Cell Cycle Lessons

Module 3 – Physiology and Transport

Links to Teaching Resources

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      Countdown= Timer from Echalk. Very useful!

The = Heart

Heart anatomy=

      Heart PowerPoint

      Heart structure from Starr. Simple, but nice, including drag-and-drop quiz. G= ood for KS4 too.

      Heart structure (external= ) from nucleus medical art. Simple click on diagram, but nice.

      Heart anatomy (inter= nal) from Texas Heart Centre. Simple click on diagram, but nice.

      = Interactive Heart from ADAM. Zoom in to different parts.

      H= eartbeat from ADAM

      Heart animation = from Simquest. Nice, but simple 3D picture of heart, showing direction of blood flow.

      Cardi= othoracic Images from Yale University. Beautif= ul images. Some have been downloaded to the powerpoint.

      Heart Anatomy from Santa Barbara City College. Good information with nice pictures.

      Heart from The Virtual Body (choose English > Heart)

      Heart from blobs.org

      Heart stuff from Guidant.com

      Heart Wall animation (local)

      Label the heart from Mader. Lots of different labelling activities.

      Label external heart part 1 , part 2 and part 3 from John Wiley

      Label the heart (internal) from John Wiley

Beating Heart= movies

      Beating heart cell movie from Alberts ECB (local). Nice.

      Beating heart cells from Cells Alive

      Beating= heart external and internal from 3Dscience.com

      Hear= t valves (local). Shows animation and movies of valves opening and closing, but tiny image.

      The Visible Heart from Un= iversity of Minnesota. Amazi= ng movies of real pig and human hearts filled with clear blood. Choose video c= lips then select clips.

      Beating Heart (local) Ultrasound movie of real heart with false colour. Interesting, but not very clear.

Cardiac Cycle=

      Nerve Impulses in the heart (local) or from online from Mader. Very good on nerve conduction through heart. Must show.

      Cardiac cycle inf= ormation from John Ross. Includes a nice animation of conductions from SAN through t= he heart.

      Card= iac cycle from Lifewire. Lovely, detailed animations including graphs if you want. Ca= n be done step-by-step.

      Cardiac cycl= e from Utah (also local version - open with Internet Explorer). Very nice, detailed with graphs.

      Cardiac cycle from Starr. OK, step-by-step cycle. No graphs.

      Cardiac cycle (local) or online from Mader. Quite complex= , but shows opening and closing of valves in detail. No graphs.

      Cardiac Cycle from Animation.com

      Cardiac cycle from Powers (choose cardiac cycle muscular). 3D, but only single cycle, and not as good as others. Another animation shows a single cycle in real time.

      Card= iac cycle from Thinkquest

      SAN (local)

ECG

      EC= G from ADAM, showing different disease patterns.

      ECG from blobs.org

      Elect= rocardiogram primer from HHMI Biointeractive

      Electroc= ardiogram from Nobelprize

Other Stuff

      Open Heart surgery= from ABC Australia

      Heart transpla= nt from Nova

      Heart Attack from Powers (choose myocardial infarction)

      = The Visible Heart from HHMI Biointeractive. Download. Not good.

      Ciculatory Physiology LabBench from The Biology Place

Circ= ulation

Overviews of circulatory system

      Cardiovascular system and = Blood flow from ADAM. Basic introduction.

      Circulation from Starr. Nice simple introduction.

      C= irculatory system from GetBodySmart. Nice, but complicated site. Stuff on all aspe= cts of the circulatory system.

      Circulation showing major blood vessels from Starr. Click on each vessel for information. Not very useful.

      Circulatory system from AS Guru. OK, but quite simple.

      Cardiovascular system from SEER. Just information.

      Label the circulatory system part 1 and part 2 from John Wiley

      Cardiovascular quiz from Murray Jensen

      William Harvey article (local)

Blood vessels=

      Blood Vessel PowerPoint (local)=

      Blood vessel= s from blobs.org

      Label blood vessels from Mader. Too much detail, but nice pictures.

      Label Artery and vein and capillary from John Wiley

      Vein blood flow = from Simquest. Shows valves nicely.

      Blood Vessels from= Santa Barbara City College. Good information with nice pictures.

      Blood ve= ssels from Guidant.com

      Car= diovascular tissue slides from Loyola Virtual Histology

      Measuring blood pressure from Starr

      Sphygm= omamometry from Tim Gilbertson (local). Quite fun.

Blood

      Blood PowerPoint (local)

      Platelet formation movie from Alberts ECB (local). Brilliant.

