Honors Biology Videos
Chapter 1: Exploring Life
- Animation - Introduction to Experimental Design
- Video - Sea Horse Camouflage
- Bozeman - Essential Characteristics of Life are Conserved
- Bozeman - Elements of a Feedback Loop
- Bozeman - Positive and Negative Feedback Loops
- Bozeman - Three Domains of Life
Chapter 2: The Chemical Basis of Life
- Animation - Atomic Number and Atomic Mass
- Animation - Electron Distribution Diagrams
- Animation - Formation of Ions and Ionic Bonds
- Animation - Introduction to Chemical Bonds
- Animation - Nonpolar and Polar Molecules
- Animation - Polarity of Water
- Animation - Cohesion of Water
- Animation - Acids, Bases, and pH
- Bozeman - Water - A Polar Molecule
Chapter 3: The Molecules of Cells
- Animation - Diversity of Carbon-Based Molecules
- Animation - Making and Breaking Polymers
- Animation - Space-Filling Model of a Phospholipid
- Animation - Protein Functions
- Animation - Protein Structure
- Figure Walkthrough - The Structure of a Phospholipid
- Bozeman - Biological Molecules
Chapter 4: A Tour of the Cell
- Animation - Prokaryotic Cell Structure and Function
- Animation - Cilia and Flagella
- Figure Walkthrough - Geometric Relationships Between Surface Area and Volume
- BioFlix - Tour of a Plant Cell
- BioFlix - Tour of an Animal Cell
- Bozeman - A Tour of the Cell
- Bozeman - Cellular Organelles
- Bozeman - Compartmentalization
- Bozeman - Why Are Cells Small?
Chapter 5a: The Working Cell
- Animation - Functions of the Plasma Membrane
- Animation - Structure of the Plasma Membrane
- Animation - Selective Permeability of Membranes
- Animation - Aquaporin in a Phospholipid Bilayer
- Animation - Single Aquaporin
- Animation - Facilitated Diffusion
- Animation - Osmosis and Water Balance in Cells
- Animation - Active Transport
- Animation - Exocytosis and Endocytosis
- Animation - Enzymes: Competitive Inhibition
- Animation - Enzymes: Noncompetitive Inhibition
- Animation - Enzymes: Steps in a Reaction
- Animation - How Enzymes Work
- Figure Walkthrough - Osmosis
- BioFlix - Membrane Transport
- Bozeman - Transport Across Cell Membranes
Chapters 5b - 7: Cellular Energetics
- Animation - Energy Transformations
- Animation - Exergonic and Endergonic Reactions
- Animation - Metabolism Overview
- Animation - Space-Filling Model of ATP
- Animation - Stick Model of ATP
- Animation - The Structure of ATP
- Animation - Energy Flow and Chemical Recycling
- Animation - Light Energy and Pigments
- Animation - Space-Filling Model of Chlorophyll
- Animation - Overview of Cellular Respiration
- Animation - ATP Yield from Cellular Respiration
- BioFlix - Cellular Respiration
- Bozeman - Life Requires Free Energy
- Bozeman - ATP: Adenosine Triphosphate
- Bozeman - Photosynthesis and Respiration
- Bozeman - Cellular Respiration
- Bozeman - The Importance of Oxygen
- Bozeman - Anaerobic Respiration
Chapters 13 & 14: How Populations Evolve; The Origin of Species
- Animation - Causes of Evolutionary Change
- Video - Sea Horse Camouflage
- Video - Prezygotic Barriers to Mating in Galápagos Finches by Peter and Rosemary Grant
- Figure Walkthrough - Tree Thinking: Information Provided in an Evolutionary Tree
- HHMI BioInteractive - The Origin of Species: The Making of a Theory
- BioFlix - Natural Selection, Genetic Drift, and Gene Flow
- BioFlix - Allele Frequencies
- Bozeman - Examples of Natural Selection
- Bozeman - Scientific Evidence for Evolution
- Bozeman - Evidence for Evolution II
- Bozeman - Evolution Continues
- Bozeman - Hardy-Weinberg Equation
- Bozeman - Solving Hardy-Weinberg Problems
Chapter 15: Phylogeny and the Tree of Life; Tracing Evolutionary History
- Animation - Classification Schemes
- Animation - Overview of Macroevolution
- Animation - The Geologic Record
- Animation - Structure and Reproduction of Bacteria
- Animation - Phage Lysogenic and Lytic Cycles
- Animation - Phage Lytic Cycle
- Animation - Retrovirus (HIV) Replicative Cycle
- Animation - Simplified Viral Replicative Cycle
- Figure Walkthrough - Using Derived Characters to Infer Phylogeny
- HHMI BioInteractive - Plate Tectonics
- HHMI BioInteractive - Animated Life: Pangea, Wegener, and Continental Drift
- HHMI BioInteractive - Biology of SARS-CoV-2
- Bozeman - The Origin of Life - Scientific Evidence
Chapter 8: Chromosomes
- Animation - Cell Division in Bacteria
- Animation - Control of the Cell Cycle
- Animation - Asexual Reproduction
- Animation - The Human Life Cycle
- Animation - Overview of Meiosis
- Animation - Genetic Variation from Crossing Over
- Animation - Genetic Variation from Independent Assortment of Chromosomes
- Animation - Genetic Variation from Random Fertilization
- Video - Animal Mitosis (Time-Lapse)
- Figure Walkthrough - Two Important Checkpoints
- Figure Walkthrough - A Comparison of Mitosis and Meiosis
- BioFlix - Chromosome Duplication
- HHMI BioInteractive - How Tumors Grow
- Bozeman - Cell Cycle, Mitosis, and Meiosis
- Bozeman - Mechanisms That Increase Genetic Variation
- Bozeman - What are Chromosomes?
