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A collection of biology videos in the form of a course (similar to Khan Academy). Might be good for a flipped classroom homework. We could be out of a job...

This is a real time video of mitosis in action - a 58 second clip. Makes for a nice introduction to the topic or a summary at the end.

This is an interactive activity for the Reproduction unit, using a database to map the levels of hormones in females over a month. This would satisfy the database criterion.

Dihybrid crosses: Information about the genetics of dog coat colour in Labradors. A different angle on the usual genetics!

A 10 minute interactive DNA profiling game that provides two scenarios: investigating a will and investigating a crime scene.

Role of secondary messengers in peptide hormone action, using cAMP as an example

ADH, posterior pituitary gland and water balance

Brilliant PCR animation from Learn.Genetics

A decade ago, scientists announced that they had produced the first draft of the human genome, the 3.6 billion letters of our genetic code. It was seen as one of the greatest scientific achievements of our age, a breakthrough that would usher in a new age of medicine. A decade later, Horizon finds out how close we are to developing the life-changing treatments that were hoped for. Horizon follows three people, each with a genetic disease, as they go behind the scenes at some of Britain's leading research labs to find out what the sequencing of the human genome has done for them - and the hope this remarkable project offers all of us.

An animated food web

An excellent and detailed introduction to the immune system, which covers the roles of macrophages, t helper cells and their subsequent activation of cytotoxic t cells and b cells, which become plasma cells and memory cells. It is a virtual essay!

A more detailed interactive carbon cycle

A 10 minute video which explains and shows natural selection of dark fur in desert mice as a result of a change in the environment. It covers random mutations in genes, selection and inheritance. Recommended.

Overfishing Quiz

This is a generic site about Darwin. blah blah blah...

Animation of pollination, fertilisation and seed formation - good for IBH but also a useful link for IGCSE (even though it is not on the syllabus, it links pollination and seeds!)

Excellent animation of resting and action potential in a neurone.

Ted-ED flipped lesson on Nerve impulses. Video, then questions.