoming a health
threat once again in parts
of Africa and why it is
necessary for a new
vaccine against yellow
fever to be developed. The
article further discusses in
detail the processes and
experimental trials by
which the vaccine will be
tested for its effectiveness
and its safety. Â The
lesson plan includes a
note-taking guide, textdependent questions, a
writing prompt, answer
keys, and a writing
rubric.Â
This lesson is designed to
explore the relationship
between pressure and
vessel diameter and to
create a model that
represents how high blood
pressure may affect
weakened vessels.
A collaborative work of
Melvin Flores, Larie
Laudato and Glenn Soltes
This lesson will develop
students' ability to identify
Antibiotic Resistant Wildlife?:
Astrocytes Got Your Back:
similarities and differences
between animal and plant
cells as well as prokaryotic
and eukaryotic cells.
In this lesson, students will
analyze an informational
text intended to support
reading in the content area.
The article addresses the
possibility that antibiotic
resistance is spreading
through ecosystems in
Botswana because
resistance in humans has
been shared with many
other organisms.
Researchers found that
antibiotic resistance is
significantly higher in
water-associated species
and carnivores. Scientists
believe they can use this
information to increase
their understanding of why
and how species are
becoming antibioticresistant, with the end goal
of stopping the spread of
antibiotic resistance in
humans. The lesson plan
includes a note-taking
guide, text-dependent
questions, a writing
prompt, answer keys, and
a writing rubric. Numerous
options to extend the
lesson are also included.
In this lesson, students will
analyze an informational
text intended to support
reading in the content area.
 The article presents
exciting new research
findings regarding axon
generation in scar tissue
formation following spinal
cord injury.
 Astrocytes were once
thought to decrease the
growth of new axon
connections, but now these
important cells have been
shown to actually
stimulate growth and
connections in the neural
network. The lesson plan
includes a note-taking
guide, text-dependent
questions, a writing
prompt, answer keys, and
a writing rubric. Numerous
options to extend the
lesson are also included.
The lesson was developed
to broaden students'
understanding of the
immune system and its
role in the human body.
Students will do
investigations and apply
vocabulary terms to realworld scenarios.
Back to the Basics: Immunity and Response:
Blood Flow:
Note that students will
complete the 5E cycle
twice over the course of
two days; please see the
attached "Lesson
Overview" document for a
chronological outline of
each day.
Â
The lesson is design to
describe the factors
affecting blood flow
through the cardiovascular
system. The lesson uses
the 5E model as an
approach for students to
become engaged,
analytical and inquisitive
Blood Flow Learning Stations:
Blood flow: A student-centered inquiry:
Blood: The Stuff of Life:
in learning about the
mechanism of blood flow
and the importance of this
in our body. In addition,
the lesson engages the
student to test variables
that may affect blood flow.
Students will visit stations
that demonstrate each of
the factors that affect
blood flow through the
cardiovascular system.
This is set of related
lessons including direct
instruction, games,
readings, small group
work and an inquiry
activity to model factors
affecting the human
circulatory system.
The purpose of this lesson
is to teach students about
blood and its components
while instilling an
appreciation of its
importance for survival.
The lesson takes a step-bystep approach to
determining the "recipe"
for blood while
introducing students to
important laboratory
techniques like
centrifugation and
microscopy, as well as
some diseases of cell types
found in blood. It also
highlights the importance
of donating blood by
explaining basic
physiological concepts and
the blood donation
procedure. There are no
formal prerequisites, but
students should be
Brain Power:
Brain Regions In Action:
comfortable with
converting weight units.
The only materials needed
are a calculator and paper,
and it would be helpful to
print the downloadable
color PDF files of blood
smear images. During the
breaks, students are asked
to estimate and then
calculate the amount of
blood in their body,
identify cell types in a
blood smear, and discuss
the composition of blood
with their neighbor. The
lesson can be completed
within a 50-minute class
session.
Students will learn the
different regions and lobes
of the brain by making a
3D model.
After a lecture, students
will work in groups to
create concept maps to
describe the structure of
the brain and give
everyday examples of the
function of each part.
This resource is aligned
with required Biology
EOC benchmark
SC.912.L.14.26. This
lesson plan goes beyond
the content and can be
used to reinforce
understanding of the brain
functions, not just location
of the main brain regions.
It may also be aligned to
the Anatomy and
Physiology standard.
Brain Storm:
Brain Trauma:
Cell Membrane Structure and Function:
Cell Structure :
Cells Are Alive!:
Cells: Taking out the Trash:
This lesson is a series of
short activities centering
on the brain benchmark for
the Biology I EOC.
Students investigate how
bicycle helmets protect the
brain from forces related
to sudden changes in
motion.
This resource includes
hands-on-activities to
familiarize students with
the fluid mosaic model of
the cell membrane and its
function.
This lesson will cover the
cell structures of both
prokaryotic and eukaryotic
cells.
This lesson plan guides the
student to examine the
reasoning behind each of
the tenets of the cell
theory. Students will
explore the formulation of
cell theory and why this
fundamental principle is
important to biology by
watching a video,
conducting their own
research, and discussing
ideas with their peers.
In this lesson, students will
analyze an informational
text that addresses cellular
waste. The article students
will read explains the
different ways a cell gets
rid of waste, including
how proteasomes and
lysosomes break down cell
waste. The article covers
another method of letting
the waste “pile up.―
This informational text is
designed to support
reading in the content area.
The lesson plan includes a
note-taking guide, textdependent questions, a
writing prompt, answer
keys, and a writing
rubric.Â
This lesson introduces the
basic forms of pathogens
and how our bodies
prevent and fight infection
from them. It goes more in
depth on the differences
between active and passive
Cover Your Mouth! An overview of disease spread and the immune immunity as well as the
system.:
differences in non specific
and specific defenses. The
students will actively role
play the events of specific
immunity as well as
evaluate methods of
maintaining individual and
public health.
This lesson uses a lecture,
a 3D model, and
worksheets to help
Crossing the Barrier:
students master the
concept of molecular
transport across the cell
membrane.
In this lesson student will
keep a scientific notebook
to relate the major
structure of fungi to their
functions. Students will
Deadly Decomposition-Fungi:
review several resources
on fungi as well as conduct
an investigation using
yeast to compare its
decomposition properties.
The students will discover
how the movement of
Diffusion of Starch and Potato Osmosis:
material occurs through
the selectively permeable
Digestion...in 3-D!:
Disease Transmission Lab:
cell membrane, a highly
selective barrier. They will
observe the processes of
diffusion and osmosis, first
in two teacher-led
demonstrations, and then
through two lab activities:
the diffusion of starch
molecules through a
plastic bag and potato
cores immersed in
isotonic, hypotonic, and
hypertonic solutions.
Finally, students will
connect this knowledge to
how water moves in and
out of a cell in different
solutions.
This informational text
resource is intended to
support reading in the
content area. In this lesson,
students will analyze an
informational text that
addresses innovative
research to aid in the
understanding of how the
digestive system works.
The text describes how the
villi in the small intestine
work with the contraction
of the muscle wall to aid
digestion and how a team
of researchers are working
together to create a 3-D
model this process. The
lesson plan includes a
note-taking guide, textdependent questions, a
writing prompt, answer
keys, and a writing rubric.
Options to extend the
lesson are also included.
A lesson designed to
model how an infectious
disease can be transmitted.
Don't have Issues, Learn the Tissues!:
Economics and Epidemiology:
By Melvin Flores, Larie
Laudato and Glenn Soltes
This project lesson is
designed to allow students
to make personal
connections between
abstract art, photography,
and histology of human
tissues. As a brief
introduction, students
explore current topics in
regenerative medicine and
cutting-edge technology in
medical sciences
associated with disease
treatment and amputee
treatment. Students will
get the opportunity to
survey Impressionist area
art and histology slides of
tissues. Student
presentations will be
comprehensive and
involve multiple levels of
cognitive abilities. This
lesson provides a unique
way for cross-curricular
and interdisciplinary
teaching and learning
opportunities.
In this lesson, students will
read an article from the
National Science
Foundation. The
article discusses the rise
of pandemic disease
outbreaks across the globe
and how these outbreaks
can affect world
economies. The article
further describes how
economic models were
used to assess different
strategies on their
effectiveness. The strategy
of identifying the
Edible Brain:
El Niño Can Spread Disease:
underlying cause of
emerging diseases was
considered to be most
cost-effective and
beneficial long-term. This
lesson is designed to
support reading in the
content area. The lesson
plan includes a note-taking
guide, a vocabulary
handout, text-dependent
questions, a writing
prompt, answer keys, and
a writing rubric.Â
This resource gives
students the opportunity to
inquire about the major
components of the human
brain, research the major
components of the brain
and then create a yummy
model of the brain. The
variety of strategies
presented in this resource
keeps students engaged
while learning to identify
parts of the brain.
In this lesson plan,
students analyze an
informational
text intended to support
reading in the content area.
The article discusses
new research conducted
by scientists showing the
correlation between El
Niño events and the
spread of waterborne
infectious diseases. The
article discusses how the
scientists
believe Vibrio bacteria
are being transported
across the ocean during El
Niño events, and it
discusses the impact this
can have on public health.
The lesson plan includes a
note-taking guide, textdependent questions, a
writing prompt, answer
keys, and a writing rubric.
Numerous options to
extend the lesson are also
included.
Finding the Sources of Ebola and other Filoviruses:
Flower Poetry:
Â
In this lesson, students will
analyze an informational
text from Science Daily
that discusses the research
conducted by scientists
who used machine
learning methods to
identify bats that were
likely to be reservoirs for
Ebola and other
filoviruses. Scientists
mapped out the
geographical ranges of
these bats and hope to be
able to use this
information to prevent
future outbreaks.This
informational text resource
is intended to support
reading in the content area.
The lesson plan includes a
vocabulary guide, textdependent questions, a
writing prompt, answer
keys, and a writing rubric.
In this lesson, students will
dissect a flower to explore
the flower’s structures
and their
functions. Students will
also observe the flowers,
fruit and cones to discover
the similarities and
differences in their
functions.Â
Four Major Plant Groups:
Getting Comfortable in My Own Skin :
Green with Envy:
Heart Disease: Are You at Risk?:
HEART HEALTH:
Students will explore,
identify, and collaborate to
find and gain a better
understanding of the four
major plant groups.
Students will investigate
the integumentary system
by predicting lesson topic
in an engaging and
creative manner, create a
foldable of the 7 different
layers of skin, and discuss
the art of tattoos and which
layer of skin is actually
inked when going under
the needle.
Students will make
recommendations for
dealing with the effects of
algal blooms with regard
to public health.
In this lesson, students will
analyze an informational
text by the National
Institutes of Health that
addresses the risk factors
for heart disease. The text
is broken into three areas:
risk factors that can be
controlled (like smoking,
high blood pressure, and
obesity), risk factors that
cannot be controlled (like
age and family history),
and emerging risk factors.
This lesson plan is
designed to support
reading in the content area.
The lesson plan includes a
note-taking guide, textdependent questions, a
writing prompt, answer
keys, and a writing rubric.
This MEA is designed to
educate students about the
Heart Rate Activity: Body Positions and Physical Activity:
Here's Your Sign! An Interactive Analogous View of the Cell:
Hijacking the Immune System:
relationship between fast
food choices and heart
health. It should give
students dietary choices to
assist in the prevention of
high blood pressure and
heart disease.
This is a activity that
should be used after a full
introduction/lesson for the
cardiovascular and
circulatory system has
been completed. Students
should be able to
determine how physical
body changes affect the
heart rate and blood flow.
This two-part lesson will
help students to be able to
identify the major
organelles of plant and
animal cells, and enables
them to understand
correlations between the
organelles' structure and
how that aids in function.
Students will be able to
compare and contrast plant
and animal cells. The first
part of the lesson allows
the class to interact
together through a game of
Jeopardy style questions
regarding these two major
types of cell types. The
second portion of the
lesson has students created
an illustrated analogy of a
cell to something that they
are more familiar with,
such as their school.
In this lesson, students will
analyze an informational
text intended to support
reading in the content area.
Homeostasis in Motion:
Houston, We Have A Brain Problem: Neurological Disorders and
Where They Occur In the Brain:
How are Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells Alike and Different?:
The article discusses
new research conducted
by Penn State scientists to
determine how the malaria
parasite is evading the
human immune system
and entering into red blood
cells. The study revealed
how the parasite is able to
use the complement
system to its own
advantage rather than
being negatively affected
by it. This lesson plan
includes a note-taking
guide, text-dependent
questions, a writing
prompt, answer keys, and
a writing rubric. Numerous
options to extend the
lesson are also included.
Given dialysis tubing and
glucose strips, students
will be able to demonstrate
how water molecules and
other materials diffuse
through the kidneys.
Students learn about and
diagram the major parts of
the brain and where
different neurological
disorders occur.
This lesson will help
students to understand the
structural differences
between prokaryotic and
eukaryotic cells. Students
will independently read to
gain background
knowledge of the two
types of cells. The class
will be divided into groups
to complete a poster that
compares and contrasts
Human Brain in 3D!:
Immune System:
Immune System Responses to Pathogens and Vaccines :
Immune System-History of an Epidemic:
Infectious Diseases and the Immune System:
Introduction to Muscle Physiology:
prokaryotes and
eukaryotes.
In this lesson, students will
explore the major
structural regions of the
human brain and associate
them with particular
behaviors or functions.
Students will identify the
major parts of the immune
system, including specific
and nonspecific immune
response, vaccines, and
antibiotics.
With this lesson students
will explore immune
responses to a pathogen
attack and/or a vaccine
with a didactic, kinesthetic
model of the process.
Students will learn about
the immune system and
how disease can affect
personal and public health.
The lesson is design to
explain the basic functions
of the human immune
system, including specific
and nonspecific immune
response, vaccines, and
antibiotics. Primarily, it
focuses on infectious
diseases and how the
immune system defend the
body against infectious
diseases. The lesson uses
the 5E model as an
approach for students to
become engage, analytical
and inquisitive in learning
about infectious diseases
and the immune system.
This is an introductory
exercise for a section on
muscle physiology. It
Investigating Cell Theory through Observation, Testing, and
Modeling:
consists of a worksheet
that can be used in any one
of a number of
teaching/learning styles. It
is intended as a formative
assessment and is the first
in a series. Extra
credit/extension questions
are included at the end for
advanced students. A
PowerPoint show version
is also included if the
teacher chooses to use
guided discussion with the
entire class; some extra
resources and background
information are included in
the PowerPoint. Teacher's
versions of the worksheet
and PowerPoint are
included with answers
(worksheet) and extra
background information
and commentary
(PowerPoint). The author's
intent is to have a series of
activities related to all
three standards on muscle
physiology.
