Hands on activities/games

Biology theater-role plays

Dissections

LAB LINKS

Vocab Pictionary

Vocab BINGO

Review game ?'s

Biology animations/videos

AP Biology help

White boards

WIKIS

Images/clipart

Find a sound

Class Openers
Kahoots

60 second science

Biology songs

Other useful links

Resources
for
Teachers

Always

Check back for new links!

Frontpage HELP

BLACKBOARD LEARN HELP

Smart Board stuff

Sending documents to email

CPS Clicker directions

Free Online quiz makers

Free Online Xword Puzzle maker

Saving Youtube videos

Lesson Plans & ideas

Websites I like

Internet Games & Activities

Case Studies

Movie worksheets and ?'s

Science Daily

Science News

Science Fair help

Sky Happenings

Stuff for teachers
(from Cheryl Massengale's
Biology Junction)

Free Tools for Teachers
from Sue LeBeau

Awesome Science Teacher Resources by
Nancy Clark

Academic Info resources

Science T-shirts & Stuff

Webquests

Biology websites

Technology help

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USEFUL LINKS

Study Skills	Dictionary.com	Google Calendar
On-Line Diagram/concept map Creators Gliffy: Concept maps Concept map generator	Google Documents, Spreadsheets and Presentations	Son of Citation Machine: Help with formatting MLA or APA citations
Google Documents, Spreadsheets and Presentations	Create-a-Graph: On-line Graph Creator Creating a graph with Excel	Adobe .pdf reader. Allows you to view .pdf files
Cute .pdf: create .pdf files without purchasing adobe acrobat.	Powerpoint viewer Free download	Lori Miller's Technology ideas
Arlys Peterson's Tech help for Teachers	Frontpage HELP Blackboard Learn HELP	Internet4classrooms
4teachers	TechPaths Manual	Eduscapes teachertap tutorials
Today in Science History	WAYBACK MACHINE Ever have a weblink you liked that "disappeared". Now you can find it again!	Graphic organizers
Tagxedo make word clouds in cool shapes	PosteRazor- Make anything into a poster

FREE ONLINE QUIZ/GAME MAKERS SUPER TEACHER TOOLS	Free online quiz maker Make an interactive quiz to save to your webpage See what it looks like Think again Cry Uncle Matchmaker Linear World	Bubbabrain Free for teachers. You can play the games already made or make your own Email them for a login password,
Hot Potato Download a free program to make interactive quizzes you can save to your webpage See what it looks like	Eclipse Crosswords Make an interactive crossword puzzle and save it to your webpage See what it looks like	Flashcard template Right click on the link above, Save as a Target, then fill in your own ?'s and answers (Import it to your webpage and you have an online review game) Jeopardy template Right click on the link above, Save as a Target, then fill in your own ?'s and answers (Import it to your webpage and you have an online review game)
Already made internet review games: Review game zone: Use search feature to find pre-made review games and link to them	QUIA: You can subscribe and make your own games or use the search feature and link to some pre-made games that are available for free	Who wants to be a millionaire template whowantstpl.ppt
BINGO card creator	QUIZLET- make flashcards and online quizzes or use ones others have already made	Parade of games Game templates
GAME O MATIC Make your own interactive quizzes Own Documentation file for directions	Flash card maker Funnelbrain Flashcard machine	Kahoot.it
wisc- Game Builder

Hands on Biology Activities/Games
This is a "work in progress" and will continually be updated as we have time.

We have received so many requests for copies/directions for our activities we are trying to put these online for other teachers to use. We have tried to include everything you need to take and use these with minimal prep.

If you have an activity you would like to share with others, contact us.

