Internet Resources

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• AIDSInfo - Educational material including fact sheets and glossary terms related to HIV/AIDS. aidsinfo.nih.gov

• All About Birds - This free online guide to North American birds and bird watching provides videos, sounds, range maps, and informative articles. allaboutbirds.org

  • Amazing Animations! - One of my favorite sites! Very interesting animations on several cell biology processes. Animations are step-by-step which allows time for explanation.http://www.johnkyrk.com/

  • Atom Creation - Fun site where students create atoms. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/atom/#

B

• BioInteractive - offers a variety of free resources: Holiday Lectures on Science, Short Films, Animations, Video Clips, Virtual Labs, Click & Learn Interactives, iOS & Android Apps, Teacher Guides, Classroom Activities, etc. www.BioInteractive.org

  • Biology shorts – a selection of very short flash animations showing multiple biochemical processes, i.e. enzyme function, hydrogen bonding, protein folding, etc. http://www.stolaf.edu/people/giannini/biological%20anamations.html

  • • Biology Project – Comprehensive site with tutorials and animations followed by quiz questions. http://www.biology.arizona.edu/biochemistry/biochemistry.html

C

• Changing the Face of Medicine Celebrating American's Women Physicans. Features the lives and work of women physicians from the 19th century.

• Chemical Bond Animation - site with basic information and animations on the formation of chemical bonds http://www2.nl.edu/jste/bonds.htm

• ChemIDplus/Chemicals Page - View and manipulate chemical structures for more than 388,000 chemicals. Create cis and trans models, conduct structure similarity searches, and view chemical synonyms.

  • Chemistry Target Practice – Game that allows students to review basic chemistry concepts http://www.zerobio.com/target_practice_quiz/target_practice_quiz_chemistry.htm

D

• • Dissolving Animation - Short animation that demonstrates how ionic compounds dissolve http://www.northland.cc.mn.us/biology/Biology1111/animations/dissolve.html

E

• • Element Adventure Webquest – Project centered around an individual element. I would recommend assigning students elements related to health and medicine (phosphorous, iron, sodium, potassium, etc.) http://web.buddyproject.org/web017/web017/quest.html

  • Enzymes – simple animations that go through the basics of enzymes and inhibition. http://www.northland.cc.mn.us/biology/Biology1111/animations/enzyme.html

  • Evaluating Internet Health Statistics - Learn how to evaluate health information found on the Web.

  • Explore Mars

F

• Frankenstein -Penetrating the Secrets of Science- explores the ethics involved in scientific research.

• Finding and Using Health Statistics - Course in understanding health statistics. Also includes strategies for locating statistics.

G

• GeneEd - Links to vetted genetic Web sites based on high school science curriculum. geneed.nim.nih.gov

• Genetics Home Reference - Information about genetic conditions. ghr.nlm.nih.gov

• Guide to Health Web Surfing - What to look for when evaluating the quality of health information.

H

• Health Occupation- Resource links to information about health occupations

• Help Me Understand Genetics - Basic information about genetics

• HIV/AIDS Portal -Links to scientific and consumer-related information about prevention, clinical trials, treatment and living with HIV/AIDS. aids.nlm.nih.gov

• Household Products Database - Learn about the potential health effects of chemicals in common household products.

• Howard Hughes Medical Institute-Biointeractive

I

• • Interactive Chemistry Quizzes – Large Collection of quizzes for chemistry review in multiple areas http://www.sciencegeek.net/Chemistry/taters/directory.shtml

J

K

L

• • Lipid Animation - Site with basic lipid information and simple animation on how a triglyceride forms

M

• Macaulay Library- The Macauly Library is the world's leading scientific collection of audio and video recordings documenting birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, arthropods, and fish. These media offers exciting opportunities to introduce students to the wonders of the natural world with a focus on animal behavior.

• MedlinePlus - Easy to read health information.

  • Metabolic Reactions Animation - Great animations on enzyme catalyzed reactions and general metabolic reactions.

  • MedicalMolecules – List of molecules and information that are significant to the human body or medicine.

N

• NASA's Eyes On The Solar System - NASA's online 3D interactive, Eyes on the Solar System, allows you to explore our cosmic neighborhood and travel alongside NASA space probes from your Web browser.

• National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science The mission of the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science at the University at Buffalo is to promote the development and dissemination of materials and practices for case teaching in the sciences. Our website provides access to an award-winning collection of peer-reviewed case studies.

O

• Online Research in Biology - Free lessons and resources guide undergraduate faculty in facilitating student research on animal behavior, avian ecology, and conservation using citizen-science databases and the Macaulay Library archive of animal sounds and videos. birds.cornell.edu/orb

P

• PubMed/MEDLINE - A citation index for articles from medical and life science journals.

Q

R

• Radiolab- great audio stories about all different topics

• Rewriting the Book of Nature: Charles Darwin and the Rise of Evolutionary Theory - Explores the scientific discoveries and contributions of Charles Darwin.

S

• • Salt Dissolve - Animation showing how salt dissolves in water http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/chemistry/essentialchemistry/flash/molvie1.swf

• Science Friday - public radio show about science--quirky and funny shows

• Science Friday's Educational Page

• Science Primer - A basic introduction to the science and technology of genetics and genomes.

  • Sparknotes – provides a quick overview of topics followed by review problems http://www.sparknotes.com/biology/

T

• TOXMAP- uses map of US to visually explore Superfund and Toxic Release Inventory from the EPA

• Tox Town- a guide to commonly encountered toxic substances

• ToxLearn and Toxicology Tutorials - teaches basic toxicology principles

U

• Understanding Medical Words - Tutorial for consumers on understanding medical terminology.

V

• Visible Human Project - Complete, anatomically detailed, 3D representations of the normal male and female human bodies

• Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body-Collection of images, videos and stories about the history and development of forensics

W

• • Water Interactions Animation- Short animation with general information on water and it’s chemical interactions/

X

Y

• • You-tubevideos – a selection of clips on you-tube that cover topics from basic DNA and cell structure to genetic engineering and disease processes.

Z