Students will address the
three main tenets of cell
theory by investigating: (1)
"How big is a cell?" (using
virtual scaling and
compound microscope
skills); (2) "What do cells
do?" (students will build a
model of a cell using craft
materials); and (3) "Where
do new cells come from?"
(interpreting evidence
from graphs and making
new predictions). This
lesson would work well
paired with a review on
what constitutes a
It's Just a Leaf:
Journey into the Brain:
Just Be Passive:
scientific theory and
student practice of using
compound microscopes.
Students will explore the
role and function of the
leaf and its microscopic
structures by using a cross
section of a lilac leaf
microscope slide.
In this lesson, students
view and discuss video
segments from the PBS
program The Human Spark
as they learn about the
human brain, including
information about brain
regions, brain activity and
technologies used to
explore the brain.
In this lesson, students will
design their own
controlled experiment. The
teacher introduces osmosis
through a short Prezi,
checking their
understanding along the
way by means of
comprehension questions
included in the
presentation. Immediately
after the introduction, the
teacher will place students
into three or four groups
and facilitate a
brainstorming process in
which students work
together to develop
questions, list materials
and outline procedures.
These will then be peer
reviewed by their
classmates in which they
will give them
recommendations and or
offer suggestions. The
Killer Clay!:
Killer Microbe:
Leptospirosis: A Serious Disease:
teacher will make the final
approval and experiments
will commence the
following class. Students
will then report their
results as a written lab
report or using the same
lab report format to create
a gallery walk.
This lesson is designed to
support reading in the
content area. In this lesson,
students will analyze an
informational text that
addresses innovative
research to aid in the
understanding of how
certain clays can be
responsible for the killing
of some bacterial
pathogens. The lesson plan
includes a note-taking
guide, text-dependent
questions, a writing
prompt, answer keys, and
a writing rubric.
A lesson about the
important topic of
antibiotic-resistant bacteria
with student activities and
A/V resources.
In this lesson, students will
analyze an informational
text intended to support
reading in the content area.
The NSF article describes
current research into the
transmission of the
bacterial disease
leptospirosis, with the
ultimate goal of using the
research to prevent future
outbreaks. The article
highlights the
environmental conditions
Let's Explore the Cell Theory!:
Magnificent Microscope Tradeoffs MEA:
Major Parts of the Brain:
Marketing for the National Blood Pressure Association:
that increase the
transmission of the
disease. The lesson plan
includes text-dependent
questions with an answer
key, a writing prompt with
a sample response, and a
writing rubric.
Students will explore the
cell theory. Over the
course of the lesson,
students will examine the
major parts of the cell
theory and learn about the
scientists who were
involved in its
development.
Students will learn about
the four types of
microscopes (compound,
dissection, transmission
electron, and scanning
electron) and compare
them using the Model
Eliciting Activity, or
MEA, approach. Students
act as a materials selection
committee who will help a
teacher decide which
type(s) of microscopes are
best suited for his
classroom.
This is a whole class
internet lesson on the
major parts and their
functions of the brain. It
includes the the lobe of the
cerebrum, cerebellum, and
the brainstem; midbrain,
pons, and medulla
oblongata.
This MEA supports
reading in the content area.
Students create a model
that the client can use to
Mathematics of Microscopy:
Microscope Basics:
Modeling Kidney Dialysis:
Mosquitoes in Miami:
rank treatments for
hypertension (high blood
pressure) to choose the
subject of their marketing
campaign.
After measuring the "field
of view" of your
microscope, your students
can estimate the size of
objects with this
calculation.
Students will learn
microscope basics
including parts of a
compound light
microscope, different types
of microscopes, and how
microscopes work. This
lesson includes a 4-day
plan that has students label
the parts of a microscope
with the teacher, in a
group, and using a
microscope. The students
will also complete a
presentation on a specific
type of microscope.
This activity will have you
look at transport of
molecules in and out of
membranes in a different
way by modeling kidney
dialysis. Students should
complete the Solution
Problems Worksheet
before beginning the
Kidney Dialysis activity.
In this lesson, students will
analyze an informational
text intended to support
reading in the content area.
The National Geographic
article discusses the
problems facing Miami
Beach as health officials
try to execute a mosquito
management program to
combat Zika. Because of
the high rise buildings, the
pesticides being sprayed
are not reaching the
intended areas. Another
concern is that mosquitoes
may become resistant to
the first choice pesticides
being used against them.
This lesson is designed to
support reading in the
content area. The lesson
plan includes a note-taking
guide, text-dependent
questions, a writing
prompt, answer keys, and
a writing rubric.
Movement Across the Membrane: Red Rover:
Non-specific and Specific Immune System explained:
Â
Using the familiar
children's game "Red
Rover," students will
simulate the selectively
permeable cell membrane
and model how various
molecules can/can not
cross with/without
assistance.
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This lesson covers the
information on the basic
functions of the human
non-specific and specific
immune response. It does
not cover the vaccines,
health or antibiotics used
as an approach to aid the
immune system.
There is vocabulary that
goes as high as AP
Biology. The lessons are
editable so you can change
Of Mice and Memory - Brain Anatomy Activity:
Overview of the Nervous System :
Pandemic Flu:
Parts of the Brain:
vocabulary if you would
like to bring the lesson
down to lower levels.
However, higher level
vocabulary is not too
extraneous and I leave it
for my 9th grade Honors
classes.
A PBS NOVA Classroom
Activity with related video
that models the brain and
extends the learning to
application of
understanding how
Alzheimers' disease
impacts the brain.
This lesson gives an
overview of the structure
and function of the central
and peripheral nervous
systems. Students
participate in a ball toss
exercise, during which
they identify which
division of the nervous
system produces particular
responses. After, students
complete a worksheet on
which they label the
functions of each part of
the nervous system.
In this lesson, students will
model an avian-human flu
virus structure, replication,
and spread. The
accompanying PBS
NOVA movie Pandemic
Flu regarding H5N1 Avian
and Swine Flu highlights
interactions between the
virus, humans, and birds.
Students will learn about
the parts of the brain by
investigating digital
resources. This lesson
Pathogens in the Room:
Pathogens, Diseases, and Vaccines:
centers around the Glog
Brain Parts.
In this lesson, students will
research pathogens to
explain the significance of
pathogenic agents for their
health and the community.
It aims to clear up
common misconceptions
about pathogens and the
diseases they cause.
Students will be assigned a
pathogen and then conduct
research to accurately
describe the disease it
causes.
This lesson introduces
different types of
pathogens and how they
cause disease in humans. It
introduces and/or
reinforces prior knowledge
of active and passive
immunity as well as the
differences in non specific
and specific defenses.
Students will be
introduced to how a
vaccine works in the
individual as well as the
community to create
immunity to a pathogen.
The students will research
different pathogens, the
diseases they cause, the
vaccines that have been
developed for them, and
how these vaccines protect
individual as well as
public health. The students
will then compose a
position paper on
mandatory vaccinations
for school children.
Photomicrography of Wet Mounts of Hibiscus Plant Parts & pH
Determination of Their Extracts:
Plant Energy:
Plant Similes:
This structured inquiry
lesson deals mainly on the
preparation of crosssection wet-mounts of the
Hibiscus stem, leaf and
flower, and their
photomicrography.
Additionally, students will
prepare the extracts of the
Hibiscus stem, leaf, and
flower, and determine their
pH using the Hydrion (pH
paper) and universal
indicator. This lesson will
allow the students to
confirm the microscopic
structures of the Hibiscus
plant parts that could be
observed through the
photomicrographs, and
infer on the chemical
nature (acid, base, or
neutral) of the plant extract
depending on the
determined pH values.
In this lesson, students will
explore the roles of roots
and leaves in the process
of photosynthesis with
hands-on activity and a
real world case of an
exception in the plant
kingdom. Students will
compare and contrast the
roles of roots and leaves in
photosynthesis and relate it
with the plant Rafflesia.
Students will review the
unit on the standard
SC.912.L.14.7 (relate the
structure of each of the
major plant organs and
tissues to physiological
processes) by using
Magical Squares. They
then will create similes for
plants, plaNTS, PLANTS:
Plasmolysis in Plant Cells:
Prokaryote and Eukaryote Microscope Activity:
Seeking the Zika Virus:
the major plant organs and
tissues and their
physiological processes.
Students will explore the
growth and development
of plants by growing their
own plants and
documenting growth and
development of major
plant organs. Students will
also create their own slides
to observe and define the
role meristematic tissue in
the growth of plants.
This a inquiry investigates
plasmolysis in plant cells
when exposed to NaCl
solution. The ionic
solution causes the water
within the cell to move out
and the cell membrane
shrinks inward. Students
will prepare wet mount
slides, view, draw, record
time data for plasmolysis,
and analyze the data
generated.
This activity incorporates
the use of microscopes to
show actual cells that are
examples of both
eukaryotes and
prokaryotes.
In this lesson, students will
read an informational text
from the National Science
Foundation. The text
describes current research
into the mosquitoes that
carry the Zika virus, with
the ultimate goal of using
the research to predict and
possibly prevent future
outbreaks. Scientists are
studying three towns in
Small Cells verses Large Cells:
Social Cells:
Ecuador by collecting data
to help them discover the
socioeconomic and
environmental factors that
put people most at risk for
diseases carried by the
Aedes aegypti mosquito,
including the Zika virus.
The scientists are also
examining how virus
transmission by these
mosquitoes may be
affected by climate
change. This lesson is
designed to support
reading in the content area.
The lesson plan includes
text-dependent questions
with an answer key, a
writing prompt with a
sample response, and a
writing rubric.
The students will have an
opportunity to discover
that the size of cells
(surface area and volume)
has a major impact on the
movement of nutrients and
waste products in and out
through the cell by
diffusion across the
semipermeable membrane.
The movement of these
molecules is essential for
the health of the cell and to
maintain homeostasis.
This is an interactive
activity for the students to
learn about the different
types of cells and which
cell parts exist in them. It
will develop the students'
ability to identify
similarities and differences
between the various types
of cells by engaging all
Spirillum, Dandelions, and Koalas, OH MY!:
T Rex Blood?:
The Black Death Epidemic:
three learning styles:
visual, auditory, and
tactile.
This lesson allows students
to create a science center
display showing their
knowledge of the general
structures of prokaryotic
and eukaryotic cells and
the structures and
functions for the
components of plant and
animal cells. At the end of
this lesson, students will
be assessed by
participating in a gallery
walk that displays their
design for a local science
center.
This lesson is a STEM
project-based learning
opportunity.
A PBS Nova
Podcast/Video with
accompanying activities
that introduce and explore
paleontology and the
geologic timescale through
analysis of fossil bones.
Students will research the
history of the Black Death
and learn about the
causative pathogen
involved through a POGIL
activity. There will be
suggested web-links for
the students to research
what is currently known
about the disease and
questions for them to
answer as a teaching
method and evaluation. As
a final assessment, the
students will construct an
epidemiological triangle in
pairs and then share with
the class.
This video was conceived
around the idea that
students, particularly those
not in AP-level classes,
have a practical
application for knowing
about the major divisions
between plants,
particularly about the
details of plant anatomy
and reproduction.
My objectives for this
lesson are as follows:

The Case of the Stolen Painting: A Forensic Mystery:

Students will be
able to identify the
major evolutionary
innovations that
separate plant
divisions, and
classify plants as
belonging to one of
those divisions
based on
phenotypic
differences in
plants.
Students will be
able to classify
plants by their
pollen dispersal
methods using
pollen dispersal
mapping, and
justify the location
of a "crime scene"
using map analysis.
Extension:

Students will be
able to analyze and
present their
analysis of banding
patterns from DNA
fingerprinting done
using plants in a
forensic context.
The Cell Theory Lesson Plan:
For the lesson, students
will need to be familiar
with the idea that living
things are related, that
these relationships are part
of organisms' evolutionary
history; that there are types
of plants; and that DNA
can be used to establish
similarities and differences
between individuals and
species. It will also be
helpful for them to know
that increased genetic
diversity will increase a
species' likelihood of
survival. The lesson will
take approximately 135
minutes (one 90 period,
one 45 minute period),
with some material
assigned as homework.
Materials needed: Paper,
writing utensils, color
printing is ideal.
The components that make
up the Cell Theory will be
discussed, and students
will show understanding
by writing a detailed
paragraph in their own
words explaining the three
components. They will
then work in small groups
to research historical
events leading to the
development of the theory
by numerous scientist, the
dates of their
contributions, and explain
how each contribution
increased the development
of the Cell Theory.
The Cell Theory Sharing Book:
The Dangers of Sticky Blood:
Students will then
independently report their
findings by constructing a
colorful detailed timeline.
The time line will show
the historical events
leading to the development
of the cell theory in a
chronology order. Using
their timeline they will
revisit the one-paragraph
summary of the cell theory
and rewrite the paper to
explain how the sequence
of events leading to the
development of the cell
theory in a Chronology
order demonstrates the true
nature of science as we
know it today.
In this lesson, students will
create a picture book about
the cell theory to be shared
with middle school
students who are learning
about this topic and to
demonstrate the
relationship between the
development and the
process of science.
Students will research the
dangers of high blood
cholesterol levels in
humans. The prevention of
high cholesterol and
lowering of high
cholesterol to improve
health of individuals will
be presented in an
informative online
newsletter. The newsletters
The Drama of Glucose Regulation:
The Importance of a Baboon's Birthday:
will be utilized to raise
community awareness of
the issue within the school
by printing out the final
products and displaying
them in the school
hallway. The online tool
Smore will be used for
constructing the newsletter
and can be shared on
social media to reach those
that are not in the school
community.
Students will act out
glucose metabolism - from
the blood stream to cells
where they will be
converted to ATP, with
help from insulin.
In this lesson, students will
read an article from the
National Science
Foundation that discusses
how a drought affected the
savannas of southern
Kenya during 2009. It
further addresses how
baboons are affected later
in life based on when they
are born and the social
status they are born into.
Based on the research on
baboons, the implications
on human health are also
discussed in the latter
portion of the article. This
lesson is designed to
support reading in the
content area. The lesson
plan includes a note-taking
guide, text-dependent
questions, a writing
prompt, answer keys, and
a writing rubric.Â
The Lungs and Ventilation Activities:
The Making of a Marvel: Part 2:
The Nerve Cell: It's All About Connection:
This is a series of activities
designed to enable
students to visualize the
causes of air movement in
and out of the lungs.
This second lesson in
human reproduction
systems discusses our
dependency on hormones
for reproductive processes
to occur. I will outline the
production and release of
eggs according to hormone
levels and the production
of sperm. Students will
compare and contrast male
and female gamete
production. Students will
also identify patterns of
key female reproductive
hormones in their
association with the
menstrual cycle.
