Thing Explainer – Practice explaining things using only the 1000 most commonly used words.  No science-y words allowed!!

Biodiversity

• The encyclopedia of life– endeavors to contain an individual page for every organism described by biology

Phylogeny

• GenBank– The NIH database of all publicly available genetic data. Massive (and somewhat slow as a result). Home of BLAST.
• UniProt– A cultivated database of protein sequence data.
• Next Generation Biology Workbench– An online suite of phylogenetic analysis tools.  Full-featured and research quality.
• Phylogeny.fr– A more “one-click” approach to phylogenetic analysis.  Paste the sequences and click a button.  A tree will come out the other side.

Ecology

• myfootprint.org– to calculate your ecological footprint

Interactive Simulations

University of Utah “Learn Genetics” Interactive

The University of Utah has a great website with tons of cool interactive things you can play around with.

For Cell Biology:

• Cell Size and Scale

For Molecular Genetics:

• Gel Electrophoresis
• PCR
• DNA Microarray

For Physiology:

• Mouse Party– Used during Physiology Unit

John Kyrk’s Interactives

John Kyrk makes some really awesome interactive Flash animations.  We will reference them throughout the year.

For Biochemistry:

• Water
• pH
• Amino Acids and Proteins
• DNA structure

For Evolution:

• History of the Universe

For Cell Biology:

• Cell Anatomy
• Cell Function Overview
• Cell Membrane

For Cell Cycle:

• Mitosis
• Meiosis

For Molecular Genetics:

• Chromosomes
• DNA Structure
• DNA Replication
• Transcription
• Translation
• Viruses

For Metabolism:

• Glycolysis
• Krebs/Citric Acid Cycle
• Electron Transport Chain
• Light Reactions
• Calvin Cycle

PhET Biology Simulations

Various Java applets that you can use to investigate various biological phenomena

AP Bio General Course Specific Webpages

Online Textbook Resources

• Kimball’s Biology Pages– An online textbook used in a community college
• The On-line Biology Book– Another online textbook.
• The MIT OpenCourseware Biology Section– MIT Biology Courses…Free!

Other Teacher’s Websites

• The Biology Space–  Course Website of Ms. Lee Ferguson, arguable the best AP Biology teacher in Texas.
• Bozeman Biology Youtube Channel– By Paul Andersen, the guy who makes the videos that I put at the end of your PDQ’s.
• Explore Biology– The website of the inimitable Ms. Kim Foglia.  Source of many of my materials.
• Mr. Gallant’s Biology Stuff– Mr. Gallant runs a pretty cool little website.

Collegeboard Resources

• The Collegeboard AP Biology Website– Is it possible that the College Board’s AP Biology Website just might help you, AP Biology student?

AP Exam Preparation Sites

• Old AP Biology Essay Questions– Old AP Biology Essay Questions (I have to get your exam questions from somewhere…)
• Bubbabrain AP Review– Seems like some useful review games.  Have to select AP Biology from the list of “junior” or “senior” topics.

Biology Media Sources

Images and Animations

• Wikimedia Commons– All of the media on wikipedia, searchable in one place.
• NASA Image Library– Images from NASA (as cool as it sounds).
• Science Bulletins – from the Museum of Natural History