Science+Websites

=50 Science Websites we cannot live without. Describe how you use them.=

1. [|Spreadsheets for Science] 2. http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/00000266 3. http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/ This is the Genetic Science Learning Center, which has lots of cool activities and is appropriate for any level. 4. http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/ubcase.htm#chemistry This is a great site if you're interested in using case studies in your course. 5. http://aimediaserver.com/studiodaily/videoplayer/?src=harvard/harvard.swf&width=640&height=520 This is one of the most amazing animations of cells and cell parts. It has won awards and much acclaim in the past year. My students love to watch it because it's so cool. There is a narrated version, but it's not as much fun to watch when someone is talking. 6. http://faculty.washington.edu/crowther/Misc/Songs/music.shtml This is Greg Crowther's science song website. It's just plain fun! And informative too! 7. http://www.ncsu.edu/labwrite/ LABWRITE FOR STUDENTS This site outlines the steps in writing a formal lab report.

The following sites are from Carissa the Polyvision Trainer General Science Interactive web lessons, science related – K-12 http://www.learningscience.org/

Science lessons, activities, etc. http://www.sciencenetlinks.com

Scientific Method notes http://www.biologycorner.com/bio1/scimethod.html

Online quiz http://www.getsmarter.org

Question of the Week- a great warm-up. Every week a new question is posed with detailed background information. The questions are all science based that students can relate to and understand. http://www.accessexcellence.org/HHQ/qow/index.html

Interactive lessons/activities. One link connects you to unsolved medical mysteries. Pretty cool! http://www.accessexcellence.org/

ExploreScience Highly interactive science activities for students and educators. http://www.explorescience.com/ Topics include: Building Blocks, Mechanics, Wave Motion, Electricity and Magnetism, Optics, Astronomy, and Life Sciences Laws of Light [Annenberg project] Light behaves according to special rules; for example, it usually travels in a straight line and it bounces off mirrors at the same angle it hits them. http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/science/light/lawslight/index.html Science of Light [Annenberg project] Light in Color. Color is more than decoration, and perceiving color is tricky. Three activities help you see how colors interact and how we can use color as a scientific tool. http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/science/light/color/index.html The original resource for global project-based learning, problem-based learning, and online collaborative learning. http://www.globalschoolnet.org/index.html

Life Sciences-

Human Anatomy Human Anatomy resources and Podcasts – High school and Higher-ed level http://www.instantanatomy.net

National Space Biomedical Research Institute – Human Anatomy and Space http://www.nsbri.org/Education/Materials.html

Medicine – blood typing, virus infection http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/

Cardiovascular sites – comparison of different types of hearts and systems http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/cardiovascular/click.html

Fun games that class could do together. http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/index_interactivebody.shtml http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_html/links_humanbody.html

Great viewing of the body systems http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

Amazing site that offers links to tons of life science topics
 * http://www.kidinfo.com/Health/Human_Body.html

Digestive system layout http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/westmin/science/sbi3a1/digest/digdiag.htm

Yahoo search engine with links for the digestive system http://search.yahooligans.com/search/ligans?p=digestive+system

Images of brain/knees. Includes 3D, 2D, and MRI images http://www9.biostr.washington.edu/da.html

Interactive surgery (knee replacement, hip etc) http://www.edheads.org/

Shows the interior of the heart http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio202/cyberheart/hartint0.htm

FUN Brain Exercise http://www.echalk.co.uk/amusements/OpticalIllusions/ColourText/colourText.html

Obesity http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/obesity/index.html

Virtual Labs- Consists of The Transgenic Fly, The Bacterial Identification, The Cardiology, The Neurophysiology, and The Immunology Labs. The labs do take you step-by-step so some can be long. The screen does not take up the full page. http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/vlabs/index.html

Heart Transplant in 19 steps http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/eheart/transplantwave.html

Biology Interactive Biology sites – animations, interactive labs, etc http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/index.html

Virtual Field trip – San Diego Zoo http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/vft_zoo.html

Outbreak- interactive teaching tool where players use microbial identification techniques to identify the causative agent of an illness outbreak. http://www.swbic.org/outbreak/

Virtual Fish Tank – build a fish and assign characteristics and see how it interacts in the environment http://www.virtualfishtank.com/main.html

Lots of great sites for biology learning http://www.biology.arizona.edu/

ZeroBio- Website designed for HS students in a life science course (biology). A variety of interactive quizzes, games, and puzzles are available to reinforce content. [|http://www.execulink.com/~ekimmel/index.htm]