This lesson provides a
description of the anatomy
and physiology of the
nerve cell/neuron.
Vocabulary words,
diagrams of the nerve cell,
and the steps of nerve
conduction are presented
in this lesson. This lesson
also includes a hands-on
activity for making and
edible nerve cell, group
discussion, group
activities, diagram
worksheets, sentence
completion worksheets,
and assessments that
require written responses
from the students to
describe how nerve cells
transmit information from
one cell to another.
The Spread of Rabies in Peru:
The Structures of the Respiratory System:
The Three Lines of Defense!:
In this lesson plan,
students will analyze an
informational
text intended to support
reading in the content area.
The article explains how
the rabies virus is likely to
spread from the interior of
Peru to its coast by the
year 2020. Â It further
discusses the technology
used to determine that the
male vampire bat is most
likely the carrier of the
rabies virus to different
areas in Peru. Â The
lesson plan includes a
vocabulary guide, textdependent questions, a
writing prompt, answer
keys, and a writing rubric.
Â
This lesson covers the
basic anatomy of the
human respiratory system.
Through visualization and
repetition, the students will
learn and will understand
the anatomy of the
respiratory system.
This lesson is a good
introduction to the immune
system. It will give
students the chance to
have discussions with the
teacher and classmates as
well. The teacher will also
have a chance to quickly
assess the students'
knowledge by using
checkpoint questions
scattered throughout the
PowerPoint presentation.
After the lesson is
complete, the students will
This is not Heart to Learn:
Three "M"s: Models, Microscopy, and Measurement!:
have a clear understanding
of the three lines of
defense and nonspecific
and specific immune
responses.
This lesson is about the
heart and how it functions.
The student will be able to
diagram the flow of blood
through the heart. The
student will also be able to
demonstrate how blood
pressure is measured and
how it can change under
various physiological
conditions.
During this unit of
discovery, teachers will
encourage students in
grades 9-10 to explore the
world of microscopy.
Throughout these 4-5 class
periods, the student should
discover the structures,
functions, and usage of the
various parts of the
compound light
microscope as well as how
to measure specimens
using a scientific model. If
the extension is selected,
the students will
additionally discover the
mathematical skills needed
to compute specimen size,
area of the field of view,
and total magnification.
Students will explore the
importance of microscopy
to promote their own
understanding of
microscopic life and
cellular function. An
additional homework
extension allows students
to create individual blogs
Touring the Cell:
Tracing the Development of the Cell Theory:
Tracking a Virus:
Transport Across a Membrane:
Understanding the process of transpiration:
Water, Water, Where Did You Go?:
using key terms and
review each other's blogs
in a round-robin manner.
In this lesson the students
will provide detailed
explanations of cell
structures and their
functions, produce an
artifact that highlights how
prokaryote and eukaryote
cells differ, how plant and
animal cells differ, and
how structure relates to
function. Students will
also design and conduct a
lab exploring cells and/or
their structures.
This lesson will help the
students to understand the
cell, the cell theory and the
scientists who contributed
to the development of the
cell theory.
Simulation of an outbreak
of an infectious disease
using colorimetric reagents
to identify the source.
In this activity students
will investigate how and
under what conditions
molecules move across the
cell membrane.
This lesson is intended to
provide student with an
introduction to the process
of transpiration. The goal
is to help students
understand the process of
transpiration and the role
that this process plays in
plant physiology.
This lesson plan explains
the principle of osmosis in
plant tissues. It is designed
for three class periods,
Water's Journey:
What's so major about your brain?:
What's Your Type?:
each 50 minutes in length,
and one take-home
activity. Students will
compare and contrast
osmotic potential of
different plant tissues
given through an
investigation. The teacher
explains and presents the
content and the procedures
on the first day as a lesson
walk through. The
investigative lab attached
help the students to
explore and relate the
concept of osmosis in real
life.
This lesson takes students
through a series of
observations that will
allow students to explore
waters path through hand
grown plants, examine
xylem in celery, and
observe stomata from
slides they create.
Students will interact with
a brain model and apply
the major areas of the
brain to the locations
within their own head.
In this lesson, students will
analyze an informational
text intended to support
reading in the content
area.The article explains
the advancements that
scientists have made in
understanding blood types.
By reading and
synthesizing the text,
students will explore a
real-world example of how
scientific knowledge
becomes more robust and
When Good Bugs Go Bad:
Where in the Brain?:
White Ibis: A Feathered Cujo:
durable through
investigations. This lesson
includes a note-taking
guide, text-dependent
questions, a writing
prompt, answer keys, and
a writing rubric.
In this lesson, students will
analyze an informational
text that addresses research
into the fine balance
between microbes and
their hosts. The text
explains how a
human's microbiota or
microbiome plays a very
important role in the
immune system. The text
describes how bacteria,
or the lack of bacteria,
play a role in the immune
system and keep
autoimmune diseases at
bay. This lesson is
designed to support
reading in the content area.
The lesson plan includes a
note-taking guide, textdependent questions, a
writing prompt, answer
keys, and a writing
rubric.Â
This lesson is focused on
specific parts of the brain
and their functions.
Students will be able to
look at specific parts of the
brain and provide an
example of a behavior it
controls.
In this lesson, students will
analyze an informational
text that describes the
impact that local ibises
have on their environment
Who's your cell mate?:
Why do plants eat bugs? An Investigation of Carnivorous Plant
Structures:
and the impact that
humans have on the birds.
The study examines how
humans are changing the
lifestyles of white ibises,
which in turn causes the
interactions between birds
and humans to lead to a
greater spread of disease.
The author analyzes the
positive and negative
effects of interactions
between organisms in an
ecosystem. The lesson
plan includes a text coding
strategy, text-dependent
questions, a writing
prompt, sample answer
keys, and a writing rubric.
Numerous options to
extend the lesson are also
included.
During the lesson students
will review parts of the
plant and animal cell and
build upon that knowledge
by studying organelle
function more closely.
This is a plant structure
and function internet
research based lesson.
Carnivorous plant
structure and function
modifications are used
compare to the structure
and functions of the major
organs and tissues of noncarnivorous plants.
Internet and student
computers are required for
this lesson. A carnivorous
plant specimen (pitcher
plant preferred) and a noncarnivorous plant
specimen in the classroom
Your Brain, In Living Color:
is highly recommended for
increased student interest.
This activity implements a
web resource to teach
students the major parts of
the brain and a some
functions. It is an
interactive site and can be
adapted to fit any
classroom.
Video/Audio/Animation
Name
A Tour of the Cell:
AIDS: Evolution of an Epidemic:
BioVisions - The Inner Life of a Cell:
Description
Paul Anderson takes you on a tour of the
cell. He starts by explaining the
difference between prokaryotic and
eukaryotic cells. He also explains why
cells are small but not infinitely small.
He also explains how the organelles
work together in a similar fashion.
This Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Holiday Lecture Series video includes 6,
60-minute lectures on the history of the
AIDS epidemic. The talk covers
AIDS/HIV history in the United States
from the 1980's through 2007 (when the
lecture was taped) and also some basics
on the biology of HIV and AIDS,
including transmission, viral replication
and the human immune system. The
video offers a useful perspective on an
example of the evolution of scientific
thinking and research, as researchers
discuss the development of scientific
theories about HIV/AIDS as well as
treatments. Several related resources,
such as animations and video clips, can
be found on the main page.
In this narrated animation, we get a look
at the inner workings and signals within
and around cells. Leukocytes are used as
the example. Lipid bilayer membranes
are shown from the perspectives of
outside the cell and inside the cell. The
Bozeman Science: A Tour of the Cell:
Cheetah Anatomy for Running:
Desert Biome:
Endosymbiosis:
Endosymbiosis: Cyanobacteria to Chloroplast :
Kidney Function:
dynamics and roles of signal
transduction, cytoskeleton structures and
functions, interactions between
organelles and the cytoskeleton,
centrioles, the nuclear envelope, mRNA
translation, protein synthesis and
transport, the endoplasmic reticulum, and
the Golgi apparatus are all shown as
leukocyte extravasation occurs in
response to inflammation.
This is a very clear, thorough, easy to
understand video on cells. It includes the
history of the microscope, types of
microscopes, future microscope
technology, and how they all work. The
majority of the video is a
comparison/contrast of prokaryotic and
eukaryotic cells, including size, structure
and function of the organelles in a
eukaryotic cell.
This video highlights cheetah adaptations
that allow for successful hunting using
speed. Includes commentary from
cheetah researchers.
This video segment from NOVA: "A
Desert Place" details the behaviors and
habitats of some of the Sonoran Desert's
creatures, focusing on the adaptations
they use to survive in one of the most
extreme environments in the world.
Paul Andersen explains how eukaryotic
cells were formed through a process of
endosymbiosis. He describes how
aerobic bacteria became mitochondria
and cyanobacteria became chloroplasts.
He mentions an example of symbiosis
that occurs today and mentions the
importance of Dr. Lynn Margulis in the
development of this modern theory.
Video explaining endosymbiosis, using
the evolution of the chloroplast.
This video presentation is illustrating the
amount of work the kidney performs
each day to maintain proper levels of
ions in the body. It will help in
Lobe-Oratorium:
increasing your understanding about the
functions of kidney.
 This interactive game provides
students with examples of the
functions the different lobes of
the brain are responsible for
 Students learn how the different
parts of the brain work
This Protein Purification video lesson is
intended to give students some insight
into the process and tools that scientists
and engineers use to explore proteins. It
is designed to extend the knowledge of
students who are already somewhat
sophisticated and who have a good
understanding of basic biology. The
question that motivates this lesson is,
"what makes two cell types different?"
and this question is posed in several
ways. Such scientific reasoning raises the
experimental question: how could you
study just a subset of specialized proteins
that distinguish one cell type from
another? Two techniques useful in this
regard are considered in the lesson. This
video lesson will easily fit into a 50MIT BLOSSOMS - Methods for Protein Purification: minute class period, and prerequisites
include a good understanding of cellular
components (DNA vs. Protein vs. lipid)
and some understanding of the physical
features of proteins (charge, size etc).
The simple cell model used here can be
assembled in any kind of container and
with any components of different
solubility, density, charge etc. In-class
activities during the video breaks include
discussions, careful observations, and the
use of a "very simple cell" model to
explore two techniques of protein
purification. Students and teachers can
spend additional time discussing and
exploring the question of "how we know
what we know" since this lesson lends
itself to the teaching of the process of
science as well.
Movement Through a Plant:
Plant Structure:
Test Your Science IQ: Cells:
The Skeletal System Rap Song:
Transport Across the Cell Membrane:
Zebrafish Heart Regeneration:
Tutorial
The cohesion-tension theory describes
how fluids move up the xylem to the
leaves of a tree. With this tutorial
learners will understand how water
moves through a plant. Absorption and
transpiration work together with
cohesion and tension to move fluids from
the soil, through the roots, and up
through the tops of the tree.
Paul Andersen explains the major plants
structures. He starts with a brief
discussion of monocot and dicot plants.
He then describes the three main tissues
in plants; dermal, ground and vascular.
He also describes the plant cells within
each of these tissues; epidermis,
parenchyma, collenchyma, sclerencyma,
xylem and phloem.
A collection of questions that tests
students' knowledge about cells
Educational hip-hop video reviewing the
human skeletal system.
Paul Andersen describes how cells move
materials across the cell membrane. All
movement can be classified as passive or
active. Passive transport, like diffusion,
requires no energy as particles move
along their gradient. Active transport
requires additional energy as particles
move against their gradient.
This video presentation will help to
understand the regeneration process in a
zebrafish. When the zebrafish heart is
damaged, the wound site is rapidly
sealed with a fibrin clot that stems
bleeding within seconds. Following clot
formation, the tissue that surrounds the
heart muscle, the epicardium, gradually
covers the fibrin clot via migration and
cell division. Over the next few months,
new cardiac muscle is produced and
replaces the clot.
Name
Action Potentials and Muscle Contraction:
Active Transport and the Sodium-Potassium Exchange Pump:
Allergy Immune Response:
Description
This tutorial will help
you to visualize and
understand how nerve
impulses cause muscle
contractions. The
neurons and muscle
tissue conduct
electrical current by
moving ions across
cellular membranes.
The signal will travel
through the tissue and
trigger the contraction
of individual
sarcomeres, the
functional units of
muscle. This tutorial
explains the
neuromuscular
junction where the
synapse occurs.
This tutorial will help
you to understand the
process of active
transport. Sodium and
potassium ions are
pumped in opposite
directions across the
membrane building up
a chemical and
electrical gradient for
each.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
allergies develop.
Allergies are
exaggerated immune
responses caused by B
cells producing excess
IgE antibodies. An
allergen (food, dust) is
a foreign substance,
which binds to the
antibodies and triggers
a reaction that includes
the production of
histamine.
Alveolar Pressure Changes During Inspiration and Expiration:
Anatomy of a Muscle Cell:
Anatomy of a Neuron:
B Lymphocytes:
This challenging
tutorial addresses the
concept at a very high
level of complexity.
This tutorial helps you
to understand the
factors involved in air
flow into and out of
the lungs.
This challenging
tutorial addresses the
concept at a high level
of complexity.
This Khan Academy
video describes the
structure of muscle
cells. The tutorial
details the muscle cell
from the macro
skeletal muscle to the
individual cell of the
muscle, called the
myofiber. The
functions of actin and
myosin and how they
cause muscles to
contract are also
explained.
This Khan Academy
video describes the
anatomical structure of
a neuron. Each
structure is explained
in detail.
This Khan Academy
video describes B
lymphocyte cells, and
how they are activated
Bacteria:
Baroreceptor Reflex Control of Blood Pressure:
Bone Growth :
and produce antibodies
within the immune
system.
This video from the
Khan Academy
introduces the
symbiotic relationship
between the many
bacteria that live inside
the human body. The
basics of bacteria
structure,
reproduction, and
bacterial infections are
discussed.
Blood pressure is
determined by the
force of the blood
acting on the walls of
the blood vessels. Two
factors determine the
size of this force. One
is the volume of blood
being pumped through
the vessel. The other is
the size of the vessels.
Changes in blood
pressure can be caused
by either a change in
the amount of blood
being pumped or by a
change in the size of
the blood vessels.
Feedback mechanisms,
described in this
animation, will alter
heart rate and blood
vessel dilation to
maintain blood
pressure at appropriate
levels.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
bone growth is
different from the
Bone Strength:
Cell Anatomy:
growth of many other
organs. Although bone
may appear to be rigid
and lifeless it is
actually living tissue
that is capable of
growth. Unlike soft
tissues, bone cannot
simply grow by adding
additional cells and
removing cells that are
no longer necessary.
