BIOLOGY RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS
Open Source NGSS Models for teaching Biology Using Storylines
- Illinois Storyline by All Species Consulting – An excellent full-year Biology curriculum
- Inquiry Hub Biology – A 3-Dimensional High School Biology Curriculum aligned to NGSS
- Patterns Biology – And Open source Biology Curriculum that models 3 Dimensional Teaching
- New Visions Science – A 3-Dimensional High School Biology Curriculum aligned to NGSS
- Open Sci Ed – New Units for High School will be published soon.
General Biology Resource Sites
- Biology Corner
- Awesome Science Teacher’s Resources
- Serendip
- Biology Junction
- The Amoeba Sisters
- Paul Anderson’s Video Lessons on Biology
- Ck12.org
- Argument-Driven Inquiry– A 3-Dimensional High School Biology Investigation Curriculum aligned to NGS
- Data Nuggets – Rich data sets and articles that support Claim, Evidence and Reasoning
Structure and Function of Cells
- Virtual Microscope – An updated version
- The Inner Life of a Cell
- Cells Alive
- Centre of the Cell
Interactions of Organisms
- HHMI BioInteractives – Virtual Labs, Click and Learns, and Interactive Lesson Plans
- ANMH Ecology Disruptions – Ecology Case Studies from the American Museum of Natural History
- Crossing Boundaries – Birds Without Borders
Homeostasis – Keeping Things Alive
Reproduction and Genetics
- Learn Genetics – Great visuals and interactives
- Karyotyping – The Biology Project
- Mitosis Lab/Online Onion Root Tips – The Biology Project
- Mitosis Animation and Quiz
- Mitosis and Meiosis: How cells Divide
- Onion and Whitefish cell mitosis
- Meiosis Movie
- Mitosis Movies
- DNA Interactive
- Discovering the Genome: The High School Genomics Project at the University of Pennsylvania
Evolution
- Evolution 101
- Evolution and the Nature of Science Institutes the lesson archive is at https://web.archive.org/web/20180222051113/http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/peopl.fs.html
- The Tree of Life Web Project
- Natural Selection (PHET Simulation)
- HHMI BioInteractives– Lizard Lab, stickleback Lab, Finch activites and more
- The Great Fossil Find
- Teaching Institute for Evolutionary Science
- Connection Biology – https://connectedbio.org/index.html
Virtual Labs and Interactives
- HHMI BioInteractives – Virtual Labs, Click and Learns, and Interactive Lesson Plans
- PHET – great virtual labs
- Nova Labs – Educational Games by NOVA(PBS)
- The Biology Project – (Karyotyping is one of my favorites)
Games
- Geniverse: Dragon genetics and breeding
- Killer Snails – Digital and Card Games
- Bioman – https://biomanbio.com/
Videos and Animations
- Sumanas Inc – animated videos of Biology concepts
- PBS Learning Media – A great collection of videos, media, lessons, and interactives