DNAfication- Advenced HS biology/molecular biology and/or forensic science is all part of this interactive program. In this program the user must help solve a mystery using their science background. Teachers can customize the mystery as well. http://www.swbic.org/cgi-bin/idna.cgi

Interactive Videos- This site has tons of interactive videos for various scientific topics. You find something here for everyone. Some are better than others and some videos require ShockWave. Etc… but worth your time! http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/bio1int.htm

Cell Biology Cells Alive- http://www.cellsalive.com/

Parts of the Cell- [|http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/13-cells.htm]

Wikipedia- Cell Biology [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_(biology)]

Virtual Cell- This site contains an interactive cell tour as well as a virtual textbook. The cell tour does come with two downloadable worksheets. http://www.ibiblio.org/virtualcell/index.htm

Online Onion Root Tip- http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/activities/cell_cycle/cell_cycle.html

Cell Bio- http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/cell_bio.html

Meiosis and Mitosis comparison- http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/VL/GG/comparison.html

Cell images- http://www.pbrc.hawaii.edu/microangela/cells.htm

Parts of the Cell- [|http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/13-cells.htm]

Microbiology Microbiology video library- http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/Video/videoindex.html

Molecular Expressions- Photo Gallery. Portfolio contains thousands of digital images. A virtual microscope is also included. http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/micro/gallery.html

Genetics Mendel’s Pea experiment- [|http://www.sonic.net/~nbs/projects/anthro201/exper/]

Fruit Fly Lab – Very Cool! http://www.sciencecourseware.org/vcise/drosophila/Drosophila.php?guestaccess=1

DNA double helix game http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/dna_double_helix/index.html

Color and Predation – short video clip to demonstrate http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/animations/pocket-intro/pocket-intro.mov

Mouse genetic color advantage – video clip to demonstrate genetic advantage of a color mutation http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/animations/pocket_pop/pocket_pop.mov

Karyotyping Activity- Learn about karyotyping of chromosomes by matching the chromosomes of a given patient and diagnosing their genetic disease. http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/activities/karyotyping/karyotyping.html

Dissections Virtual Frog Dissection – http://www.Froggy.lbl.gov.virtual

Frog Disection – Step by step slides http://frog.edschool.virginia.edu/Frog2/

Plants Plant stress- http://cycas.cornell.edu/ebp/projects/laststraw/ise/home.html

Viruses Common cold- http://www.commoncold.org/

Medicine – blood typing, virus infection http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/

Nutrition/Health Nutrition Analysis Tools and System- enter in a number of food (last nights meal) and find out the exact nutritional information, including Calories, protein, fat, carbs, sodium, vitamin A, C, saturated fat, and cholesterol. http://nat.crgq.com/index2.html

Chemistry Chemistry games http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/chemistry/

Periodic Element Game – match symbols to names, etc http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/pt.cgi

Ecology Smog City – Monitor the affects of pollution, etc http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/smogcity.html http://www.smogcity.com

Weather / Geology / Space Weather data & images- http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/

Weather & forecasting- [|http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wx/home.rxml]

National Geophysical Data Center- http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ngdc.html

National Earthquake Information Center- http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/neic/

US Geological Survey- http://www.usgs.gov/

US Water Data for the Nation- http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis

National Space Biomedical Research Institute http://www.nsbri.org/Education/Materials.html

NASA Education Resources http://education.nasa.gov/home/index.html

Physics Online quiz http://www.getsmarter.org

Physics games http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/physics/

Amusement Park Physics- create a roller coaster. Read about the history of coasters. http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/coaster.html

IPhysics Interactive inquiry-based internet experiments. Requires Shockwave and Java. http://www.physicslessons.com/iphysics.htm o Measurement: Time Estimation, Time Graphing o Mechanics: Inclined Plane I, Inclined Plane II, Air Track, ShockWave, Free Fall, Projectile Motion, Torque, Moment of Inertia, Acceleration, Vector Addition, Force Equilibrium, Pulley System, Inclined Plane, Newton's 2nd Law, Projectile Motion, Collisions, Newton's Cradle, Centripetal Force o Fluids & Heat: Density, Fluid Pressure, Thermal Equilibrium, Pressure in Liquids, Buoyant Force, Ideal Gas Law. o Waves and Sound: Doppler Effect, Beat Frequency, Wave Interference, Pendulum, Longitudinal Waves, Reflection and Refraction, Doppler Effect o Light: Prism, Convex Lens and Ray Diagram, Color Mixing - Additive, Color Mixing - Subtractive, Refraction, Refracting Telescope o Electricity & Magnetism: Coulomb Force, Electric Field, Series and Parallel Circuits, Lenz's Law, Induced Current, Faraday's Discovery, AC Circuits, Magnetic Field (bar magnet), Magnetic Field (wire), Ohm's Law, Oscillating Circuit o Modern and Atomic Physics:Rutheford Model of the Atom, Bohr Model of the Atom, Schrodinger and Bohr Model, Relativity, Radioactive Decay, Half-Life o Physics & Technology: Water in a Microwave Oven, Cooking "Nodes" in a Microwave Oven, Fluoroscope and X-ray, X-ray Emissions, Television Pixel Scanning, Television Picture Tube, Polarizing Lenses, Calculator Display, Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), DC Circuits, DC Motor (LCD), Generator o Drill and Practice: Scientific Notation, Significant Figures

