The rock cycle

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0025B-rock-cycle.php

Types of Rocks & Rocks Cycle Video for Kids by makemegenius.com

From DNA to Protein

Molecular Visualizations of DNA - Original High Quality Version

Drew Berry: Animations of unseeable biology

Restriction Enzyme EcoR1

Restriction Enzymes Pt 1

La otra evolución de las especies

 No todo es lucha y egoísmo en la biología: las novedades también surgen por la cooperación
 
http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/04/25/ciencia/1429960569_497785.html



Imagen de un calamar bioluminescente

GENE THERAPY

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/genetherapy/

WEB TASKS: MINERALS AND ROCKS

 Minerals
Task
You want to buy your best friend a birthstone for his/her birthday. Which birthstone do
you choose? What are some of its properties?
Resources:
http://www.burkemuseum.org/geology/birthstones

http://www.galleries.com/birthstones


http://wayback.archive-it.org/3635/20130719112157/http://library.thinkquest.org/5810/birthstones.htm#

http://www.americangemsociety.org/birthstones.htm
 Rocks
Task
For a project, you must find out how many active volcanoes there are on the Earth.
Does “active” mean that a volcano is erupting now? Why do some websites give
different numbers?
Resources:
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/about/faq/index.php
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/monitor/intro.html
http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/frequent_questions/top_101/Interesting/Interesting2.html
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/VolcanicFacts/misc_volcanic_facts.hhl
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-tours/volcanoes/faq/how_many_volcanoes.html
http://www.volcano.si.edu/faq/index.cfm?faq=03

BIOTECHNOLOGY

Virtual labs:

DNA extraction, Gel electrophoresis, PCR
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/labs/

Click and clone
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cloning/clickandclone/  

Is it cloning? Or not?
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cloning/cloningornot/

Why clone?
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cloning/whyclone/

Cloning myths
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cloning/cloningmyths/

GENETICS AND SOCIETY

Genetically modified foods
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/science/gmfoods/

Pharming for Farmaceuticals

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/science/pharming/

Can DNA Demand A Verdict?

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/science/forensics/

Using Genetic Tools to Fight Viral Outbreaks

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/science/viruses/


Conservation genetics

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/science/conservation/

THE CENTRAL DOGMA

 What's a gene?
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/molecules/gene/

RNA's role in the Central Dogma:
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/molecules/centraldogma/

 Transcribe and translate a gene:
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/molecules/transcribe/

How do cells read genes?
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/molecules/dnacodes/

What's a protein?
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/molecules/proteins/

Types of proteins:

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/molecules/proteintypes/

 La palabra enzima procede del griego ἐν, en, y ζύμη, levadura. Sinónimo: fermento. La primera definición de fermento en el diccionario de la real academia de la lengua española es enzima. Otro significado de fermento en el diccionario es causa o motivo de agitación o alteración de los ánimos. Fermento es también influjo que induce a la realización de un proceso o de una actividad.

What is Evolution?

Voyage inside the cell

Inner Life of the Cell (Full Version - Narrated)

Transcription and Translation

From RNA to Protein Synthesis

DNA Replication Process [3D Animation]

The Simpsons - Homer Evolution

Evolution for kids

ScienceCasts: Power of Sea Salt

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT

 Our lifestyle choices make up our environmental footprint. Measuring yours takes less than 5 minutes and could change the way you live…
  

http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/


http://www.tuhuellaecologica.org/

One Planet

Minería en Almería

http://almeriapedia.wikanda.es/wiki/Patrimonio_industrial_minero

 http://tecnoparador.es/metales/hierro.html

Molluscs classification.

http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=Mollusca&menuentry=plaatjessleutel

Cell cycle. Activities.

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/activities/cell_cycle/cell_cycle.html

Take a virtual tour of the Museum | Natural History Museum

Extinction: Not the End of the World? | Natural History Museum

The Evolution of Life on Earth

Plants under pressure | Natural History Museum

Biodiversity and extinction

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/biodiversity/recent-extinctions/index.html

  

PETS

Task 1

Your best friend wants an Iberian lynx as a pet. You must find out if these animals make good pets.
 Where do these animals live?
 What are they like?
 What is their future?

Resources:
http://www.wwf.org.uk/core/wildlife/fs_0000000022.asp
http://www.iberianature.com/material/iberianlynx.htm 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/29.shtml 
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071023163901.htm



Task 2
What about Primates?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/04/130402-justin-bieber-capuchin-monkey-pet-germany-zoonotic-diseases/
http://www.giving-news.com/news/2755/monkeys-primates-as-pets-appeal.html
http://www.care2.com/causes/4-reasons-why-selling-primates-as-pets-should-be-illegal.html

 
PRIMATE CONSERVATION
http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/av/slidesets/slides_c/Conservation01.html