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Chapter 1 - The Human Animal

• What is Good Science?
• Scientific Methods
• Lucy
• Lab Safety (Multimedia)
• Lucy's (ASU) w/ Q&A
• Biology References and Comprehensive Links
• Becoming Human (Documentary)
• Evolution (Online Course)
• Primate Pictures
• Darwin (American Museum of Natural History)
• Lab Write for Students (NCSU)

Chapter 2 - Evolution: Change Across

• Humans
• Microscope Instructional Video and Virtual Microscope
• Change
• Natural Selection (Interactive Choice #1)
• Survival
• MicroEvolution (Interactive Choice #3)
• Darwin's Diaries
• Comprehensive Collection of Resources
• Biology References and Comprehensive Links
• Lab Write for Students (NCSU)
• Animal Evolution
• Interactive Human Evolution
• Paleoanthropology--Becoming Human
• Lucy's Story

Chapter 3 - Products of Evolution: Unity and Diversity

• Eye Evolution
• Change
• Natural Selection
• Survival
• Zebra Stripes
• Comprehensive Collection of Resources
• Biology References and Comprehensive Links
• Lab Write for Students (NCSU)

Chapter 4 - Internal Environment of Organisms

• Cell Parts
• Osmosis/Diffusion
• Microscope Instructional Video and Virtual Microscope
• The Interactive Cell
• The Virtual Cell
• Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells and Viruses
• The Cytoskeleton

Chapter 5 - Maintaining Balance in Organisms

• Homeostasis: Ben's Bad Day
• Marathon Homeostasis
• Cellular Signals in Human Health
• Slide Show Intro to DaisyWorld 
• DaisyWorld 
• Animations: How Drugs Work 
• Homeostasis on Teacher’s Domain (requires free registration) 

Chapter 6 - Human Homeostasis: Health and Disease

• Zoonotic Diseases (Tutorial)
• Immunology
• Immune Defense
• Vaccination
• Immune System Tutorial

Chapter 7 - Performance and Fitness

• My Food Pyramid (USDA)
• MyPyramid Tracker: Food Intake and Physical Activit (USDA)
• Marathon Homeostasis
• Vitamins

Chapter 8 - The Cellular Basis of Activity

• Mitochondria
• Cell Respiration
• Cell Respiration: Thermodynamics Laws
• Cell Respiration: Photosynthesis
• Problem Sets for Cell Respiration (Extension)
• Chemiosmosis
• Photosynthesis (Tutorial)
• Photosynthesis: Light and Dark, Reactions
• Photosynthesis Extension
• Calvin Animation 1
• Calvin Animation 2

Chapter 9 - The Cycling of Matter and the Flow of Energy in Communities

• Nitrogen Cycle
• Microbes (Decomposers)
• Carbon Cycle
• Microscope Instructional Video and Virtual Microscope

Chapter 10 - Reproduction in Humans and Other Organisms

• Human Reproduction
• Developmental Biology-Mitosis
• Ultrasound
• Developmental Biology (Video/Stills)
• The Visible Embryo
• Embryonic Development (Nobel Prize)
• Human Anatomy Online
• Human Reproduction Problem Set

Chapter 11 - Continuity of Information through Inheritance

• Karyotypes
• Karyotypes (Extension)
• Microscope Instructional Video and Virtual Microscope
• Probability Extension
• Human Genetics (Extension)
• Genetic Variation (Interactive Topic #2)
• Mendelian Genetics
• Mendelian Genetics Links
• Mendel: Interactive
• Mitosis/Meiosis Animation

Chapter 12 - Gene Action

• Mitosis/Meiosis Comparison (NOVA)
• Mitosis and Meiosis Animations
• DNA Replication
• DNA and Protein Synthesis
• Build a DNA Molecule
• How Proteins Function
• Transcription (Interactive)
• Basic Genetics
• Interactive Fly
• Genetic Variation (Interactive Choice #2)
• Human Gene Map
• Mitochondrial DNA

Chapter 13 - Processes and Patterns of Development

• Mitosis/Meiosis Comparison (NOVA)
• Mitosis and Meiosis Animations
• Fighting Cancer
• Developmental Biology
• Stem Cells
• Cancer Biology
• How Cancer Grows (NOVA)
• Cancer Animation
• Cancer
• Genetic Disorders
• Human Genetic Disorders (Photos)

Chapter 14 - The Human Life Span

• Life Stages

Chapter 15 - Interdependence Among Organisms in the Biosphere

• The Forest Simulator (Extension)
• Gecko Woods (Simulation from Yale) (Extension)
• Terrestrial Biomes
• Complete Biomes
• Terrestrial Biomes (National Graphic)

Chapter 16 - Decision Making in a Complex World

• Microscope Instructional Video and Virtual Microscope
• Population Dynamics
• Build a Prairie
• The Forest Simulator (Extension)
• Water on the Web (Data and Visualization Tools)
• EPA Climate Change
• Fish Online
• Chesapeake Bay
• Marine Ecology (Alaska)
• Ocean View