      Blood fr= om blobs.org

      Blood from Santa Barbara City College. Good information with nice pictures.

      Blood tissue slides from Loyola Virtual Histology

Tissue Fluid = and lymphatic system

      Tissue Fluid (local) or online from Mader (choose FluidExchange). Very detailed about pressure differences. Bit dry.

      Lymphatic system from Starr. Good. Also for module 7.

      Lymphatic system from SEER

      Label a capilary bed and capillary bed showing lymph from John Wiley

      Label the lymphatic system and lymph capillary from John Wiley

      Nutrient exchange from ADAM

Other circula= tory system stuff

      Circulatory systems of different vertebrates from Starr

      Cicul= ation in different vertebrates from HHMI Biointeractive

      Fetal circulation from Indi= ana University. Interes= ting.

Oxyg= en transport

      Haemoglobin from Powers. Zooming in from red blood cell to haemoglobin. Simple, but OK.=

      Haemoglobin molecule structure from Starr, showing 4 chains. Doesn’t do bindi= ng.

      Haemoglobin molecular animation (local) showing cooperative binding and release nicely.=

      Carbon dioxide transport from Starr (big download) Shows bicarbonate formation= by carbonic anhydrase. Nice.

      Oxygen and carbon dioxide transport from Raven. Complicated and confusing.

      Carbon Dioxide transportx

      Haemoglobin simulation from Johnston Exploratorium

Exer= cise

      Exercise P= owepoint (local)

      ATP from blobs.org

      ATP from Alberts ECB, showing structure of the molecule.

      Structures of ATP and ADP from John Wiley

      Energy sources for muscle contraction from Starr. Bit confusing.

      Energy sources during exercise from Mader (choose energy_sources_exercise). Ve= ry good.

      Lactate Cycle from Boyer. (choose Cori cycle). Too detailed, but quite nice sho= wing fates of lacate.

      Exercis= e theory from medicdirectsport.com. Good for background.

      Metab= olism and exercise from CCBC. OK for background

Control of Heart Rate

      Control of heart rate (local) or online from Mader. About baroreceptors and maintaining blood pressure, rather = than exercise, but very good.

      Chemoreceptors (local)

Plant Transport

Structure

      Plant PowerPoint (local) not ready!

      Dicot and monocot stem structures from Starr. Nice and simple, with informati= on about both types.

      Vascular systems in Plants from Mader (and from Cunningham) showing functions of xylem and phloem briefly. Bit simple.

      Root structure from Starr. Good.

      Structure of xylem and phloem from Starr. Very nice, must use.

      Plant cell walls from Starr, showing different layers in detail. Not needed.<= /p>
      Secondary growth from Starr about secondary growth. Nice, but not really needed.

      Seco= ndary plant growth from Lifewire

      Secondary Growth on Woody Plants from Cunningham.

      Label Plants from Mader. Lots of different labelling exercises.

Water transpo= rt

      Stomata and gas exchange from Cunningham. Nice 3D diagram of leaf stomata openi= ng and closing. Refers to photorespiration, but otherwise could be used for GC= SE.

      Water and mineral transport through roots from Starr. Very nice showing importance of casparian strip.

      W= ater transport in Xylem (local, also online from Starr) focussing on cohesion-tension of water molecules. Nice.

      What factors affect the rate of Transpiration? Virtual lab from Mader

      Interactiv= e Transpiration experiments from Weblab

      Transpiration Lab from The Biology P= lace

Sugar transpo= rt

      Pres= sure flow in Phloem from Lifewire. Two animations: Pressure flow in plants, showing “circulation” trough xylem and phloem; and Pressure flow experiment, with two partially permeable membranes. Both excellent, with qu= iz at end.

      Phloem translocation (local, also online from Starr). OK, but simple.

      Sugar transport in plants from Pearson Canada. OK, but not as good as Lifewire.

      S= ucrose Transport by Terry Brown. Crude step-by-step animation, but well explai= ned.

      Cytoplasmic streaming 1, 2, 3 (local)

Minerals=

      Mine= ral deficiencies from Lifewire

Other plant s= tuff

      Plant germination from Starr

      P= lants in Motion by Roger Hangarter. Wonderful site with movies of different plant movements like tropisms, germination, growth, circadian responses and flowering. Unfortunately not relevant.

      Botany Basic= s from the Master gardener Series at <= /span>Oregon State University. Very go= od for extension work.

Written by Neil C Millar, Heckmondwike Gramma= r School. nmillar@heckgrammar= .kirlklees.sch.uk. Last updated May 2007.