| Biological topic | Description | Source |
Natural History | | |
| Ecology project | A good introduction to pond life | |
| Natural History Museum | Information from London's leading museum | www.nhm.ac.uk |
| Save the planet | Greenpeace's official website | www.greenpeace.org/homepage/ |
Year 9 Ecology | Very useful site for information about freshwater invertebrates | |
Genetics and DNA | | |
| DNA, RNA and genetics | A fantastic site from the Cold Spring Harbor Lab. | www.dnai.org/a/ |
| Genetic disorders | Your genes, your health (Sickle cell, haemophilia, and more) | www.yourgenesyourhealth.org/ |
Biology Project Human Genome | Arizona State University Official site for HGP | |
| Genetic counselling | An interactive role-playing activity for sickle-cell anaemia | |
| Mendel and DNA | Excellent site | |
Animations | | |
| Biological animations | Many A-Level topics Excellent Virtual Cell site Also Maxanimations! | |
| Student science zone | Animations and power point presentations | www.sciencezone.org.uk/work.htm |
| More animations | Excellent site. e.g. ATP synthetase Also SUMANASINC site | http://www.sumanasinc.com |
| Biology in motion | Some excellent visuals e.g. mitosis and meiosis | |
Revision | | |
| Revision site | S-cool | www.s-cool.co.uk/default.asp |
| Biology help! | The BBC's website helplines | |
| Biology revision | Very useful revision sites | |
| Genetics revision | Interactive site that may help you learn the genetics terminology | http://genbiol.cbs.umn.edu/ |
| Mark Rothery | Excellent revision source Primarily for AQA exams | |
| Multiple choice tests | A good source of revision questions from Hong Kong | http://www.fed.cuhk.edu.hk |
| BBC | Play the organ game | http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/ |
| Biology mad? | Very useful for AS and A2 students | www.biologymad.com |
| General Biology | Useful for AS/A2 learning resources | www.accessexcellence.org |
| Other good sites | | |
School science | Excellent microbiology Good immune system info | www.schoolscience.co.uk |
| Biology4all | A good library of sites with student ratings | www.biology4all.com/resources_library/ |
| Gene Pool: Evolution sim. | You have to download this, but worth a look! | www.ventrella.com/GenePool/gene_pool.html |
| Keep up to date with biological news | The New Scientist | www.newscientist.com |
Newsbank: access to many recent news items | Student access: Name: nottingham Passwd: nottingham | http://infoweb.newsbank.com |
| Excellent site on the immune system | Immunology, HIV, antibodies and more | www.immunecentral.com |
| How stuff works | Amazingly, it explains how stuff works | www.howstuffworks.com |
| Spolem | Excellent resources! | www.spolem.co.uk |
| Kimballs | Fantastic site (US) for biological links | http://users.rcn.com/jkimball |
| Exam Boards | | |
| A Level Exam Board | OCR specifications and papers | www.ocr.org.uk Biology section |
GCSE Exam Board AQA New GCSE | Edexcel specifications and papers AQA GCSE present Yr10 | |
| Miscellaneous | | |
| Eden Project | Take a virtual tour through the Eden biodomes | www.edenproject.com |
| Science Museum | Click online resource for a tour of the museum | www.sciencemuseum.org.uk |
| Bored? | Try solving a biological jigsaw! | http://maddogsonline.co.uk/jigsaws/ |
| W.H.O. | The World Health Organisation's site | www.who.int/en/ |
| Nature | Top science journal | http://www.nature.com/index.html |
| Cardiac cycle | Utah States heart cycle animation | http://www-medlib.med.utah |
| Games to play! | Games with a real biological basis from the Nobel Prize site | http://nobelprize.org/medicine/educational/ |
| kscience | Excellent animations, flow diagrams and tests | http://www.kscience.co.uk |
| A Level tutorials | Advanced animations: cells, metabolism, and genetics | http://www.cat.cc.md.us/%7Egkaiser/biotutorials/index.html |
