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Unit 1: The Diversity of Life
- The Nature of Science and the Characteristics of Life
- Organizing the Diversity of Life
- Major Groups of Living Organisms
- Animations (view all for this chapter)
- Activity 3.1 - The six kingdoms of life
- Activity 3.2 - Basics of the bacterial cell
- Activity 3.3 - The parts of the flower
- Tutorial 3.4 - Fungi digest food externally
- Activity 3.5 - How hyphae help fungi grow
- Activity 3.6 - Tissue layers of the jellyfish
- Activity 3.7 - Properties of multicellular eukaryotes
- Interlude A: Applying What We Learned: Biodiversity and People
Unit 2: Cells: The Basic Unit of Life
- Applying What We Learned: Biodiversity and People
- Animations (view all for this chapter)
- Activity 4.1 - Temperature and molecular movement
- Activity 4.2 - Salt dissolving in water
- Tutorial 4.3 - Acids, bases, and pH
- Activity 4.4 - Building proteins from amino acids
- Activity 4.5 - Phospholipids form membranes
- Tutorial 4.6 - Heat changes protein structure: Frying an egg
- Process Animation 4.1 - Formation of Covalent Bonds
- Cell Structure and Compartments
- Animations (view all for this chapter)
- Activity: 5.1: Proteins embedded in the plasma membrane
- Activity: 5.2: Cell structure in animals
- Activity: 5.3: Cell structure in plants
- Activity: 5.4: Cell structure in bacteria
- Tutorial: 5.5: Vessicle budding and fusing
- Activity: 5.6: Energy transforming organelles: Mitochondria
- Activity: 5.7: Energy transforming organelles: Chloroplasts
- Activity: 5.8: Flagellar movement
- Tutorial: 5.9 Evolution of organelles
- Process Animation 5.1: Vessicle budding and fusing
- Membrane Structure and Transport
- Animations (view all for this chapter)
- Tutorial 6.1 - Active versus passive movement of molecules
- Activity 6.2 - Water gain and loss in plant and animal cells
- Activity 6.3 - Animal cell junctions
- Tutorial 6.4 - Signaling molecules
- Process Animation 6.1 - Active Transport
- Process Animation 6.2a - Exocytosis
- Process Animation 6.2b - Endocytosis
- Process Animation 6.3 - Signaling molecules
- Process Animation 6.4 - A Cell's Response to a Steroid Hormone
- Energy and Enzymes
- Photosynthesis and Respiration
- Animations (view all for this chapter)
- Tutorial 8.1 - Photosynthesis
- Tutorial 8.2 - Catabolism
- Process Animation 8.1a - Photosynthesis: The Flow of Energy
- Process Animation 8.1b - Photosynthesis: Overview of Reactions
- Process Animation 8.1c - Photosynthesis: The Light Reactions
- Process Animation 8.1d - Photosynthesis: Carbon Fixation Reactions
- Process Animation 8.2 - Catabolism
- Cell Division
- Animations (view all for this chapter)
- Tutorial 9.1 - The cell division cycle
- Tutorial 9.2 - Mitosis and cell division
- Tutorial 9.3 - Meiosis
- Activity 9.4 - The stages of meiosis
- Activity 9.5 - Compare mitosis and meiosis
- Process Animation 9.1 - The Cell Division Cycle
- Process Animation 9.2 - Mitosis and Cell Division
- Process Animation 9.3 - Meiosis
- Interlude B: Applying What We Learned: Cancer: Cell Division Out of Control
Unit 3: Genetics
- Patterns of Inheritance
- Animations (view all for this chapter)
- Activity 10.1 - Chromosomes and cells
- Activity 10.2 - Genetics terminology
- Activity 10.3 - Independent assortment
- Activity 10.4 - Linked inheritance versus independent assortment
- Activity 10.5 - Principles of probability
- Process Animation 10.1 - Chromosomes and Cells
- Process Animation 10.2 - The Punnett Square Method
- Chromosomes and Human Genetics
- DNA
- Animations (view all for this chapter)
- Activity 12.1 - Griffith's experiments
- Tutorial 12.2 - The Hershey-Chase experiment
- Activity 12.3 - Building a DNA strand
- Tutorial 12.4 - DNA Replication
- Tutorial 12.5 - DNA Repair
- Process Animation 12.1a - DNA Repair: Mutations from DNA Replication
- Process Animation 12.1b - DNA Repair: Mutations from Sunlight
- Process Animation 12.2 - DNA Repair: The Hershey-Chase experiment
- From Gene to Protein
- Animations (view all for this chapter)
