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Axia College Material Appendix B Supplemental Web sites Week One The Scientific Method (Ch. 1; Assignment) http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/BC/Elegant_Experiments.html Week Two Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes (Ch. 4; DQ 2) http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/pev/main.html Plant and Animal Cells’ Structures and Functions (Ch. 4; CheckPoint) http://www.cytochemistry.net/Cell-biology/ http://bio.rutgers.edu/~gb101/lab1_cell_structure/section8_frames.html Week Three Mitosis and Meiosis (Ch. 5; CheckPoint) http://bio.rutgers.edu/~gb101/lab10_meiosis/meiosis_web/index10.html   http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/cell_cycle/cells3.html Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration (Ch. 10 and pp. 422-436; Assignment) http://people.ku.edu/~jbrown/chloroplast.html http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio104/cellresp.htm Animation of the Electron Transport System (ETS): http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~terry/images/anim/ETS.html Week Four DNA (Ch. 6; DQ 1) Basics: http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/tour/ Dolan DNA gene almanac: http://www.dnalc.org/home.html Genes: http://people.ku.edu/~jbrown/gene.html Build a DNA molecule: http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/builddna/ Chromosomes (Ch. 5; DQ 2) Human chromosomes with links to excellent graphics: http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/VL/GG/human.html Human chromosomes and human genetic disorders: http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/karyotype/ Role of genes in human health: http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/ghr/page/Home Gregor Mendel and Genetics (Ch. 3; CheckPoint) Classical genetics: http://anthro.palomar.edu/mendel/Default.htm Week Five Human Organ Systems (Ch. 12; Assignment) http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html Digestive Tract Multimedia: http://corptrain.phoenix.edu/axia/sci241/sci241-digestivetract.html Week Six Evolution (Ch. 2) Hominid species (DQ 1, CheckPoint): http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/species.html Darwin's finches (DQ 2): http://people.rit.edu/rhrsbi/GalapagosPages/DarwinFinch.html Divergent & convergent evolution in birds (CheckPoint): http://bioweb.cs.earlham.edu/9-12/evolution/HTML/converge.html Examples of animals of convergent evolution (CheckPoint): http://animals.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm'zi=1/XJ&sdn=animals&cdn=education&tm=23&gps=49_38_1416_856&f=00&su=p284.5.420.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//cas.bellarmine.edu/tietjen/Evolution/convergent_evolution_examples.htm Adaptive radiation (CheckPoint): http://higheredbcs.wiley.com/legacy/college/pruitt/0471473219/explorations/ch_02/exploration2_3c.html Evolution overview (All Week 4 assessments): http://evolution.berkeley.edu/ Week Seven Biodiversity (Ch. 9; Assignment) http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt http://research.amnh.org/biodiversity/ The 25 richest and most threatened hotspots on the earth: http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/xp/Hotspots The world atlas of biodiversity: http://stort.unep-wcmc.org/imaps/gb2002/book/viewer.htm Week Eight Biotechnology (Ch. 7; DQ 1) Advances in agricultural biotechnology: http://www.whybiotech.com/ Genetic engineering controversies: http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/campaigns/intro'campaign_id=3942 Genetic engineering: http://www.pmac.net/ge.htm Human genome project:  http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/home.shtml Ecology (Ch. 15 & 16) Biome/Habitat animal printouts (DQ 2): http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/ Population ecology (CheckPoint): http://www.ento.vt.edu/~sharov/PopEcol/lec1/whatis.html World population clock (CheckPoint): http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html World in the balance (CheckPoint): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance/numbers.html Most populous countries (CheckPoint): http://geography.about.com/cs/worldpopulation/a/mostpopulous.htm