The calcium laid down
in bone gives the
skeleton the strength
and rigidity needed to
protect and support the
body. This rigidity
means that expansion
requires addition of
cells on the outside
and, when necessary,
the removal of calcium
and other materials on
the inside.
This tutorial will help
you to understand
which factors
determine the strength
of bone. Bone
strength is determined
by the internal
structure, shape, and
size of the bone. As
we age, bone mass is
lost, leading to a
common condition
called
osteoporosis. This
tutorial compares
normal bone tissue
with osteoporotic bone
tissue.
This tutorial will help
the learners to learn
about the anatomy of
Cell Membrane Function:
Cell Membrane Proteins:
Cell Structure and Function:
the cell. As the
learners move the
cursor over each cell
organelle, they are
shown information
about that organelle's
structure and function.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
a molecule can be
transported across a
membrane against a
concentration gradient.
Cellular membranes
function to keep the
internal environment
of the cell distinct
from the external
environment.
Concentrations of
many molecules differ
across cellular
membranes. This
animation shows the
function of the sodium
potassium pump.
Students will learn
about the different
types of proteins found
in the cell membrane
while viewing this
Khan Academy
tutorial video.
This tutorial is a basic
unit on cellular
biology. The unit
introduces the cell
theory and its parts. It
also discusses the
importance of
microscopes while
studying cells. This
presentation describes
animal and plant cells
in detail and discusses
Cells Through Different Microscopes:
Cells vs. Virus: A Battle for Health:
Cellular Transport:
the organelles found in
each.
This tutorial will help
the learner visualize
how a cell or single
celled organism can
differ in its view when
looked at under
different
magnifications and
different types of
microscopes. This
tutorial can be used by
the teacher as an added
resource for their
lesson about different
microscopes and how
they work..
All living things are
made of cells. In the
human body, these
highly efficient units
are protected by layer
upon layer of defense
against icky invaders
like the cold virus.
Shannon Stiles takes a
journey into the cell,
introducing the
microscopic arsenal of
weapons and warriors
that play a role in the
battle for your health.
Cellular transport
refers to the movement
of compounds across
the outer wall or
membrane of the cell.
This tutorial will help
the learners better
understand the
different types of
transport that occur
across a membrane
barrier.
Cerebral Blood Supply: Part 1:
Cerebral Blood Supply: Part 2:
Changes in Alveolar Pressure During Breathing:
Changes in the Partial Pressure of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in
Blood:
Chemical Digestion:
In this Khan Academy
video tutorial, learn
the main important
arteries in the brain
that bring necessary
oxygen to all parts of
the brain.
In this Khan Academy
tutorial video, learn
about the arteries that
serve your brain. This
is a continuation from
Cerebral Blood
Supply: Part 1.
This tutorial will help
students understand
how the difference in
the alveloar pressure
and the barometric air
pressure allows the
inspiration and
expiration of air in the
lungs.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
the exchange of gases
between the
alveoli and the blood
occurs by simple
diffusion due to the
changes in the partial
pressure of oxygen and
carbon dioxide.
This challenging
tutorial addresses the
concept at a high level
of complexity.
Tissues associated
with the stomach
produce not only
digestive enzymes but
also hydrochloric acid.
The hydrochloric acid
helps to chemically
break down the food in
the stomach. This
tutorial will help you
to understand how
digestive tissue can
produce a concentrated
acid without damage
to cells and molecules
exposed to the acid.
Chemical Synapse:
Chemoreceptor Reflex Control of Blood Pressure:
This challenging
tutorial addresses the
concept at a high level
of complexity.
This tutorial
explains that electrical
signals cannot travel
from one neuron to the
next directly. The
signal crosses the
synapse in chemical
form. One neuron
releases chemicals in
response to an action
potential and the
chemicals travel across
the synapse and
stimulate an action
potential in the next
neuron. These
chemicals are called
neurotransmitters.
This tutorial will help
students to understand
how concentrations of
gases in the blood
change during
breathing. This
animation shows high
carbon dioxide
concentrations and low
oxygen concentrations
indicating that gas
exchage is occurring at
a slower than ideal
rate. Because of
Complications After a Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction):
Conducting System of the Heart:
Cytotoxic T Cells:
Cytotoxic T-Cell Activity Against Target Cells:
this, heart rate
increases or decreases
to compensate the
exchange of gas.
Learn about the
complications that
may occur after a heart
attack (myocardial
infarction).
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
all of the components
of the heart are able to
work together without
direct control from the
central nervous
system. This video
shows that for proper
function of the
heartbeat, it is
necessary that all of
the muscle fibers in a
region contract in
unison.
This Khan Academy
video explains how
cytotoxic t cells get
activated by MHC-I
antigen complexes and
then proceed to kill
infected cells. This
video addresses the
concept at a high level
of complexity.
One of the functions of
the T-Cells in the
immune system is to
attack and destroy
infected cells. Target
cells are cells that have
been attacked by a
virus. When the target
cells have been taken
over by a virus and
they do not have a
good chance of
surviving, they trigger
their own death. This
action reduces the
chance that other
nearby cells will
become infected.
Diagnosing Strokes by History and Physical Exam:
Diffusion and Osmosis:
Gas Exchange During Respiration:
Gas Exchange During Respiration:
Healing after a Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction):
Heart Anatomical Structure:
This challenging
tutorial addresses the
concept at a high level
of complexity.
Learn how strokes are
often diagnosed.
This Khan Academy
tutorial guides you
through the processes
of diffusion and
osmosis while
explaining the
vocabulary and
terminology involved
in detail.
This tutorial is helpful
in understanding how
the exchange of
oxygen and carbon
dioxide takes place
during the process of
respiration.
This tutorial
explains the exchange
of oxygen and carbon
dioxide within the
respiratory system.
Learn about the
process your body
goes through in
healing after a heart
attack (myocardial
infarction).
This tutorial will help
the learners to
understand the
anatomical structure of
Helper T Cells:
Hemoglobin Breakdown:
Hormonal Communication:
the heart. Students will
learn the function of
the parts of the heart in
order to attain better
understanding of the
heart's role in the
human body.
This Khan Academy
video discusses helper
t cells in the immune
system. The role of
helper t cells in
activating b cells is
detailed. This
challenging tutorial
addresses the concept
at a high level of
complexity.
This tutorial will help
you to understand the
processing of
hemoglobin and why it
is different from the
processing of many
other macromolecules.
Hemoglobin contains a
heme group which
contains iron. Iron is
not common in other
macromolecules
therefore conservation
of iron is important
and is processed
independently.
Hormones are
produced in the
endocrine glands and
are released in the
blood stream. This
tutorial will help the
learners to understand
how the hormones
reach their target cells
in order to
Hormones and Gastric Secretion:
How Do Hormones Interact with the Nervous System?:
How do you know if someone is having a stroke? Think FAST!:
How Does the Ear Detect Sound Waves?:
How Osmosis Works:
communicate the
message.
This tutorial will help
you to understand why
the secretion of gastric
fluids is controlled
both locally and
through the central
nervous system. This
animation describes
how gastric secretion
is regulated by both
the brain and digestive
hormones.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
hormones interact with
the nervous system.
The central nervous
system can directly
release hormones or it
can signal tissues
throughtout the body
to release hormones.
Learn a system to
quickly identify if a
person is having/has
had a stroke using the
FAST components.
This tutorial will help
you to understand
what determines the
range of sound
frequencies a person
can hear. Sound
travels through the air
and through water as
waves of changing
pressure. The volume
of sound is determined
by the amplitude of the
sound waves.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
the concentration of
How the Heart Actually Pumps Blood:
Hydrochloric Acid Production of the Stomach:
molecules in solution
in water can cause the
movement of water
across a membrane
which is also known as
osmosis. Preventing
the loss or gain of too
much water through
osmosis is often an
important challenge
for cells.
This TED ED original
lesson takes a closer
look at how the heart
pumps blood. For
most of history,
scientists weren’t quite
sure why our hearts
were beating or even
what purpose they
served. Eventually, we
realized that these
thumping organs serve
the vital task of
pumping clean blood
throughout the body.
But how? Edmond Hui
investigates how it all
works by taking a
closer look at the
heart’s highly efficient
ventricle system.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
digestive tissue can
produce a concentrated
acid without damage
to cells and molecules
that are exposed to the
acid. Hydrochloric
acid production is
described in this
animation.
This challenging
tutorial addresses the
concept at a high level
of complexity.
Hypersensitivity Type 2 and Blood Types:
Infectious Evidence:
Introduction to the Cell Membrane:
Hypersensitivity refers
to excessive,
undesirable reactions
produced by the
normal immune
system. Type 2
hypersensitivity is also
known as cytotoxic
hypersensitivity and
may affect a variety of
organs and tissues.
This animation relates
hypersensitivity and
blood types together.
Click "View Site" to
open a full-screen
version. This tutorial
is designed to help
secondary science
teachers learn how to
integrate literacy skills
within their science
curriculum. This
tutorial focuses on
using specific textual
evidence to support
students’ responses as
they analyze science
texts. The focus on
literacy across content
areas is designed to
help students
independently build
knowledge in different
disciplines through
reading and writing.
This Khan Academy
tutorial addresses the
importance of the
phospholipid bilayer in
the structure of the cell
membrane. The types
Introduction to the Endocrine System:
Mechanism of Steroid Hormone Action:
Metabolic Process Location:
Mineral Transport in Plants:
of molecules that can
diffuse through the cell
membrane are also
discussed.
This Khan Academy
video tutorial
describes the basics of
the endocrine system
and the role of
hormones as the
communicators of the
body. The major
endocrine glands and
the hormones that they
produce are explained.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
hormones influence
the growth and
development of
organisms.
This tutorial will help
the learners to
understand the
functions and
metabolic processes
carried out by various
organs involved in
metabolism. Metabolic
processes are not
evenly shared between
the different organs
and tissues in the
body. In fact, the cells
of these different
organs and tissues
often specialize in
aspects of catabolism,
biosynthesis, and
regulation.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
minerals are absorbed
by the root hair in
plants.
Movement of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide:
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
the movement of
oxygen and carbon
dioxide takes place
between the
alveoli and the blood
by taking partial
pressure into
consideration. Oxygen
diffuses from the air
through the
alveoli into the blood
and carbon dioxide
diffuses from the
blood into the
alveoli. This occurs
due to differences in
partial pressures.
This challenging
tutorial addresses the
concept at a high level
of complexity.
Muscle Contraction:
This tutorial will help
students understand
the process of muscle
contraction. A muscle
contains many muscle
fibers and each fiber
contains a bundle of 420 myofibrils. Each
fibril is striated and
these striations are
produced by the
arrangement of thick
and thin
filaments, called actin
and myosin. The
contraction and
relaxation of these
actin and myosin
filaments help muscles
move.
Myosin and Actin:
Nerve Impulse Transmission:
Nutrional Value of Food Using a Bomb Calorimeter:
Organs of Digestion:
This Khan Academy
video describes how
the proteins myosin
and actin interact to
produce a mechanical
force on muscles,
allowing them to
move.
The transmission of a
nerve impulse along a
neuron from one end
to the other occurs as a
result of electrical
changes across the
membrane of the
neuron. This tutorial
will help students to
visualize and
understand the
transmission of a nerve
impulse.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
the nutritional value of
food can be measured
on many different
scales. The most basic
measurement scale is
the free energy content
in the food, i.e., how
much energy is
released when
chemical bonds within
the food are broken.
This tutorial explores
the steps that food
takes on its journey
through the digestive
system. All major
digestive organs and
the process of nutrient
absorption are
explained.
Parts of the Cell:
Phagocytosis:
Post Stroke Inflammation:
Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes, & Viruses Tutorial:
Proton Pump:
This Khan Academy
tutorial describes the
differences between
prokaryotic and
eukaryotic cells. It
then goes on to discuss
in detail the structures
and their functions
found in the
eukaryotic cell.
This tutorial will help
you to understand the
function of
phagocytes.
Phagocytes are
specialized cells that
ingest and break down
foreign material
including bacteria and
viruses.
This challenging
tutorial addresses the
concept at a high level
of complexity.
Learn about poststroke inflammation.
This a mostly text
resource that provides
accurate, straightforward descriptions
of prokaryotes,
eukaryotes, and
viruses. It could be a
great tool to help
students compare and
contrast organisms
with each other and
viruses, or a good
review passage.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
a concentration
gradient across a
membrane is
used. When a
molecule or an ion is
moved across a
membrane from an
area of low
concentration to an
area of high
concentration then a
gradient is generated.
This gradient can be
chemical or it can also
create a difference in
electrical charge
across the membrane if
ions are involved. The
proton pump generates
an electrical and
chemical gradient that
can be used to create
ATP which can drive a
large number of
different biochemical
reactions.
Reflex Arc:
Regulated Secretion:
This tutorial will help
students to understand
the process of reflex
arc. A reflex arc is the
nerve pathway which
makes a fast,
automatic response
possible.When the
safety of an organism
demands a very quick
response, the signals
may be passed directly
from a sensory neuron,
via a relay neuron, to a
motor neuron for
instant, unthinking
action. This is a reflex
action.
This online tutorial
will help you to
understand the process
of regulated secretion.
Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease:
Risk Factors for Stroke:
Role of Phagocytosis in Nonspecific Immunity:
Secondary Active Transport in the Nephron:
In regulated secretion,
proteins are secreted
from a cell in large
amounts when a
specific signal is
detected by the cell.
The specific example
used in this tutorial is
the release of insulin
after a glucose signal
enters a pancreatic
beta cell.
Learn about the risk
factors for coronary
artery disease
including modifiable
and non-modifiable
risk factors.
In this Khan Academy
video you will learn
some of the modifiable
and non-modifiable
risk factors that can
lead to a stroke.
This Khan Academy
video describes non
specific immunity, and
the specific role of
phagocytes. The
tutorial explains how
phagocytes engulf
pathogens that enter
the body as a line of
defense.
This Khan Academy
video discusses which
ions are allowed to be
actively transported
out of the filtrate of
urine. The process of
secondary active
transport in the
nephron is described in
detail.
Sensory Systems in Plants:
Signal Molecules of the Endocrine System:
This tutorial will help
you to understand
phytochromes in
plants and how they
affect plant
growth. Phytochromes
are pigment containing
proteins that play an
important role in plant
regulation, including
the germination of
seeds.
This tutorial
demonstrates how the
structure of a signal
molecule determines
its function. Signal
molecules can interact
with either
intracellular or
extracellular receptors.
For a signal molecule
to bind with an
intracellular receptor it
must be able to pass
through the cellular
membrane. Generally
signal molecules that
enter the cell are
nonpolar and fat
soluble. These signal
molecules can pass
through the lipid
bilayer of the cell
membrane. Signals
that bind with
extracellular receptors
are proteins or other
types of molecules that
cannot readily pass
through the membrane.
