Access
Excellence
http://www.gene.com:80/ae/
This is an archive
of favorite classroom activities submitted by high school biology and life
sciences teachers participating in the Access Excellence programs. Lots of
practical, hands-on biology labs and activities. Lesson plans and labs for
biology and life science classes. Excellent classroom resource for biology
teachers.
Benjamin
Franklin High School's Links to Biology
Info
http://home.gnofn.org/~bfsenior/biology.htm
This web
page at Benjamin Franklin High School in New Orleans, La. contains a very
extensive list of links to biology sites on the World Wide Web. The list is
sub-divided into different biology topics for easy use. A great resource for
anyone interested in any biology topic.
CSUBIOWEB
http://arnica.csustan.edu/
California
State University has really outdone themselves with this web page. An excellent
resource for studying biological science. This page has some excellent graphics
of plants. Extensive links to biology websites are included.
ESG Biology
Hypertextbook Home Page
http://esg-www.mit.edu:8001/bio/
The
ESG Biology Hypertextbook Home Page is a fantastic biology resource!! It is a
wonderful on-line textbook full of awesome images. A great resource for anyone
learning about biology. Lots of good activities and graphics that other biology
textbooks do not have.
The University
of Wisconsin Microscopy
Resource
http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~uwmr/uwmr.html
The Microscopy Resource
is a national resource that provides
instrumentation and skilled personnel to enable outside users to study a wide
range of microscopy techniques. Lots of interesting graphics here. An excellent
resource for biology teachers to show their students some very interesting
microscopes.
The Biology
Place
http://www.biology.com/
The Biology Place is an
excellent resource for any biology class. Lots of great information on current
topics in all areas of biology. Lots of on-line student activities in the
biological sciences. Highest recommendation for all biology teachers.
Neuroscience for
Kids
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~chudler/neurok.html
Eric
Chudler has created this excellent web resource for "elementary and
secondary school students and teachers who would like to learn more about the
nervous system." Included are activities and experiments to facilitate
learning about the role of the brain and spinal cord in the human nervous
system.
Biology
Teaching Home Page
http://www.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/~johnson/
This site is the Biology Teaching Home Page in Hong Kong. Topics and concept maps
include cellular respiration, photosynthesis,
transport in plants, moveable joints, and a variety of human systems (good for
Anatomy and Physiology students). These concept maps are easy to understand and
may make the traditional "tough" topic of cellular respiration a bit easier for
students to understand.
Health
Information
Resources
http://nhic-nt.health.org/AlphaKeyword.htm
The
National Health Information Center's page for clearinghouses of information on
different types of diseases and health concerns will be valuable to anatomy and
biology teachers, as well as students who are researching these topics. The
hyper-text links send you to another page with the web address of the
clearinghouse and a way to send email. Teachers can also access a variety of
datasets through this site.
National Center for
Science Education (NCSE)
http://www.natcenscied.org/
This
website tracks the efforts of an organization to defend the teaching of evolution
in the science classroom and promote public understanding of this theory as
fact.
Howard Hughes Medical
Institute Holiday Lectures on
Science
http://www.hhmi.org/grants/lectures
BioChemNet
http://schmidel.com/bionet.cfm
BioRAP - Biological Research
for Animals and People
http://www.biorap.org/
Human
Anatomy On-line
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
Medicines: The
Inside Story
http://www.medicines-inside.com/
Seeing, Hearing, and
Smelling the World
http://www.hhmi.org/senses/
HELIX - Health Care Education
Learning & Information Exchange
http://www.HELIX.com/
BIOPI-1 Home
Page
http://www.dsuper.net/~missus/biopi/
Developmental Biology Cinema
http://sdb.bio.purdue.edu/dbcinema/index.html
VRML Biology
Page
http://emile-21.com/VRML/
Human Anatomy
http://www.cc.emory.edu/ANATOMY/Radiology/
Home.Page.MENU.HTML
This web site is a storehouse of
radiological human anatomy images. Great graphics that would enhance any biology
class.
