Research Guides: Open Educational Resources Subject Guide: Biology

BIO 205 (Microbiology) Additional OER Materials

Course Source
CourseSource is an open-access journal of peer-reviewed teaching resources for undergraduate biological sciences.
Fundamentals of Microbiology Lab Manual
Galileo Open Learning Materials
Fundamentals of Microbiology Lab Manual
Direct link to the lab manual
Laboratory Exercises in Microbiology: Discovering the Unseen World Through Hands-On Investigation
Open Textbook Library
Learning Objects - Biology
From LibreText
Merlot -- Microbiology
Merlot
Microbiology PowerPoint Slides
OER Commons
Microbiology OpenStax - additional
Beagley customized the OpenStax textbook content, highlighting keywords that students should follow and linking them to relevant worksheets and videos. Beagley from Salt Lake Community College.
Microbiology Lab Manual
Also by Beagley, Salt Lake Community College, a microbiology lab manual to go with OpenStax Microbiology

The Cell: An Image Library
The Cell: An Image Library™ is a freely accessible, easy-to-search, public repository of reviewed and annotated images, videos, and animations of cells from a variety of organisms, showcasing cell architecture, intracellular functionalities, and both normal and abnormal processes.
Images, Videos, and More
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) offers scientific images and videos, plus scientist interviews, profiles and photos.
Open-i: Open Access Biomedical Image Search Engine
From the US National Library of Medicine
Exploring Life's Origins: A Virtual Exhibit
Funded by The National Science Foundation, the goal of this exhibit is to use molecular illustration and animation to help describe origins of life research and theories to broad audiences.

Animated Tutorials: General Biology
Sumanas, Inc. develops animated tutorials in a variety of formats for many scientific disciplines.
University of Utah Tour of the Basics
"We are pleased to offer you a partial preview of our new Tour of Basic Genetics."

BioInteractive
Free resources for science teachers and students.
Cells Alive
CELLS alive! represents 30 years of capturing film and computer-enhanced images of living cells and organisms for education and medical research.
Biology Animations
Extensive list of biology animations and videos covering a wide range of topics from the BBC, McGraw Hill, Carnegie Mellon, and more.
PhET
PhET provides fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena for free. The open source simulations are written in Java, Flash or HTML5, and can be run online or downloaded to your computer.

Inside the Cell
Inside the Cell is a science education booklet that explores the interior design of cells and vividly describes the processes that take place within its organelles and structures. Each chapter includes a few review questions.
The New Genetics
The New Genetics, a science education booklet published by National Institute of General Medical Sciences, explains the role of genes in health and disease, the basics of DNA and its molecular cousin RNA, and new directions in genetic research.

Biofundamentals 2.1
A one-semester introductory eviolutionary and molecular biology course
MIT OpenCourseWare
The Department of Biology offers undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral training programs ranging from general biology to more specialized fields of study and research.

Nucleic Acids and Chromatin from The Open University
This unit helps you understand the properties of nucleotides and how they contribute to secondary and tertiary structures of nucleic acids at the molecular level.
Molecular Biology Laboratory Manual
A free online lab manual that includes general laboratory procedures, equipment use and safety considerations. CC license

image of cartoon mouse

Click and Clone -Try it yourself in the mouse cloning laboratory.

Build a Molecule -"Starting from atoms, see how many molecules you can build. Collect your molecules and see them in 3D!"