This challenging
tutorial addresses the
Signal Transduction:
Sodium Potassium Exchange Pump:
Sound:
T-Cell Dependent Antigens:
concept at a high level
of complexity.
The human body
consists of a wide
variety of cell types
that must work
together to sustain the
life of an organism.
They must respond to
their environment and
communicate with
each other in a process
called signal
transduction. This
tutorial will help the
learners understand the
process of signal
transduction.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
sodium and potassium
ions are pumped in
opposite directions
across a membrane
building up a chemical
and electrical gradient
for each. These
gradients can be used
to drive other transport
processes.
This tutorial provides
information about the
sound and how it
travels. It also includes
information on the
anatomy and
physiology of the
human ear for the
learners to understand
how sound passes
through the ear.
T-cells perform a wide
variety of functions in
the immune system. In
this tutorial you will
The Cardiac Cycle:
The Circulatory System and the Heart:
The Immune Response:
The Lungs and Pulmonary System:
The Nerve Impulse:
understand the
structure and function
of the T-cells.
The cardiac cycle is
defined as the
complete heartbeat
from generation to the
beginning of the next
beat, and includes the
diastole, the systole,
and the intervening
pause. This tutorial
will help you to
understand the cardiac
cycle.
This Khan Academy
video explains the
major vessels involved
in the flow of blood
and follows the steps
that blood takes as it
travels through the
heart.
This tutorial will help
students understand
how the immune
system of vertebrates
is characterized by
acquired responses
that are highly specific
to particular antigens.
This system has the
advantage of having a
cellular memory for
previous infections.
This Khan Academy
video discusses form
and function in the
respiratory
system. All of the
respiratory organs are
discussed.
This tutorial
explains that the
source of the impulse
The Role of Vitamins in Human Nutrition:
Three Phases of Gastric Secretion:
in a neuron is a rapid
change in the polarity
of the cell membrane
in a restricted area.
The direction of the
electrical gradient is
rapidly reversed and
then returns to normal.
The change in charge
stimulates the process
to happen in adjacent
parts of the cell and
the change in the
polarity travels down
the neuron.
This tutorial will help
you to understand the
role that vitamins play
in human nutrition.
Vitamins interact with
enzymes to allow them
to function more
effectively. Though
vitamins are not
consumed in
metabolism, they are
vital for the process of
metabolism to occur.
This challenging
tutorial addresses the
concept at a high level
of complexity.
This tutorial will help
students understand
how food is digested
with the help of
different gastric
secretions. Gastric
juice from glands
renders food particles
soluble, initiates
digestion, and converts
the gastric contents to
a semiliquid mass
called chyme, thus
Treatment of Stroke with Interventions:
Tropomyosin and Troponin and Their Role in Muscle Contraction:
Types of Immune Responses:
Vaccine and Active Immunity:
preparing it for futher
disgestion in the small
intestine.
In this Khan academy
video tutorial, learn
about the possible
treatments and
interventions of
different types of
strokes.
This Khan Academy
video explains the role
that tropomyosin and
tropinin play in muscle
contraction. The role
of the calcium ion
concentrations are also
explained.
This challenging
tutorial addresses the
concept at a high level
of complexity.
This Khan Academy
video contains an
overview of the types
of immune responses
in the body. The
differences between
humoral adaptive
immunity and cell
mediated immunity are
discussed in detail.
A vaccine allows a
person to develop
acquired immunity
against an illness
without actually
getting the disease.
This interactive
tutorial will help the
learners to understand
the process by which
vaccines work in the
human body.
Virus:
Voltage-Gated Channels and the Action Potential:
Water Transport in Plants:
What Causes Antibiotic Resistance?:
This tutorial will help
the student understand
about viruses which
are small infectious
agents that replicate
only inside the living
cells of other
organisms.
This tutorial
explains how a charge
is generated across a
membrane. The
function and role of
the voltage-gated
sodium ion channel
and voltage-gated
potassium ion channel
are explained in detail.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
plant cells intake
water. This animation
shows how water is
transported from the
root systems of plants
upwards to the leaves.
This short video
describes the process
of antibiotic resistance.
Right now, you are
inhabited by trillions
of micro organisms.
Many of these bacteria
are harmless (or even
helpful!), but there are
a few strains of ‘super
bacteria’ that are pretty
nasty -- and they’re
growing resistant to
our antibiotics. Why is
this happening? Kevin
Wu details the
What Causes Zombies?:
What is a Stroke?:
evolution of this
problem that presents a
big challenge for the
future of medicine.
This tutorial is
designed to help
secondary science
teachers learn how to
integrate literacy skills
within their
curriculum. This
tutorial focuses on
evaluating the
reasoning and
evidence of an
argumentative claim.
The focus on literacy
across content areas is
designed to help
students independently
build knowledge in
different disciplines
through reading and
writing.
Learn the conditions
present in your brain
that cause a stroke.
Original Tutorial
Name
Alternation of Generations in Plants:
Brain Basics:
Description
Explore the alternation of
generations in plants to see
how sporophytes and
gametophytes relate to each
other during the life cycle of
mosses and lilies.
The brain isn’t just one big
blob sitting in your head, it’s
actually divided into many
distinct parts.
By the end of this tutorial you
should be able to name the
Cell Types:
Cells, Cells Everywhere!:
Cellular Transport: The Role of the Cell Membrane:
Challenges to Public Health :
major regions of the brain and
identify them on a diagram.
Cell Types
Learn how to identify explicit
evidence and understand
implicit meaning in the basic
principles of the cell theory.
The cell theory states that all
organisms are made of cells.
These cells are the smallest
and basic unit of life. And
finally, cells can only come
from other cells.
In this tutorial, you will learn
about the function of the cell
membrane as a selective
barrier that moves material
into and out of the cell to
maintain homeostasis.
Learn to distinguish between
public health issues and
individual health issues in this
interactive tutorial.
Microscope Mathematics:
This is part 1 of 4 in a series of
tutorials addressing this
standard.
Learn how you can use a
microscope as a tool to
measure objects.
Learn how to identify explicit
evidence and understand
implicit meaning in a text.
Plant Organs:
This tutorial is designed to
help you learn the concepts
and skills from Grades 9-12
Biology to relate the structure
of each of the major plant
organs and tissues to
physiological processes.
You will enhance your
familiarity with the structure,
function, and evolutionary
origins of plant tissues and
organs.
By the end of this tutorial you
should be able to identify the
basic functions of the immune
system. You will also be able
The Immune System: Your Body’s Private Defense System: to distinguish between
nonspecific and specific
immune responses.
Types of Microscopes:
What Makes Your Blood Flow?:
By the end of this tutorial, you
should be able to determine
differences and similarities of
the structure and function of
compound light microscopes,
dissecting microscopes,
scanning electron microscopes
and transmitting electron
microscopes.
Learn about factors that affect
the blood flow in your body in
this interactive tutorial.
Perspectives Video: Expert
Name
Birdsong Series: Statistical Analysis of Birdsong:
Birdsong Series: Mathematically Modeling Birdsong:
Blood Types Don't Mix:
Bone Histology and Anatomy:
Description
Wei Wu discusses his statistical
contributions to the Birdsong project
which help to quantify the differences
in the changes of the zebra finch's
song.
Richard Bertram discusses
his mathematical modeling
contribution to the Birdsong project
that helps the progress of neuron and
ion channel research.
Learn how carbohydrates in our cells'
membrane determine our blood types.
Dr. Gregory Erickson explains bone
histology and anatomy with special
remarks on bones of a juvenile
Tyrannosaurus rex.
If you watch this video, your brain
will be learning more about itself!
Think about it.
Dr. Tom Miller discusses the anatomy
Carnivorous Plant Anatomy and Morphology:
and morphology of carnivorous
plants.
Lots of issues causes disease Causes of Disease:
genetics, lifestyle, pathogens - let's
practice prevention when we can.
Florida State researcher Jens Foell
Chronic Pain and the Brain:
discusses the use of fMRI and
statistics in chronic pain.
Dr. Erinn Muller explains research
related to discovering coral genotypes
Coral Genotype Assessment for Reef Restoration:
capable of thriving despite
environmental health challenges.
Dr. Erinn Muller explains how coral
health research at Mote Marine
Coral Research Driving Florida Reef Restoration Policy: Laboratory is driving policy decisions
regarding coral reef restoration in
Florida.
Jens Foell discusses how statistical
noise reduction is used in fMRI brain
imaging to be able to determine which
fMRI, Phantom Limb Pain and Statistical Noise:
specifics parts of the brain are related
to certain activities and how this
relates to patients that suffer from
phantom limb pain.
When you cut yourself, your body
Homeostasis and Hemostasis:
goes to work to prevent blood loss.
A bio-mathematician discusses the
Mathematical Patterns and Folds in the Brain:
folds and the structure of the brain
and how they relate to math.
Scientists use microscopes to see what
Modern Microscopy:
is invisible to the naked eye.
Strengthen your understanding of how
Moving Muscle Filaments:
muscle filaments function as this
physiologist flexes his knowledge.
Get mentally fit as this physiologist
Muscle Fibers and Motor Units:
explains muscle structure!
Jens Foell discusses the link between
PTSD: Correlation vs Causation:
correlation and causation
in PTSD patients.
Brain Structures and their Functions:
Rapid Genetic Testing of Seafood:
Sensory Systems of Robots:
Skeletal Muscle Physiology:
Sorting Cells:
Teaching About Blood Types Using Forensics:
The Brain and Behaviors:
The Brain and our 5 Senses:
The Criminal Brain and Correlation vs. Causation:
The Lymph System:
The neurobiology of hearing, learning, and speaking:
Understanding EKG:
What's in Blood?:
Who Are You Calling Birdbrain?:
Dr. Mahmood Shivji explains how
information contained in the DNA of
seafood species is used for
identification in the marketplace.
Robots use "eyes" and "ears" to sense
their surroundings, just like you and
me.
Get moving and learn how muscles
move you!
Flow Cytometry is a cool technology
that can count and sort cells.
CSI in the Classroom: Blood at a
crime scene points to a suspect.
Jens Foell discusses brain function as
it relates to brain imaging technology
such as fMRI.
Our brains process all sensory
information and tell the body what to
do next.
Florida State Researcher, Jens Foell,
discusses the importance of
understanding correlation versus
causation when
researching personality traits and
criminal behavior.
The lymph system gets some respect.
Frank Johnson discusses the science
behind hearing, learning, and
speaking.
Tanganyika Wilder explains EKG.
The importance of being a red blood
cell.
Rick Hyson discusses the
neuroscience contribution to the
Birdsong project.
Perspectives Video: Professional/Enthusiast
Name
Blood Sucking Vampires:
Description
Dr. Michael Thornton discusses the
nutritive value of blood - for
vampires!
Fitness and Cardiovascular Health:
Fitness and the Brain:
Growing Healthy Babies:
Ins and Outs of Kidney Dialysis:
What you need to know about
exercising for your heart and lungs.
Fire up those brains with exercise!
Feeding your baby, inside and
outside your body.
When your kidneys fail you, there's
help with kidney dialysis.
Understanding human physiology
will allow you to stand under your
own power at the end of a long
rowing trip.
KROS Pacific Ocean Kayak Journey: Muscle Physiology: Related Resources:
KROS Pacific Ocean Kayak
Journey: GPS Data Set[.XLSX]
KROS Pacific Ocean Kayak
Journey: Path Visualization for
Google Earth[.KML]
Your kidneys work hard - show
Love your kidneys!:
them some respect!
Dr. George Cohen discusses a
variety of skin treatments that utilize
Skin Radiation Technologies for Medical Therapy:
electromagnetic radiation, including
lasers, UV light, and x-rays.
Virtual Manipulative
Name
Blood Typing:
Cellular Transport:
Description
This virtual manipulative will provide
the students with the opportunity to
choose a correct blood type for the
patients and administer blood
transfusion. The students will have the
chance to check the blood type before
starting the transfusion. The knowledge
and understanding of blood groups will
also be tested during the activity.
This activity will help the students to
learn about the cellular transport which
is referred as the movement of
compounds across the outer wall or
membrane of the cell. Students will
recognize that the purpose of cell
transport is to maintain homeostasis.
While navigating this activity, students
will gain a better understanding of the
different types of transport that occurs
across a membrane barrier, such as
diffusion, osmosis, active and passive
transports.
The diabetic dog educational game is
based on the discovery of the hormone
insulin, which made it possible to treat
the patients with diabetics. This activity
will help the students to recognize some
important facts about diabetes such as:
Diabetic Dog Game:

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Electrocardiogram:
what is the diabetes?
what happens to the blood sugar
level when some one has
diabetes?
what is insulin?
what shall someone suffering
form diabetes do if they have
high blood sugar level?
what shall someone suffering
form diabetes do if they have
low blood sugar levels?
This educational game is based on the
discovery of the
electrocardiogram,(ECG). ECG is used
for recording the small electric waves
being generated during heart activity, a
simple way of diagnosing heart
conditions. This game lets the students
explore the key elements of the
electrocardiogram for measuring the
heart beats and analyze the mountains
and valleys in the ECG curve.
Some of the sample learning goals can
be:
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For what do we use ECG?
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Illustrating the process of diffusion :
Interactive Animations: Cellular Transport:
Interactive Cell Animations:
Mapping the Brain:
Megacell - The Cell and its Organelles Game:
What does the mountains and
valleys of the ECG curves stand
for?
What can you find out about the
heart with an ECG?
This virtual manipulative will help the
students to understand that osmosis is
the movement of water molecules from
an area of high concentration across a
semipermeable membrane to an area of
low concentration. This illustration of
the diffusion process will help the
students to understand the concept of
osmotic pressure which is created by the
movement of the water based on their
concentration gradient and thus
resulting in the difference of the solute
concentration.
This animation offers an overview of
membrane structure and demonstrates
how the membrane acts as a highly
selective barrier. Opportunities are
provided to observe diffusion/osmosis,
passive transport, and active transport in
action.
This is an online resource that uses
interactive models for students to click
on to learn about the cell. The visual
representation will have students
distinguish between animal and plant
cells and also learn about the
permeability of the cell membrane.
This PBS virtual interaction allows
students to map the brain using six
different realistic virtual imaging
techniques. Students are able to view
color-coded regions of the brain and
explanations of the functions of major
brain parts are available as well.
The Cell and its Organelles educational
game is based on the 1974 Nobel Prize
in Physiology or Medicine, which was
awarded for discoveries concerning the
structure and organization of the vital
components of a cell. Students playing
the game will learn what an
ultracentrifuge is used for; what the
names of the compartments of the cell
are; and what functions the various
organelles have in the cell.
This interactive cell membrane
simulation allows students to see how
different types of channels allow
particles to move through the
membrane.
