Biology Community Portal
Welcome – From the Editor
Hello and Welcome to the Biology Portal
MERLOT is a spectacular collection of online resources you can access for use in learning and teaching. MERLOT is an initiative of the California State University.
The Biology board curates the materials related to life science. We assemble, review, and maintain resources in Anatomy & Physiology, Medicine, General Biology (including subdisciplines such as Botany, Zoology, Evolution, Genetcs, etc.), Biochemistry, Ecology and Environmental Sciences. The materials range from short videos or articles to entire courses. These can be used for learning, teaching, professional development or anything else you can dream up.
The Biology board consists of people from institutions across the country who volunteer their time and energy to upkeep and update the amazing collection of resources in the life sciences.
Meet the current Biology Board here.
We invite you to peruse and use the Biology resources found in MERLOT. You can create a portfolio of materials for use in a class, a project or simply for your own use. If we have reviewed the material you will see a rating and a summary of the review. You can also find comments from people who have used the resource.
You can help with the MERLOT project as well by contributing materials (which we will put in our queu to review). If you are interested in joining the Biology board, please contact the editors, Michael Plotkin or Marty Zahn. Our board uses this form for our reviews.
Enjoy!
Showcase
Understanding Science is the Biology Board's Classic Award winner for 2019. This site has a huge variety of resources that present a detailed and accurate portrayal of what science is and how it works. We hope you love it as much we do!
New Materials
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Environmental Justice Guided Reading Jigsaw
This activity is designed to be part of a group term project that engages students in thinking about how environmental...
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Draft
A talking to the text activity
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The Mathematical Impossibility Of Evolution
According to the most-widely accepted theory of evolution today, the sole mechanism for producing evolution is that of...
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Darwin's theory is not science! In 5 minutes - Dr David Berlinski
"The fundamental claim of intelligent design is straightforward and easily intelligible: namely, there are natural...
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Stephen Meyer Takes On Darwin's Tree
Everyone has seen the iconic tree of life depicted by Darwin. But in this bonus interview released as part of the Science...
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LIVING WATERS—Echolocation and Intelligent Design
The creative potential of both intelligent design and natural selection are considered in the context of a dolphin’s...
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What Is Irreducible Complexity?
This is a clip from the documentary "Revolutionary" featuring Michael Behe and Stephen Meyer discussing Behe's idea of...
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Mathematical Challenges to Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
Based on new evidence and knowledge that functioning proteins are extremely rare, should Darwin’s theory of evolution be...
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James Tour: The Origin of Life Has Not Been Explained - Science Uprising Expert Interview
In this bonus interview footage from Science Uprising, synthetic organic chemist James Tour from Rice University...
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Reasoned Writing / A Framework For Scientific Papers - BOOK VERSION
Materials to support courses on statistics and research methods/scientific writing in two parts: (1) A set of activities...
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Inanimate Life
Inanimate Life is an open textbook covering a very traditional biological topic, botany, in a non-traditional way. Rather...
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Heart Structure and Position
Let's read about Position of Heart in human body.
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Pharynx in Respiration System
Role of Pharynx in human respiration system.
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Female reproductive system
Here you will find anatomy and physiology of Female reproductive system.
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Browsable Petascale Reconstruction of the Human Cortex
The H01 dataset includes a wealth of data, over 50,000 cells and 130 million synaptic connections. The 3D world of the...
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Collaborative Annotation with Sentence Stems
A text-based activity where students read a case study to apply course content by using sentence stems to post...
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Environmental Health
Infonet, a channel of the Biovision Farmer Communication Programme (FCP), provides scientific and practical validated...
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Inheritance and Mutations in a Single-Gene Disorder
This activity builds on information presented in the short film Genes as Medicine. Students interpret actual pedigrees to...
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Are You a Morning or an Evening Person?
This interactive survey allows individuals to determine if they are morning or evening persons.
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Interactive Case Study for The Search for a Mutated Gene
This video case study explores the approaches scientists used to identify a mutation that causes retinitis pigmentosa...
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Interactive Exploration of Coral Bleaching
The added information provided at pause points within the animation Coral Bleaching allows for a richer exploration of...
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Biology of SARS-CoV-2
This four-part animation series explores the biology of the virus SARS-CoV-2, which has caused a global pandemic of the...
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Developing an Explanation for Mouse Fur Color
In this activity, students collect and analyze evidence for each of the major conditions for evolution by natural...
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Interactive Assessment for Natural Selection and Adaptation
Several questions are embedded within the short film The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection and Adaptation, which...