Soda Constructor Have to see this to believe it! Explore changes to creature behaviors when you adjust gravity, friction, springs and muscle power. http://www.sodaplay.com/constructor/index.htm

The following list has been created by Cherylann Hollinger.

HELPFUL WEBSITES FOR A. P. BIOLOGY

T – teacher resource S – student resource B – resource for both


 * denotes personal favorites

COLLEGE BOARD: http://www.collegeboard.com/ (T)

AP CENTRAL http://apcentral.collegeboard.com (T)

A.P. BIOLOGY LISTSERVE: ap-bio@lyris.collegeboard.com (T) You must register at the College Board website.

A.P. BIOLOGY ESSAY QUESTIONS AND STANDARDS: http://apbio.biosci.uga.edu/ (T) http://www.csun.edu/~vceed002/biology/AP_biology/ (T) http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/biology/samp.html?biology (T)

ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY:

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html (B) http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/ap/holeessentials/ (B) HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY SOCIETY http://www.hapsweb.org (T) BRAINPOP http://www.brainpop.com (B) BRAINCONNECTION: THE BRAIN AND LEARNING http://www.brainconnection.com/ (T) WEB ANATOMY HOMEPAGE http://www.msjensen.gen.umn.edu/webanatomy/ (B) BRAIN SCIENCE ON THE MOVE – amusing, but good animation of nerve impulse transmission. (B) http://www2.neuroscience.umn.edu/brainscience/cool_stuff (B)
 * NEUROSCIENCE FOR KIDS
 * HOLES’ ESSENTIALS OF HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY STUDENT RESOURCES (WEBQUEST ACTIVITIES) for 7th edition
 * VIRTUAL AUTOPSY – cool, very cool!!**
 * http://www.le.ac.uk/pathology/teach/va/ (B)**
 * MUSEUM OF HUMAN DISEASE – not for the faint of heart! Great photos though.**
 * http://web.med.unsw.edu.au/pathmus/frmain.htm (B)**
 * MECHANISM OF FILAMENT SLIDING - Gary T. Matthews, very good explanations of sliding filament theory**
 * http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/matthews/myosin.html (B)**
 * FETAL PIG DISSECTION – DAVIDSON UNIVERSITY**
 * http://www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/bio112/Bio112LabMan/cppig.html (B)**
 * THE ULTIMATE FETAL PIG DISSECTION REVIEW**
 * http://www.biologycorner.com/pig/review.html (B)**
 * VIRTUAL PIG DISSECTION**
 * http://www.whitman.edu/biology/vpd/main.html (B)**
 * GETBODYSMART.COM**
 * http://www.getbodysmart.com/ (B)**
 * GHS HONORS ANATOMY RESOURCES WEBPAGE**
 * [|http://www.sbac.edu/~evansgn/hap/resources.htm] (T/B)**
 * NERVE IMPULSE TRANSMISSION ANIMATION & TUTORIAL**
 * http://www2.neuroscience.umn.edu/brainscience/cool_stuff.htm (B)**
 * SUPERFICIAL MUSCLE TUTORIALS**
 * http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/muscle/mustut.htm (B)**
 * EDHEAD’S VIRTUAL KNEE SURGERY – also has a link to Virtual Hip Surgery**
 * http://edheads.org/activities/knee/ (S)**
 * NEUROBIOLOGY ANIMATIONS**
 * http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/neurobiology/neurobiology.html**


