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Chemistry
web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/5-bonds.htm Chemical bonds (text and animations help explain covalent and ionic bonds)
web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/6-react.htm Chemical reactions (a very good revision resource to tackle some interactive problems)
kauai.cudenver.edu:3010/0/nutrition.dir/basic.html Basic Chemistry Overview (a good basic primer on atomic structure, elements, molecules and chemical reactions for Key Stage 4)
www.funbrain.com/periodic/index.html Proton Don (students are presented with a copy of the Table and asked to identify various elements. The game is available with different levels of difficulty; matching symbols to elements and vice versa)
www.wou.edu/LiberalArtsScience/Physical_science/ch412/perhist.htm History of the Periodic Table (comprehensive and authoritative history of the development of the Periodic Table of the Elements can be browsed here)
Biology
www.u-net.com/trees/ British Trees (a useful resource on trees, including information about habitats)
commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/news/news.html Microbes in the news (a lively text based format on the latest news as it relates to the microbial world)
websites.ntl.com/~webwise/spinneret/index.htm Spinnaret Biology Website (designed to give all the information needed for the biology component of double award science and biology GCSE, this site consists of a series of worksheets covering the major syllabus requirements)
biology.uc.edu/vgenetic/mitosis/mitosis.htm Virtual meiosis and mitosis (online animation from actual photographs brings the processes to life)
biology.uc.edu/vgenetic/mitosis/mitosis.htm Virtual mitosis (a series of slides provides an 'animated' sequence showing mitosis)
raven.umnh.utah.edu/new/projects/kitchenDNA.html Find DNA in your kitchen (instructions for the extraction of DNA from onions accompanies this informative page of genetic information)
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