- Activity 13.1 - The flow of genetic information in a eukaryotic cell
- Activity 13.2 - Protein synthesis
- Tutorial 13.3 - Transcription
- Activity 13.4 - Transcription overview
- Tutorial 13.5 - Removal of introns from RNA
- Activity 13.6 - Build a protein from mRNA
- Tutorial 13.7 - Translation
- Tutorial 13.8 - Impact of DNA mutations on protein synthesis
- Process Animation 13.1 - The Flow of Genetic Information in a Eukaryotic Cell
- Process Animation 13.2 - Removal of Introns from RNA
- Process Animation 13.3 - Translation
- Control of Gene Expression
- Animations (view all for this chapter)
- Activity 14.1 - Structural organization of the chromosome
- Activity 14.2 - DNA packing in eukaryotes
- Tutorial 14.3 - The Tryptophan Operon
- Activity 14.4 - Control of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes
- Process Animation 14.1 - Control of gene expression in eukaryotes
- Process Animation 14.2 - The Tryptophan Operon
- Process Animation 14.3 - Structural organization of the chromosome
- DNA Technology
- Animations (view all for this chapter)
- Tutorial 15.1 - Genetic testing: Identifying the sickle-cell allele
- Tutorial 15.2 - Constructing a DNA library
- Activity 15.3 - The polymerase chain reaction
- Tutorial 15.4 - Human cloning
- Activity 15.5 - Genetic engineering
- Activity 15.6 - Gene therapy for ADA deficiency
- Process Animation 15.1 - Constructing a DNA library
- Process Animation 15.2a - Human Cloning: Therapeutic Cloning
- Process Animation 15.2b - Human Cloning: Reproductive Cloning
- Process Animation 15.3 - Genetic Engineering
- Process Animation 15.4 - Genetic testing: Identifying the sickle-cell allele
- Interlude C: Harnessing the Human Genome
Unit 4: Evolution
- How Evolution Works
- Evolution of Populations
- Adaptation and Speciation
- The Evolutionary History of Life
- Interlude D: Humans and Evolution
Unit 5: Animal Form and Function
- Maintaining the Internal Environment
- Nutrition and Digestion
- Gas Exchange
- Blood and Circulation
- Hormones
- Animations (view all for this chapter)
- Activity 24.1 - Hormone action through the circulatory system
- Activity 24.2 - The human endocrine system
- Tutorial 24.3 - Balancing glucose levels in the blood
- Activity 24.4 - Hormone control of the menstrual cycle
- Process Animation 24.1 - Balancing Calcium Levels in the Blood
- Process Animation 24.2 - Balancing Levels of Glucose in the Blood
- Nerves
- Animations (view all for this chapter)
- Tutorial 25.1 - Neurotransmitter release
- Activity 25.2 - How axons transmit signals
- Activity 25.3 - Neurotransmitter function
- Activity 25.4 - Organization of the human nervous system
- Tutorial 25.5 - Reflex arcs
- Activity 25.6 - The cerebral cortex
- Process Animation 25.1 - How axons transmit signals: Unmyelinated neuron
- Process Animation 25.2 - How axons transmit signals: Myelinated neuron
- The Senses
- Muscles and Movement
- Defense Against Disease
- Reproduction and Development
- Animations (view all for this chapter)
- Activity 29.1 - Human reproductive systems
- Tutorial 29.2 - The production of male and female gametes
- Activity 29.3 - Structure of human sperm
- Tutorial 29.4 - The reproductive years
- Activity 29.5 - The placenta
- Tutorial 29.6 - Gastrulation
- Activity 29.7 - Human fetal development
- Activity 29.8 - Morphogens and fly development
- Process Animation 29.1 - Implantation in Mammalian Development
- Process Animation 29.2 - The Production of Male and Female Gametes
- Behavior
- Interlude E: Smoking: Beyond Lung Cancer
- Animations (view all for this chapter)
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Unit 6: Plant Form and Function
- Plant Structure, Nutrition, and Transport
- Plant Growth and Reproduction
- Interlude F: Feeding a Hungry Planet
- Animations (view all for this chapter)
- No activities
Unit 8: Interactions with the Environment
- The Biosphere
- Growth of Populations
- Interactions among Organisms
- Communities of Organisms
- Ecosystems
- Global Change
- Interlude G: Building a Sustainable Society
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