 * BIOETHICS:**

http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/ubcase.htm (B) http://www.dnalc.org/home.html (B) AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY GENOMIC REVOLUTION EXHIBITION http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/genomics/0_home/index.html (B) Genetics, Genomics, and Genethics - 2001 WOODROW WILSON INSTITUTE WEB RESOURCE TOPICS http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/esi/2001/Biology/resources.html (B) BIOETHICS CASE STUDIES http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/guttman/student/olc2/mxzv52_menu-s-ra.htm (B) BIOETHICS AT IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY - a good resource for teachers http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/ (B) NATIONAL REFERENCE CENTER FOR BIOETHICS LITERATURE - KENNEDY INSTITUTE FOR ETHICS, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY http://www.georgetown.edu/research/nrcbl/ (B) ASCD SITE FOR GENOMICS AND BIOETHICS http://www.ascd.org/affiliates/articles/cu2002summer_4.html (T) http://www.ascd.org/affiliates/articles/cu2002summer_allen.html BIOETHICAL CASE STUDIES – introduces students to Decision-making Model http://www.bsu.edu/classes/hendrix/index.html (S) ETHICS CASE STUDIES – includes a section on bioethics case studies http://www.web-miner.com/ethicscases.htm (S) ROCK ETHICS INSTITUTE – brought to you by Penn State University http://rockethics.psu.edu/bioethics/case_studies/index.htm (B) NIH BIOETHICS RESOURCES ON THE WEB – lots of good links http://bioethics.od.nih.gov/ (B) CENTER FOR BIOETHICS & HUMAN DIGNITY – a good resource for case studies http://www.cbhd.org/resources/casestudies/ (B) ETHICS UPDATE: CASE STUDIES – you have to look for bioethics case studies, but a good resource http://ethics.sandiego.edu/resources/cases/HomeOverview.asp (B)
 * UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CENTER FOR BIOETHICS**
 * http://www.bioethics.upenn.edu/ (B)**
 * CASE STUDIES IN SCIENCE
 * DNA LEARNING CENTER – COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY– THE best site!!!

CELL BIOLOGY:

CORNELL UNIVERSITY TUTORIALS http://biog-101-104.bio.cornell.edu/BioG101_104/tutorials/cell_division.html (B) MITOSIS WORLD http://www.unc.edu/depts/salmlab/mitosis/mitosis.html (B) CELLS ALIVE! http://www.cellsalive.com (B) http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/bio1int.htm#metab (B) http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/activities/cell_cycle/cell_cycle.html (B) HISTOLOGY SLIDES – good photos of many different organs and tissues http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/Histo/frames/h_fram13.html (B) CELL DIVISION HOMEPAGE – brought to you by the publishers of Nature http://www.nature.com/celldivision/ (T) CONTROL OF THE CELL CYCLE – fun, but makes the students think about the cell cycle http://nobelprize.org/medicine/educational/2001/cellcycle.html (B) CELLULAR RESPIRATION AND FERMENTATION TUTORIAL http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BiobookGlyc.html (B) PHOTOSYNTHESIS TUTORIAL http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BiobookPS.html (B) THE ECOTREE: PHOTOSYNTHESIS TUTORIAL http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/ecotree/photosynthesis/photosynthesis1.htm (B) INNER LIFE OF THE CELL – WOW!!! Without narration, beautifully done http://aimediaserver.com/studiodaily/videoplayer/?src=harvard/harvard.swf&width=640&height=520 (B) INNER LIFE OF THE CELL – with narration and explanations http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/anim_innerlife_hi.html (B)
 * ATP SYNTHASE VIDEO - no sound, but excellent animation
 * ON-LINE ONION ROOT TIPS – part of the Biology Project, good for mitosis

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY:

Woodrow Wilson Foundation: Medaka http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/bi/1997/medaka (B) Dynamics of Development – created by the University of Wisconsin at Madison as a supplement to a developmental biology course http://worms.zoology.wisc.edu/embryology_main.html (B) THE VIRTUAL EMBRYO http://www.luc.edu/depts/biology/dev.htm (B) STUDENT SITE FOR THE 7TH EDITION OF LIFE: THE SCIENCE OF BIOLOGY http://bcs.whfreeman.com/thelifewire/default.asp (B) 1 CELL TO URCHIN http://www.stanford.edu/group/Urchin/urchin.html (B) GASTRULATION IN SEA URCHINS http://www.stanford.edu/group/Urchin/gastro.htm (B) NIH STEM CELL INFORMATION HOMEPAGE http://stemcells.nih.gov/ (B) STEM CELL RESEARCH FOUNDATION http://www.stemcellresearchfoundation.org/WhatsNew/whatsnew.htm (B)

