The General Science Sites found here
are Internet sites that do not meet specific science
benchmarks. The links are organized in the following
categories: (click on the selected category to view
that section): (1) Teaching Units / Lesson
Plans; (2) Student Activities / Projects
/ Interactive Sites; (3) Information
/ Facts / Data / Reports; (4) Videos
/ Movies / Animations/Applets; (5) Photographs
/ Slides / Diagrams / Graphics; (6) Periodicals
/ Journals / Newspapers; (7) Searches
/ Explorations / Projects / Investigations
Teaching
Units/Lesson Plans
- Access
Excellence
Designed for high school biology teachers. It
includes lesson plans, shared activities, and interviews
with current scientists. Also includes numerous links
to other biology sites found on the Web.
- Bats
Outstanding!
Includes interactive games, lesson plans and a bat
curriculum for teachers. Lots of information
and fun things to do!
- Color
in the Natural World
Color in the Natural World contains resources to help
a student and teacher investigate camouflage and animals
color in relation to environment. Lesson plans, student
cutouts, and color pictures included. This is a PDF
file.
- DNA Interactive
Outstanding
- This site is for high school and above. Everything
you wanted to know and do and more. Manipulations,
applications including Gene Boy. Teacher resources
include free download of lesson plans.
- Heredity,
A Link to the Past!
Detailed lesson plans covering the basics of heredity.
Includes student worksheets, links, and additional
resources. This is a PDF file.
- Internet
Links in the Life Sciences
This general science site contains numerous links
to a variety of Life Science topics found on the Internet.
- Teaching
Units for Biology
This site contains a variety of links to teaching
units for biology. The site has tips for teaching
biology in your classroom. This site covers a variety
of biology topics including evolution.
- The
Electronic Zoo
This page provides many lesson plans for a teacher
to use to meet the enablers related to animals and
animal related topics.
- The
Life of Birds
This site is a PBS presentation by Sir David Attenborough.
It includes classroom resources, and many sections
on bird brains, evolution, parenthood, songs, and
other links.
- Whale
Songs
This site is an online whale education center.
It links the classroom with the Song of the Whale
project. Great facts, pictures, and lesson plans.
- Woodrow
Wilson Collection - Evolution
This site has lesson plans and hypercard presentations
that will help a teacher present evolution to a high
school class.
Student
Activities/Projects/Interactive Sites
- Access
Excellence
Designed for high school biology teachers. It
includes lesson plans, shared activities, and interviews
with current scientists.
- Bats
Outstanding!
Includes interactive games, lesson plans and a bat
curriculum for teachers. Lots of information
and fun things to do!
- Bats:
A Thematic Resource for Teachers and Students
Great site for project ideas, integration of subjects,
and a list of bat resource materials. Allows
for some interaction.
- Biology
I Animations, Movies & Interactive Tutorial Links
Outstanding
site for animations, movies and interactive tutorials.
Fantastic links for every area of science covered
in high school, especially biology. This site
is a must for all educators!
- BioInteractive
Outstanding - This
is a site with many interactive links. There is a
virtual cardiology lab, a virtual bacterial ID lab,
Ask a Scientist, Virtual Labs, Animations (needs QuickTime),
Virtual Museum, Web Videos, Click and Learn, HHMI
Holiday Lectures, Cool Science for Curious Kids. This
is an outstanding site for grades 9-12.
- Bucket
Buddies: A study of the habitat of a local pond.
Students around the United States and other countries
will collect samples from local ponds to answer the
question: Are the organisms found in pond water the
same all over the world?
- Cell
Structure and Function: Cells – The
Basis of Life New "Science Objects are two hour
on-line interactive inquiry-based content modules that
help teachers better understand the science content
they teach. This Science Object is the first of four
Science Objects in the Cell Structure and Function
SciPack. It explores the difference between living
and non-living things as it looks at the many different
types of cells." Free with free registration at
the NSTA Learning Center site.
- DNA Interactive
Outstanding
- This site is for high school and above. Everything
you wanted to know and do and more. Manipulations,
applications including Gene Boy. Teacher resources
include free download of lesson plans.
- Estuary
LIVE
This site contains many curriculum based classroom
activities regarding the ecology of estuaries. It
also has a teacher's guide to the site usage and links
to other illustrated resources.
- Evergreen New This site provides activities for
ecology units. It is for grades 1-12 and contains
multiple activity ideas on different ecology topics.
- Genetics Education
Center
This site is for educators interested in human genetics
and the human genome project. It includes resources,
journal articles, interactive websites, links to labs
and activities, videos and much more! Up-to-date and
very comprehensive.
