Interactive biology

An amazing website full of videos explaining many of the issues a student needs to understand in anatomy and physiology.

I am copying this from their "about" page:

Ok, so here’s the real deal. We all know that there are MANY people out there who don’t like biology. Ok, ok, there are even many out there who HATE it with a Passion. I know . . . it’s hard to believe – such a fascinating topic with so much valuable information and people actually don’t like it. Can you fancy that?

Here’s the thing – I have a theory. My theory is that most people who don’t like it, don’t like it because of the way it was taught to them – A bunch of $100 words by a very intelligent teacher. Now, I’m not trying to bash on teachers because they (we) are important. However, sometimes, it is necessary to break down concepts into little bite-sized chunks.

That is what Interactive Biology is all about – Breaking down the concepts in biology so that if a Freshman in High School wants to understand Graduate-level Neurobiology, with enough discipline, she could do so.

Technology is AWESOME, and I enjoy using it to enhance my classes. The internet continues to amaze me. It’s such a useful tool that can help anyone who wants to learn about any subject. Well, if biology is the subject you want to learn about, this is the site for you.

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Action potential... in a different way

A different way to see how action potential works..!

Created by Dana Kotler and Joy Gibson, two dancers/medical students at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, this film attempts to reconstruct, in painstaking detail, an action potential from dendrite to synaptic bouton. 30 medical student performers portray dendrites, post-synaptic potentials, ion channels, neurotransmitter, and of course, myelin. Original music, "The Dendrite of Spring," was composed by Mark Goldin.

Answers to all your biology questions

Another beautiful source for stuff on biology here.

It literally offers is answers to all our biology questions.

Cellular respiration for dummies (like me)..!

We all hate these diagrams, chemical equations, symbols and everything, but at some point is our studies had to learn everything about cellular respiration.

So, I created a nice fancy step-by-step presentation that helped me a lot during my studies.

And here it is.

I hope it will help you too.

Science for dummies..?

Are you a science dummy? Do you think you are science dummy or just your teacher says so? Do not worry - there is a solution for everything..!

KHAN Academy believes in a free world-class education for anyone anywhere. All of the site's resources are available to anyone. It doesn't matter if you are a student, teacher, home-schooler, principal, adult returning to the classroom after 20 years, or a friendly alien just trying to get a leg up in earthly biology. The Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge.

Thanks to Sal and his team of course..!

Have a look here to the biology classes which you are gonna need as a student.