DISEASES/EPIDEMIOLOGY:

http://www.cdc.org/excite (B) TALARIA: THE HYPERMEDIA ASSISTANT FOR CANCER PAIN MANAGEMENT http://www.statsci.com/talaria/talaria.html (B) SICKLE CELL RESEARCH DISEASE FOUNDATION http://scdrf.org (B) FRAXA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: FRAGILE X SYNDROME http://www.fraxa.org (B) THE INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH http://www.icr.ac.uk (B) http://www.nih.gov (B) RICHARD PRESTON’S WEBPAGE – STUDY GUIDES FOR THE HOT ZONE AND THE COBRA EVENT http://www.richardpreston.net/ (B)
 * EXCITE: Excellence in Curriculum Integration through Teaching Epidemiology
 * NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

ECOLOGY/ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE:

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION http://ebiomedia.com (B) OCEANLINK: MARINE BIOLOGY http://oceanlink.island.net (B) ANIMAL DIVERSITY WEB http://www.oit.itd.umich.edu/projects/ADW (B) BEHAVIOR OF ECOLOGICAL MODELS SIMULATION SERVER http://www.teorekol.lu.se/simulationserver (B) THE WORLD BIOME PROJECT: AN INTEGRATED BIOLOGY COMPUTER PROJECT http://www2.kpr.edu.on.ca/cdciw/biomes/ (B) WORLD BIOMES .COM http://www.worldbiomes.com/default.htm (B) INTRODUCTION TO BIOMES [|http://www.radford.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/intro.html] (B) THE WORLD’S BIOMES http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/ (B) LEHIGH RIVER WATERSHED EXPLORATIONS: LEHIGH UNIVERSITY’S LEO ENVIROSCI INQUIRY GROUP - Provides excellent information on dissolved oxygen and other factors that affect the watershed http://www.leo.lehigh.edu/envirosci/watershed/index.html (B) UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS – Environmental Solutions http://www.ucsusa.org/ (B)

EVOLUTION:

