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Background and General Information
Cells and tissues
The Virtual Cell Web Page - an interactive multimedia learning environment - accompanied by a virtual textbook which is incomplete but useful
Cell Biology Laboratory Manual - from Biology Department at Gustavus Adolphus College - has laboratory protocols
Studying Cells Tutorial - from University of Arizona
Historical development of the cell theory
Robert Hooke - from The Museum of Palentology, University of California, Berkeley
The Cell - includes Gallery of Cells and on-line lessons
Structure of cells and organelles
Inside the Cell - from National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Introducing Cells - from Utah State Office of Education
Cell Structures and Processes - assignment questions from a Grade 11 Biology Review Page
CELLS alive! - from Quill Graphics, includes models of plants and animal cells, interactive graphic of mitosis and cell gallery
Cell Biology Problem Sets and Tutorials - local mirror site of The Biology Project, University of Arizona
Virtual Cell - an interactive plant cell
Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes, & Viruses Tutorial - Introduction - local mirror site of The Biology Project, University of Arizona
Membrane structure, osmosis and diffusion
Osmosis - exercise from laboratory protocol from Gustavus Adolphus College
Tissues
Histology - practical work from Loyola University Medical Education Network
Animal Cells and Tissues - good diagrams and photographs from the Online Biology Book
Photosynthesis
Photosynthetic Pigments - from University California Museum of Paleontology
Photosynthesis: Pathway of Carbon Fixation - from John Kimball's Biology Pages
Photosynthesis: The Role of Light - from John Kimball's Biology Pages
The Flow of Energy: Primary Production - from Global Change, University of Michigan
An Introduction to Photosynthesis and Its Applications - from Arizona State University
Photosynthesis - online quizzes - Problem Set 1 and Problem Set 2 from The Biology Project, University of Arizona
Gas exchange systems
Gas Exchange in Plants - from the Biology Pages of John Kimball
Vertebrate Gas Exchange System - from North Park College
Respiration in the Frog - from Thames Valley District School Board
Vertebrate Lungs - from The Biology Pages by John Kimball
Insect Physiology: Respiratory System - from NC State university
Tracheal Breathing - from the Biology Pages of John Kimball
Digestive systems
InfoSheet on the Honey Possum, a nectar feeding mammal, (developed.by UniServe Science, pdf 144.3kB)
Bats in Australia: Common Blossom Bat - from Australian Museum Online
Digestive System - (brief notes but includes comparison between carnivores, herbivores and omnivores) from Southern Illinois University
The Digestive System of the Goat - from Cornell University
Ruminant Digestive System - from Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Digestive Systems in Different Animals - basic information site
Vertebrate Digestive System - from North Park College
Human digestive system - printable outline, with quiz and activity
Comparison Between the Digestive Tracts of a Carnivore, a Herbivore and Man - from Second Opinions
The Human Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract - from the Biology Pages of John Kimball
Circulatory and transport systems
Vertebrate Transport System - list of questions from North Park College (with detailed answers)
Vertebrate Excretory System - list of questions from North Park College(with detailed answers)
Martin Kamen, Who Discovered Carbon-14 Here, Wins Fermi Award - from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California
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Growth, repair and reproduction
Mitosis and Meiosis
The Cell Cycle & Mitosis Tutorial - The Biology Project, The University of Arizona
Online Onion Root Tips: Determining time spent in different phases of the cell cycle - from The Biology Project, The University of Arizona
Mitosis - from University of Cincinatti, inlcudes animation of both mitosis and meiosis
Cell Division Tutorial Questions - from Cornell Univeristy USA
Human nutrition
This section was removed from the syllabus in the October 2002 revision
Human Nutrition - from the Biology Pages of John Kimball
What are vitamins and how do they work? What is the difference between vitamin A and vitamin C, for example? If I don't get enough vitamins, what happens? - from How Stuff Works
How Vitamin C works - from How Stuff Works
How B Vitamins works - from How Stuff Works
Reference Guide for VITAMINS - from Austin Nutritional Research
Nutrition History - includes nutritional diseases such as beri-beri, pellagra, rickets and scurvey, from Vanderbilt Medical Center
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