Biology Links

Links to Biology sites you may find helpful:

Lab Safety

Lab Safety in the Biological Science Department at OSU

Cells

Plant and animal cells interactive - click on an organelle name to learn more
Plant cells, animal cells, and prokaryotes - also interactive. Click around and explore. Also has some great mitosis/meiosis
Comparison of Plant and Animal Cells- with description of organelles

Homeostasis

Na+ K+ Pump animation - short and sweet.
Animation of Passive and Active Transport
Membranes and Transport - another set of animations, complete with interactive quizzes

Mitosis/Meiosis

Animation of mitosis - also link to animation of meiosis
Mitosis narrative and great images

Mendelian Genetics

Protists

Ron's Pond Scum - excellent photos of protists, the ones you will see in lab. Find the image of a paramecium dividing.
Kingdom Protista - classification issues with protists;
Origin of Life powerpoint (as pdf)
Systematics of Eukaryota - (don't forget the prokaryotes)

Ecology (and hints for holiday ecology assignment!)

EPA Global Warming for Kids Site
New Your Board of Regents - What New York State HS students must know about Ecology in order to to graduate (And you thought the WASL was bad)
- especially the food chain/food web site

Evolution

Darwin and Wallace - how well do you know them?

Great Study Guides and Resources

the New York Board of Regents Test Prep Site - a great study guide on all topics biological
Ecology Home Page from NASA

Textbook Links (ours does not have an online version but perhaps these might be useful)

Prentice Hall Student Text - let me know if the animations do not work for you.

Periodic Tables

A printable, color periodic table - needs Acrobat to open; very complete
The Comic Book Periodic Table
Elementistory
Periodic Table
PeriodicTable.com
Periodic Table from Los Alamos National Laboratory
Periodic Table of Elements Information
The Periodic Table of Elements of the Internet
WebElements

MSDS Sources

Flinn Scientific MSDS list - we get most of our chemicals from here. The MSDS download as acrobat PDF files.
The Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory at Oxford University - Chemical and Safety Info - MSDS links and safety info for chemicals commonly used in HS laboratories
The Chemical Database at the University of Akron
MSDS Database - choose from several; just type in the name of the chemical
Merck Catalog Database: first look up the catalog number of the chemical, then type or paste the catalog number into the search engine to get the MSDS in PDF form
Online NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards - this source does not have everythihng we work with, but it has many of them.
SIRI MSDS database
Chemexper.com
MSDS sources
MSDS from Oxford University
Ohio State University MSDS list

Humor

The Best of Hi-Tech
The End :-)

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