[|http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/unt.ev.f.html] (T) EVOLUTION - the companion website for the PBS series http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/index.html (T) http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/ubcase.htm (T) THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN HUMANS – companion site to PBS series http://www.geneticorigins.org/geneticorigins/mito/intro.html (B) EVOLUTION - CONTEXT FOR BIOLOGY 1995 WWNFF INSTITUTE http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/bi/1995/ (T) BECOMING HUMAN http://www.becominghuman.org/ (T) [|http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/p.tut.db.html] (T) GOLDFISH NATURAL SELECTION LAB http://www.carolina.com/apscience/population-genetics.asp (T) CHARLES DARWIN’S WORKS - ON LINE http://pages.britishlibrary.net/charles.darwin/ EVOLUTIONARY ADVANTAGES OF CERTAIN BLOOD TYPES http://www.wcwonline.org/p-healthsense-blood.html GOLDFISH NATURAL SELECTION LAB WEBSITE http://www.carolina.com/apscience/population_genetics.asp (T) TALK ORIGINS – a must-see for anyone who has students challenging the theory of evolution http://www.talkorigins.org/ (B) DNA LEARNING CENTER – COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY - outstanding!!! Need I say more? http://www.dnalc.org/home.html (B) http://www.dnai.org/ (B) http://www.biozone.co.nz/GENETICS.html CASE IT! HOMEPAGE http://www.uwrf.edu/caseit/caseit.html (T) BIOLOGICA - animations, interactive simulations, great for all levels, includes Dragon Genetics http://biologica.concord.org/ (B) AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY GENOMIC REVOLUTION EXHIBITION http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/genomics/0_home/index.html http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/esi/2001/Biology/resources.html 123, GENOMICS - a Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics Knowledge Base - a great resource for teachers (T) http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/publicat/genechoice/index.html YOUR GENES, YOUR CHOICE (AAAS) - good for students and teachers (B) http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/publicat/genechoice/index.html DNA MICROARRAY METHODOLOGY - Flash Animation, makes it easy to understand process of creating DNA chips (B) http://www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/genomics/chip/chip.html (B) http://www.truefoodnow.org/shopping_list.html (B) DROP AND DRAG GENETICS - genetics problems http://www.zerobio.com/drag_gr11/mono.htm (B) GENETICS PROBLEMS - higher level problems that include a testcross, dihybrid, trihybrid, sex-linked, sex-influenced, epistasis [|http://www.gs.washington.edu/~mraghu/problems/371B_practice_03.html] (B) GENETICS PRACTICE PROBLEMS http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio105/geneprob.htm (B) @ You will need to download SHOCKWAVE to use these http://www.dnalc.org/ddnalc/resources/animations.html (B) CRACKING THE CODE OF LIFE – companion site to PBS program http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/genome/program.html COUNCIL FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY INFORMATION –brought to you by the biotech industry http://www.whybiotech.com (B) http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/ (T/B) THE GENETICS OF EYE COLOR http://www.seps.org/cvoracle/faq/eyecolor.html (B) http://www.anthro.com/evo/inherit.html (B) LAC OPERON – from MIT http://web.mit.edu/esgbio/www/pge/lac.html (B) LAC OPERON MOVIE [|http://www.dartmouth.edu/~cbbc/courses/movies/LacOperon.html] (B) VIRTUAL CELL: ANIMATIONS [|http://vcell.ndsu.nodak.edu/~christjo/vcell/animationSite/index.htm] (B) GENOME: THE SECRET OF HOW LIFE WORKS EXHIBIT WEBPAGE http://genome.pfizer.com/index.cfm (B)
 * EVOLUTION UNIT PLANNER (ENSI) - good introductory material for teachers to use
 * CASE STUDIES IN SCIENCE – GALAPAGOS ISLANDS CASE STUDY
 * INVESTIGATING EVOLUTIONARY QUESTIONS USING ON-LINE MOLECULAR DATABASES - an excellent activity originally published in American Biology Teacher
 * UNDERSTANDING EVOLUTION – from University of California at Berkeley, a wonderful site for both teachers and students**
 * http://evolution.berkeley.edu/ (B)**
 * MOUNT UNION COLLEGE – BEAK OF THE FINCH QUESTIONS**
 * [|http://raider.muc.edu/~scottjj/courses/bi215/finchquestions.htm] (B)**
 * GENETICS / MOLECULAR BIOLOGY / BIOTECHNOLOGY:**
 * DNA Interactive - HUMAN GENOME PROJECT INFORMATION WEBSITE (“Recovering the Romanovs” on-line activity) as well as many other tools for teachers and students
 * RNAi - has segments from NOVA program, excellent resource**
 * http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3210/02.html (B)**
 * HUMAN GENOME PROJECT INFORMATION WEBSITE**
 * http://www.doegenomes.org/ (B)**
 * LLNL HUMAN GENOME CENTER**
 * http://www-bio.llnl.gov/bbrp/genome/genome.html (B**
 * ROSLIN INSTITUTE ONLINE (HOME OF DOLLY THE SHEEP)**
 * http://www.ri.bbsrc.ac.uk (B)**
 * CHI SQUARE ANALYSIS**
 * http://www.psychstat.smsu.edu/introbook/chisq.htm (T)**
 * THE NATURAL HISTORY OF GENES – now a part of the GSLC at Utah**
 * http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/ (T)**
 * THE INTERACTIVE FLY**
 * http://sdb.bio.purdue.edu/fly/aimain/1aahome.htm (B)**
 * THE DROSOPHILA VIRTUAL LABORATORY**
 * http://www.ceolas.org/fly (B)**
 * POPULATION GENETICS/HARDY-WEINBERG EQUILIBRIUM http://csuchico.edu/bio1/personnel/Bell/Bio1207/evolve.html (T)**
 * POPULATION GENETICS: SAMPLE PROBLEMS http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/courses/EEB182/handouts/popgen.html (T)**
 * VIRTUAL GENETICS**
 * http://www.biology.uc.edu/vgenetic (T)**
 * THE BIOZONE – see entry below for more information
 * Genetics, Genomics, and Genethics - 2001 WOODROW WILSON INSTITUTE WEB RESOURCE TOPICS - all of the resources made available to teachers at Summer Institute (T)
 * GREENPEACE TRUE FOOD NETWORK - for genetically modified foods
 * DNALC ANIMATION LIBRARY - wonderful animations of many different biotech processes
 * GENETIC SCIENCE LEARNING CENTER (UNIVERSITY OF UTAH) – a very, very good site with lessons, labs, and activities

GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS:

