Interactive Biology Tutorials and Quizzes

 

 

 

Biology Tutorials

These 106 in-depth tutorials are designed to illustrate and explain some of the many complex topics in biology. Each tutorial has four elements: an introduction that describes the topic to be illustrated and puts it into a broader context, a detailed animation that clearly illustrates the topic (there are a few tutorials that include simulations or other types of content, rather than animations), a conclusion that summarizes what you should have learned from the animation, and a quiz on the topic covered. The clear presentation of complex topics make these tutorials a powerful learning tool, be sure to work through them in their entirety for the best benefit. New to the Seventh Edition are 20 Key Experiment tutorials that expand upon some of the most important experiments depicted in the book, as well as 10 additional new tutorials. All the animated activities include textbook references, making it easy for you to look up a topic in the text for further explanation.

Life The Science of Biology

Biology Quizzes from zeroBio

Okay, this and the Games page is what this website is all about. The easiest kind of quiz to put on the internet is the straightforward multiple-choice type and I know those can get kind of boring. With that in mind, I've tried to make quizzes that are more interesting to do and have some decent graphics.

Organize-It Biology Quiz

Interactive and Animated Tutorials & Learning Activities

  • Cell Division
    Author: Barbara Liang - Fox Valley Technical College
    Technician: Josh  Janikowski   Date: 2/1/2005
    Description: In this animated activity, learners examine the two major phases of cell division: mitosis and cytokinesis.
  • Chytridiomycetes
    Author: Barbara Liang - Fox Valley Technical College
    Technician: Josh  Janikowski   Date: 2/22/2005
    Description: Chytrids, as members of this group are known, are found everywhere. In this animated learning object, students examine the role of chytrids and their impact on the environment.
  • Flowers
    Author: Barbara Liang - Fox Valley Technical College
    Technician: Gayla Ross   Date: 6/30/2005
    Description: In this well-illustrated object, learners examine basic floral anatomy. The flower is the reproductive organ of the angiosperm.
  • Fruit: Triumph of the Angiosperms
    Author: Barbara Liang - Fox Valley Technical College
    Technician: Gayla Ross   Date: 4/12/2005
    Description: Learners read how fruits are classified according to their texture and according to how they developed from their floral anatomy.
  • How to Use a Microscope
    Author: Barbara Liang - Fox Valley Technical College
    Technician: Josh  Janikowski   Date: 1/18/2005
    Description: Learners examine the function of each part of a microscope and follow step-by-step instructions on how to focus on a specimen. They also review the proper use and care of a microscope and test their knowledge in two drag-and-drop exercises.

Animated Tutorials: General Biology

 

