Life seems continually busy, so I’m always amazed that I can discover more and more elaborate educational sites. I’m not amazed that I can find them, just that someone out there seems to have an awful lot of spare time to make them. How do they manage?
- The Virtual Cell is a simple tour of a cell with some neat little flash effects. I’ve seen students as young as Grade 7 learn the parts of a cell, so this could be a great study aid for these younger students.
- YouTube has a fairly dry video on leukocytes. These and other parts of the cell are featured. It’s the kind of video I used to see in my high school bio classes, but now it’s free and students can use it to study any time they feel like.
- ScienceFriday.com has an intriguing collection of videos. I haven’t had a chance to look at them, but any site with a video called “Growing a Heart” has got to be interesting.
- Last but not least, this video shows a bacterium being pursued to the death. It may not quite be a chase scence from a Bond film, but it’s still mighty cool to watch.