SCIENCE ANIMATIONS, MOVIES, AND INTERACTIVE TUTORIALS http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/animatio.htm (B) EDUCYPEDIA – BIOLOGY ANIMATIONS http://users.pandora.be/educypedia/education/biologyanimations.htm (B) http://www.accessexcellence.org/ (B) DISCOVER MAGAZINE http://www.discover.com/ (B) ANIMAL DIVERSITY WEB - already mentioned THE CEPHALOPOD PAGE http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/ (B) THE BIOLUMINESCENCE WEB PAGE [|http://lifesci.ucsb.edu/~biolum] (B) SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FRONTIERS – SUPPLEMENTS TV SHOWS http://www.pbs.org/saf (T) DISCOVERY.COM http://www.discovery.com (B) CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL – already mentioned WOODROW WILSON NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION: http://www.Woodrow.org (T) http://www.biology.arizona.edu/default.html (T) http://www.biologylab.awlonline.com (T/B) THE NEW YORK TIMES SCIENCE PAGES http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html (T/B) http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/ubcase.htm (T) PROTEIN SYNTHESIS ANIMATION – you must use Explorer to view animation https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/jonovic/web/proteins.html (B) http://www.biozone.co.nz/links.html (B) NATURE.COM - has links to other Nature publications, need to register for each http://www.nature.com/news/index.html (T) SNAPSHOTS OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - Free online newsletter http://science-education.nih.gov/newsnapshots/index.html (B) EDUCATION WORLD SCIENCE LESSON PLANS http://www.education-world.com/science/ (T) ASSOCIATION FOR BIOLOGY LABORATORY EDUCATION - "HOT" BIOLOGY SITES http://www.zoo.utoronto.ca/able/resources/hotsites.htm (B) JOHN KYRK’S WEBSITE- excellent animations http://www.johnkyrk.com/ (T/B) ADVANCED PLACEMENT DIGITAL LIBRARY – created for AP Biology teachers, need help? Ask them. http://apdl.rice.edu/DesktopDefault.aspx (T) NIH MEDLINE PLUS TUTORIALS http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/ (B)
 * BIOLOGY I ANIMATIONS – has lots of links to great sites, including tutorials**
 * http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/bio1int.htm (B)**
 * ACCESS EXCELLENCE
 * THE BIOLOGY PROJECT
 * BIOLOGY LABS ONLINE (The Virtual Fly Lab is now found here, along with other inquiry-based labs for students. There is a fee, but there are also free trials.)
 * CASE STUDIES IN SCIENCE
 * BIOZONE – VERY POPULAR AT NABT CONVENTIONS!! an excellent site with many, many links to various topics in biology (already mentioned)
 * GREG CROWTHER’S SCIENCE SONG MUSIC – It’s a hoot! Listen and learn!**
 * http://faculty.washington.edu/crowther/Misc/Songs/music.shtml**
 * THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF IMMUNOLOGISTS (AAI) – has lots of links to teacher-created**
 * Lesson plans in immunology, DNA, biotechnology, and chemistry (T)**
 * http://www.aai.org/committees/education/high.htm**
 * VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY LIFE SCIENCES – video streaming available for many biology lessons**
 * http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/secretsofthesequence/**
 * BIO-NET**
 * http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/hosted/bionet/Bionet/www.leeds.ac.uk/bionet/compend/contents.htm (B)**
 * TREE OF LIFE WEB PROJECT – provides information about the diversity of life on Earth**
 * http://tolweb.org/tree/ (B)**
 * THE BIOLOGY PLACE – excellent coverage of AP course curriculum and labs**
 * http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/biocoach/index.html (T/B)**
 * BIOLOGY INFORMATION CENTER –good resource that correlates to Raven, Johnson, Losos, and Singer BIOLOGY 7/e**
 * http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072437316/information_center_view0/#**
 * WIKISPECIES – a free on-line resource to the kingdoms of life**
 * http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (T/B)**
 * SUMANAS, INC. ANIMATIONS – nicely done and easy to understand**
 * http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animation.html (T/B)**
 * BSCS MODULES - free downloads of many excellent modules**
 * [|http://www.bscs.org/page.asp?pageid=0|31|53&id=0|high_school_9-12] (T)**