Sample learning goals:
Membrane Channel Simulations:
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Molecular Expressions: Introduction to microscopy:
Nerve Signaling Game:
Neuron:
Predict when particles will move
through the membrane and when
they will not.
Identify which particle type will
diffuse depending on which type
of channels are present.
Predict the rate of diffusion
based on the number and type of
channels present.
This site provides an introduction to
microscopy and microscopes including
history, images, and interactives.
This game is based on several Novel
Prizes in Physiology or Medicine from
1906 until today that have been awarded
for discoveries related to nerve
signaling.
Student playing the game will learn...
-How are nerve cells composed?
-How do nerve cells carry the signals
that coordinate all the activities in our
body?
-How has the research into neuroscience
developed through the 20th century?
In this simulation, you will explore how
neurons conduct electrical impulses by
using the action potential. This
phenomenon is generated through the
flow of positively charged ions across
the neuronal membrane. Stimulate a
neuron and monitor what happens. You
can pause, rewind, and move forward in
time in order to observe the ions as they
move across the neuron membrane.
Other ways to explore:
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Plant, Animal and Bacteria Cell Models:
Signal Transduction:
The Blood Typing Game:
Describe why ions can or cannot
move across neuron membranes.
Identify leakage and gated
channels, and describe the
function of each.
Describe how membrane
permeability changes in terms of
different types of channels in a
neuron.
Describe the sequence of events
that generates an action
potential.
Living cells are divided into two types procaryotic and eucaryotic. This
division is based on internal complexity.
This website provides interactive
graphic roadmaps to the organization of
both of these cell types. It also shows
distinctions between plant and animal
cells.
This interactive virtual manipulative
will help the students in understanding
how the wide variety of cell types work
together to sustain the life of an
organism. In this animation students
will observe the complex biochemical
process of how cells respond to their
environment and communicate with
each other in a process called signal
transduction.
This educational game is about blood
types, blood typing, and blood
transfusions. Your challenge is to save
patients in urgent need of blood
transfusions. Your job is to decide what
blood type these patients belong to in
order to administer safe blood
transfusions. At the end you will be
evaluated: if you make no mistakes at
all you will get all five blood drops.
In this game, you are a trainee soldier of
the Immune System Defense Forces,
defending a human against bacterial
infection. You have two missions to
complete. In this first, you must
command a team of white blood cells
The Immune System Game:
called granulocytes to fight against
bacteria invading the blood system
through a finger wound. In the second
mission, you must commond an army of
macrophages and dendritic cells to fight
the invading bacteria.
This game explores the 1905 Nobel
prize in Physiology or Medicine, which
was awarded for investigations and
discoveries concerning the disease
tuberculosis or "TB." The game is a sort
The Tuberculosis Experiments and Discoveries Game:
of old fashioned laboratory simulation
and allows students to discover and
experience some of the classic methods
used to detect whether a specific
bacterium causes a disease.
Vitamin B1: Chicken Farm Game:
This fast-paced game relies on a keen
knowledge of food containing vitamin
B1. This game will help the students
recognize the importance of vitamin B1,
which food contains vitamin B1 and
what is the disease beriberi.
Perspectives Video: Teaching Idea
Name
Categorizing Plant Specimens:
Easing into Evolution with Minimal Controversy!:
Description
Get outside and interact with
nature after you watch this
idea for teaching about the
different parts of plants!
This teacher has an approach
to teaching evolution that may
help to keep skeptical students
engaged: start by teaching
about plants, and then make
small changes to the
discussion over time.
Get a tip for modeling the cell
Learning Stations for Cell Transport:
membrane in this lesson idea.
Let this semipermiable
Semipermiable Cell Membrane Inquiry:
membrane teaching idea sink
in.
Your mind will swell with
knowledge after submerging in
Studying Cell Membranes and Osmosis with Hard-Boiled Eggs:
this idea to demonstrate
osmosis.
Educational Game
Name
Description
This cell structure
crossword puzzle
uses vocabulary
from CELLS
alive! If you have
Cell Structure Crossword Puzzle:
trouble and need a
hint, use the
"Search this Site"
engine in the
lefthand menu.
Good Luck!
This is a hands on
experiment where
simulates the way
that an infection
Some Similarities between the Spread of Infections and Growth Population:
disease spread in a
population and the
similarities with
growth population.
Teaching Idea
Name
Egg Osmosis Lab:
Description
This lab is a hands on activity where students can explore the
concepts of osmotic solutions and diffusion. It demonstrates all
3 osmotic solution types: isotonic, hypertonic, and hypotonic. It
takes a duration of 4 days, but each day is approximately 15
minutes of a specific daily task.
Osmosis Demonstration Lab:
Students will use potato cores to demonstrate osmosis in salt
solutions.
Presentation/Slideshow
Name
Description
A PowerPoint with speaker notes covering infectious
Introduction to Infectious Diseases:
diseases, causes, transmission, and control.
Unit/Lesson Sequence
Name
Microscope Mania:
Description
A unit that can be used as a whole or in parts. Teaches the parts
of a microscope as well as the concept of magnification through
lab stations. Includes slideshow, worksheets, links and
activities, review and quizzes.
Problem-Solving Task
Name
Osmosis in Potatoes:
Description
In this lab exercise, students will demonstrate diffusion in
potatoes by placing them into solutions of water and salt water.
3D Modeling
Name
Sickle Cell Hemoglobin:
Description
Sickle cell disease results from a single nucleotide mutation in a
hemoglobin gene leading to an altered protein sequence and a
different three dimensional shape. In this activity, students will
assemble normal and sickle cell hemoglobin molecules and
investigate what leads to an abnormal red blood cell in patients
with the mutation.
Worksheet
Name
The Biology Corner:
Description
This resource for biology teachers includes a lesson plan section
which contains classroom activities, labs and worksheets. The
activity sheets are categorized by Science and Literacy,
Anatomy, Scientific Method, Cells, Phyla, Evolution and
Taxonomy, Genetics, Ecology, and Plants.
Project
Name
Transpirational Design Lab:
Description
This is an inquiry design lab for students to understand
transpirational pull of plants. Like all inquiry labs, it is open for
more designs than the one presented in the PowerPoint example.
The example in the PowerPoint is the easiest to implement in
the classroom. It requires a growlite (a bulb that produces the
UV light plants need to grow), a fan, a light source with a 100
Watt bulb, Ziplock bags, rope, and plants that are the same (I
use petunias).
Student Resources
Title
Action Potentials and Muscle Contraction:
Active Transport and the Sodium-Potassium Exchange Pump:
Description
This tutorial will help
you to visualize and
understand how nerve
impulses cause muscle
contractions. The neurons
and muscle tissue
conduct electrical current
by moving ions across
cellular membranes. The
signal will travel through
the tissue and trigger the
contraction of individual
sarcomeres, the
functional units of
muscle. This tutorial
explains the
neuromuscular junction
where the synapse occurs.
This tutorial will help
you to understand the
process of active
transport. Sodium and
potassium ions are
pumped in opposite
directions across the
membrane building up a
Allergy Immune Response:
Alternation of Generations in Plants:
Alveolar Pressure Changes During Inspiration and Expiration:
Anatomy of a Muscle Cell:
chemical and electrical
gradient for each.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
allergies develop.
Allergies are exaggerated
immune responses caused
by B cells producing
excess IgE antibodies. An
allergen (food, dust) is a
foreign substance, which
binds to the antibodies
and triggers a reaction
that includes the
production of histamine.
This challenging tutorial
addresses the concept at a
very high level of
complexity.
Explore the alternation of
generations in plants to
see how sporophytes and
gametophytes relate to
each other during the life
cycle of mosses and
lilies.
This tutorial helps you to
understand the factors
involved in air flow into
and out of the lungs.
This challenging tutorial
addresses the concept at a
high level of complexity.
This Khan Academy
video describes the
structure of muscle
cells. The tutorial details
the muscle cell from the
macro skeletal muscle to
the individual cell of the
muscle, called the
myofiber. The functions
of actin and myosin and
Anatomy of a Neuron:
B Lymphocytes:
Bacteria:
Baroreceptor Reflex Control of Blood Pressure:
how they cause muscles
to contract are also
explained.
This Khan Academy
video describes the
anatomical structure of a
neuron. Each structure is
explained in detail.
This Khan Academy
video describes B
lymphocyte cells, and
how they are activated
and produce antibodies
within the immune
system.
This video from the Khan
Academy introduces the
symbiotic relationship
between the many
bacteria that live inside
the human body. The
basics of bacteria
structure, reproduction,
and bacterial infections
are discussed.
Blood pressure is
determined by the force
of the blood acting on the
walls of the blood
vessels. Two factors
determine the size of this
force. One is the volume
of blood being pumped
through the vessel. The
other is the size of the
vessels. Changes in blood
pressure can be caused by
either a change in the
amount of blood being
pumped or by a change in
the size of the blood
vessels. Feedback
mechanisms, described in
this animation, will alter
heart rate and blood
BioVisions - The Inner Life of a Cell:
Blood Typing:
vessel dilation to
maintain blood pressure
at appropriate levels.
In this narrated
animation, we get a look
at the inner workings and
signals within and around
cells. Leukocytes are
used as the example.
Lipid bilayer membranes
are shown from the
perspectives of outside
the cell and inside the
cell. The dynamics and
roles of signal
transduction,
cytoskeleton structures
and functions,
interactions between
organelles and the
cytoskeleton, centrioles,
the nuclear envelope,
mRNA translation,
protein synthesis and
transport, the
endoplasmic reticulum,
and the Golgi apparatus
are all shown as
leukocyte extravasation
occurs in response to
inflammation.
This virtual manipulative
will provide the students
with the opportunity to
choose a correct blood
type for the patients and
administer blood
transfusion. The students
will have the chance to
check the blood type
before starting the
transfusion. The
knowledge and
understanding of blood
Bone Growth :
Bone Strength:
Brain Basics:
groups will also be tested
during the activity.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
bone growth is different
from the growth of many
other organs. Although
bone may appear to be
rigid and lifeless it is
actually living tissue that
is capable of growth.
Unlike soft tissues, bone
cannot simply grow by
adding additional cells
and removing cells that
are no longer necessary.
The calcium laid down in
bone gives the skeleton
the strength and rigidity
needed to protect and
support the body. This
rigidity means that
expansion requires
addition of cells on the
outside and, when
necessary, the removal of
calcium and other
materials on the inside.
This tutorial will help
you to understand which
factors determine the
strength of bone. Bone
strength is determined by
the internal structure,
shape, and size of the
bone. As we age, bone
mass is lost, leading to a
common condition called
osteoporosis. This
tutorial compares normal
bone tissue with
osteoporotic bone tissue.
The brain isn’t just one
big blob sitting in your
head, it’s actually divided
into many distinct parts.
Cell Anatomy:
Cell Membrane Function:
Cell Membrane Proteins:
Cell Structure and Function:
By the end of this tutorial
you should be able to
name the major regions
of the brain and identify
them on a diagram.
This tutorial will help the
learners to learn about the
anatomy of the cell. As
the learners move the
cursor over each cell
organelle, they are shown
information about that
organelle's structure and
function.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how a
molecule can be
transported across a
membrane against a
concentration gradient.
Cellular membranes
function to keep the
internal environment of
the cell distinct from the
external environment.
Concentrations of many
molecules differ across
cellular membranes. This
animation shows the
function of the sodium
potassium pump.
Students will learn about
the different types of
proteins found in the cell
membrane while viewing
this Khan Academy
tutorial video.
This tutorial is a basic
unit on cellular biology.
The unit introduces the
cell theory and its parts. It
also discusses the
Cell Structure Crossword Puzzle:
Cell Types:
Cells Through Different Microscopes:
Cells vs. Virus: A Battle for Health:
importance of
microscopes while
studying cells. This
presentation describes
animal and plant cells in
detail and discusses the
organelles found in each.
This cell structure
crossword puzzle uses
vocabulary from CELLS
alive! If you have trouble
and need a hint, use the
"Search this Site" engine
in the lefthand menu.
Good Luck!
Cell Types
This tutorial will help the
learner visualize how a
cell or single celled
organism can differ in its
view when looked at
under different
magnifications and
different types of
microscopes. This tutorial
can be used by the
teacher as an added
resource for their lesson
about different
microscopes and how
they work..
All living things are
made of cells. In the
human body, these highly
efficient units are
protected by layer upon
layer of defense against
icky invaders like the
cold virus. Shannon
Stiles takes a journey into
the cell, introducing the
microscopic arsenal of
weapons and warriors
that play a role in the
battle for your health.
Cells, Cells Everywhere!:
Cellular Transport:
Cellular Transport:
Learn how to identify
explicit evidence and
understand implicit
meaning in the basic
principles of the cell
theory. The cell theory
states that all organisms
are made of cells. These
cells are the smallest and
basic unit of life. And
finally, cells can only
come from other cells.
Cellular transport refers
to the movement of
compounds across the
outer wall or membrane
of the cell. This tutorial
will help the learners
better understand the
different types of
transport that occur
across a membrane
barrier.
This activity will help the
students to learn about
the cellular transport
which is referred as the
movement of compounds
across the outer wall or
membrane of the cell.
Students will recognize
that the purpose of cell
transport is to maintain
homeostasis. While
navigating this activity,
students will gain a better
understanding of the
different types of
transport that occurs
across a membrane
barrier, such as diffusion,
osmosis, active and
passive transports.
Cellular Transport: The Role of the Cell Membrane:
Cerebral Blood Supply: Part 1:
Cerebral Blood Supply: Part 2:
Challenges to Public Health :
Changes in Alveolar Pressure During Breathing:
Changes in the Partial Pressure of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in
Blood:
In this tutorial, you will
learn about the function
of the cell membrane as a
selective barrier that
moves material into and
out of the cell to maintain
homeostasis.
In this Khan Academy
video tutorial, learn the
main important arteries in
the brain that bring
necessary oxygen to all
parts of the brain.
In this Khan Academy
tutorial video, learn about
the arteries that serve
your brain. This is a
continuation from
Cerebral Blood Supply:
Part 1.
Learn to distinguish
between public health
issues and individual
health issues in this
interactive tutorial.
This is part 1 of 4 in a
series of tutorials
addressing this standard.
This tutorial will help
students understand how
the difference in the
alveloar pressure and the
barometric air pressure
allows the inspiration and
expiration of air in the
lungs.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
the exchange of gases
between the alveoli and
the blood occurs by
simple diffusion due to
the changes in the partial
pressure of oxygen and
carbon dioxide.
Cheetah Anatomy for Running:
Chemical Digestion:
Chemical Synapse:
This challenging tutorial
addresses the concept at a
high level of complexity.
This video highlights
cheetah adaptations that
allow for successful
hunting using speed.
