Website Name: Access Excellence
Website: http://www.accessexcellence.com
Reference information: Access Excellence @ The National Health Museum
Website Description: This website is part of a national educational program that provides life science teachers with new scientific information. It provides a portal for teachers to share and to find great science lessons to use in the classroom.
Website Name: CELLS alive!
Website: www.cellsalive.com
Copyright 2006, Quill Graphics
Website Description: CELLS alive is an interactive website that is great in distributing information on cell biology, microbiology, immunology, and microscopy. It provides 3D animations of different types of cells as well as interactive word puzzles and quizzes. CELLS alive provides free downloads of animal and plant cell diagrams.
DNA and Genetics
Website Name: Understanding Genetics
Website: http://www.thetech.org/genetics/
Reference information: 1994-2004 The Tech Museum of Innovation
Website Description: This website may be used as a resource while studying genetics. It contains information that gives students a real world application to the importance of genetics throughout the world. It provides guided tutorials on background information of DNA and an interactive inheritance calculator as a way for students to have fun with the predictions of genetics.
Website Name: DNA Interactive
Website: http://www.dnai.org
Website: http://www.wiley.com
Copyright 2003, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Website Description: This site was created by the Dolan DNA Learning Center and funded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute. On this continually updated site, video clips and timelines give a sense of accurate timing and history of the discovery and advances of DNA. It is a great resource for teachers, providing downloadable lessons which include objectives, national education standards, and student worksheets. Students also may use this site to actively learn about the chemical structure of DNA by viewing video clips of interviews and computer animated DNA models. It requires hands on participation by allowing students to build and copy a DNA model. It also allows them to view the process of protein synthesis through computer animated models. Advanced techniques and applications such as forensics explores how DNA science may be applied to many other aspects of daily life.
Website Name: Learn. Genetics – Genetic ScienceLearningCenter
Website: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/
Reference information: 2008 The University of Utah, GeneticScienceLearningCenter
Website Description: The University of Utah covers the basics of cellular biology and much more. It is an interactive website allowing students to study the parts of the cell and its functions. It allows students to build DNA models, transcribe and translate genes and grasp the basic functions of proteins within the cell. The Print-and-Go Index under the teacher resources contains a huge inventory of webquests, bioethical decision making situations and activities that are ready for classroom use.
Website Name: DNA from the Beginning
Website: http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/
Reference information: 2002, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Description: Key concepts of genetics are introduced throughout this website. The three main categories discussed are: Classical Genetics, Molecules of Genetics, and Genetic Organization and Control. Each concept is explained using animation, images, video interviews, biographies, problems, and links.
Website Name: BioLogica
Website: http://biologica.concord.org/index.html
Reference information: The Concord Consortium
Website Description: BioLogica offers unique features that allow students to inquire about genetics while trying to solve guided problem sets. This website focuses on the concepts of genotypes and phenotypes, dominant and recessive alleles, and basic principles of meiosis.
Website Name: The University of Arizona - The Biology Project
Website: http://www.biology.arizona.edu
copyright 2001-02-03-04 http://www.biology.arizona.edu
Website Description: The Biology Project is a website covering a variety of biology topics including biochemistry, cell biology, and human biology. It is designed in such a way that students are able to work through problem sets with guided tutorials. Each topic has an activity designed to encourage further thought about basic biological information. This site also offers their problem sets and tutorials translated to Spanish.
Ecology
Website Name: Toxic and Harmful Algal Blooms: Educational Activities
Website: http://www.bigelow.org/edhab/fitting_algae.html
Reference information: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Description: This website provides a series of five lessons on the topic of ecology including food webs, food chains, and biological magnification. Each lesson is designed to give basic information and vocabulary before providing an activity for students to participate in. Most activities are also available as a PDF if computers are unavailable. Extensions to each activity are provided.