- Mcgraw-Hill-Essential
Study Guide
Interactive program that covers all aspects
of life science. Includes quizzes, graphs, charts,
and quality pictures.
- National
Aquarium in Baltimore
This site has excellent interactive games that promote
environmental awareness. The games are designed around
the following topics: seahorses, sea jellies, the
rainforest, oceans, and deadly venoms. This site is
appropriate for upper elementary students.
- Square
of Life: Studies in Local and Global Environments
Studies in Local and Global Environments is an Internet-based
collaborative project in which students will investigate
their local environment and share that information
with other students from around the country and the
world.
- The
Biology Corner
This site has virtual labs, worksheets, information,
links to other biology sites. It covers a broad range
of biology topics from ecology to DNA replication.
- The
Water Cycle
This site contains an explanation of the water cycle
with excellent graphics. It is a student activity.
Many excellent activities.
Information/Facts/Data/Reports
- Animal
Information Database
This site is part of the Sea World/Busch Gardens Education
Series. The site contains links to research
projects; activities just for fun; fast facts; teacher
resources; and links to a database resource with information
on animals, fish, birds, and endangered species.
- Anatomy of
the Human Body
The Bartleby.com edition of Gray’s Anatomy of
the Human Body features 1,247 vibrant engravings—many
in color—from the classic 1918 publication,
as well as a subject index with 13,000 entries. The
site includes information on each topic and numerous
diagrams.
- Bird
Migration Site
Anyone can track migrating birds as they move
through the Mid-Atlantic Region. This is a great information
site on bird migration: what it is, why you should
care, how you can help migrating birds, and reporting
your observations. The highlight of this site is the
fantastic radar images of migrating birds. Links help
you understand the radar images.
- Bird
of the Week
A great place to find interesting facts, bird songs,
and pictures. A new bird is added every week.
- Butterflies
of North America
This site contains information and pictures
about North American Butterflies and where they are
found.
- Classroom
Antarctica
This is a nice resource with outstanding printable
pdf files. The files contain lots of fun information
and activities dealing with Antarctica and its ecosystem.
It is geared mainly for upper elementary to middle
school students.
- Ecommerce
NSTA E-newsletter - HS Genetics
Site includes links to 4 articles about HS genetics.
There is a genetics demonstration, gummy bear genetics,
How a dragon gets its wings, and DNA Dynamics. Each
includes an activity to further understanding of genetics.
- FROGS:
A Chorus of Color from the American Museum of Natural
History
Database about frogs including:
featured frog specimens, dart poison frog variations,
reproduction, a frog's life, frogs and the ecosystem,
frog sounds and frog fun facts.
- Function
of Cells in Organisms
This site offers beautiful graphics and numerous links
to plant and animal physiology. Easy to read and clear,
concise information
- Internet
BioEd Project
These links are privided as starting points for searching
for information. They are not comprehensive, but should
serve as a guide for getting into the vast amount
of biology and related information that is available
on the Internet. Many of the links have some useful
information for students of high school biology.
- Into
the Abyss
A NOVA project that discusses how sea life can live
in extreme conditions without sunlight. A good
sight for information and photographs.
- List
of Bones of the Human Skeleton New This is
an article in Wikipedia where clicking on the name
of a bone will take you to a linked page with more
information on it.
- Missouri
Botanical Gardens Home
This site provides a great deal of information on
populations within habitats. There is a virtual biome
area which provides information on specific information
on the six biomes. The pictures at this site are very
good.
- National
Wildlife Federation
This is a good site for teachers to find information
about the National Wildlife Federation, but it also
has links to websites for setting up schoolyard habitats,
and other information links on various groups of animals
and ecosystems. Easy to navigate.
- SchoolYard
Habitats
We want to help educators of all kinds to garden for
wildlife as part of their teaching.
- Ocean
Link
This is an exceptional search site for all types of
ocean life. It includes sections dealing with ocean
news and information, aqua facts, ask a scientist,
and other ocean links.
- The
Cephalopod Page
Learn more about Octopus, squid, and cuttlefish.
Find out information about these invertebrates, as
well as photographs and frequently asked questions.
- The
San Diego Zoo
This website is appropriate for all students. It offers
several virtual tours, many videos, and lots of information
on the animals.
- UCMP
a History of Evolutionary Thought
This site is an excellent source on the history
of evolution. If any student has an interest in the
founders of the theory they can go here for research.
It also explains how cladistics works and how the
first paleantologists found dinosaurs.
