Kits for science fair projects and laboratory experiments
Making inexpensive light-powered Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (a green micro-alga) bead bracelets/necklaces for teaching the interplay of photosynthesis and cellular respiration to K4-K16 students. PeerJ — The Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences & Protocols.io
Life Cycle – Bill Snell, UT Health Science Center at Dallas, contributed this figure
of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii life cycle.
Protist Image Database – General information about Chlamydomonas, including some formal portraits and phylogenetic trees.
The Greening Process – An excellent page on chlorophyll biosynthesis and related topics, from C.A. Rebeiz at the University of Illinois.
Green Plant Phylogeny Research Coordination Group – Algal phylogeny page by Mark Buchheim, Brent Mishler and Russ Chapman.
Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis
Excellent site from Arizona State University. See especially the What is Photosynthesis? section.
Introduction to the Green Algae – A page on the site of the Museum of Paleontology at UC Berkeley.
AlgaeBase – Another good general site on algae, with lots of links.
Photosynthesis video – Introductory information on photosynthesis from NOVA.