 * PLANT BIOLOGY & PHYSIOLOGY**


 * PLANT ANIMATIONS**
 * http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/animatio.htm#plant (B)**
 * PLANT PHYSIOLOGY INFORMATION WEBSITE**
 * http://koning.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/ (T)**
 * SLOWLIFE – COMPANION SITE TO EXHIBIT – weird, but cool at the same time**
 * http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/usbg/ (B)**
 * UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY VIRTUAL FOLIAGE HOMEPAGE**
 * http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/ (B)**
 * BIOZONE BIOLINK FOR PLANTS**
 * http://www.biozone.co.nz/PLANT_BIOLOGY.html (B)**
 * FLOWER STRUCTURE TUTORIAL**
 * http://www.jburroughs.org/science/resources/flower/flowertut.html (B)**
 * ACTIONBIOSCIENCE INTERVIEW - Flowering Plants: Keys to Earth's Evolution and Human**
 * Well-Being**
 * http://www.actionbioscience.org/genomic/soltis.html (T)**
 * PLANT TRIVIA QUIZZES – Commercial site, but it has good questions**
 * http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/sci__tech/botany.html (S)**
 * PLANT TRANSPORT MECHANISMS**
 * [|http://home.earthlink.net/~dayvdanls/plant_transport.html] (T/B)**
 * LAND PLANTS LESSON PLANNERS**
 * http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/lessons/websites/w8.html (T)**
 * BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA – has some very good links and activities for science educators**
 * http://www.botany.org/#visitors (T)**
 * DOUBLE FERTILIZATION ANIMATION**
 * http://www.emunix.emich.edu/%7Eghannan/systbot/doublefertanimation.html**
 * CENTER FOR PLANT CONSERVATION EDUCATIONAL AIDS**
 * http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/Education.html (T)**


 * TEACHER CREATED WEB PAGES AND SITES – These are only a very few of the MANY excellent sites created by teachers**

BRUCE FAITSCH’S AP BIOLOGY HOMEPAGE http://pages.cthome.net/apbio/ (T) DIANE GOERLITZ’S BIOLOGY PAGE http://www.biology87.org/ (T) Scroll down to science and click. A menu will pop up with links to various AP Biology resources. BIO 181 COURSE PAGE - ESTRELLA MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE http://gened.emc.maricopa.edu/Bio/BIO181/bio181.html (T/B) ELIZABETH COWLES’ WEBSITE – with many links to other biology websites http://www.easternct.edu/personal/faculty/cowlese/apbio.htm (T) ALLISON WINWARD’S HOMEPAGE http://schoolnotes.com/99336/awinward.html (T) KIM FOGLIA’S AP BIOLOGY PAGE – activities and labs from many other sources in 1 place http://www.explorebiology.com/ (T) JODY SAXTON WEST’S HOMEPAGE http://www2.nfld.k12.mn.us/education/staff/staff.php?sectiondetailid=1330&sc_id=1139605503 (T) SEAN BENNETT’S HOMEPAGE http://lvillage.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/lv/hscare/hp.nsf/HomePages/sbennett1 (T) CHUCK DOWNING’S HOMEPAGE http://gohs.tvusd.k12.ca.us/TeacherWebs/Science/CDowning/default.aspx (T) MARISSA ABRAMS’ HOMEPAGE http://webpages.maine207.org/staff/MABRAMS/apbio/ap1.html (T) MARK ADAME’S LIST OF TEACHER SITES BY STATE – very useful http://cfbstaff.cfbisd.edu/adamem/AP%20Bio%20Teacher%20Webpages.htm (T)
 * TREVOR GALLANT’S HOMEPAGE – very nice and easy to use (T)**
 * http://kvhs.nbed.nb.ca/gallant/biology/biology.html#bioap**
 * FRANKLIN BELL’S AP BIOLOGY PAGE – another good one! (T)**
 * http://stm1200-01.k12.fsu.edu/**

TEACHER WEBSITE TO CORRESPOND WITH STUDENTS AND PARENTS http://www.schoolnotes.com (T) A free site offered to teachers to correspond with students and parents only. You can post homework, assignments, etc. Students can use the school ZIP code as entrance. Try ZIP 60419 for an example. SCIENCE LESSON PLANS

RUBRICS TEACH-NOLOGY HOMEPAGE http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/sciences/ http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ INSTRUCTIONAL INTRANET - CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Ideas_and_Rubrics/Ideas_and_rubrics.html KATHY SCHROCK’S GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS – ASSESSMENT http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html CURRICULUM TECHNOLOGY: SCIENCE RUBRICS TO SAVE US TIME http://www.usd305.com/staffdev/hs/sci/scirubrics.htm THE WEBQUEST PAGE: RUBRICS FOR WEB LESSONS http://webquest.sdsu.edu/ SCIENCE RUBRICS [|http://www2.gsu.edu/~mstnrhx/457/rubric.htm] MCPS SCIENCE RUBRICS – a collection of rubrics from various sources http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Ideas_and_Rubrics/Rubric_Bank/ScienceRubrics.pdf
 * RUBISTAR