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Access Excellence |
| Access Excellence, launched in 1993, is a national educational program that provides high-school biology teachers access to their colleagues, scientists, and critical sources of new scientific information via the World Wide Web. |
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Ask a Biologist |
| A reference site for students and their K-12 teachers, Ask a Biologist is a friendly, well-organized tool. |
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AskERIC |
| AskERIC is a personalized Internet-based service providing information to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, and parents. |
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BabyCenter: How Your Baby Develops |
| This is a well-done and useful site for its intended purpose, providing information to parents and parents-to-be. |
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BBC Science & Nature |
| BBC Science& Nature is a website chock-full of science content. |
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BioInteractive |
| Biointeractive is a useful website for school teachers and students. |
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Biology in Motion |
| This website, entitled Biology in Motion, provides a solid introduction to biological science concepts and can be easily used by students, teachers, and the general public. |
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BioMoleculesAlive.org |
| BioMoleculesAlive.org is a free subscription website designed to get peer-reviewed research and scientific innovation out quickly to the scientific community. |
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CELLS alive! |
| This site is a feast for the young cytologist's eyes! Detailed cell diagrams, 3-D models, and animated cell cams allow the navigator to learn about cell structure and function in a colorful environment. |
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Colonial Williamsburg |
| This site, sponsored by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, offers a rich array of interdisciplinary educational resources from colonial history, social science, science, math, and archaeology to lesson plans and quizzes. |
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Detectives in the Classroom: An Epidemiology Curriculum for Science, Mathematics, and Health Educators |
| The basic goal of the curriculum on this site is to provide the students with tools that will allow them to make informed health-related decisions. |
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Digital Anatomist |
| The Digital Anatomist site currently contains four atlases: neuroanatomy, a neuroanatomy syllabus, thoracic viscera, and the knee. |
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DNA for Dinner |
| This site is well constructed, and its information is accurate. |
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DNA From the Beginning |
| DNA From the Beginning is an animated website on the basics of DNA, genes, and heredity. |
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DNA Interactive |
| The DNA Interactive website is an award winning site that is all inclusive in its coverage of DNA. |
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drkoop.com |
| In summary, this site provides one-stop-shopping for information about health and disease, and combines accurate and timely information with easy accessibility. |
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ePsych |
| This site takes advantage of the Internet as a way to present sensation and perception (S&P) observations. The quality of sound, interactive modules, visual effects, and demonstrations are good for experiencing and learning. |
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EyeNet |
| The EyeNet, developed by the American Academy of Ophthalmology, is a nice, clean, easily explored site. |
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Fast Food Finder |
| At Fast Food Finder you can search for nutritional information about foods served at nineteen fast food restaurant chains. |
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Fight BAC! |
| This site was developed by the Partnership for Food Safety Education, a public-private partnership created to reduce the incidence of food-borne illness by educating Americans about safe food handling practices. |
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First 9 Months |
| This site could best be used as an introduction to a unit on development or a starting place for independent research, and would certainly keep the attention of students at or above the junior high level. |
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Genetic Science Learning Center |
| Designed especially for teachers in Utah schools, this site features articles about genetic research at the University of Utah, announcements of workshops for teachers, and ways of integrating the material with the approved Utah curriculum. |
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Healthwindows Jr. |
| Healthwindows Jr. is a wonderful website with seven windows, each with several sections, subsections, and links, including international links. It has something for everyone. |
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Human Genome Project: Exploring Our Molecular Selves |
| This website about the Human Genome Project: Exploring Our Molecular Selves is outstanding in delivering information that can be understood by students and the general public. |
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Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System |
| This site, developed by the Canadian Lung Association, is an excellent resource for teachers and students in grades 1 through 12. |
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InteliHealth |
| InteliHealth is a joint venture of Aetna U.S. Healthcare and Johns Hopkins University and Health System, with participation by a large number of health care organizations and agencies. The site is extremely rich in content and is easily navigated. |
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Internet Psychology Lab |
| This site, parts of which are still under construction, uses visual and auditory demonstrations of established psychological principles in perception, learning, memory, and cognition. |
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Kids Health |
| KidsHealth.org is a website devoted to the health of children and teens. The site has three main areas: one for kids, one for parents, and one for health care professionals. |
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MayoClinic.com |