Includes commentary
from cheetah
researchers.
Tissues associated with
the stomach produce not
only digestive enzymes
but also hydrochloric
acid. The hydrochloric
acid helps to chemically
break down the food in
the stomach. This tutorial
will help you to
understand how digestive
tissue can produce a
concentrated acid without
damage to cells and
molecules exposed to the
acid.
This challenging tutorial
addresses the concept at a
high level of complexity.
This tutorial explains that
electrical signals cannot
travel from one neuron to
the next directly. The
signal crosses the synapse
in chemical form. One
neuron releases chemicals
in response to an action
potential and the
chemicals travel across
the synapse and stimulate
an action potential in
the next neuron. These
Chemoreceptor Reflex Control of Blood Pressure:
Complications After a Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction):
Conducting System of the Heart:
Cytotoxic T Cells:
chemicals are called
neurotransmitters.
This tutorial will help
students to understand
how concentrations of
gases in the blood change
during breathing. This
animation shows high
carbon dioxide
concentrations and low
oxygen concentrations
indicating that gas
exchage is occurring at a
slower than ideal rate.
Because of this, heart rate
increases or decreases to
compensate the exchange
of gas.
Learn about the
complications that may
occur after a heart attack
(myocardial infarction).
This tutorial will help
you to understand how all
of the components of the
heart are able to work
together without direct
control from the central
nervous system. This
video shows that for
proper function of the
heartbeat, it is necessary
that all of the muscle
fibers in a region contract
in unison.
This Khan Academy
video explains how
cytotoxic t cells get
activated by MHC-I
antigen complexes and
then proceed to kill
infected cells. This video
addresses the concept at a
high level of complexity.
Cytotoxic T-Cell Activity Against Target Cells:
Desert Biome:
Diabetic Dog Game:
One of the functions of
the T-Cells in the
immune system is to
attack and destroy
infected cells. Target
cells are cells that have
been attacked by a virus.
When the target cells
have been taken over by a
virus and they do not
have a good chance of
surviving, they trigger
their own death. This
action reduces the chance
that other nearby cells
will become infected.
This challenging tutorial
addresses the concept at a
high level of complexity.
This video segment from
NOVA: "A Desert Place"
details the behaviors and
habitats of some of the
Sonoran Desert's
creatures, focusing on the
adaptations they use to
survive in one of the most
extreme environments in
the world.
The diabetic dog
educational game is
based on the discovery of
the hormone insulin,
which made it possible to
treat the patients with
diabetics. This activity
will help the students to
recognize some important
facts about diabetes such
as:

what is the
diabetes?
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Diagnosing Strokes by History and Physical Exam:
Diffusion and Osmosis:
Electrocardiogram:
what happens to
the blood sugar
level when some
one has diabetes?
what is insulin?
what shall
someone suffering
form diabetes do
if they have high
blood sugar level?
what shall
someone suffering
form diabetes do
if they have low
blood sugar
levels?
Learn how strokes are
often diagnosed.
This Khan Academy
tutorial guides you
through the processes of
diffusion and osmosis
while explaining the
vocabulary and
terminology involved in
detail.
This educational game is
based on the discovery of
the
electrocardiogram,(ECG).
ECG is used for
recording the small
electric waves being
generated during heart
activity, a simple way of
diagnosing heart
conditions. This game
lets the students explore
the key elements of the
electrocardiogram for
measuring the heart beats
and analyze the
mountains and valleys in
the ECG curve.
Some of the sample
learning goals can be:
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Gas Exchange During Respiration:
Gas Exchange During Respiration:
Healing after a Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction):
Heart Anatomical Structure:
Helper T Cells:
For what do we
use ECG?
What does the
mountains and
valleys of the
ECG curves stand
for?
What can you find
out about the
heart with an
ECG?
This tutorial is helpful in
understanding how the
exchange of oxygen and
carbon dioxide takes
place during the process
of respiration.
This tutorial explains the
exchange of oxygen and
carbon dioxide within the
respiratory system.
Learn about the process
your body goes through
in healing after a heart
attack (myocardial
infarction).
This tutorial will help the
learners to understand the
anatomical structure of
the heart. Students will
learn the function of the
parts of the heart in order
to attain better
understanding of the
heart's role in the human
body.
This Khan Academy
video discusses helper t
cells in the immune
system. The role of
Hemoglobin Breakdown:
Hormonal Communication:
Hormones and Gastric Secretion:
How Do Hormones Interact with the Nervous System?:
helper t cells in activating
b cells is detailed. This
challenging tutorial
addresses the concept at a
high level of complexity.
This tutorial will help
you to understand the
processing of hemoglobin
and why it is different
from the processing of
many other
macromolecules.
Hemoglobin contains a
heme group which
contains iron. Iron is not
common in other
macromolecules therefore
conservation of iron is
important and is
processed independently.
Hormones are produced
in the endocrine glands
and are released in the
blood stream. This
tutorial will help the
learners to understand
how the hormones reach
their target cells in order
to communicate the
message.
This tutorial will help
you to understand why
the secretion of gastric
fluids is controlled both
locally and through the
central nervous
system. This animation
describes how gastric
secretion is regulated by
both the brain and
digestive hormones.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
hormones interact with
the nervous system. The
How do you know if someone is having a stroke? Think FAST!:
How Does the Ear Detect Sound Waves?:
How Osmosis Works:
How the Heart Actually Pumps Blood:
central nervous system
can directly release
hormones or it can signal
tissues throughtout the
body to release
hormones.
Learn a system to quickly
identify if a person is
having/has had a stroke
using the FAST
components.
This tutorial will help
you to understand what
determines the range of
sound frequencies a
person can hear. Sound
travels through the air
and through water as
waves of changing
pressure. The volume of
sound is determined by
the amplitude of the
sound waves.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
the concentration of
molecules in solution in
water can cause the
movement of water
across a membrane which
is also known as osmosis.
Preventing the loss or
gain of too much water
through osmosis is often
an important challenge
for cells.
This TED ED original
lesson takes a closer look
at how the heart pumps
blood. For most of
history, scientists weren’t
quite sure why our hearts
were beating or even
what purpose they served.
Eventually, we realized
Hydrochloric Acid Production of the Stomach:
that these thumping
organs serve the vital task
of pumping clean blood
throughout the body. But
how? Edmond Hui
investigates how it all
works by taking a closer
look at the heart’s highly
efficient ventricle system.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
digestive tissue can
produce a concentrated
acid without damage to
cells and molecules that
are exposed to the
acid. Hydrochloric acid
production is described in
this animation.
This challenging tutorial
addresses the concept at a
high level of complexity.
Hypersensitivity Type 2 and Blood Types:
Illustrating the process of diffusion :
Hypersensitivity refers to
excessive, undesirable
reactions produced by the
normal immune system.
Type 2 hypersensitivity is
also known as cytotoxic
hypersensitivity and may
affect a variety of organs
and tissues. This
animation relates
hypersensitivity and
blood types together.
This virtual manipulative
will help the students to
understand that osmosis
is the movement of water
molecules from an area of
high concentration across
a semipermeable
membrane to an area of
Interactive Animations: Cellular Transport:
Interactive Cell Animations:
Introduction to Infectious Diseases:
Introduction to the Cell Membrane:
low concentration. This
illustration of the
diffusion process will
help the students to
understand the concept of
osmotic pressure which is
created by the movement
of the water based on
their concentration
gradient and thus
resulting in the difference
of the solute
concentration.
This animation offers an
overview of membrane
structure and
demonstrates how the
membrane acts as a
highly selective barrier.
Opportunities are
provided to observe
diffusion/osmosis,
passive transport, and
active transport in action.
This is an online resource
that uses interactive
models for students to
click on to learn about the
cell. The visual
representation will have
students distinguish
between animal and plant
cells and also learn about
the permeability of the
cell membrane.
A PowerPoint with
speaker notes covering
infectious diseases,
causes, transmission, and
control.
This Khan Academy
tutorial addresses the
importance of the
phospholipid bilayer in
the structure of the cell
Introduction to the Endocrine System:
Kidney Function:
Lobe-Oratorium:
Mechanism of Steroid Hormone Action:
Megacell - The Cell and its Organelles Game:
membrane. The types of
molecules that can
diffuse through the cell
membrane are also
discussed.
This Khan Academy
video tutorial describes
the basics of the
endocrine system and the
role of hormones as the
communicators of the
body. The major
endocrine glands and the
hormones that they
produce are explained.
This video presentation is
illustrating the amount of
work the kidney performs
each day to maintain
proper levels of ions in
the body. It will help in
increasing your
understanding about the
functions of kidney.
 This interactive
game provides
students with
examples of the
functions the
different lobes of
the brain are
responsible for
 Students learn
how the different
parts of the brain
work
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
hormones influence the
growth and development
of organisms.
The Cell and its
Organelles educational
game is based on the
1974 Nobel Prize in
Physiology or Medicine,
which was awarded for
discoveries concerning
the structure and
organization of the vital
components of a cell.
Students playing the
game will learn what an
ultracentrifuge is used
for; what the names of
the compartments of the
cell are; and what
functions the various
organelles have in the
cell.
This interactive cell
membrane simulation
allows students to see
how different types of
channels allow particles
to move through the
membrane.
Sample learning goals:
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Membrane Channel Simulations:
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
Metabolic Process Location:
Predict when
particles will
move through the
membrane and
when they will
not.
Identify which
particle type will
diffuse depending
on which type of
channels are
present.
Predict the rate of
diffusion based on
the number and
type of channels
present.
This tutorial will help the
learners to understand the
Microscope Mathematics:
Mineral Transport in Plants:
Molecular Expressions: Introduction to microscopy:
Movement of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide:
functions and metabolic
processes carried out by
various organs involved
in metabolism. Metabolic
processes are not evenly
shared between the
different organs and
tissues in the body. In
fact, the cells of these
different organs and
tissues often specialize in
aspects of catabolism,
biosynthesis, and
regulation.
Learn how you can use a
microscope as a tool to
measure objects.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
minerals are absorbed by
the root hair in plants.
This site provides an
introduction to
microscopy and
microscopes including
history, images, and
interactives.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
the movement of oxygen
and carbon dioxide takes
place between the
alveoli and the blood by
taking partial pressure
into consideration.
Oxygen diffuses from the
air through the
alveoli into the blood and
carbon dioxide diffuses
from the blood into the
alveoli. This occurs due
to differences in partial
pressures.
Movement Through a Plant:
Moving Muscle Filaments:
Muscle Contraction:
Muscle Fibers and Motor Units:
This challenging tutorial
addresses the concept at a
high level of complexity.
The cohesion-tension
theory describes how
fluids move up the xylem
to the leaves of a tree.
With this tutorial learners
will understand how
water moves through a
plant. Absorption and
transpiration work
together with cohesion
and tension to move
fluids from the soil,
through the roots, and up
through the tops of the
tree.
Strengthen your
understanding of how
muscle filaments function
as this physiologist flexes
his knowledge.
This tutorial will help
students understand the
process of muscle
contraction. A muscle
contains many muscle
fibers and each fiber
contains a bundle of 4-20
myofibrils. Each fibril is
striated and these
striations are produced by
the arrangement of thick
and thin filaments, called
actin and myosin. The
contraction and relaxation
of these actin and myosin
filaments help muscles
move.
Get mentally fit as this
physiologist explains
muscle structure!
Myosin and Actin:
Nerve Impulse Transmission:
Nerve Signaling Game:
Neuron:
This Khan Academy
video describes how the
proteins myosin and
actin interact to produce a
mechanical force on
muscles, allowing them
to move.
The transmission of a
nerve impulse along a
neuron from one end to
the other occurs as a
result of electrical
changes across the
membrane of the neuron.
This tutorial will help
students to visualize and
understand the
transmission of a nerve
impulse.
This game is based on
several Novel Prizes in
Physiology or Medicine
from 1906 until today
that have been awarded
for discoveries related to
nerve signaling.
Student playing the game
will learn...
-How are nerve cells
composed?
-How do nerve cells carry
the signals that
coordinate all the
activities in our body?
-How has the research
into neuroscience
developed through the
20th century?
In this simulation, you
will explore how neurons
conduct electrical
impulses by using the
action potential. This
phenomenon is generated
through the flow of
positively charged ions
across the neuronal
membrane. Stimulate a
neuron and monitor what
happens. You can pause,
rewind, and move
forward in time in order
to observe the ions as
they move across the
neuron membrane.
Other ways to explore:
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Nutrional Value of Food Using a Bomb Calorimeter:
Describe why
ions can or cannot
move across
neuron
membranes.
Identify leakage
and gated
channels, and
describe the
function of each.
Describe how
membrane
permeability
changes in terms
of different types
of channels in a
neuron.
Describe the
sequence of
events that
generates an
action potential.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
the nutritional value of
food can be measured on
many different scales.
The most basic
measurement scale is the
free energy content in the
food, i.e., how much
energy is released when
Organs of Digestion:
Parts of the Cell:
Phagocytosis:
chemical bonds within
the food are broken.
This tutorial explores the
steps that food takes on
its journey through the
digestive system. All
major digestive organs
and the process of
nutrient absorption are
explained.
This Khan Academy
tutorial describes the
differences between
prokaryotic and
eukaryotic cells. It then
goes on to discuss in
detail the structures and
their functions found in
the eukaryotic cell.
This tutorial will help
you to understand the
function of phagocytes.
Phagocytes are
specialized cells that
ingest and break down
foreign material including
bacteria and viruses.
This challenging tutorial
addresses the concept at a
high level of complexity.
Learn how to identify
explicit evidence and
understand implicit
meaning in a text.
Plant Organs:
This tutorial is designed
to help you learn the
concepts and skills from
Grades 9-12 Biology to
relate the structure of
each of the major plant
organs and tissues to
physiological processes.
Post Stroke Inflammation:
Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes, & Viruses Tutorial:
Proton Pump:
Reflex Arc:
You will enhance your
familiarity with the
structure, function, and
evolutionary origins of
plant tissues and organs.
Learn about post-stroke
inflammation.
This a mostly text
resource that provides
accurate, straight-forward
descriptions of
prokaryotes, eukaryotes,
and viruses. It could be a
great tool to help students
compare and contrast
organisms with each
other and viruses, or a
good review passage.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how a
concentration gradient
across a membrane is
used. When a molecule or
an ion is moved across a
membrane from an area
of low concentration to
an area of high
concentration then a
gradient is generated.
This gradient can be
chemical or it can also
create a difference in
electrical charge across
the membrane if ions are
involved. The proton
pump generates an
electrical and chemical
gradient that can be used
to create ATP which can
drive a large number of
different biochemical
reactions.