LUMEN Histology Home
Page
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/Histo/frames/histo_frames.html
This
site has a wonderful histology slide collection! Lots of great graphics of just
about all anatomical structures in the human body. A great resource for teachers
and students to view anatomy images.
The Digital Anatomist
Program
http://www1.biostr.washington.edu/DigitalAnatomist.html
An
excellent anatomy site! Great graphics of a cadaver's brain and thoracic section.
A neat anatomical atlas on the web.
The Visible
Embryo
http://visembryo.ucsf.edu/
The Visible Embryo is an
on-line tutorial that is fantastic resource for learning about embryology! Great
graphics!
The Visible Human
Project
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html
The
ultimate cadaver site!! The folks at this lab took a dead man, chopped him up in
every possible cross-section that you can imagine, photographed all the pieces
and put them up at this web site for your viewing pleasure. This site is a
favorite of my students!
The
Whole Brain
Atlas
http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html
The Whole
Brain Atlas is an excellent anatomy resource to learn about the brain. Great
information on brain structure, brain functions, and cerebral diseases. Graphics are
phenomenal! Highest recommendation.
Vesalius
http://www.vesalius.com/
This Web site is an online graphical resource
for medical and surgical communities. An excellent resource to use in an anatomy
class.
B-EYE: The world through the eyes of a bee
http://cvs.anu.edu.au/andy/beye/beyehome.html
This Web site simulates
looking at objects/designs from a bee's perspective.
Human
Anatomy Online
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
The Heart: An
Online Exploration
http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html
Carnivorous Plant
Database
http://www.hpl.hp.com/bot/cp_home
Interested in
flesh eating plants? If so, check out this site. You can access a database of over
3000 carnivorous plants to learn about their characteristics and habitats. Also,
learn about what happens to folks who transport these plants illegally.
Center for Aquatic
Plants
http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/
The Center for Aquatic
Plants is an excellent botany resource. You will find great plant graphics here, but
don't expect any sound bites! Lots of great botanic information.
The Internet Directory for
Botany
http://www.uregina.ca/science/biology/liu/bio/subject/botgard.html
The Internet Directory for Botany contains a very comprehensive list of botany web
sites.
Tele-Garden
http://www.usc.edu/dept/garden/
The
Tele-Garden is a unique interactive web site. You can control a robotic arm to
plant, water, and measure plants. You actually control the arm in real time! An
excellent resource for students to observe the growth of plants.
Glossary of
Botanical Terms
http://www.gardenweb.com/glossary/
Wisconsin Fast
Plants
http://fastplants.cals.wisc.edu/
What is
Photosynthesis?
http://photoscience.la.asu.edu/photosyn/education/learn.html
The Last
Straw: Plants and Water Stress
http://cycas.cit.cornell.edu/ise/home.html
WWW
Cell Biology Course
http://lenti.med.umn.edu/~mwd/cell_www/cell.html
This
site is essentially an on-line textbook on cell biology. An excellent supplement to
a classroom biology textbook.
Dictionary of Cell Biology
http://www.mblab.gla.ac.uk/~julian/Dict.html
This
is an on-line dictionary for biology that works like a key-word search engine. A
good resource for biology teachers and students.
Molecular
Expressions: Image from the Microscope
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/index.html
Molecular Expressions contains
an incredible photo gallery of all kinds of "science stuff" taken from
various microscopes. This unique graphics gallery can be used by all science
teachers to liven up a class.
Virtual
Cell
http://ampere.scale.uiuc.edu/~m-lexa/cell/cell.html
This
web site contains a virtual interactive cell. Biology teachers and students will
enjoy cutting and zooming in on the different layers and organelles of the cell.
Lots of information and quicktime movies.
DLC-ME: The Microbe
Zoo
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/CTLprojects/dlc-me/zoo/
If
you are interested in learning about microbes that are in the food you eat,
outer space, the ground, oceans, or atmosphere, then you must check out this
awesome site. A great resource for all students to learn some neat things in a
fun, interactive environment. (You will have to use the "Go" pull-down menu to
return to Shaleo Enterprise's list of web sites.)