- WolframAlpha
- Computational Knowledge Engine New
- Outstanding Today's
Wolfram Alpha is the first step in an ambitious,
long-term project to make all systematic knowledge
immediately computable by anyone. Enter your question
or calculation,and Wolfram Alpha uses its built-in
algorithms and a growing collection of data to
compute the answer.
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Videos/Movies/Animations/Applets
Videos/Movies/Audio Clips
- Aquarium
of the Pacific
Visitors to this site can see live video of sea jellies,
fish, diving birds, and other exhibits found at the
aquarium. This website also has information on other
animals as well as career information.
- Biological
Animations
Outstanding
site for animations and movies about biological processes.
Includes animations for cell structures and function,
metabolism, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and much
more. A movie link at the bottom of the page
has excellent short films of common protists, showing
movements and eating habits, as well as upclose pictures
of cilia and flagella movements.
- Biology
of Plants New This site has pictures, illustrations,
and video clips of seeds, plants, pollination, and
other plant related topics. It is appropriate for
use at the elementary or middle school levels.
- How
Stuff Works New
This site contains real world
videos that demonstrate a variety of life science
concepts. The videos include Discovery Channel ,
NASA, Science Channel, HowStuffWorks, and Mythbusters
segments. It is appropriate for use at any grade
level.
- Terra New
- This website provides webcasts, short video
and video clips on a variety of science topics.
The majority
of the topics covered are concerned with life sciences
but there are applications to all the sciences.
- The
San Diego Zoo
This website is appropriate for all students. It
offers several virtual tours, many videos, and lots
of information
on the animals.
Animations/Applets/Simulations
- Anatomist
Project
At the University of Washington's biology department
the "structural information group" cleans up and colorizes
a cadaver sectioning. The 3-D views of the brain,
knee, and thoracic organs (including the heart) can
be supplemented by outlines, labels and a few animations,
and there's a quiz to make sure your paying attention.
- Anatomy
& Physiology II Animations Movies & Interactive
Tutorial Links This site is site filled
with animations. Teachers can select from a vast amount
of various animations within each category. This is
an excellent teacher resource, along with being extremely
informative for the students.
- Biology-Anatomy
& Physiology I Animations Movies & Interactive
Tutorial Links
Outstanding:
This site has animations in the following topics:
Basic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Cell Structure, Mitosis/Meiosis,
Cancer, Cell Transport, DNA Replication, Protein Synthesis,
Cellular Respiration, Skeletal/Joints, Muscular, Neuron/Synapse,
Membrane Potentials, Central Nervous System, Drugs
and Neurotransmitters , Special Senses, Endocrine.
The site is excellent for teaches to use to illustrate
visually different concepts.
- Biological
Animations
Outstanding
site for animations and movies about biological processes.
Includes animations for cell structures and function,
metabolism, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and much
more. A movie link at the bottom of the page
has excellent short films of common protists, showing
movements and eating habits, as well as upclose pictures
of cilia and flagella movements.
- Biology
I Animations, Movies & Interactive Tutorial Links
Outstanding
site for animations, movies and interactive tutorials.
Fantastic links for every area of science covered
in high school, especially biology. This site
is a must for all educators!
- BioInteractive
Outstanding - This
is a site with many interactive links. There is a
virtual cardiology lab, a virtual bacterial ID lab,
Ask a Scientist, Virtual Labs, Animations (needs QuickTime),
Virtual Museum, Web Videos, Click and Learn, HHMI
Holiday Lectures, Cool Science for Curious Kids. This
is an outstanding site for grades 9-12.
- DNA
From The Begining
An animated look at the basics of DNA, Genes, and
heredity. Great site for visuals!
- Ecology-Science
Animations Movies & Interactive Tutorial Links
Outstanding
- This site is all about animation in the following
topic areas:
General Collections, Anatomy & Physiology I, Anatomy
& Physiology II, Biology I, Animals, Plants, Ecology,
Microbiology, Astronomy, Geology, and Physics. Outstanding
site for teachers to illustrated different concepts
visually.
- The
Interactive Library
Outstanding:
This site has applets for all the science disciplines
and they are all excellent. Mathematics is also part
of the database.
- Visual
Library
- Visual Library is part of the Access Excellence
Resource Center found at the National Health Museum.
The site includes: Animation Collections; Links
to Graphic Libraries; The Living Skeleton; Microscopy;
and Acess Excellence Graphic Gallery.
Photographs/Slides/Diagrams/Graphics
- Butterflies
of North America
This site contains information and pictures
about North American Butterflies and where they are
found.