This tutorial will help
students to understand the
Regulated Secretion:
Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease:
Risk Factors for Stroke:
Role of Phagocytosis in Nonspecific Immunity:
process of reflex arc. A
reflex arc is the nerve
pathway which makes a
fast, automatic response
possible.When the safety
of an organism demands
a very quick response, the
signals may be passed
directly from a sensory
neuron, via a relay
neuron, to a motor neuron
for instant, unthinking
action. This is a reflex
action.
This online tutorial will
help you to understand
the process of regulated
secretion. In regulated
secretion, proteins are
secreted from a cell in
large amounts when a
specific signal is detected
by the cell. The specific
example used in this
tutorial is the release of
insulin after a glucose
signal enters a pancreatic
beta cell.
Learn about the risk
factors for coronary
artery disease including
modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors.
In this Khan Academy
video you will learn some
of the modifiable and
non-modifiable risk
factors that can lead to a
stroke.
This Khan Academy
video describes non
specific immunity, and
the specific role of
phagocytes. The tutorial
explains how phagocytes
Secondary Active Transport in the Nephron:
Sensory Systems in Plants:
Signal Molecules of the Endocrine System:
engulf pathogens that
enter the body as a line of
defense.
This Khan Academy
video discusses which
ions are allowed to be
actively transported out
of the filtrate of
urine. The process of
secondary active
transport in the nephron
is described in detail.
This tutorial will help
you to understand
phytochromes in plants
and how they affect plant
growth. Phytochromes
are pigment containing
proteins that play an
important role in plant
regulation, including the
germination of seeds.
This tutorial
demonstrates how the
structure of a signal
molecule determines its
function. Signal
molecules can interact
with either intracellular
or extracellular receptors.
For a signal molecule to
bind with an intracellular
receptor it must be able to
pass through the cellular
membrane. Generally
signal molecules that
enter the cell are nonpolar
and fat soluble. These
signal molecules can pass
through the lipid bilayer
of the cell membrane.
Signals that bind with
extracellular receptors are
proteins or other types of
molecules that cannot
readily pass through the
membrane.
Signal Transduction:
Signal Transduction:
Skeletal Muscle Physiology:
Sodium Potassium Exchange Pump:
This challenging tutorial
addresses the concept at a
high level of complexity.
The human body consists
of a wide variety of cell
types that must work
together to sustain the life
of an organism. They
must respond to their
environment and
communicate with each
other in a process called
signal transduction. This
tutorial will help the
learners understand the
process of signal
transduction.
This interactive virtual
manipulative will help
the students in
understanding how the
wide variety of cell types
work together to sustain
the life of an organism. In
this animation students
will observe the complex
biochemical process of
how cells respond to their
environment and
communicate with each
other in a process called
signal transduction.
Get moving and learn
how muscles move you!
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
sodium and potassium
ions are pumped in
opposite directions across
a membrane building up a
Sound:
T-Cell Dependent Antigens:
Test Your Science IQ: Cells:
The Blood Typing Game:
The Cardiac Cycle:
chemical and electrical
gradient for each. These
gradients can be used to
drive other transport
processes.
This tutorial provides
information about the
sound and how it travels.
It also includes
information on the
anatomy and physiology
of the human ear for the
learners to understand
how sound passes
through the ear.
T-cells perform a wide
variety of functions in the
immune system. In this
tutorial you will
understand the structure
and function of the Tcells.
A collection of questions
that tests students'
knowledge about cells
This educational game is
about blood types, blood
typing, and blood
transfusions. Your
challenge is to save
patients in urgent need of
blood transfusions. Your
job is to decide what
blood type these patients
belong to in order to
administer safe blood
transfusions. At the end
you will be evaluated: if
you make no mistakes at
all you will get all five
blood drops.
The cardiac cycle is
defined as the complete
heartbeat from generation
to the beginning of the
The Circulatory System and the Heart:
The Immune Response:
The Immune System Game:
The Immune System: Your Body’s Private Defense System:
next beat, and includes
the diastole, the systole,
and the intervening
pause. This tutorial will
help you to understand
the cardiac cycle.
This Khan Academy
video explains the major
vessels involved in the
flow of blood and follows
the steps that blood takes
as it travels through the
heart.
This tutorial will help
students understand how
the immune system of
vertebrates is
characterized by acquired
responses that are highly
specific to particular
antigens. This system has
the advantage of having a
cellular memory for
previous infections.
In this game, you are a
trainee soldier of the
Immune System Defense
Forces, defending a
human against bacterial
infection. You have two
missions to complete. In
this first, you must
command a team of white
blood cells called
granulocytes to fight
against bacteria invading
the blood system through
a finger wound. In the
second mission, you must
commond an army of
macrophages and
dendritic cells to fight the
invading bacteria.
By the end of this tutorial
you should be able to
identify the basic
functions of the immune
system. You will also be
able to distinguish
between nonspecific and
specific immune
responses.
The Lungs and Pulmonary System:
The Nerve Impulse:
The Role of Vitamins in Human Nutrition:
This Khan Academy
video discusses form and
function in the respiratory
system. All of the
respiratory organs are
discussed.
This tutorial explains that
the source of the impulse
in a neuron is a rapid
change in the polarity of
the cell membrane in a
restricted area. The
direction of the electrical
gradient is rapidly
reversed and then returns
to normal. The change in
charge stimulates the
process to happen in
adjacent parts of the cell
and the change in the
polarity travels down the
neuron.
This tutorial will help
you to understand the
role that vitamins play in
human nutrition.
Vitamins interact with
enzymes to allow them to
function more effectively.
Though vitamins are not
consumed in metabolism,
they are vital for the
process of metabolism to
occur.
The Tuberculosis Experiments and Discoveries Game:
Three Phases of Gastric Secretion:
Treatment of Stroke with Interventions:
Tropomyosin and Troponin and Their Role in Muscle Contraction:
This challenging tutorial
addresses the concept at a
high level of complexity.
This game explores the
1905 Nobel prize in
Physiology or Medicine,
which was awarded for
investigations and
discoveries concerning
the disease tuberculosis
or "TB." The game is a
sort of old fashioned
laboratory simulation and
allows students to
discover and experience
some of the classic
methods used to detect
whether a specific
bacterium causes a
disease.
This tutorial will help
students understand how
food is digested with the
help of different gastric
secretions. Gastric juice
from glands renders food
particles soluble, initiates
digestion, and converts
the gastric contents to a
semiliquid mass called
chyme, thus preparing it
for futher disgestion in
the small intestine.
In this Khan academy
video tutorial, learn about
the possible treatments
and interventions of
different types of strokes.
This Khan Academy
video explains the role
that tropomyosin and
tropinin play in muscle
contraction. The role of
the calcium ion
concentrations are also
explained.
Types of Immune Responses:
Types of Microscopes:
Vaccine and Active Immunity:
Virus:
This challenging tutorial
addresses the concept at a
high level of complexity.
This Khan Academy
video contains an
overview of the types of
immune responses in the
body. The differences
between
humoral adaptive
immunity and cell
mediated immunity are
discussed in detail.
By the end of this
tutorial, you should be
able to determine
differences and
similarities of the
structure and function of
compound light
microscopes, dissecting
microscopes, scanning
electron microscopes and
transmitting electron
microscopes.
A vaccine allows a
person to develop
acquired immunity
against an illness without
actually getting the
disease. This interactive
tutorial will help the
learners to understand the
process by which
vaccines work in the
human body.
This tutorial will help the
student understand about
viruses which are small
infectious agents that
Voltage-Gated Channels and the Action Potential:
Water Transport in Plants:
What Causes Antibiotic Resistance?:
What is a Stroke?:
What Makes Your Blood Flow?:
replicate only inside the
living cells of other
organisms.
This tutorial
explains how a charge is
generated across a
membrane. The function
and role of the voltagegated sodium ion channel
and voltage-gated
potassium ion channel are
explained in detail.
This tutorial will help
you to understand how
plant cells intake
water. This animation
shows how water is
transported from the root
systems of plants
upwards to the leaves.
This short video
describes the process of
antibiotic resistance.
Right now, you are
inhabited by trillions of
micro organisms. Many
of these bacteria are
harmless (or even
helpful!), but there are a
few strains of ‘super
bacteria’ that are pretty
nasty -- and they’re
growing resistant to our
antibiotics. Why is this
happening? Kevin Wu
details the evolution of
this problem that presents
a big challenge for the
future of medicine.
Learn the conditions
present in your brain that
cause a stroke.
Learn about factors that
affect the blood flow in
your body in this
interactive tutorial.
This video presentation
will help to understand
the regeneration process
in a zebrafish. When the
zebrafish heart is
damaged, the wound site
is rapidly sealed with a
fibrin clot that stems
bleeding within seconds.
Following clot formation,
the tissue that surrounds
the heart muscle, the
epicardium, gradually
covers the fibrin clot via
migration and cell
division. Over the next
few months, new cardiac
muscle is produced and
replaces the clot.
Zebrafish Heart Regeneration:
Parent Resources
Title
Blood Typing:
Cell Anatomy:
Cellular Transport:
Description
This virtual manipulative will provide
the students with the opportunity to
choose a correct blood type for the
patients and administer blood
transfusion. The students will have the
chance to check the blood type before
starting the transfusion. The knowledge
and understanding of blood groups will
also be tested during the activity.
This tutorial will help the learners to
learn about the anatomy of the cell. As
the learners move the cursor over each
cell organelle, they are shown
information about that organelle's
structure and function.
This activity will help the students to
learn about the cellular transport which
is referred as the movement of
compounds across the outer wall or
membrane of the cell. Students will
recognize that the purpose of cell
transport is to maintain homeostasis.
While navigating this activity, students
will gain a better understanding of the
different types of transport that occurs
across a membrane barrier, such as
diffusion, osmosis, active and passive
transports.
The diabetic dog educational game is
based on the discovery of the hormone
insulin, which made it possible to treat
the patients with diabetics. This activity
will help the students to recognize some
important facts about diabetes such as:
Diabetic Dog Game:
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Electrocardiogram:
what is the diabetes?
what happens to the blood sugar
level when some one has
diabetes?
what is insulin?
what shall someone suffering
form diabetes do if they have
high blood sugar level?
what shall someone suffering
form diabetes do if they have
low blood sugar levels?
This educational game is based on the
discovery of the
electrocardiogram,(ECG). ECG is used
for recording the small electric waves
being generated during heart activity, a
simple way of diagnosing heart
conditions. This game lets the students
explore the key elements of the
electrocardiogram for measuring the
heart beats and analyze the mountains
and valleys in the ECG curve.
Some of the sample learning goals can
be:
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Illustrating the process of diffusion :
Interactive Cell Animations:
Mapping the Brain:
Megacell - The Cell and its Organelles Game:
For what do we use ECG?
What does the mountains and
valleys of the ECG curves stand
for?
What can you find out about the
heart with an ECG?
This virtual manipulative will help the
students to understand that osmosis is
the movement of water molecules from
an area of high concentration across a
semipermeable membrane to an area of
low concentration. This illustration of
the diffusion process will help the
students to understand the concept of
osmotic pressure which is created by the
movement of the water based on their
concentration gradient and thus
resulting in the difference of the solute
concentration.
This is an online resource that uses
interactive models for students to click
on to learn about the cell. The visual
representation will have students
distinguish between animal and plant
cells and also learn about the
permeability of the cell membrane.
This PBS virtual interaction allows
students to map the brain using six
different realistic virtual imaging
techniques. Students are able to view
color-coded regions of the brain and
explanations of the functions of major
brain parts are available as well.
The Cell and its Organelles educational
game is based on the 1974 Nobel Prize
in Physiology or Medicine, which was
awarded for discoveries concerning the
structure and organization of the vital
components of a cell. Students playing
the game will learn what an
ultracentrifuge is used for; what the
names of the compartments of the cell
Movement Through a Plant:
Moving Muscle Filaments:
Muscle Fibers and Motor Units:
Nerve Signaling Game:
Neuron:
are; and what functions the various
organelles have in the cell.
The cohesion-tension theory describes
how fluids move up the xylem to the
leaves of a tree. With this tutorial
learners will understand how water
moves through a plant. Absorption and
transpiration work together with
cohesion and tension to move fluids
from the soil, through the roots, and up
through the tops of the tree.
Strengthen your understanding of how
muscle filaments function as this
physiologist flexes his knowledge.
Get mentally fit as this physiologist
explains muscle structure!
This game is based on several Novel
Prizes in Physiology or Medicine from
1906 until today that have been awarded
for discoveries related to nerve
signaling.
Student playing the game will learn...
-How are nerve cells composed?
-How do nerve cells carry the signals
that coordinate all the activities in our
body?
-How has the research into neuroscience
developed through the 20th century?
In this simulation, you will explore how
neurons conduct electrical impulses by
using the action potential. This
phenomenon is generated through the
flow of positively charged ions across
the neuronal membrane. Stimulate a
neuron and monitor what happens. You
can pause, rewind, and move forward in
time in order to observe the ions as they
move across the neuron membrane.
Other ways to explore:


Describe why ions can or cannot
move across neuron membranes.
Identify leakage and gated
channels, and describe the
function of each.


Signal Transduction:
Skeletal Muscle Physiology:
Sound:
The Blood Typing Game:
The Immune System Game:
Describe how membrane
permeability changes in terms of
different types of channels in a
neuron.
Describe the sequence of events
that generates an action
potential.
This interactive virtual manipulative
will help the students in understanding
how the wide variety of cell types work
together to sustain the life of an
organism. In this animation students
will observe the complex biochemical
process of how cells respond to their
environment and communicate with
each other in a process called signal
transduction.
Get moving and learn how muscles
move you!
This tutorial provides information about
the sound and how it travels. It also
includes information on the anatomy
and physiology of the human ear for the
learners to understand how sound passes
through the ear.
This educational game is about blood
types, blood typing, and blood
transfusions. Your challenge is to save
patients in urgent need of blood
transfusions. Your job is to decide what
blood type these patients belong to in
order to administer safe blood
transfusions. At the end you will be
evaluated: if you make no mistakes at
all you will get all five blood drops.
In this game, you are a trainee soldier of
the Immune System Defense Forces,
defending a human against bacterial
infection. You have two missions to
complete. In this first, you must
command a team of white blood cells
called granulocytes to fight against
bacteria invading the blood system
through a finger wound. In the second
mission, you must commond an army of
macrophages and dendritic cells to fight
the invading bacteria.
This game explores the 1905 Nobel
prize in Physiology or Medicine, which
was awarded for investigations and
discoveries concerning the disease
tuberculosis or "TB." The game is a sort
The Tuberculosis Experiments and Discoveries Game:
of old fashioned laboratory simulation
and allows students to discover and
experience some of the classic methods
used to detect whether a specific
bacterium causes a disease.