BIOLOGY THEATRE/ROLE PLAYS

BHS BIOLOGY THEATER (Directions and activity cards for acting out Photosynthesis, Calvin cycle, Replication, Transcription, and Translation, countercurrent flow)

BIOLOGY THEATRE
by Audra Brown Ward
presented at the 2008 NABT conference in Memphis
(Directions and activity cards for acting out Electron transport chain, Light reactions, RNA processing, Translation, and double fertilization)

Muscle contraction Act it out
By Mark Little

Ecology
How many bears can live in this woods?
(limiting factors)
Good buddies activity
(Symbiotic relationships)

Cell Structure and function
Cell parts flip book
Cell parts flash cards
Cell parts relay race
Build a cell game
How big are cells?
cool visual (use slider)
Cell parts game ?'s
Desktop concept maps
See Cell Parts, Molecules

PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Light experiment
Act out photosynthesis

RESPIRATION
Act out Electron transport

GENETICS
Reebop genetics

TRANSPORT
Transport flashcards
Egg osmosis
Osmosis fish
Starch/glucose lab
Smelly Balloons

DNA, RNA & PROTEINS
Act out Replication, Transcription, translation, RNA processing

EVOLUTION ACTIVITIES

Natural selection

LIZARDS

Quick tips
"Cheap Whiteboards"

MITOSIS
Mitosis table top cards

Yarn mitosis/meiosis

ZOOLOGY GAMES
Build a fish
Color your whatever? (Amphibians)
Zoology game ?'s

DENSITY DEMO

56 Biology demos

Links from Cheryl Massengale's BiologyJunction
More Activities
Templates and Stuff for Teachers

BIOLOGY REVIEW GAMES
Monomer/polymer game
INTERNET review games
BOARD GAMES
Vocab BINGO
Vocab Pictionary

Desktop Concept Maps

SMARTBOARD Stuff

ZOOLOGY REVIEW GAMES
Internet zoology review games
Zoology game ?'s
Vocab BINGO
Vocab Pictionary

BIOLOGY LAB LINKS	LAB SITES	LAB TECHNIQUES
Biology labs	McGraw Hill virtual labs	Triple beam balance interactive
Lab DAD	nmsu virtual labs	Determining mass & using ruler
Gram staining lab	Johnson-virtual labs	Slide show to use with egg lab
RECIPES	SUMANAS	Paper chromatography
	HHMI interactive labs	Using a graduated cylinder
	HHMI Lizard Evolution lab	Using a graduated cylinder
HHMI Lizard Evolution lab	Animal Planet- Darwin Survival game	Using spectrophotometers
Animal Planet- Darwin Survival game	Learning science
	Concord Consortium- NGSS activities/Virtual labs	Using a bulb Pipette
	Biology corner virtual labs	Using displacement pipetters
LAB REPORTS		Misc lab techniques
Lab Write		Online stopwatch
Graph construction by hand
Graph paper
Rules for making graphs
		Virtual microscope Using a microscope How to use a microscope Microscope simulation Rutgers Virtual microscope

McGraw-Hill Biology: Virtual Laboratory Links

Dependent and Independent Variables
Cellular Pursuit
Enzyme-controlled Reactions
Cell Reproduction
Punnett Squares
Sex-linked Traits
Tracking Grizzlies
Knocking Out Genes
Gene Splicing
Natural Selection
Dino Dig
Classifying Arthropods
Classifying Using Biotechnology
Plant Transpiration
Earthworm Dissection
Blood Pressure
Muscle Simulations
Population Biology
Model Ecosystems
Assessing Water Quality
Ecosystems, Organisms, and Trophic Levels
Virtual Pathology
Virtual Frog Dissection
Mealworm Behavior
Communities and Biomes
Energy in a Cell
DNA and Genes
Mammals
The Digestive and Endocrine System
The Doppler Effect
Kinetic Theory
The Periodic Table
Universal Gravitation

Animal cell	Neuromuscular junction
Cell membrane	Muscle cell contraction
Protein synthesis	Identifying eukarotic organelles
Mitosis	cell cycle
Carbs	Metabolic pathways
Lipids	Blood groups
Eukaryotic cell
Proteins

AP CENTRAL
Lab Manual for teachers Supplement
(free download)

Labwrite

Carolina Biological Lab Exams
Labs 1 & 2
Labs 3 & 4
Labs 5 & 6
Labs 7 & 8
Labs 9 & 10
Labs 11 & 12

Scientific method tutorial & Cricket lab
choose not a student/continue link

VIRTUAL LABS

Biology place LabBench

University of California
Open Access AP BIO WEBLABS

Biocourse.com-BIOLABS

University of Utah Learn Genetics
Virtual Gel electrophoresis
Virtual PCR lab
Virtual DNA extraction DNA microarray

