Mar

19

More and more cool biology sites

Filed Under Biology 

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?

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

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