Microbiology
Resources for
Students
http://www.asmusa.org/edusrc/edu2.htm
The
Microbiology Resources for Students web site is an excellent resource for
students interested in learning about careers in microbiology. Information on this site
includes what a microbiologist does, their salaries and education, and grants and fellowships.
The
Nanoworld Home
Page
http://www.uq.oz.au/nanoworld/nanohome.html
The Centre
for Microscopy and Microanalysis is an interdisciplinary research and service
facility dedicated to the understanding of the structure and composition of all
materials at atomic, molecular, cellular, and macromolecular scales. Comprehensive
image bank full of great electron microscope shots of lots of neat biological
stuff. Great images!!
Institute
for Molecular
Virology
http://www.bocklabs.wisc.edu/welcome.html
This site
has many electron micrographs of viruses. You will see fantastic images and
movies of viruses! Lots of them are in color. The virus images at this site make
for great decorations on any biology class's bulletin board.
Electromagnetic Images of Viruses
http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/mmi/stannard/emimages.html
Linda Stannard of
the University of Capetown offers electromagnetic images of both animal and plant
viruses on her web site. She also provides annotations that tell information
such as the size of the virus and the structure. The pictures are excellent and
now students will know what the common cold virus looks like!
3-D Interactive Cell
http://www.cs.brown.edu/stc/outrea/greenhouse/nursery/biology/home.html
This
site has a great three-dimensional representation of a cell! Students get to see
an inside view of common organelles like mitochondria and the Golgi
apparatus.
Talksaver Introduction to Cell Biology
http://www.talksaver.com/indexes/cellbio.htm
This site presents essential
ideas of genetic and molecular biology. Good section on contemporary issues.
Classic Papers in Genetics
http://www.esp.org/foundations/genetics/classical/
Here is a web site where you can actually download those classic genetics papers of Mendel,
Sutton, Morgan, and others. A great resource for teachers and students to learn
and read about the history of genetics.
Consolidated Linkage Map for
the
Zebrafish
http://zfish.uoregon.edu/zf_info/zfmap.html
The
Consolidated Linkage Map for the Zebrafish is a good resource for teaching and
learning about genetic linkage and chromosome maps. Good graphics of mapped
chromosomes.
Down's Syndrome WWW
Page
http://nas.com/downsyn/
The Down's Syndrome WWW Page is
an excellent resource to learn about Down's Syndrome. This web site contains
information about this genetic disorder, treatments available, information on
support groups, and many recently published articles dealing with a variety
topics relating to Down's Syndrome. A great resource for a student doing a
genetic disorder report on Down's Syndrome.
DOE
Human Genome Program
Primer
http://www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human_Genome/publicat/primer/intro.html
The
Human Genome Primer is an excellent genetics resource to learn about DNA, protein
synthesis, genes, and genetic mapping. Lots of excellent graphics to accompany
the text. A valuable resource to facilitate learning about genetics with high
school students.
Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory's Human Genome
Center
http://www-bio.llnl.gov/bbrp/genome/genome.html
This
web site contains an overview of the work being done at the Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory's Human Genome Center. Maps of chromosome 19, FISH images,
DNA sequencing, instrumentation for the Human Genome Project, and other genetic
biotechnology information can be found here.
The Natural History of
Genes
http://raven.umnh.utah.edu/
The Natural History of
Genes provides teachers with a hands-on genetics science curriculum. This web
site explains experimentation kits that bring disease genetics, conservation
genetics, human diversity, forensics, and DNA into the real world for students. A
fantastic web site for studying genetics! Great images!
OMIM Home Page
- Online Medelian Inheritance In Man
http://www3.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/Omim/
This web site contains a catalog
of human genes and genetic disorders. Included are textual information, pictures,
and reference information. This site contains links to NCBI's Entrez database of
MEDLINE articles. Excellent search engine.
The Internet Pathology
Laboratory
http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/webpath.html
This
web site is an excellent lesson on genetic disorders. Case studies of inherited
metabolic disorders, chromosomal abnormalities, infections, and neoplasia that
may occur in the pediatric age group. Great graphics!