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Virtual Labs

McGraw-Hill Virtual labs

Stanford Virtual labs

Bio 114 Virtual lab

UC Davis virtual labs

Lonestar College labs

Rutgers virtual labs

John Darkow Simulations

Dissection Links

Virtual Fetal Pig Dissection

Frog guts.com

MEDtropolis Virtual body

Riedell dissections

ADDITIONAL LAB ACTIVITIES

Ordeal by check

MOLECULES Food lab

Gram staining lab

Fast Plant genetics

Peeps Research

Sarah McCarthy-
Science Corner Teacher Area

Lab 10 Goldfish alternative

M & M's- Gene frequency & survival

Hardy Weinberg according to Hoyle

Kim Foglia's Teacher Center

Mitochondrial observation lab 1
Mitochonridal observation/cell structure lab

TERMITE LAB
Termite trails lab
Joe Culin Termite lab
Wikieducator Termite trails

SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Simpson's Scientific method
Introduction to Scientific Method
Visualizing Scientific Method

Designing an Experiment
How to with Example
Scientific Design
Accuracy and Precision
Error Analysis in Biology

Science Spot
SpongeBob Experiments
SpongeBob Control

GRAPHING
How to Graph
Visualizing Scientific Data
Interpreting Graphs
All About Graphs
Create-a-Graph: On-line Graph Creator

Make a stacked bar graph/Excel 2007 (#11 Pillbugs)

RUBRICS
Lab Rubric from Serena Magrogan

DARWIN DAY (Feb 12) ACTIVITIES

Scientist cutouts
3D models of Darwin, Einstein, Sagan

Evolution videos

Natural Selection activity

Natural selection virtual lab

Scientific Equipment & Making Measurements
Microscope
Triple Beam Balance
Graduated Cylinder
MicroPipettes
Vernier
Gel Electrophoresis

Characteristics of living things

CASE STUDIES
National Center for Case Studies -Buffalo
Emory University

LABS

Lee Ferguson- LAB REPORT FORMAT

AP Bio "Dirty Dozen"

Prelabs

Lab 1. Osmosis and Diffusion
Water potential - potato core lab
Virtual Osmosis lab
Elodea-videos (hyper/hypo)
Red onion plasmolysis
Egg Osmosis activity
Osmosis/Diffusion Inquiry modification from Jennifer Newitt

Lab 2. Enzyme Catalysis
Floating disc alternative lab 2
Virtual Enzyme Lab
McGraw Hill- Enzyme controlled reactions
Toothpickase from Kim Foglia

Lab 3. Mitosis and Meiosis
Sordaria Crossing over
Onion tip Mitosis
Sordaria images
from Cheryl Massengale's Biology Junction

Sordaria images from Lesley Yarnell

Rutgers Virtual Labs
Mitosis
Meiosis

Lab 4. Plant pigments & Photosynthesis
BRAD WILLIAMSON'S Floating leaf disk assay
Video of Sinking disc lab
Floating disc student investigation
Virtual Photosynthesis lab
Robin Groch-Leaf Disc assay

Lab 5. Cell Respiration
BRAD WILLIAMSON's Micropipet respiration

Lab 6. Molecular Biology
Electrophoresis simulation
Loading an Agarose gel
UC Davis virtual labs

DNA electrophoresis virtual lab

Lab 7. Genetics of Organisms

BIO 114 Virtual Fruit fly lab

Science courseware Virtual Fruitfly lab

HHMI-Transgenic Fly lab

Virtual Genetics Lab

Fruit fly genetics at City High School

Vestigial wing data

Interactive Fruitfly
Drosophilab

EXPLORATORIUM
Fruit flies microscope imaging
Mutant Fruit Flies

Virtual Fruit Fly lab

Chi square analysis

Chi square distribution chart

Chi Square

Lab 8. Population Genetics and Evolution
Natural selection virtual lab

Lab 9. Transpiration
MARGARET BAHE’S TRANSPIRATION LAB with whole plants

Texas Association of Biology teachers- whole plant lab
McGraw Hill-Virtual Transpiration lab
Rutgers Virtual labs-Transpiration