- Dennis
Kunkel's Microscopy
Dr. Kunkel's electron microscope and light microscopy
pictures are as fascinating as they are tiny. And
while he does the bacteria and virus thing pretty
well, his specialty seems to be little creatures.
You haven't seen a garden spider or a mosquito until
you've seen one illuminated and hued like this.
- Ecosystems
Outstanding -
Students can click on each of different biomes and
hear sounds of that biome while they are looking at
a picture and reading a description.
- Function
of Cells in Organisms
This site offers beautiful graphics and numerous links
to plant and animal physiology. Easy to read and clear,
concise information
- Mcgraw-Hill-Essential
Study Guide
- Interactive program that covers all aspects of
life science. Includes quizzes, graphs, charts,
and quality pictures.
-
- NOAA's
Ark
NOAA's Ark contains over 10,000
pictures of the animals they try to protect. These
high resolution pictures are public domain and available
for downloading.
-
- The
Living Skeleton
The Living Skeleton has X-ray images of the human
skeleton with descriptions and images.
- The
Virtual Cell
Take a virtual tour of a plant cell.
- The
Visible Human Project
Spin your partner! The goal is to create detailed,
3-D representations of the male and female human body.
- The
Water Cycle
This site contains an explanation of the water cycle
with excellent graphics. It is a student activity.
Many excellent activities.
- Whale
Songs
This site is an online whale education center.
It links the classroom with the Song of the Whale
project. Great facts, pictures, and lesson plans.
Periodicals/Journals/Newspapers
- Cell
This periodical contains current information on cells.
- Literature.org
- An Online Literature Library
This site has 4 complete works of Charles
Darwin ready to read.
- Nature
Periodical that has current articles about our natural
world.
- Sciencemag
- A History of the Human Genome Project
Outstanding -
Science's News staff tells the history of the quest
to sequence the human genome, from Watson and Crick's
discovery of the double helical structure of DNA to
today's publication of the draft sequence. A graphical,
interactive version of this timeline, containing links
to some classic Science articles and news coverage
from the early genomics era, is also available on
Science's Functional Genomics Web site.
Searches/Explorations/Investigations
- Ask
a Biologist New Other features of the site
are likely to be more useful. For example, readings
on a variety of topics in biology, authored by faculty
at ASU, are accessibly written and appropriately
brief. A scoreable quiz option accompanies each.
Only a few read as if from a textbook. Backyard experiments
vary in terms of inquiry design. Some are modeling
exercises (Pressing Plants and Composting) while
others are data tabulations (Air Pollution and Your
Dog's Personality). Two are authentically launched
by an investigative question (Pocket Seed Viewer
and Water Temperature and Density). A sampling of
experiments borrowed from the Access Excellence site
are included, and are excellent.
For younger learners, there are downloadable coloring
pages depicting biological phenomena. A mystery images
game and gallery inspire the imagination. Finally,
a number of Web links are provided for deeper pursuits.
- BioInteractive
Outstanding - This
is a site with many interactive links. There is a
virtual cardiology lab, a virtual bacterial ID lab,
Ask a Scientist, Virtual Labs, Animations (needs QuickTime),
Virtual Museum, Web Videos, Click and Learn, HHMI
Holiday Lectures, Cool Science for Curious Kids. This
is an outstanding site for grades 9-12.
- Genetic
Decision Making Model
This site teaches students to use a decision making
model, students will learn to stop and think and then
make the decision based on the values they hold.
- Project
Challenge - Life in the Extreme
Systems are addressed in this webquest. Students are
on a mission to select a planet where life can exist
because the Earth is becoming to crowded or polluted.
Students research carrying capacities, the nine planets,
extremophiles, etc. Then prepare a website or PowerPoint
presentation of their new planet. This is best suited
for 7th and 8th grade students.
- Virtual
Fish Tank
This site allows students to create his/her own fish
by manipulating different characteristics. These fish
can then be "released" into a community tank. Each
fish is tagged and can later be caught and get details
of it's life. Using information from the entire class,
the fish can be grouped by features and determine
which of the features affects different aspects of
its life.
- Whale
Songs
This site is an online whale education center.
It links the classroom with the Song of the Whale
project. Great facts, pictures, and lesson plans.
- WolframAlpha
- Computational Knowledge Engine New
- Outstanding Today's
Wolfram Alpha is the first step in an ambitious,
long-term project to make all systematic knowledge
immediately computable by anyone. Enter your question
or calculation,and Wolfram Alpha uses its built-in
algorithms and a growing collection of data to
compute the answer.
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