Rutgers Student
Scientists
http://morgan.rutgers.edu/
The Rutgers Student
Scientists home page based at the Waksman Institute at Rutgers, the State
University of New Jersey, is designed for high-school and college students
interested in doing active scientific research at their own school or college, as
well as teachers who want to expand their educational resources. The highlights
of this wonderful web page include a fantastic on-line genetics tutorial and an
on-line molecular biology quiz.
The Human Genome
Project
http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/HGP/
The Human Genome
Project is an international research program designed to "construct detailed
genetic and physical maps of the human genome, to determine the complete
nucleotide sequence of human DNA, to localize the estimated 50,000-100,000 genes
within the human genome, and to perform similar analyses on the genomes of
several other organisms used extensively in research laboratories as model
systems." An excellent resource for teachers to show actual current
biotechnology research.
Virtual
FlyLab
http://vflylab.calstatela.edu/edesktop/VirtApps/VflyLab/IntroVflyLab.html
Virtual
FlyLab allows you to be a research geneticist. This web site is an interactive
simulation in which you design matings between male and female fruit flies
carrying one or more genetic mutations. After mating the parents, you view the
images of the offspring flies. Virtual FlyLab is a unique way to learn about
genetic inheritance.
Rare Genetic
Diseases in
Children
http://mcrcr2.med.nyu.edu/murphp01/
This is a
homepage that contains links to a wealth of information about rare genetic
diseases that are usually mentioned in general biology texts. There are links to
pages which describe symptoms, treatment, and support groups. Students can also
chat with affected families and health professionals. An excellent source for
up-to-date information on rare genetic disorders.
Genetics Education
Network
http://www.phys.ksu.edu:80/gene/
The Gene
homepage says the network is "dedicated to rescuing teachers and other students
from terminal boredom by helping them do real science with modern research
organisms." There are links to experiments and an excellent photo gallery.
Students can also chat with scientists and teachers.
DNA From the
Beginning
http://vector.cshl.org/dnaftb/
A multimedia
primer on the basics of genetics and heredity.
The Biology
Project: Human Biology
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/human_bio.html
Hello Dolly: A
WebQuest
http://204.102.137.135/PUSDRBHS/science/clone/dolly.htm
MCET's Human Genome
Project
http://www.mcet.edu/humangenome/
Ewe 2
http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/ewe2/
The
University of Michigan's Museum of
Zoology Animal Diversity
Web
http://www.oit.itd.umich.edu:80/bio108/
This is an
excellent resource for learning classification of animals! Includes all taxonomic
nomenclature, descriptions of classifications, geographic range, natural history,
conservation/ biodiversity, economic benefits, references, photographs, and image
sources. There is also a page where one can listen to frog calls and angry cries
of the big brown bat. Included are U of M Bio 108 lecture notes and handouts.
Good test questions for AP biology. Excellent resource for taxonomy!
BIOSIS
http://www.biosis.org/
The
BIOSIS Home Page is an excellent taxonomy and nomenclature resource. "Users
will find access to primary services for biologists, such as organism name and
nomenclature related services being developed in conjunction with production of
the Zoological Record."
The Cephalopod Page
http://is.dal.ca/~ceph/TCP/index.html
The Cephalopod Page is a
fantastic web site full of information of squid, octopi, and other mollusks. An
excellent taxonomy resource that can be used to study classification. Great
"kalamari" graphics!!
The
Cyber
Zoomobile
http://www.primenet.com/~brendel/index.html
The
Cyber Zoomobile is an awesome site for all students to learn about animals. Good
educational commentary is combined with hundreds of hyper-links, transforming
ordinary text into visual images of animal behavior. "Learn about
distribution, individual characteristics, life cycles, reproduction and sex,
endangered species status and many other interesting aspects of life on our
planet. Information "buttons" provide worldwide links to search
engines; zoos and wildlife parks; animal related educational materials;
scientific research; veterinary medicine; recreation and eco-tourism; mammals;
fish; invertebrates; primates; dinosaurs; wildlife rescue and rehabilitation;
classification and Federal and State Agencies."
