Interactive body:

An excellent website offering interactive animations on tyhe positions of organs,muscles, bones and nerves in the human body

Prehistoric Animals and games.

A Download of the flash Player required to run them is also available at this site

Skeleton Jigsaws

An interactive game based on reconstructing the bones of a dinosaur

Sea-Monsters Adventures

A board game type of activity based on prehistoric sea creatures

Caveman Challenge

True or false game exploring the evolution of man

Human Anatomy Online

Provides a detailed look at each of the human body systems. Also provides some interesting animations e.g. cross section of mouth and throat during swallowing action

Microscopy

Offers a host of sites dedicated to collecting images viewed with a wide range of microscopes

Microscopy

Of most note click on Virtual Scanning Electron Microscopy

Microscopy

This stimulates a Scanning Electon Microscope SEM which can be used to view close up detail of a variety of insects and creepy crawlies! Lots moe also avaiable on the Ugly Bug website

Genes and Disease

Website which displays the location of the genes responsible for a wide range of genetic diseases on each of the human chromosomes

The Biology Project

Contains information on a range of topics on the Leaving Cert Biology Course from Biochemistry to Mendelain Genetics. Of particular note check out Online Onion Root Tips: Phase of the Cell Cycle

As Guru Biology

Contains some excellent animations which can be used to understand some difficult concepts on the Leaving Cert Biology Course

Science and Nature

Latest in General Science Research and News

School Science

Provides information on a number of topics on the Junior Cert Science and Leaving Cert Biology, Chemistry and Physics Syllabi

Toggle through the various Biology, Chemistry and Physics options which are organised into sugjects suitable for different age groups. Of particular note are the sections entitled

• Periodic Table
• Catalytic Cracking
• Cell division and Cancer
• The Heart and Circulation