- Bozeman - Diploid vs Haploid
- Bozeman - Cell Cycle, Mitosis, and Meiosis
- Bozeman - Mechanisms that Increase Genetic Variation
Chapter 9: Patterns of Inheritance
- Genetics Problem Set Video - Part 1 - Simple Punnett Squares
- Genetics Problem Set Video - Part 2 - Codominance and Incomplete Dominance
- Genetics Problem Set Video - Part 3 - Blood Types
- Genetics Problem Set Video - Part 4 - Dihybrid Punnett Squares
- Genetics Problem Set Video - Part 5 - Sex-Linked Punnett Squares
- Genetics Problem Set Video - Part 6 - Family Pedigrees
- Animation - Independent Assortment
- Animation - Mendel's Cross of One Character: Flower Color
- Animation - Cross of One Character in "MendAliens"
- Animation - Simplified Crosses of One Character in Humans
- Animation - Mendel's Cross of Two Characters: Seed Shape and Seed Color
- Animation - Crosses of Two Characters in "MendAliens"
- Animation - A Simplified Cross of Two Characters in Humans
- Animation - Testcross in "MendAliens"
- Animation - Incomplete Dominance in "MendAliens"
- Animation - X-Linked Genes in "MendAliens"
- Animation - Alterations of Chromosome Structure
- Animation - The Chromosomal Basis of Independent Assortment
- Figure Walkthrough - Alleles, Alternative Versions of a Gene
- Figure Walkthrough - The chromosomal Basis of Mendel's Laws
- Bozeman - Mendelian Genetics
- Bozeman - Chromosomal Inheritance
- Bozeman - Beginner's Guide to Punnett Squares
- Bozeman - Chromosomal Genetics
- Bozeman - Probability in Genetics
Chapter 10: Molecular Biology of the Gene
- Animation - Nucleic Acid Structure
- Animation - DNA and RNA Structure
- Animation - DNA Double Helix
- Animation - The Hershey-Chase Experiment
- Animation - DNA Replication: A Closer Look
- Animation - DNA Replication: An Overview
- Animation - Overview of Protein Synthesis in Eukaryotes
- Animation - The Genetic Code
- Animation - Elongation of the RNA Strand
- Animation - Overview of Transcription
- Animation - Elongation Cycle of Translation
- Animation - Initiation of Translation
- Animation - Overview of Translation
- Animation - Termination of Translation
- Animation - Creating Recombinant DNA
- Animation - Gel Electrophoresis of DNA
- Animation - Restriction Enzymes
- Animation - Genetic Profiles
- Figure Walkthrough - Types of Small-Scale Mutations That Affect mRNA Sequence
- Bozeman - DNA and RNA - Part 1
- Bozeman - DNA and RNA - Part 2
- Bozeman - Meselson-Stahl Experiment
- Bozeman - Transcription & Translation
- Bozeman - Genotypes and Phenotypes
- Bozeman - DNA Fingerprinting
Chapters 34 - 38: The Biosphere & Ecosystems; Populations & Communities; Conservation Biology
- Animation - Terrestrial Biomes
- Animation - Energy Flow and Chemical Cycling
- Animation - The Nitrogen Cycle
- Animation - Techniques for Estimating Population Density and Size
- Animation - The Global Carbon Cycle and the Greenhouse Effect
- Animation - Water Pollution from Nitrates
- Figure Walkthrough - Seasonal Variation in Sunlight Intensity
- Figure Walkthrough - An Antarctic Marine Food Web
- Figure Walkthrough - An Overview of Energy and Nutrient Dynamics in an Ecosystem
- Figure Walkthrough - The Greenhouse Effect
- BioFlix - Population Ecology
- Bozeman - Environmental Matter Exchange
- Bozeman - Ecological Succession
- Bozeman - Biogeochemical Cycling
- Bozeman - Biotic and Abiotic Factors
- Bozeman - Exponential Growth
- Bozeman - The Greenhouse Effect
Chapter 35: Behavioral Adaptations to the Environment
- Animation - Digger Wasps and Landmarks
- Video - Albatross Courtship Ritual
- Video - Blue-footed Boobies Courtship Ritual
- Video - Giraffe Courtship Ritual
- Video - Agonistic Behavior in Wolves
- Video - Agonistic Behavior in a Chimp
- Video - Snake Ritual Wrestling
- HHMI BioInteractive - Studying Elephant Communication
- HHMI BioInteractive - How Lizards Find Their Way Home
- Bozeman - Aposematic Coloration