Insect World
http://www.insect-world.com/
Life, the Universe
and Everything
http://www.interaktv.com/LUnE/
What a web
page! A very extensive web page on biology that just about has it all. A
fantastic resource for teachers and students alike who are interested in
classification, zoology, botany, paleontology, and lots of other science stuff.
Highly recommended.
The
Tree of Life Home
Page
http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/phylogeny.html
The
Tree of Life contains information about the phylogenetic relationships of
organisms, links to biological information available on the Internet in the form
of a phylogenetic navigator, and illustrations regarding the diversity and unity
of living organisms. This site is a great resource for studying classification,
taxonomy, and phylogeny.
TreeView
http://taxonomy.zoology.gla.ac.uk/rod/treeview.html
TreeView
is a simple graphics program for displaying phylogenies on Apple Macintosh and
Windows PCs. This software, which is free to download, offers teachers a unique
way to teach classification and taxonomy by having students create their own
taxonomic trees on a computer. Highly recommended!!
Virus
Databases
On-line
http://life.anu.edu.au/./viruses/virus.html
The
irus databases on-line is a comprehensive database of viruses. Included in this
database is a complete history and comprehensive information about the taxonomic
classification of viruses. A great resource for biology teachers teaching about
viruses.
Wild-Flowers
http://www.wild-flowers.com/
Wild-Flowers
is a storehouse of information that has lots of graphics and links to many
interesting botany related sites. A great site if one is interested in learning
flower taxonomy and classification.
Flowering Plant Gateway
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/newgate/gateopen.htm
NMNH
Virtual Tour of the Dinosaurs
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/paleo/dino/tourfram.htm
Bugs in
the News!
http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~jbrown/bugs.html
Bugs
in the News! has very interesting biology articles that relate to insects. Quite
an interesting variety of current entomology news clippings and information.
Yucky Bug
World
http://www.nj.com/yucky/roaches/
Yucky Bug World contains
wonderful information about cockroaches. Included are anatomy, physiology,
environmental responses, habitat, and niche information about the cockroach. This
web site has a great humorous slant to it that makes learning fun! Great
graphics! An excellent resource to use in the classroom to learn about
entomology.
Net-Frog
- Interactive Frog
Dissection
http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/go/frog/
This
is the ultimate site for your students to view a frog dissection. My students
enjoy watching the quicktime movies. This site will definitely make your students
ooh and ahh.
The Electronic
Zoo
http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm>The Electronic
Zoo
Animal-related computer resources including veterinary medicine,
agriculture, biology, environment and ecology, medicine, animal-related WWW,
gopher sites, FTP archives, TelNet sites, and electronic publications. An
excellent resource for K-12 biology and animal sciences. Lots of neat stuff
here!
Wadsworth's Wonderful
Worms
http://rigel.umdnj.edu/
This is a doozy of a site
if you are interested in the biology of worms. It is a research laboratory studying
developmental neurobiology and the extracellular matrix. They use the nematode,
Caenorhabditis elegans, as a model animal for genetic and molecular biology
studies. Great graphics! An excellent zoology resource.
Animal
Information Database
http://www.seaworld.org/infobook.html
The Animal Information Database is an excellent resource to learn some neat
facts about animals and careers in zoological parks and marine science. Sea
World-Busch Gardens Information on educational programs including teacher's
curriculum guides and Shamu TV.
Entomology for
beginners
http://www.bos.nl/homes/bijlmakers/ento/begin.html
Entomology
for beginners is a great site to introduce insect anatomy and metamorphosis to a
young person. Good for the elementary and middle school child.
The Albatross
Project
http://www.wfu.edu/albatross/
This project uses
sensitive satellites in space, miniature transmitters on birds, and rapid email
communications to investigate the travels of albatross on the open ocean.
Bat Thematic
Unit
http://intergate.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/
Clasroom
FeederWatch
http://birdsource.cornell.edu/cfw/
Cornell Laboratory of
Ornithology
http://birds.cornell.edu/
The Elephants of
Cameroon
http://www.nczooeletrack.org/
Wild-Eyed
Alaska
http://www.hhmi.org/alaska/
Frogs at the
Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/frogs/
Bugscope
http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/