Lab 10. Physiology of Circulatory System
Daphnia heart rate video

Lab 11. Animal Behavior
Virtual Pillbug lab
Virtual Pillbug Lab

Lab 12. Dissolved Oxygen &
Aquatic Primary Productivity

Biology Student Lab Manual- Google Books

LAB DATA missed labs

GLENCOE Virtual labs
Punnett square Genetics
Energy transfer in ecosystems
How does light affect plant growth?
Modeling Natural selection
pH and hydrangea color
Protein synthesis

Class Openers

Biology openers

Kahoot

Science spot
Science Starters

Massengale
Class openers

NGSS
ck12         serendip bioactivities      UCBerkeley              ecosystem simulation       carbon cycle simulation         transcribe DNA     translate mRNA     Blood types

serendip succession               environmental simulations           cystic fibrosis Punnett

TECHNOLOGY HELP	Frontpage HELP	Creating a graph with Excel
Internet4classrooms	TechPaths Manual	Arlys Peterson's Tech help for Teachers
4teachers	Eduscapes teachertap tutorials	Lori Miller's Technology ideas
Google Documents, Spreadsheets and Presentations	Create-a-Graph: On-line Graph Creator	Adobe .pdf reader. Allows you to view .pdf files.
Cute .pdf: create .pdf files without purchasing adobe acrobat.	Powerpoint viewer Free download

Saving Youtube videos
There are lots of cool Youtube videos
We can't view them at school with our filter, but you can download them using ZAMZAR and directions above

Directions for saving videos

YOUTube

Zamzar.com

WIKIS

Wikispaces
If you tell them you are a teacher, you can get extra space for free AND they will take off the ads. You can also set who can see your Wiki and who can edit.

PBWIKI
Free wiki, without ads for educators

MOVIE worksheets

Movie sheet Database

Metromagazine study guides

Biology animations/videos Bozeman science videos Khan Academy Kristina Gremski channel	Cell biology animations-John Kyrk	Harvard Multimedia
Interactive animations	University of California OPEN ACCESS AP BIO (Choose play media)	Biocourse.com
Inner life of a cell cool video Inner life-with narration	How big are cells?	Learn Genetics
Sifters guide to everything Science Sifters-Biology	Biology Teachers Association of NJ-animations	Stolof- Biological animations
SUMANAS-animations	Educypedia	Discovery Channel videos
Molecular movies.org	Free science videos & lectures	LabAction-video sharing
Tokoyo Medical University Genetics	Power of 10 from Slide share	TED talks Bonnie Bassler- How Bacteria "Talk"
I Love Science	Hippocampus	NDSU Virtual cell animations
PBS Evolution videos	Sundance Channel-Isabella Rosselini GREEN PORNO	PROTEIN FOLDING ANIMATION
Rediscovering Biology-Animations	Cladograms	IMMUNITY ANIMATION
Eye Anatomy interactive	Human Physiology animations	Indiana University Indianamations
edinformatics.com interactives	Interactive animations	Howard Hughes Medical Institute- Order free videos here HHMI Online videos
TEACHER VIDEOS It's NOT on the test - Tom Chapin video SNL skit- Jerry Seinfeld as a History teacher Did you know? Think about it What teachers make	BIO RAD VIDEOS Scientists for better PCR We are the world- Original GTCA Eppendorf video EpMotion	Mr. Wanamaker's animations Enzyme Activity Mitosis Meiosis DNA Replication Protein Synthesis Chromatography and Gel Electrophoresis
LoneStar College BioI videos Anatomy&Physiology I videos Anatomy&Physiology II videos	Jennifer Forsythe's Bio videos	WIRED SCIENCE Top 10 science music videos Top 10 amazing Biology videos Top 10 amazing animal videos
MIT edu	My BioFlics	Dolan Learning Center Biology animations 3D animations
Biology in Motion	MAKING POWERPOINTS By Jesse Dee You Suck at Powerpoint Steal this presentation	100 best YouTube videos for Science Teachers
TED Talks Salman Kahn