| The MayoClinic.com website promises "Reliable Information for Healthy Living." |
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Medical Mysteries |
| This site includes a refreshing presentation of educational materials in a game format. It is well worth using while teaching the scientific method, bacteriology, or historical figures concepts. |
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MendelWeb |
| MendelWeb pleasantly surprised me with its excellent hypertext presentation of Mendel's classic paper on pea plant hybridization and its use of that paper to model scientific reasoning for teachers and students alike. |
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Microbe World |
| This is a fantastic site for all individuals interested in microbiology and/or biological sciences in general. |
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Mysteries of Çatalhöyük |
| The most useful activities and 'mysteries' are for grades 3-7 and revolve around the use of art by the people of Çatalhöyük. |
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
| This site is part of and maintained by the National Institutes of Health. It presents generally accepted health information for the public and healthcare professionals. |
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| This site is a clearly indexed summary of current medical knowledge and leading federally-funded research in immunity and infectious disease. |
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National Institute on Drug Abuse |
| This is an excellent government resource for students, teachers, parents, and health professionals on the effects of drugs on the brain and body. |
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National Library of Medicine |
| The site presents a list of topics related to all aspects of anthrax and ranging from a general overview and clinical information to prevention and research. |
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Neuroscience for Kids |
| Neuroscience for Kids is a combination of a sophisticated neuroscience text, a compendium of experiments and lesson plans, and a gateway to other sources of information about the brain and nervous system. |
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NOVA Online |
| There is something here for everyone with topics ranging from the bugs in your bed to the dinosaur fossils in the bedrock. |
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Open Heart |
| The Open Heart website is designed to teach individuals about the human heart through interactive activities. |
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PBS Science & Nature |
| The science and nature portion of the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) website provides an extraordinary educational experience. |
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PREVLINE (Prevention On-Line) |
| Sponsored by the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, PREVLINE offers electronic access to searchable databases and substance abuse prevention materials that pertain to alcohol, tobacco, and drugs. |
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Safe Food: It's Your Job Too! |
| This site aims to draw young persons into issues of food safety, using colorful cartoons and musical jingles along with factual information. |
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School Start Time Study |
| This Web article, from the University of Minnesota, provides a good overview of current research on adolescent sleep needs with possible implications. |
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ScienceMaster |
| Overall, this is one of the most worthwhile sites for science educators I have encountered. |
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Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling the World |
| This website is quite good and would be useful to anyone who wants an explanation of the current state of research on the brain. |
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Snapshots of Science and Medicine |
| Snapshots of Science and Medicine is a creation of the Office of Science Education, National Institutes of Health. It is designed to be a website for high school students and teachers interested in biomedical research for the science classrooms. |
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Society of Toxicology: Toxicology for Educators |
| The educator’s section of the Society for Toxicology website is a comprehensive resource for teachers wishing to incorporate toxicology principles into their teaching. |
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The Biology Project |
| The Biology Project is an interactive online resource for learning biology, developed at The University of Arizona. |
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The Critical Thinking Community |
| The notion of critical thinking has been around for many years. This site attempts to bring it down to earth, in useful form for practitioners and students. |
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The e-Skeletons Project |
| This is a superb site which allows the student to learn the anatomy of the skeleton including the morphology of bones, origins and insertions of muscles, and the articulation of joints. |
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The Exploratorium |
| The Exploratorium collects and reviews scientific websites. |
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The Sleep Well |
| Has there ever been a day where you can’t seem to keep your eyes open? Have you ever been tossing and turning for what it seems ages before eventually falling asleep? |
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The Vaccine Page |
| The Vaccine Page is a rich site which is not built upon original or synthesized information, but rather provides an extremely well-organized approach to links to other sites concerned with vaccines and vaccination. |
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The Virtual Cardiology Lab |
| This website seeks to give an idea of the problems and techniques employed in cardiac evaluation of emergency patients. |
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The Why Files |
| I believe it to be an excellent site for both general audiences and classroom use for science topics of general interest. I have added the URL to my list of favorites. |
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Understanding the Immune System |
| The NIH scientists who have assembled it call this website a primer. It is a relatively concise review of the immune system, which integrates text and color illustrations in a pleasant format, much like a textbook. |
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