Subject: Ecology
Website: www.mbgnet.net
Copyright 2005 Missouri Botanical Garden
Website Description: This website gives an overview of the terrestrial and aquatic biomes. Each biome is described in terms of location, temperature and precipitation. Actual tours through each biome provide descriptions and pictures of animal and plant life within each biome.
Website Name:
NASA – What is SeaWiFS?
Website: http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/seawifs/seawifs.htm
Reference information: NASA
Website Description: This website provides wonderful background information on NASA technologies in relation to food webs, food chains and the carbon cycle. Easy to follow directions help teachers prepare for the lesson and it allows students to make a real life connection to core curriculum.
Evolution
Website Name: Teaching about Evolution and the Nature of Science
Website: http://books.nap.edu/html/evolution98
Website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/teachstuds/tguide.html
Reference information: Copyright © 2008 National Academy of Sciences
Website Description: This website is provided by the National Academies Press, it provides content information on the teaching of evolution in the classroom. It provides student activities and simulations. Lessons are written according to the 5E Inquiry model. It also provides background information to the teacher on the reasons behind how and why evolution is taught.
Website Name: Understanding Evolution
Website:http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/index.html
Reference information: This site was created by the University of California Museum of Paleontology with support provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Web Description: This site provides wonderful resources for both the teacher and the student on the topic of evolution. Browse through their collection of videos on topics ranging from Darwin to religion. Web activities are available for topics such as natural selection, evidence for evolution, and human evolution. Classroom activities and worksheets are available in PDF format for easy use in the classroom.
Website Name: Understanding Evolution
Website: http://evolution.berkeley.edu/
Systems
Website Name: Neuroscience For Kids
Website: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
Reference information: Copyright © 1996-2007 Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D. University of Washington Engineered Biomaterials
Website Description: Neuroscience For Kids is an educational site that has a broad range of activities both for student and teacher use. It may serve as an informational guide with accurate and detailed diagrams that would be great to use in classroom presentations. Parts of this website are also available in other languages
Website Name: National Geographic
Website: http://www.nationalgeographic.com
Reference information: 1996-2008 National Geographic Society
Website Description: The National Geographic website is a resource for both students and teachers. Students are able to link to a NG Kids website where they can play curriculum oriented games. They may view recent stories and participate in different interactive activities. Teachers also have available resources on lesson plan ideas to use with or without the website.
Website Name: The Franklin Institute – Resources for Science Learning
Website: http://www.fi.edu/learn/index.php
Reference information: The Franklin Institute
Website Description: This site can be used as an interactive tutorial or as a resource for lesson ideas. It is a good resource for an online study of the human systems.
Others
Website Name: The Shape of Life
Website: http://www.pbs.org/kcet/shapeoflife/episodes/index.html
Reference information: PBS - 2002 Sea Studios Foundation
Website Description: This website gives an overview of the animal kingdom, breaking it down into eight phyla. It can be used in conjunction with the PBS series “The Shape of Life,” it is also available on DVD. The website is designed to give an overview of the eight phyla with or without the broadcast series. It includes information for each phylum such as symmetry, specialized structures, and examples of organisms within the phyla. There are links to video clips of interviews with scientists and image guides that allow student to view pictures of organisms close up. This site is a great resources to give a hands on, interesting summary of the Animal Kingdom.
Website Name: What did T.rex taste like?
Website: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/Trex/index.html
Reference information: 1994-2008 by the Regents of the University of California
Website Description: The activity begins with an introduction to the three domains of life. It explains that all living organisms share a common ancestor. This concept introduces evolutionary history and relationships between living organisms. Students are introduced to cladograms and by the end of the activity they should know how to extract information from a cladogram and also how to design one. This website provides lesson plans to organize the use of this activity and handouts in a downloadable format for easy printing.
Website Name: Access Excellence
Website: http://www.accessexcellence.com
Reference information: Access Excellence @ The National Health Museum
Website Description: This website is part of a national educational program that provides life science teachers with new scientific information. It provides a portal for teachers to share and to find great science lessons to use in the classroom.