Some are blocked at school, but try it at home	Clipart Heather's animations	Find a picture of anything	Background City
Animation library	Animation Playhouse	Gifs.net	Discovery school clipart
Barry's clipart	kids domain clipart	Free Graphics	Free Graphics
Gifs Now	AAA Clip Art	Classroom clipart	chemistry pics
Chemistry Art Gallery	clipart.com	gifs list	gifs list
shared gifs	Back Alley	animal pictures	animal pictures
Space pictures	Icon Bazaar	Web Clip Art	Web Clip Art
TheLinks	Clip Art	WebPlaces	WebPlaces
Clips, gifs, n bits	Graphicmaps	Jill's backgrounds	Jill's backgrounds
Renny's Niche	iband clipart	Free graphics for teachers	Free graphics for teachers
Polka dots	Buttons & borders for classroom websites	School related graphics	School related graphics
Free Backgrounds	Kids	ARG! animated gifs	Hot potatoes clipart
School icons		Feebleminds free gifs	Web developer.com
More animated gifs	gifmania	Silly Art	Clipart ETC Biology clipart
Great Blue marble	Animation Buddy	Iowa State Extension Webpage Clipart	Mini gifs

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altavista Choose MP3/ audio	Sounds search for files that end in .wav	More sounds
Find sounds	Free sound effects	Animal sounds
Animal sounds #2	Animal sounds #3	Animal sounds #4
Animal sounds library

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SciFair.org	Science Fair Help	Homework Spot-Science Fair help
10 Steps to Science Fair Success	Science Fairs Homepage	Science Club
How to do a Science Project	Science Fair Central	Science buddies
Science Fair Resource Help

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Stargazer (Horkheimer)	Sky Happenings	Terra Server Find your house with satellite images
Native American Astronomy	Make a sky map for any place or date	Astronomy Picture of the Day

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Ed Helper
Lesson Plans, WebQuests, File Downloads, Additional Educational Sites, Worksheet Generators, Word and Critical Thinking Problems, Exams and Puzzles for Standardized Tests, Educational News Updated Daily!

Lesson Plans
& Ideas

SMITHSONIAN for EDUCATORS
Amazing resources

Eduscapes
Web resources for teachers, parents, & students on lots of topics

teachersnet
Find lesson plans/post your own lesson plans

Science Spot
Lessons, links, ideas, more

BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
Lots of links to help teachers

Geocities Science sites

Education.com
resources, lesson plans, help

Weekly lessons based on NASA news reports

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse

Info on just about anything you can think of
Type in your topic and you get a
list of web resources

Kathy Schrock's Guide for educators
Tons of resources, lesson plans, etc

PBS Teacher Source

Exploratorium Museum
Info and links on a variety

Community Learning Network
More than 5,800 annotated links to free resources on educational WWW sites

School Express: online math, spelling, print awards, download software, worksheets, games and other activities

Lesson Plans
Lesson plans and info on a variety of topics

Teacher Vision
Info/lesson plans organized by subject area, worksheets, quiz library

www4teachers
learning checklists, rubric maker, quiz maker, lessons, webquests

Great Stuff for Teachers

Global School-

Teach-nology-Lesson plans, worksheets, rubrics, resources

Lesson Planet helps teachers quickly search teacher-reviewed online lesson plans and worksheets.

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Kimball's Biology

Online Biology book

Biology Project

On line animations

Science Review games

Science Talks:

Discovery Channel

Nobel Prize Archive

Science- AAAS

Explore Science
Cool interactive activities

Surf the Net with Kids

SCIENCE
WEBSITES

Brain pop mini movies

Interactive science activities

Kapili topics

Frank Potter's Science Gems

Access Excellence

Scientific American

Science Daily

Discover Magazine

Science News

Science Now

Why Files

How stuff works

NPR Health & Science

Exploratorium's 10 Cool Web Sites of the Month-

NSTA News Digest

Scientific American Magazine

American Scientist

San Diego State Web quest page	Webquests	Webquests 1
Webquest resources		Webquests 2

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Internet Games and Activities	Who wants to win a $1 million? (Science version)	Cool demos and hands on stuff	Fact Monster Games
PBS Nature Puzzles	EPA for kids	Extreme Science	Quia games & activities
Education Place game	Yuckiest Site	Science Vocabulary Hangman	Fun Brain Games