File Downloads:
The individual sets are available for download as separate files. These are zipped PowerPoint files, and do not contain the other available formats. A helpful Windows guide to opening zip files can be found here.
• The cell theory • Cell sizes and units of measurement • The characteristics of life • Cell characteristics • Cellular environments • Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes • Introduction to the major taxonomic groups • Plant cell specialization • Animal cell specialization • Cell differentiation • Differentiation and specialization of human cells • Animal cell organization • Plant cell organization
• Introduction to microscopy • Types of microscopes • Magnification and resolution • Common microscopy techniques and stains • Preparing microscopy samples • Electron microscopes • Introduction to plant and animal cells • Features shared by plant and animal cells • Specialist features of plant cells • Specialist features of animal cells • The structure of viruses • Structures and features of bacterial cells • The Gram stain • Structures and features of the Protists • Structures and features of the Fungi kingdom • Cell fractionation techniques
• The cell membrane • Cell membrane structure • The role of cell membranes • Organelle membranes • Cell transport mechanisms • Cell signaling and signal transduction • Osmosis and water potential • Cell size •
• The cell nucleus • DNA structure • DNA replication • Cell division • Mitosis • Meiosis • Non-disjunction in meiosis • Apoptosis: programmed cell death • Apoptosis and cancer • Apoptosis and limb development
Our Presentation Media CD-ROM provides four versions of each slide set in the following formats:
PowerPoint™
Keynote®
QuickTime®
slideshow
Adobe®
Acrobat® PDF
Presentation
Media have been produced to complement
the Student Resource and Activity Manuals. The
presentations are supplied on a CD-ROM, and will
run on virtually any Windows or Macintosh computer.
The presentation media can be used in the following
ways:
•
Overhead Transparencies
Make overhead transparencies using colour or black and white
laser or ink jet printer.
•
Digital Projector
using a digital projector
connected to a computer.
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Computer Network
Use them directly on your
school's computer network
(includes site licence)