Glencoe Life Science 7th Grade

Unit

Chapter

Description

Web Site            

Unit 1 – Life

Chapter 1 Exploring Life

Scientific Method

http://www.kapili.com/biology4kids/study/method.html

 

Chapter 2- The structure of viruses and cells

Plant and animal cell activity.

http://www.phschool.com/atschool/science_explorer/CellsHeredity/Student_Area/SE_C_SC1_ACT_index.html

 

 

A look at viruses and cells.

http://cellsalive.com/gallery.htm

 

Chapter 3- Cell Processes

Cell Tutorial

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/cells/cells.html

 

 

Photosynthesis description and activities.

http://ericir.syr.edu/Projects/Newton/9/phytosy.html

 

Chapter 4: Cell Reproductions

Stages of the cell cycle

http://www.phschool.com/atschool/science_explorer/CellsHeredity/Student_Area/SE_C_SC2_ACT_index.html

 

 

Cell cycle and mitosis tutorial.  Includes a mitosis animation!

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/cell_cycle/cells3.html

 

 

An educational journey into DNA!

http://www.thetech.org/hyper/genome/overview.html

 

 

A DNA adventure!

http://web-cr02.pbs.org/saf/5_cool/galapagos/g44_dna.html

Unit 2 Heredity and Evolution

Chapter 5: Heredity

What are genes and how they work.

http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/NIH/index.html

 

Chapter 6: Evolution

A biography of Charles Darwin the father of evolution.

http://emporium.turnpike.net/~mscott/darwin.htm

Unit 3

Chapter 7: Classifying Living things

Information on the six-kingdom system.  Information and pictures of organisms.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/taxaform.html

 

Chapter 8: Bacteria

Cells alive web site.  Scroll down the page and click on dividing bacteria.

http://cellsalive.com/

 

Chapter 9: Protists and Fungi

The characteristics of protists.

http://www.phschool.com/sf/biosurf/microorganisms/4_15lear.html

 

 

Explore pictures and info on fungi.

http://www.phschool.com/sf/biosurf/microorganisms/4_16lear.html

 

Chapter 10: Plants

An introduction to plants.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/plants/plantae.html

 

 

The Great Plant Escape activity an on-line investigation of plant life. 

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/gpe.html

 

 

An information page on the plant kingdom.

http://www.perspective.com/nature/plantae/index.html

 

Chapter 11: Seed Plants

Parts of complex plants:  roots, stems, twigs, and leaves

http://csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/tfplab/vegchar.htm

 

 

Plants in motion.  See time lapse movies of plant growth.

http://sunflower.bio.indiana.edu/~rhangart/plantmotion/moovie_frames/plantmoovies.html

 

Chapter 13: Introduction to animals

 

 

 

Chapter 14:  Mollusks, Worms, arthropods, and Echinoderms

Worms

http://www.yucky.com/worm/

 

 

Earthworms

http://www.yucky.com/worm/index.ssf?/earthworms.html

 

 

Internet and print resources about mollusks.

http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmnh/mollusk1.htm

 

 

Jumping Spiders home page

http://spiders.arizona.edu/salticidTOLhome.html

 

 

Common Spiders World Wide

http://www.powerup.com.au/~glen/spider7.htm

 

 

Echinoderms

http://www.isl.net/~helf/echino/

 

 

Flat, Round, and Segmented Worms

http://www.alaska.net/~zimco/bworm.htm

 

 

Arthropod Zoo

http://www.sasionline.org/arthzoo/zooframe.html

 

Chapter 15: Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles 

Marine Biology

http://www.odysseyexpeditions.org/indexscience.htm

 

 

North American Amphibian Species Identification Guide

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/narcam/idguide/specieid.htm

 

 

Amphibian, Fish, and Reptile Guide

http://www.wildlifer.com/wildlifesites/herps.html#amphibians

 

Chapter 16: Birds and Mammmals

Birds with David Attenborough on PBS

http://www.pbs.org/lifeofbirds/home/index.html

 

 

Basic Characteristics of Birds

http://web.utk.edu/~buehler/birds/jan20.html

 

 

Interesting background information on birds.

http://www.kaytee.com/discovery/

 

Chapter 17: Animal Behavior

 

 

 

Chapter 18:  Life and the Environment

A focus on ecosystems.  Text and information with clickable definitions.

http://www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/physgeog/contents/9j.html

 

 

Conflict Yellowstone: A webquest on wolves.

http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/mtr/ConflictYellowstoneWolf.htm

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 19:  Ecosystems

Tour of Biomes

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html

           

 

Desert Biomes

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/climo2.html

 

 

Tropical Forest Biomes

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/climo3.html

 

 

Tropical Savana Biomes

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/climo6.html

 

 

Biome: Mid-latitude Deciduous Forest

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/climo5.html

 

 

Biome: Sub-arctic taiga

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/climo1.html

 

 

Biome: Polar Tundra

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/climo4.html

 

 

Biomes of the World

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/index.htm

 

 

The World’s Biomes

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/

 

 

Biomes and Ecosystems

http://www.marlborough.la.ca.us/depts/science/biomes.html

 

 

Biomes

http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~bogler/ecology/biomes.html

 

 

Freshwater Ecosystems

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/fresh/index.htm

 

 

Ocean Ecosystems

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/index.htm

 

Chapter 20:  Resources and the Environment

 

 

Unit 7: The Human Body

Chapter 21:  Bones, Muscles and Skin

An interactive skeleton, information  on ligaments, broken bones, and more!

http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

 

Click on the first icon for the skeletal system.

 

 

The Muscular System:  Interactive skeleton and overview of muscular system

http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

 

Click on the third icon for the muscular system.

 

 

Muscle Tissue under a microscope.

http://www.sidwell.edu/sidwell.resources/bio/VirtualLB/tissue/muscle.html

 

 

Muscles in Action:  Quick time videos of how muscles work!

http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/Hypermuscle/Hyper.html#flex

 

Chapter 22: Nutrients and Digestion

A clickable skeleton of the digestive system.

http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

Click on the second icon for the digestive system.

 

 

Information and a labeled skeleton of the digestive system.

http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/gen_hlth/atlas/newatlas/digest.htm

 

Chapter 23:  The circulatory system

A clickable skeleton of the circulatory system (cardiovascular system).  Also includes information about blood circulation, tissues, and more.

 

http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

 

Click on the second icon in the second row for the circulatory system.

 

 

A detailed picture of the heart.

http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/gen_hlth/atlas/newatlas/heartf.htm

 

 

A labeled circulatory system. 

http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/gen_hlth/atlas/newatlas/circsys.htm

 

Chapter 24: Respiration and Excretion

The urinary  system.

http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

Click on the last icon in the second row!

 

 

An animation of lungs.

http://www.innerbody.com/anim/lungs.html

 

Chapter 25 the Nervous and Endocrine System

Explore the brain and spinal chord.  A site full of information and activities.

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/introb.html

 

 

Nerve tissue under the microscope.

http://www.sidwell.edu/sidwell.resources/bio/VirtualLB/tissue/nervous.html

 

 

A detailed labeled picture of the nervous system.

http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/gen_hlth/atlas/newatlas/nerve2.htm

 

 

A labeled picture and information on the endocrine system.

http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/gen_hlth/atlas/newatlas/endo.htm

 

Chapter 26: Reproduction and Growth

 

 

 

Chapter 27:  Immunity

A tutorial on the immune system.

 

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/immunology/tutorials/immunology/problems.html