New Members
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Melissa GrahamOxnard College
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Nancy IngTexas A and M University System - College Station
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Devid SmithGeneric Pharmacist
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Tracey WilsonLawson State Community/Technical College
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Becky TalynCalifornia State University, San Bernardino
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Nicolas HirschHiram College
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jorge iniguezPasadena City College
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Jiaming JuZhejiang university
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Harsh UttamIndian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati
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Beth KreutzerBennett High School
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Amit ChoudharyIGU Meerpur, Rewari
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Sue LeeSanta Monica College
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Marvin HuynhleLong Beach City College
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Desiree GoettingCollege of the Canyons
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Jennifer GarnerVentura College
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Olusoji AdewumiUniversity of Lagos
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Na TangGuang xi medical university
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Vanessa Rivera Del RioMount San Jacinto College
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dkk dksce
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Sharon HyakVictoria College
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Debra SocciSeminole State College of Florida
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Darryl ClarkSouth Louisiana Community College
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Frances KrischGlen Cove High School
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Sheri DrewTiospaye Topa School
Materials by Discipline
- Biochemistry and Biophysics (67)
- Biodiversity (117)
- Biology Education (51)
- Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (39)
- Botany (368)
- Cell and Molecular Biology (605)
- Comparative Anatomy and Physiology (16)
- Development and Embryology (68)
- Ecology and Conservation Biology (816)
- Evolutionary Biology (282)
- Genetics (742)
- Human Anatomy and Physiology (967)
- Life (4)
- Marine Biology (14)
- Medicine and Health (53)
- Microbiology (445)
- Mycology (6)
- Neuroscience (12)
- Zoology (256)
Professional Organizations
- American Society for Microbiology
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Ecological Society of America
- Human Anatomy and Physiology Society
- Association for Biology Laboratory Education
- Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
- American Society for Cell Biology
- Genetics Society of America
Journals & Publications
- Advances in Physiology Education
- American Biology Teacher
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education
- Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching
- Bioscience Education E-Journal
- Cell Biology Education
- CourseSource
- eLife
- International Journal of Science Education
- Journal of Biological Education
- Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
- Journal of Research in Science Teaching
- Journal of Science Education and Technology
- Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
Biology on the Web
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New South Carolina law bans biological males from women's sports - Washington Examiner
May 18, 2022 09:01 PM PDT
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Isodontia harmandi wasp siblings "routinely" | EurekAlert!
May 18, 2022 07:04 PM PDT
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Researchers magnify hidden biological structures with MAGNIFIERS - ScienceDaily
May 18, 2022 05:58 PM PDT
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Reversing anterior insular cortex neuronal hypoexcitability attenuates compulsive behavior ... - PNAS
May 18, 2022 04:49 PM PDT
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H3K9 methylation drives resistance to androgen receptor–antagonist therapy in prostate cancer
May 18, 2022 04:49 PM PDT
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Bay Area woman celebrates birthday for first time with biological family
May 18, 2022 04:37 PM PDT
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Biological Wastewater Treatment Market Research Report by Process, End-Use Industry, Region
May 18, 2022 03:36 PM PDT
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'Congratulations to all of this year's graduates': Ripon College 2022 commencement | Multimedia
May 18, 2022 03:33 PM PDT
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Reaction Biology bolsters executive team with new commercial, HR heads - Fierce Biotech
May 18, 2022 03:20 PM PDT
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Harbor Seal Dies at Smithsonian's National Zoo
May 18, 2022 03:08 PM PDT
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Researchers magnify hidden biological structures by combining SRS and expansion microscopy
May 18, 2022 02:48 PM PDT
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Birmingham private school assignment compares Barack Obama to monkeys - FOX 2 Detroit
May 18, 2022 02:37 PM PDT
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Gruesome Octopus Death Spiral: Bizarre Self-Mutilation in Mothers Linked to Cholesterol
May 18, 2022 02:30 PM PDT
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Synthetic Biology Market to Grow Rapidly in Future Growth 2022-2028 - Digital Journal
May 18, 2022 01:53 PM PDT
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Scientific Officer, Cell Biology and Imaging job with UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
May 18, 2022 01:41 PM PDT
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When Skin Care Meets Cell Biology - Yahoo
May 18, 2022 01:34 PM PDT
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ECU Honors College announces newest cohort of EC Scholars | News Services
May 18, 2022 01:24 PM PDT
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Legal Petition Seeks Federal Trade Commission Investigation of Energy Utility Abuses
May 18, 2022 01:21 PM PDT
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Advances and future outlooks in soft robotics for minimally invasive marine biology - Science
May 18, 2022 12:40 PM PDT
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Two Caltech Seniors Tapped for Stanford Scholarship Program
May 18, 2022 12:38 PM PDT
Biology on Twitter
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- RT @FEBSJournal: We are very excited to announce the recipient of our inaugural ‘The FEBS Journal Open Science Award’...1 day ago | WileyBiomedical
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