TITLE: Meiosis
FORMAT: Flash 9
SOURCE: Sadava, et al., Life: The Science of Biology, Eighth Edition, Sinauer Associates (More info...)
TITLE: Mitosis
FORMAT: Flash 9
SOURCE: Sadava, et al., Life: The Science of Biology, Eighth Edition, Sinauer Associates (More info...)
TITLE: The Evolution of Cellular Organelles
FORMAT: Macromedia Flash
SOURCE: Cain, et al., Discover Biology, Second Edition, Sinauer Associates and W. W. Norton & Co. (More info...)
TITLE: The Mammalian Kidney
FORMAT: Flash 8
SOURCE: Sadava, et al., Life: The Science of Biology, Eighth Edition, Sinauer Associates (More info...)
TITLE: Reflex Arcs
FORMAT: Macromedia Flash
SOURCE: Cain, et al., Discover Biology, Second Edition, Sinauer Associates and W. W. Norton & Co. (More info...)
TITLE: Human Embryonic Stem Cells
See also Science in Focus
FORMAT: Macromedia Flash
SOURCE: NIH/NINDS (More info...)
TITLE: The Ovarian and Uterine Cycles
FORMAT: Flash MX
SOURCE: Purves, et al., Life: The Science of Biology, Seventh Edition, Sinauer Associates (More info...)
TITLE: Heat Changes Protein Structure: Frying an Egg
FORMAT: Macromedia Flash
SOURCE: Cain, et al., Discover Biology, Second Edition, Sinauer Associates and W. W. Norton & Co. (More info...)
TITLE: The lac Operon
FORMAT: Flash MX
SOURCE: Purves, et al., Life: The Science of Biology, Eighth Edition, Sinauer Associates (More info...)
TITLE: Independent Assortment of Alleles
FORMAT: Flash MX
SOURCE: Purves, et al., Life: The Science of Biology, Seventh Edition, Sinauer Associates (More info...)
TITLE: Construction of a DNA Library
FORMAT: Macromedia Flash
SOURCE: Cain, et al., Discover Biology, Second Edition, Sinauer Associates and W. W. Norton & Co. (More info...)
TITLE: Life Cycle of a Moss
FORMAT: Flash 8
SOURCE: Sadava, et al., Life: The Science of Biology, Eighth Edition, Sinauer Associates (More info...)
TITLE: Life Cycle of an Angiosperm
FORMAT: Flash 8
SOURCE: Sadava, et al., Life: The Science of Biology, Eighth Edition, Sinauer Associates (More info...)
TITLE: The Meselson-Stahl Experiment
FORMAT: Flash 9
SOURCE: Sadava, et al., Life: The Science of Biology, Eighth Edition, Sinauer Associates (More info...)
TITLE: Harvesting light
FORMAT: Flash MX
SOURCE: Alberts, et al., Essential Cell Biology, Second Edition, Garland Science (More info...)
TITLE: In Vitro Fertilization
FORMAT: Macromedia Flash MX
SOURCE: Cain, et al., Discover Biology, Second Edition, Sinauer Associates and W. W. Norton & Co. (More info...)
TITLE: Life Cycle of HIV, a Retrovirus
FORMAT: Flash MX
SOURCE: Cain, et al., Discover Biology, Second Edition, Sinauer Associates and W. W. Norton & Co. (More info...)
TITLE: Gel Electrophoresis
FORMAT: Flash 9
SOURCE: Sadava, et al., Life: The Science of Biology, Eighth Edition, Sinauer Associates (More info...)
TITLE: DNA Chip Technology
FORMAT: Flash 9
SOURCE: Sadava, et al., Life: The Science of Biology, Eighth Edition, Sinauer Associates (More info...)
TITLE: Independent Assortment and Gamete Diversity
FORMAT: Macromedia Flash MX
SOURCE: Cain, et al., Discover Biology, Second Edition, Sinauer Associates and W. W. Norton & Co. (More info...)
TITLE: Pregnancy Test
FORMAT: Flash MX
SOURCE: Purves, et al., Life: The Science of Biology, Seventh Edition, Sinauer Associates (More info...)
TITLE: Simple Stimuli Trigger Fixed Behaviors
FORMAT: Macromedia Flash
SOURCE: Cain, et al., Discover Biology, Second Edition, Sinauer Associates and W. W. Norton & Co. (More info...)
TITLE: A Pulse-Chase Experiment
FORMAT: Flash MX
SOURCE: Freeman, S. Biological Science, Second Edition, Prentice Hall (More info...)
TITLE: Vesicle Budding and Fusing
FORMAT: Macromedia Flash MX
SOURCE: Cain, et al., Discover Biology, Second Edition, Sinauer Associates and W. W. Norton & Co. (More info...)
TITLE: Time-Compensated Solar Compass
FORMAT: Flash MX
SOURCE: Purves, et al., Life: The Science of Biology, Seventh Edition, Sinauer Associates (More info...)
TITLE: Electron Transport: Aerobic and Anaerobic Conditions
FORMAT: Flash MX
SOURCE: Madigan & Martinko. Brock Biology of Microorganisms, Eleventh Edition, Prentice Hall (More info...)
TITLE: Polyribosomes
FORMAT: Flash MX
SOURCE: Alberts, et al., Essential Cell Biology, Second Edition, Garland Science (More info...)
TITLE: Blood Flow through the Human Heart
FORMAT: Flash 8
SOURCE: Alters & Alters, Biology: Understanding Life, John Wiley & Sons (More info...)
TITLE: The Synapse
FORMAT: Flash 9
SOURCE: Alberts, et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell, Fifth Edition, Garland Science (More info...)
TITLE: Carrier Proteins
FORMAT: Flash 9
SOURCE: Alberts, et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell, Fifth Edition, Garland Science (More info...)
TITLE: Action Potentials
FORMAT: Flash 9
SOURCE: Alberts, et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell, Fifth Edition, Garland Science (More info...)